AWARDS
- ABCA/Rawlings West All-Region First Team (2024)
- Academic All-District® Baseball Team (2024)
- 2x All-Mountain West First Team (2022, 2024)
- Mountain West Player of the Week (2024)
- CBN Freshman All-American Team (2021)
2024
Transitioned to first base for the first time in his career, producing one of his best seasons as the plate as a graduate student ... Honored as the lone first baseman on the ABCA/Rawlings West All-Region First Team, starting in all 52 games the Rebels played during the season ... Posted a career-high .372 batting average in 199 at bats, totaling 41 extra base hits inside his 74 hits overall on the season ... Honored on the All-Mountain West First Team, leading the conference in RBI (75), while also ranking in the conference's top-five batters in batting average (fourth), runs scored (second; 59), doubles (fourth; 20), home runs (second; 19) and total bases (second; 155) ... Finished in the top-10 nationally among NCAA DI batters, averaging 1.44 RBI / game for eighth in the country ... Also ranked in the top 20 nationally in overall RBI on the season, his 75 ranking 20th ... Ended his Rebel career on a hot streak, hitting five home runs in the final three games of the season that included two each in the last two games ... Also honored for his academic excellence, being named on the 2024 CSC Academic All-District® Baseball Team.
2023
Hit a batting average of .262 across 47 games played, starting in 46 of them ... Tallied 45 hits and 34 runs on the season, also stealing four bases ... Posted two or more hits in a single game multiple times across the season, including a pair during the team's win over California Baptist where Kryszczuk found 3 RBI off a triple and two singles.
2022
Named to All-Mountain West First Team … Ranked in the top 100 of seven NCAA statistical categories: 10th in runs per game (1.28), 11th in runs (74), 41st in walks (46), 44th in doubles (21), 62nd in base on balls per game (.79), 73rd in doubles per game (.36), and 95th in on-base percentage (.461) … Also ranked 106th in total bases (143), 126th in hits (80), 128th for runs batted in (58), and 149th in runs batted in per game (1.00) … Led the Rebels in runs with 74 (tied with Alarcon) and walks (46) … Started in all 58 games played … Batted .342 with 80 hits, 36 of which going for extra bases (21 doubles, 12 home runs, and three triples) … Had a slugging percentage of .611 and an on-base percentage of .461 … Knocked in 58 RBI and scored 74 runs … Had 25 multiple-hit games, which included a season-high four on two occasions: vs. Cal Poly (Mar. 5) and vs. UNR (Apr. 9) … Had 20 multiple-run games, which included a season-high four vs. New Mexico (Apr. 24) … Had 13 multiple-RBI games with a season-high seven vs. Loyola Marymount (Apr. 19) … Owned three hitting streaks of at least five games … The longest streak began at New Mexico (Apr. 1), lasted 19 games, produced a .361 batting average, 37 runs, 35 hits, 29 RBI, and eight home runs … Had one grand slam at Air Force (May. 1) … Had a season-high three home runs vs. Loyola Marymount (Apr. 19) … Had four stolen bases … Walked 46 times.
2021
Selected CBN Freshman All-American Team … Ranked in four NCAA statistical categories: 108th in batting average (.361), 114th in on-base percentage (.457), 142nd in hits per game (1.34), and 243rd in slugging percentage (.555) … Started in all 32 games played … Batted .361 with 43 hits, 14 of which going for extra bases (nine doubles, four home runs, and one triple) … Knocked in 23 RBI and scored 23 runs … Had a slugging percentage of .555 and an on-base percentage of .457 … Had 14 multiple-hit games, which included a season-high three on seven occasions … Had five multiple-run games, which included a season-high three vs. New Mexico (Mar. 6) … Had seven multiple-RBI games, which included a season-high three vs. New Mexico (G2/Mar. 6) … Had a game-winning RBI/hit vs. Fresno State (Apr. 2) … Had three stolen bases … Walked 17 times.
2020
Started 11 of 14 contests played in with all 11 in right field … Batted .341 with 14 hits, three of which went for extra bases (two home runs and one triple) … Knocked in nine RBI and scored 10 runs … Had a .341 slugging percentage and an on-base percentage of .472 … Had five multiple-hit games, which included a season-high three vs. St. John’s (March 8) … Had two multiple-RBI games, which included a season-high four vs. Creighton (March 1) … Had two multiple-run games, which included a season-high three vs. Creighton (March 1) … Had two home runs vs. Creighton (March 1) … Ended season hitting .538 (7-for-13) with four runs and three RBI in final three games … Had one game-winning RBI/hit: a one-run single vs. Central Michigan (Feb. 16) … Walked 10.
High School
A 2019 graduate of Centennial High School in Las Vegas, Nev. ... Lettered four years in baseball ... Helped the Bulldogs to combined 105-40-1 record in four seasons (2016-19), and three straight Northwest League titles from 2016-18, a runner-up finish (2016) and fifth-place finish (2017) in state, a conference title in 2016 and a conference runner-up showing in 2018 ... As a senior, hit .436 with seven doubles and eight home runs, knocked in 41 RBI and scored 41 runs ... As a junior, hit .469 with 14 doubles, five triples and six homers, knocked in 47 RBI and scored 44 runs ... As a sophomore, hit .426 with six doubles, two triples and seven home runs, and 37 runs ... Named to Nevada Preps All-State First Team three times (2017-19) and earned Honorable Mention status once (2016) ... Selected an all-region team performer three times: All-Mountain in 2019 and All-Sunset in 2017 and '18 ... Tabbed to the All-Northwest League First Team in 2017 and '18 ... Guided Las Vegas' Mountain Ridge Little League to the U.S. Championship game - a 7-5 loss to Chicago - of the 2014 Little League World Series.
Personal
Austin Bailey Kryszczuk was born in Las Vegas, Nev. ... The son of Bob and Charmaine Kryszczuk ... Has one brother Justin.
