Austin Wells made two trips to Cooperstown Dreams Park, both times with the Nevada Wildcats (NV) during Tournament 2 in 2011 and 2012. Austin helped his 2012 team to a 6-0 pool play record and reach the Sweet 16.

Austin graduated from Bishop Gorman High School (Las Vegas, NV) where he lettered all four seasons on the diamond as a catcher. Throughout his high school career, he hit .428 with 85 runs scored and 87 RBI, was named team captain and Most Valuable Player as a junior and senior, selected to First-Team All-Conference and All-City teams as a sophomore, junior, and senior, honored as First-Team All-Southwest District, First-Team All-Sunset Region as a sophomore, junior, and senior while earning First-Team Division I All-State recognition as a junior and senior. Austin’s accolades also include Perfect Game Second-Team, USA Today Second-Team, and Collegiate Baseball First-Team teams, Perfect Game All-American, Under Armour All-American, and 2017 Nevada Gatorade Player of the Year.

Despite being drafted by the New York Yankees during the 2018 Major League baseball draft, Austin continued his education and baseball career at the University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ). After two collegiate seasons, he did make the leap to professional when the Yankees chose him again in the 2020 Major League baseball draft. Austin made his Major League debut on September 1, 2023. He helped the Yankees reach the 2024 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. On March 27, 2025, Austin hit a leadoff home run, becoming the first Yankee to hit a leadoff homer on opening day and the first catcher in Major League baseball history to do the same.