EVANS, Georgia -- Austin Robinson has played baseball at every level in Columbia County, starting with T-ball and moving up through the ranks of rec league ball to Dixie Youth and on to high school.
On Monday he signed the paperwork to move up another notch as a scholarship player at Savannah State University, a Division I school affiliated with the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
A right-hand pitcher for the Wolfpack, Robinson has amassed a 25-6 record since being “thrown into the fire” as a sophomore, said head coach Chris Wilkins.
“We knew he was going to be a special player,” Wilkins said, impressing coaches with a complete-game win in his first outing.
Robinson went 9-2 that season, losing only to South Effingham’s J.B. Wendelken, who was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in 2012. Robinson followed that season with an 11-1 record and 2.93 ERA his junior year, and was name first team All Region 2-AAAA.
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