2022: Made a career-high 14 appearances, including one start, posting a career-best 4.43 ERA. Struck out 22 batters in 22.1 innings of work. Allowed just one earned run in 3.1 innings April 30 against Louisiana, striking out three, following 1.2 scoreless innings against Davidson in midweek contest. Recorded career-high five strikeouts in just two innings May 8 at Georgia State. Made first start of the season on senior day and tossed a career-high five innings against Troy, May 21, allowing just two runs. Struck out the only batter he faced against Georgia Southern in the Sun Belt Tournament in his final appearance of the season.
2021: Pitched in eight games, totaling 7.2 innings … Had scoreless appearances against North Carolina A&T and Georgia Southern … Struck out two batters in each outing against Wake Forest.
2020 (no eligibility used due to COVID-19): Made five relief appearances … Posted a 4.50 ERA and struck out three batters in six innings pitched … Pitched two scoreless innings in extra innings at Kentucky on Feb. 23 … Gave up just one hit in a scoreless inning of relief in App State’s 9-1 win at Charleston Southern on March 7 … Allowed no earned runs in three of five appearances … Lowered his ERA in each appearance … Season was cut short due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
2019: Appeared in 13 games and made two midweek starts while posting a 7.59 ERA, 0-1 record and 22 strikeouts in 21.1 innings … Made first career start at Radford on March 26 and started again two weeks later in an App State win at UNC Asheville, where he allowed two runs in 1.1 innings … Opposing batters hit .244 against him … Through four appearances leading up to his first start, had a 0.00 ERA with five strikeouts and one hit allowed in 3.2 innings … Struck out three hitters in one scoreless inning during App State’s one-hit shutout of Furman … Posted a career-high four strikeouts while allowing one run in three innings at Troy … Gave up a combined three earned runs over 14.0 innings during his first eight relief appearances … Ranked the league’s No. 17 impact freshman by D1Baseball.com.
High School: Played American Legion Baseball for Cherryville Post 100 while attending summer school at Appalachian State … Hit .321 with two homers, 25 RBIs as a senior for a 22-5 team coached by Jesse Martin. Also was 6-4 on the mound with a 1.97 ERA … Team MVP and first-team All-Gaston Gazette … MVP of the Gaston County Baseball Championship as a senior after posting 12 strikeouts in the final and hitting .364 in the event … On the mound, had a 1.27 ERA and 8-1 record as a junior in 2017, when he was the team MVP, an all-conference pick and an all-state selection. Batted .333 with six home runs … Also all-conference as a sophomore … Was a member of the 5 Star Carolina travel team coached by Brian Hoop … WWBA all-tournament team in 2015, 2016 and 2017 … Preseason Perfect Game Underclassman All-American Honorable Mention in 2017.
Personal: Full name is Austin Christopher Primm … Son of Craig and Jennifer Primm … Born Nov. 25, 1999 … Has one sibling: Avery … Averaged 8.0 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game as a senior basketball player.
