Austin James Hatch (born on October 18, 1994) is an American college student. He is a senior and is a guard for the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team.

Austin Hatch was born to Stephen and Julia Hatch. He was raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He attended Canterbury School and transferred to Loyola High School in Los Angeles, California, graduating in 2014. While playing for his high school basketball team in Fort Wayne, he averaged 23.3 points and 9.3 rebounds before committing to the University of Michigan.

He currently attends the University of Michigan on a medical scholarship. He is expected to graduate with a degree in Organizational Studies in the spring of 2018.

On June 15, 2011, at 1:45 pm, Hatch received a phone call from Michigan Wolverines men's basketball coach John Beilein offering him a sport on his roster. Austin accepted immediately, being that it was a dream come true for him to play at the school; his father was a fan of the college's basketball team and his mother was an alumnus.

He played for Michigan during the 2014-15 season.

He played in 5 games (an average of 1 minute per game) and scored one point in his college career.

After that season, he and his coach (John Beilein) agreed that he should concentrate on school. He stayed with the team as a student assistant and practiced with the team on a regular basis.

Hatch is planning to move into a full-time job withDomino's Farms, a landmark facility in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He will be rotating into different job facets of launching new franchises, including real estate, development and construction.

On September 1, 2003, around 6:00 pm, 8-year-old Austin Hatch and his family of five boarded Beachcraft six-seater for a flight from their family cabin in Michigan to their in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

With his father flying the plane, Austin was sitting in the co-pilot seat.

He noticed that some of the lights on some of the airplane's screens went out while they were in the air.

After checking the instrument panel with a flashlight, they realized that some equipment failure took place and the engine was no longer working.

The plane crashed into a utility pole and crashed just after 8:00 pm in Uniondale, Indiana. The plane caught fire in the passenger compartment and Hatch's father helped him evacuate the plane. Stephen Hatch suffered severe burns while trying to save other members of the family, as well; Austin's mother, sister and brother died in the incident.

On June 24, 2011, nine days after making his commitment to the Michigan Wolverines, he boarded another plane his father piloted to their cabin; the duo were with Austin's stepmother, Kimberly Neal.

After leaving at 5:30 pm, bad weather forced Dr. Hatch to divert to an airport in Charlevoix, Michigan; he was cleared to land at around 7:20 pm. ^[1]

Attempting to land, coming from the wrong side of the runway, the plane crashed north of the airfield; Austin was the only passenger to survive the crash, as Stephen and Kim did not survive.

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Hatch had suffered brain trauma, fractured ribs, a fractured sternum, a fractured hip, two broken collarbones, and holes in his lung. He was also in a six-week-long induced coma. He had to relearn how to walk and talk. In July 2011, his condition had stabilized but remained unresponsive.

Austin Hatch had an older sister named Lindsay and a younger brother named Ian; they both died in the first plane crash in which Hatch survived.

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He is engaged to hisAbby Cole, an All American who played for the Michigan Wolverines women's volleyball; she graduated in 2017 and currently works in development for the University of Michigan's athletic department. His high school friend and teammate,Trent VanHorn, is reportedly going to be the best man at his wedding.

In the fall of 2014, during his freshman year, Austin met Abby in a political science class. Over the weekend, Abby received an email from her professor stating that she had been moved into a new lecture. That Tuesday, on her first day in the new section, she overslept her alarm and walked in a few minutes late. Austin offered her an open seat next to him. They talked quietly throughout class, and he asked for her number.

After class, she offered him a ride to his dorm but he declined.

After the next class, he asked her if the offer still stood; she said yes.

After being together for 2 1/2 years, Austin proposed to her in the University of Michigan's Cliff Keen Arena. The couple has set the wedding date for June 16, 2018.