The Baltimore Orioles have selected USC Trojans outfielder Austin Overn with the No. 97 overall pick in the third round of the 2024 MLB draft.
Austin Overn has played on both the USC football and baseball teams during his time at the school, playing wide receiver in 2022. In 2023, he began playing for the Trojans baseball team and ended up with two excellent seasons for USC.
In 117 career games over the 2023 and 2024 seasons, Austin Overn hit .291 with a .376 OBP and a .495 slugging percentage. He had 12 home runs and 70 RBIs to go along with 23 doubles and 19 triples. He also stole 33 bases.
He also set a new single-season USC record for triples with 14 as a freshman, breaking the previous USC record of 10 set by Grant Green in 2008. At the end of the 2023 season, he was named a freshman All-American, an All-Pac-12 selection and a Pac-12 All-Defensive Team selection.
On Day 1 of the MLB draft, the Baltimore Orioles selected outfielder Vance Honeycutt, No. 22 overall, out of the University of North Carolina. Then they picked two players from the University of Virginia — shortstop Griff O’Ferrall (No. 32) and catcher Ethan Anderson (No. 61) beef selecting Overn today.
With their 3rd-round pick (No. 97 overall), the @Orioles select @USC_Baseball outfielder Austin Overn, No. 131 on the Top 250 Draft Prospects list.
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