Austin Pratt

Austin is Stan's best friend and a fellow student at Olympia High School. Austin is most widely-known as Ashley's sophomore year boyfriend who attempted to rape her, prompting her to leave Moriah Blake.

Character description
Austin first appears in The Sounds of Silence, in which he meets Ashley at a veterinary clinic. They find each other on Facebook and begin to talk regularly. Eventually, they begin dating. Austin has no problem with Ashley's religious background, but has no intention of waiting. He tries to convince her to sleep with him several times, to no avail. Finally, in American Pie, he attempts to rape her. He is prevented by Dave and Jude. He escapes, but is finally tracked down by Scott McCrimmon, who breaks character long enough to beat him up, cussing at him the whole time. In this scene, he refers to Ashley as "the love of my life." This is the first time in the series that Scott openly admits his feelings for Ashley.

Appearances
Austin appears frequently throughout the third and fourth seasons, often because he is with Ashley. His last appearance as a main character is in American Pie, when Scott appears at his house and hits him.

He appears again in the final season, when Ashley—having returned to Washington and become a happier person—confronts him and lets him know that she forgives him for what happened.

Easter eggs
Although Austin's full name is never stated onscreen, it is read by Scott in The Fair Olympian, several episodes before Austin's first appearance. In the episode, Scott, Dave, Hudson, and Seth are in the exhibit hall at an Olympian fair. Scott expresses his disapproval of the sculpture that won first prize: a nude clay model. In his frustration, he reads the information of the winner, revealing him to be an "Austin Pratt." He asks if anyone knows him, and Dave replies that he's "probably some eighty-year-old guy." Scott goes on to express his annoyance by theatrically ranting about the nature of the sculptor, calling him "perverted" and "sexist." This could be seen as hint of Austin's double nature. No reference to the model is made again. Austin never gives us his last name, but his mother is referred to as "Mrs. Pratt" in The Sounds of Silence.