Austin Li Coon has all of the instruments wanted to be the subsequent winner of Survivor. The 26-year-old is off to a fantastic begin on season 45 because of his smarts and his athleticism. Austin has paired up with fellow grad scholar Drew Basile on the Reba tribe and so they promised that they’d be loyal to one another till the top of the sport. However is Austin such an enormous risk that he’ll be taken out earlier than the ultimate 3? Right here’s every little thing it’s worthwhile to learn about Austin.
Austin is a grad scholar.
Austin is an MBA scholar on the College of Chicago. He took break day of college to be on Survivor.
“I believe proper now, I’m purported to be taking a midterm for my provide chain administration class, however I’m ditching that to be right here,” he stated in an interview with Parade proper earlier than filming Survivor. “I’m positive the prof will perceive. So I’m feeling actually good to be right here. Additional good that I don’t have to check.”
Austin lives in Chicago.
Austin at the moment lives in Chicago for varsity. He grew up in San Jose, California.
Austin was initially an alternate on Survivor 45.
Austin initially flew out to Fiji as an alternate for the Survivor 45 solid. Austin was taking his solid photograph when manufacturing instructed him that he was going to be on the present.
I “I sort of froze as a result of 90 p.c of me was like, ‘That is one of the best day of my life!’ ” he instructed Leisure Weekly. “The opposite 10 p.c is like, ‘Oh my God, in three days I’m going to be ravenous!’”
Austin is taking part in Survivor for his mother.
Austin bought into Survivor together with his mother and it’s been their “shared dream” to play the sport. “That’s actually what bought me right here. So I’m simply tremendous excited. I do know she is tremendous excited,” he stated to Parade. “She’s gonna be so excited listening to me on this podcast, too. She’s an enormous fan. So, that is superior,” he added.
Austin is energetic on social media.
Austin is energetic on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Twitter. He’s used all 4 social media platforms to advertise his look on Survivor. When the season 45 solid was formally introduced on September 6, Austin wrote on Instagram, “I’m actually lined in goosebumps rn scripting this cuz it’s really been a journey & a half getting up to now and I nonetheless need to pinch myself each different day to remind myself that this really occurred.”
