Blake Nelson

Class:
Senior
Position:
IF
Ht./Wt.:
6-0 / 175
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Hometown:
Normandy Park, Wash.
High School:
Mount Rainier

Updated through 2019 season

Senior (2019)
• Academic All-Big Ten selection
• Appeared in 65 games, making 64 starts
• Finished the season with a 2.97 batting average and a .391 on-base percentage
• Was a perfect 18-for-18 in stolen bases on the year
• Totaled 22 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI efforts
• Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored in a College World Series win over Texas Tech (June 21)
• Reached base four times and drove in three runs in a victory over Creighton to advance to the NCAA Super Regional (June 3)
• Scored twice and tied his season-high with three hits in an NCA Regional win over Cincinnati (June 1)
• Went 2-for-3 with two RBI in a Big Ten Tournament win over Maryland (May 24)
• Totaled three hits and stole a base in wins at Maryland (May 3) and against Rutgers (April 26)
• Belted his first career home run in a victory over Northwestern (April 21)
• Scored a season-high three runs on three hits in a victory over Bowling Green (April 17)
• Picked up three hits and drove in two runs in a win at Michigan State (March 29)
• Doubled twice and drove in two runs in a win over Manhattan (March 17)
• Totaled two hits, including a two-run double, in a victory over Binghamton (Feb. 16)

Junior (2018)
• Michigan debut: against Army (Feb. 16)
• Played in 45 games in his debut season, making 39 starts at second base and third base
• Finished the season with a .352 on-base percentage and five stolen bases
• Doubled twice and scored three runs in a 10-2 win at Michigan State (May 9)
• Knocked in two runs with two hits in a victory at Rutgers (May 5)
• Totaled two hits and scored twice in a 10-2 win at Iowa (April 28)
• Picked up two hits and walked once in an extra-innings victory over Penn State (April 21)
• Recorded a career-high four hits - including three doubles - with a career-high six RBI in a win over Penn State (April 20)
• Doubled and scored in a 6-3 win over Maryland (April 15) • Walked twice and scored two runs in win over Central Michigan (March 28)
• Went 3-for-5 with a career-high three hits against Michigan State (March 25)
• Scored from second on a double squeeze bunt to give Michigan a 3-1 lead at Michigan State (March 24)
• Recorded his first multi-hit game against Oakland (March 20)
• Went 2-for-3 with a run scored in a win over Western Michigan (March 21)
• Scored a career-high three runs in a victory over Bowling Green (March 17)
• Knocked in his first run of the season with a base hit at Lipscomb (March 9)

Prep
• 2016-2017 Played for South Mountain Community College
• 2015 All-League 1st Team
• 2014 All-League Second Team
• 2013 All-League 2nd Team Honorable Mention
• Dean’s List

Personal
• Blake Axel Nelson was born March 27th, 1997
• Enrolled in College of Literature, Science and the Arts as a General Studies major
• Son of John and Tracey Nelson
• Has one brother and one sister