2018 Baseball

14 Blake Whitney

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 195
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Sharpsburg, Ga.

Biography

2017: Compiled a 5-6 record with a 5.50 ERA in 21 appearances with 13 starts…Has thrown 73.2 innings and allowed 48 runs (35 earned) on 83 hits, 29 walks and 82 strikeouts…Limited opponents to a .282 average at the plate…Did not allow a run in 2 appearances…Struck out five or more batters seven times including season-high of 10 against La Salle…Held opponents to three or less runs in six appearances… Led team in wins, strikeouts, and innings pitched.

2016: Appeared in 14 games with 11 starts with an 0-4 record and a 5.87 ERA...Finished third on the team with 53.2 innings pitched...Started the season-opening game against George Mason (Feb. 19)...Threw a season-high 6.2 innings against Evansville (Feb. 26)...Struck out a season-high eight batters at Lipscomb (April 9). 

2015: Appeared in 16 games with 11 starts and posted a 3-4 record with one save... Led the team in innings pitched (67.1), strikeouts (42) and ERA (5.48)... Earned his first collegiate win with a career-high 10 strikeouts in six shutout innings against Saint Joseph''s (March 1) ... Threw a complete game against Lipscomb (April 18), allowing an earned run on four hits in nine innings ... Recorded his first career save with four shutout innings against Dayton (Feb. 13).   

Before USC Upstate:
Three-year letterwinner at a pitcher at Northgate High School … Named his team’s Most Valuable Pitcher.

Personal: Favorite foods are pizza and hamburgers … Favorite movie is “The Sandlot” … Favorite TV show is “Prison Break” … Favorite actor is Will Smith … Favorite actress is Jennifer Lawrence … Favorite musical group is Florida Georgia Line … Favorite season is summer … Favorite sports figure is Chipper Jones … His dream job is to become a professional baseball player.

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2015Freshman

    RHP
    6'2" 165 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2016Sophomore

    RHP
    6'3" 175 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2017Junior

    RHP
    6'3" 175 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2018Senior

    RHP
    6'3" 195 lbs
    14