Austin Ames begins his second season as the Cougars Director of Baseball Operations after being hired by Nathan Choate in July, 2023.
In his first season, WSU the Round Rock Classic title, swept Arizona State for the second time in program history, recorded its first win at UCLA since 2014 and first win at Stanford since 2016. Three players earned All-Pac-12 honors led by ace righthander Grant Taylor who finished the season with 99 strikeouts, the seventh-most in WSU single-season history. In the classroom, the Cougars earned ABCA Academic Excellence accolades after setting program records with a 3.32 team GPA in the fall semester and a 3.29 overall team GPA for the school year. WSU also set a program record with five CSC Academic All-District selections while 17 were named to the WSU President’s Honor Roll and 12 earned Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll honors.
Ames arrived at Washington State after working the 2023 summer as an operations intern at Team USA in North Carolina and as an operations intern for Major League Baseball at the Jackie Robinson Training Complex in Vero Beach, Florida. Prior to working with MLB, Ames was a ticket sales associate for the St. Louis Cardinals during the 2022 season and worked in a number of roles for the Southeast Missouri State Athletic Department (2020-22).
Ames earned his bachelor's degree in sport management from Southeast Missouri State in 2023.
