Austin Beattie

Austin is a Visual Communications major with a focus in Digital Media. He was born in Washington, Pennsylvania, approximately 25 miles East of West Liberty. Austin went to high school at McGuffey High, a small school in Claysville, PA. Sports has played a huge part in Austin’s short life so far. A few things Austin likes to participate in are playing baseball and golf, watching football, and hanging out with friends and family. He had played baseball for 15 years before taking his first year off since he was four years old this year. Recently, Austin picked up the golf clubs and started going to the golf course and range at least once a week. He has grown up watching football with a family who takes pride in Penn State University and the local Pittsburgh Steelers. Although, he has always cheered on the Los Angeles Chargers.

Austin is a Christian and grew up in a Christian family and continues his love for Jesus to this day. Some of his favorite things about growing up in a Christian family include being loved by everyone around him, having a ton of the same views on life, and being born into a Church.

He is currently in a three-year relationship with his girlfriend and loves hanging out with the friends he met in high school and through baseball. Austin plans on staying near his hometown in the future and wants to pursue a career in Sports Media and Design for a professional sports team. If possible, it would be ideal for him to work from home to stay near his friends and family. A few things he believes he could use his voice in his future to do include interviews with professional athletes and a podcast to speak on the sports he is covering.