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Baltimore Orioles select USC outfielder Austin Overn in 2024 MLB draft

Austin Overn finds a great landing spot with the Orioles.

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.

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Austin Overn is viewed as top-100 prospect in 2024 MLB draft

Austin Overn has a big decision to make.

Sophomore USC outfielder Austin Overn has solidified himself as a top 100 prospect for the 2024 MLB draft this season. The former receiver walk-on at USC and star outfielder for the Trojans started in every game for USC baseball this season, being in the lineup for all 58 contests through the regular season and the postseason.

The sophomore centerfielder led the Trojans with eight homers on the year and had a team high .482 slugging percentage, with five triples and 12 doubles as well. He led the team with 55 runs scored and 17 stolen bases as well and has solidified himself as one of the nation’s top centerfielders, earning Pac-12 All-Defensive Team honors for the second straight season.

Overn was also named to the All-Pac-12 First Team last year along with being named to the Freshman All-American Team as well.

Overn is the 49th-best college prospect according to Shooter Hunt, prep baseball vice president of scouting.

Major League Baseball on Tuesday officially announced details for the 2024 MLB draft combine, which will take place from June 18-23. The draft combine will take place at Chase Field in Phoenix, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks, for a second consecutive year.

The top 300 draft-eligible players, as identified by MLB clubs, have been invited to attend the 2024 craft dombine along with up to 50 supplemental invites. The combine will offer an opportunity for players to participate in various medical and performance assessments as well as educational programs designed to prepare them for a career in professional baseball. All players can participate in a pro-style workout, as well as strength and performance assessments. High school players will have the option to participate in a live game against other high school combine attendees.

MLB Network will cover the combine live from Chase Field on Tuesday, June 18, beginning at 1 p.m. Eastern time.

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USC baseball star Austin Overn is ready to justify his All-America status

Austin Overn tries to live up to the hype and translate personal success into an NCAA Tournament berth for USC.

Tustin, California, native and USC sophomore Austin Overn was recently named to the college baseball Preseason All-American Team. The USC captain is the best position player on the Trojans’ roster and the expected catalyst for an offense which needs to be able to help the Men of Troy’s strong pitching rotation in 2024.

Austin Overn started 58 games for a USC team on the rise. He was a freshman All-American who led the nation in triples.

Overn hit .314 with a .530 slugging percentage and a .402 on-base percentage. He also set a new single-season USC record for triples with 14, 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.

Overn will be eligible to declare for the MLB draft this summer. He hopes to impress scouts by backing up his freshman statistics with a stellar sophomore campaign. He will also try to carry USC to the NCAA Tournament, which the Trojans just missed in 2023.

The Trojans struggled last year when they weren’t playing at home. They posted an 8-17-1 record in road and neutral-site games, while going 26-6 at home. With Dedeaux Field under construction this season, USC will divide its home games across three stadiums in Southern California.

Overn and the Trojans return to the field on February 16 when they take on the BYU Cougars in their season opener in Arizona as part of the MLB Desert Invitational.

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USC baseball opens its season February 16 with three preseason All-Pac-12 honorees

USC baseball starts in one week! The Trojans and their fans are excited!

USC baseball opens its season next week at the MLB Desert Invitational against Brigham Young University, Grand Canyon and Ohio State.  Last year the Trojans were 34-22-1 in Andy Stankiewicz’s first season as the skipper at Troy.  The Pac-12 poll for the 2023 season had USC picked to finish 10th, just ahead of last-place Utah (Colorado discontinued baseball in 1980). This year, the media voted the Trojans No. 5 behind (1) Oregon State, (2) Stanford, (3) UCLA, and (4) Oregon.

The Trojans are led by three All-Pac-12 selections: Caden Aoki, Austin Overn, and Josh Blum.

Aoki is a junior right-handed pitcher from Huntington Beach, California.  He was an all-conference selection in 2023, when he had a Pac-12 leading ERA of 2.98 and an impressive career 1.25 WHIP. Caden signed with Notre Dame out of high school and transfered to USC for his sophomore year.

Blum is a junior right-handed hurler from Bellaire, Texas. He posted a 3.34 ERA with 40 strikeouts in 32 innings pitched and 30 appearances out of the bullpen. He had a dominant stretch in which he held opponents scoreless over seven appearances that combined for 11 innings.

Overn is an electric outfielder from Tustin, California. In 2023 he was a Freshman All-American and an All-Pac-12 selection in his first year at USC.  He set the USC single season triples record with 14 and finished seventh in the league with 16 stolen bases. When he wasn’t ripping up the base paths, his speed and athleticism allowed him to rob many hitters of extra-base hits, leading to Pac-12 All-Defensive Team recognition.

Aoki, Blum, Overn, and the 2024 squad would like to get off to a faster start than they did last year. USC stumbled out of the gate in 2023, going 5-7-1 in its first 13 games. A five-game losing streak in the middle of the season allowed the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee to snub a Trojan team that won 17 games in the conference. The 2024 season starts next Friday, Feb. 16, against BYU at 4 p.m. Pacific time on MLB.TV.

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USC’s Austin Overn invited to training camp for USA Baseball Collegiate National Team

Austin Overn, a tremendous athlete, received a very special opportunity with USA Baseball.

USC freshman centerfielder Austin Overn has been invited to participate in the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp. The event features 56 of the nation’s top college players who are not yet draft eligible. They’ll practice and compete in the four-game Stars vs. Stripes intrasquad series in late June, trying to earn a spot on the 26-player USA Collegiate National Team roster.

Overn set USC’s single-season triples record with an NCAA-leading 14 this season, finishing just three away from the NCAA record (17) and one away from the Pac-12 record (15).

The USC star baseball player, who is also a walk-on for the football team at wide receiver, started every game for USC baseball this past season, hitting leadoff and generating a .314 batting average and a team-high 54 runs scored. Overn also added four homers, 11 doubles, 38 RBI and a .932 OPS. His 16 stolen bases were seventh in the Pac-12 Conference. He earned All-Pac-12 and Pac-12 All-Defensive Team honors in his first collegiate season.

USC was surprisingly left out of the NCAA Tournament field of 64, finishing fourth in the Pac-12 with a 17-13 league record and with its best overall record since 2015.

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