Harvard University

First-year (2024-25)

Won the team’s John Harnice ’84 Spirit Award … Played in 19 games with one start; missed eight games due to injury … Earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week on Dec. 30 … Averaged 7.8 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 21.6 minutes per game, while shooting 53.6 percent from the floor, 31.3 percent from 3-point distance, and 67.7 percent on free throws … Ranked fourth in the Ivy League in field goal percentage in all games (53.6) and in Ivy only play (54.3) … Stood first on the team in field goal percentage (53.6) and third in assists per game (1.8) … Scored in double figures seven times … Netted 16 points on 5-of-9 field goals and 5-of-6 free throws at Iona (Dec. 29) … Tallied 13 points in both games against Penn (Jan. 20; Feb. 22) … Scored 10 points vs. Yale (Mar. 1), hitting a critical 3-pointer with 21.1 seconds left … Posted 12 points and nine rebounds against Bowdoin (Jan. 5) … Contributed 11 points vs. Dartmouth (Mar. 8) and 10 points at Cornell (Feb. 1) … Distributed a season-high seven assists at Navy (Nov. 8). 

Before Harvard

Earned All-Independent School League three times (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24) … Garnered All-NEPSAC Class A twice (2022-23, 2023-24) and All-NEPSAC Class A Honorable Mention in 2021-22 … Gained Team MVP honors in 2023-24 … Served team as a captain … Helped team win the ISL title and NEPSAC Class A title in 2022-23 … Scored 1,286 career points … Played AAU for the Middlesex Magic Under Armour Team … Won the Under Armour Spring Championship in 2022 and Under Armour Championship in 2023 … Served as head of dorm (Forbes House) as a senior … Volunteered with the Special Olympics … Son of Jennifer and Craig Hunt; Jennifer played basketball at Assumption, earning a spot in the school’s Hall of Fame.


Austin Hunt with HUPD Chief of Police, Victor Clay