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Jersey Number 14
Blake Martz
- Position:
- C
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 210
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Huntsville, Ala.
- High School:
- Grissom HS
Bio
Junior (2011)
Appeared in 49 games and made 45 starts; made 40 starts as the designated hitter, four behind the plate and one at first base ... Finished the year with a .234 batting average, five doubles, two triples, seven home runs and 40 RBIs ... Posted a .424 slugging percentage and .335 on-base percentage ... Tied for the team lead with six sacrifice flies; also had three sacrifice bunts ... Five of his seven home runs came in Sun Belt play ... Slugged .451 against SBC foes ... Opened the season with a bang going 4-for-5 with seven RBIs in the season opener against High Point ... Hit safely in the first five games of the season (.529) and carried a .419 batting average after nine games ... Went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and a pair of runs scored against UALR ... Drove in three runs on a pair of hits against Florida Atlantic and Louisiana-Lafayette ... Sixth on the team with 10 multi-hit games and third with 10 multi-RBI games; had three RBIs in five contests
Sophomore (2010)
Backup catcher who settled into the role as the Trojans regular designated hitter ... Enjoyed a 10-game hit-streak (3/5-21) that saw his average climb to .417 ... Opened the year with seven RBIs in his first two games ... All three homers came on the road, one at Arkansas, one at FIU and the other at New Orleans ... Home run at FIU was a tape-measure shot ... Saw his first playing time at first base against Brown ... Had a run-scoring double at Samford ... His lone hit in the series at New Orleans was a monster home run
RS-Freshman (2009)
Saw action in 14 games, 10 as a starter ... Suffered a knee injury while blocking the plate against Western Kentucky and played in just three games the rest of the year, none behind the plate ... Finished the year with a .233 batting average with five doubles and two homers
Freshman (2008)
Redshirted
Prep
Played four seasons for Adam Moseley at Grissom High School ... Hit .404 and was named first team all-region and all-metro his junior year ... Was named first team all-district and all-metro and hit .472 with 55 RBIs his senior year ... Participated in the North-South All-Star Game ... Had highest batting average on his team ... Was named team MVP ... Also lettered in football for three seasons ... Had 270 career tackles ... Was named best linebacker and team MVP
Personal
Full name is Blake Andrew Martz ... Born on August 26, 1988 ... Son of Garrett and Julie Martz ... Has two sisters, Katelyn and Hannah, and one brother, Matthew ... Majoring in criminal justice
Appeared in 49 games and made 45 starts; made 40 starts as the designated hitter, four behind the plate and one at first base ... Finished the year with a .234 batting average, five doubles, two triples, seven home runs and 40 RBIs ... Posted a .424 slugging percentage and .335 on-base percentage ... Tied for the team lead with six sacrifice flies; also had three sacrifice bunts ... Five of his seven home runs came in Sun Belt play ... Slugged .451 against SBC foes ... Opened the season with a bang going 4-for-5 with seven RBIs in the season opener against High Point ... Hit safely in the first five games of the season (.529) and carried a .419 batting average after nine games ... Went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and a pair of runs scored against UALR ... Drove in three runs on a pair of hits against Florida Atlantic and Louisiana-Lafayette ... Sixth on the team with 10 multi-hit games and third with 10 multi-RBI games; had three RBIs in five contests
Sophomore (2010)
Backup catcher who settled into the role as the Trojans regular designated hitter ... Enjoyed a 10-game hit-streak (3/5-21) that saw his average climb to .417 ... Opened the year with seven RBIs in his first two games ... All three homers came on the road, one at Arkansas, one at FIU and the other at New Orleans ... Home run at FIU was a tape-measure shot ... Saw his first playing time at first base against Brown ... Had a run-scoring double at Samford ... His lone hit in the series at New Orleans was a monster home run
RS-Freshman (2009)
Saw action in 14 games, 10 as a starter ... Suffered a knee injury while blocking the plate against Western Kentucky and played in just three games the rest of the year, none behind the plate ... Finished the year with a .233 batting average with five doubles and two homers
Freshman (2008)
Redshirted
Prep
Played four seasons for Adam Moseley at Grissom High School ... Hit .404 and was named first team all-region and all-metro his junior year ... Was named first team all-district and all-metro and hit .472 with 55 RBIs his senior year ... Participated in the North-South All-Star Game ... Had highest batting average on his team ... Was named team MVP ... Also lettered in football for three seasons ... Had 270 career tackles ... Was named best linebacker and team MVP
Personal
Full name is Blake Andrew Martz ... Born on August 26, 1988 ... Son of Garrett and Julie Martz ... Has two sisters, Katelyn and Hannah, and one brother, Matthew ... Majoring in criminal justice
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Sunday, September 07
Gerad Parker Postgame Press Conference - No. 8 Clemson
Sunday, September 07
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Sunday, September 07
Josh Lauer Postgame Press Conference - Jackson State
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