{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1995)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2022}}{{Infobox basketball biography | name = Austin Price | image = | caption = | number = | position = Point guard | league = Macedonian League | team = Pelister | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 4 | weight_lb = 185 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|9|16}} | birth_place = Indianapolis, Indiana | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = American | high_school = Detroit Country Day<br>(Beverly Hills, Michigan) | college = Lehigh (2013–2017) | draft_year = 2017 | career_start = 2017 | career_end = | years1 = 2017–2018 | team1 = Köping Stars | years2 = 2018–2019 | team2 = Limburg United | years3 = 2019–2020 | team3 = Beroe | years4 = 2020–2021 | team4 = Maccabi Ra'anana | years5 = 2021 | team5 = Ironi Nes Ziona | years6 = 2021–2024 | team6 = Heroes Den Bosch | years7 = 2024–2025 | team7 = Argeș Pitești | years8 = 2025–present | team8 = Pelister | highlights = *Dutch League champion (2022) *FIBA Europe Cup champion (2021) }} '''Austin Price''' (born September 16, 1995) is an American basketball player who plays for Pelister of the Macedonian League.
==Early life== Price was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, moved to Detroit when he was a sophomore in high school, and his hometown is Farmington Hills, Michigan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thebrownandwhite.com/2017/02/12/austin-price-profile/|title=The Price is right: Austin Price achieving success for Lehigh men's basketball|date=February 13, 2017}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/austin-price-1.html|title=Austin Price College Stats|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Austin-Price/Summary/58699|title=Austin Price Player Profile, Lehigh, NCAA Stats, International Stats, Game Logs, Bests, Awards - RealGM|website=basketball.realgm.com}}</ref> He is 6-4, 185 pounds (193 cm, 83 kg).<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto"/>
He attended high school at Detroit Country Day (2013) in Michigan.<ref name="auto1"/> Price played for the high school basketball team as a combo guard and team captain.<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://lehighsports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/austin-price/11733|title=Austin Price - Men's Basketball|website=Lehigh University Athletics}}</ref><ref name="auto4">{{Cite web|url=http://www.miprepzone.com/oakland/print.asp?ID=8776|title=BOYS BASKETBALL: Country Day's leader, Austin Price, looking to go out on top|date=January 5, 2013|website=MI Prep Zone}}</ref> As a junior, Price averaged 16 points, five assists, and two steals per game.<ref name="auto4"/> As a senior he was team captain.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statechampsnetwork.com/boys-basketball-preview-loads-of-fearsome-hoops-squads-across-the-state-this-winter/|title=BOYS BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Loads of fearsome hoops squads across the state this winter |website=State Champs! Sports Network|date=December 9, 2012}}</ref> Academically, he had a 3.65 GPA.<ref name="auto3"/>
==College== Price attended Lehigh University (2017), majoring in Finance.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto3"/> He was a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.seniorclassaward.com/athletes/justin/|title=Austin Price | Men's Basketball 2016-17 |website=Senior CLASS Award}}</ref> He played basketball for the Lehigh Mountain Hawks basketball team in the Patriot League.<ref name="auto1"/> As a freshman in 2013-14, he was named to the Patriot League All-Rookie Team, and to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.<ref name="auto3"/> As a junior in 2015-16 he was second in the league with 55 steals and 1.7 steals per game, and was named third team All-Patriot League.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto3"/> As a senior in 2016-17 he was third in the league with 74 three-point field goals, and was again named third team All-Patriot League.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto3"/> He ended his Lehigh career second in school history with 240 three-pointers, and 13th in scoring with 1,453 points.<ref name="auto3"/>
==Professional career== After college Price played for the Köping Stars in Sweden's second division, and was named Import Player of the Year (as the top player not from Sweden).<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://lehighsports.com/news/2020/10/4/mens-basketball-mountain-hawk-hoops-pros-spotlight-austin-price.aspx|title=Mountain Hawk Hoops Pros Spotlight: Austin Price|date=September 5, 2020|website=Lehigh University Athletics}}</ref> In 2018–19 he played with Limburg United in the Pro Basketball League, the top league in Belgium.<ref name="auto2" />
In 2019–20 he played with BC Beroe in the Bulgarian National Basketball League, and averaged 15.6 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game.<ref name="auto2" /> He started the 2020–21 season with Maccabi Ra'anana of the Israeli National League, and in 13 games averaged 17.7 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/Israel/news/674456/Austin-Price-agreed-terms-with-INes-Ziona|title=Austin Price agreed terms with I. Nes Ziona|date=March 19, 2021|website=basketball.eurobasket.com}}</ref>
From March 2021, Price played guard for Ironi Nes Ziona in the Israeli Premier Basketball League.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurobasket.com/index.aspx|title=Austin Price Player Profile, Ironi Hai Motors Nes-Ziona, News, Stats |website=Eurobasket}}</ref><ref>Ironi Ness Ziona. [https://twitter.com/ironinessziona/status/1372836995341377536 "ברוך הבא אוסטין!"], Twitter.</ref> He helped the team win the 2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup championship.
On July 20, 2021, Price signed a one-year contract with Heroes Den Bosch in the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite news |title=Heroes versterkt zich met Austin Price |url=https://www.dutchbasketballleague.nl/nieuws/heroes-versterkt-zich-met-austin-price/ |access-date=21 July 2021 |work=Basketball League |language=nl}}</ref> He won the Dutch national championship in the 2021–22 season. On July 4, 2022, he extended his contract with two more seasons.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-04 |title=Austin Price gaat voor tweede landstitel met Heroes Den Bosch |url=https://heroesdenbosch.com/nieuws/ap-2024 |access-date=2022-07-05 |website=Heroes Den Bosch |language=en}}</ref>
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== External links== *[https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Austin-Price/Summary/58699 RealGM.com profile]
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