Outlook

Blake Martin has the most tools on the team and has the ability to play a lot of different positions and is a force at the plate ... If he can put it together in a game watch out as the sky is the limit on how good he could be ... Scary good player that is coming off an injury and now just getting back into form.

Freshman Year 2023

 Earned NJCAA All-Academic first-team with a GPA of 4.0 ... Played in 26 games, five a starter … Batting .400 (10-for-25) with four doubles, 12 runs scored and seven RBI … Also has six walks and three stolen bases … Produced two multiple-hit and one multiple-RBI game … Singled and drove in a run with an 8-4 win over Southwestern (2-19-23) … Ripped an RBI double and came around to score in a 12-2 win over North Iowa Area (2-25-23) … Had an RBI single in a 31-0 rout at Benedictine JV (3-28-23) … Collected three singles, drove in a run, and scored in a 15-10 win at Baker JV (4-26-23) … Had a single, double, scored a run and drove in a run in an 11-1 win over Baker JV three days later (4-29-23) … Belted a two-run double and scored twice in a 25-7 victory at Labette (5-2-23).

Freshman Year 2022

Played in five games with one start before an injury ended his season … Will receive a medical redshirt … Batted .222 (2-for-9) with a double, a run and three driven in … Had an RBI single in his debut in a 13-6 loss to nationally ranked Crowder (2-10-22) … Ripped a double to drive in a run and scored in a 4-3 loss to Southwestern (2-21-22) … Walked to plate a run in an 11-1 win over Ellsworth (2-26-22) ... Earned NJCAA All-Academic first-team with a grade point average of 4.0.

High School

Earned two letters and started his senior year for coach Jeff Strickland at Mill Valley High School, Shawnee, Kan. … Graduated 2021 … Hit .390 with 30 hits, six doubles, four triples, four home runs, 28 runs and 22 driven in his senior season … Also earned two varsity letters in football playing defensive back … Helped lead the team to back-to-back Kansas 5A State Championships … Earned All-Sunflower League honorable mention at defensive back as a senior … Also competed in powerlifting … Set a state squat record at 505-pounds.

Personal

Born Blake Ashton Martin on February 13, 2003, in Overland Park, Kan. … Nickname is Bmart … Son of Rex and Tanya Martin … Has a brother, Bryce … Majoring in physical therapy …  Favorite foods are steak and sushi … Favorite fast food restaurant is Chipotle … Favorite movie is Superbad … Favorite sports movie is Field of Dreams … Favorite athletes are Fernando Tatis, Jr., and Patrick Mahomes … Favorite sports teams are the Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City Royals … His greatest sports moment was hitting two home runs in the same game.