Outlook

Blake Mozley (MOZE-lee) transferred to JCCC after playing two seasons at Missouri State University for coach Keith Guttin … Could become one of the most polished hitters in the conference … Will be expected to get on base and hit for a high average ... Will play at the University of Nebraska in 2022-23.

Sophomore Year 2022

Selected first-team All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference East Division and second-team All-Region 6/Plains District at second base … Batted .396 (82-for-207) with 30 doubles, a triple, 10 home runs, 67 runs scored and 65 driven in … Also drew 41 base-on-balls and swiped 19 bases … His 30 doubles set a new season record at JCCC, ranked second in the conference and NJCAA … Also rank fourth all-time in conference history … Registered 24 multiple-hit games and 19 multiple-RBI games … Ranked second on the team in runs, RBI, batting average, multi-hit and multi-RBI games … Was third in home runs and stolen bases … Had an RBI single and stole a base in the season opening 10-9 loss to nationally ranked Crowder (2-10-22) … A day later in a 6-3 against Crowder had two singles and an RBI in (2-11-22) … That started his first of three 10-game hitting streaks during the season … Ripped two doubles and drove in three runs in a 13-0 over Southwestern (2-20-22) … Had a total of five games where he hit a pair of doubles … Had a single, four walks, two stolen bases, two runs scored and three RBI in a 11-1 win over Southwestern in the second game of a double header (2-20-22) … Went 4-for-4 with two doubles, four runs and a RBI in 14-2 and 11-1 wins over Ellsworth in the first two games of a four-game series (2-26-22) … Followed with two doubles, a stolen base, two runs and a RBI in a 10-5 win over the Panthers (2-27-22) … Hit .556 (15-for-27) over the 10 game streak with six doubles, six stolen bases, 13 runs and nine driven in.

Sophomore Year 2021
Played in 33 games for the Bears, 19 as a starter … Batted .286 (22-for-77) with two doubles, nine runs scored and eight driven in … Drew 11 free passes … His .286 average was fourth-best on the team … Recorded 13 putouts, 39 assists and two errors for a fielding percentage of .963 … Has three multiple-hit games … Opened the season with a five-game hitting streak where he hit .385(5-for-13) with three runs scored … Drove in his first run with a single against Tarleton State (March 6) … Collected two singles, drove in a run and scored in a 15-9 win at Central Arkansas (March 7) … Singled and scored in a 10-2 loss at Arkansas State (March 9) … A day later at Arkansas State singled and scored in a 7-3 setback (March 10) … Ripped an RBI double and scored in a 5-1 win over Oral Roberts (March 16) … Went 2-for-3 with an RBI in a 4-2 loss at Evansville (April 17) … Collected his second double of the season against Illinois State (May 14) … Drove in a run the next day in a 4-3 loss to Illinois State (May 15) … Closed out the series against Illinois State with a single in the seventh inning to drive in the game winning run in a 2-1 victory (March 16) … Athletic Directors’ Honor Roll fall and spring … MVC Honor Roll.

Freshman Year 2020
Came off the bench four times as a pinch-hitter his freshman year, collecting a double and scoring against SIU Edwardsville (March 11) for his only hit of the season … Athletic Directors’ Honor Roll … MVC Honor Roll.

High School
Was a three-year starter for coach Mike Essick at Ozark High School, Ozark, Mo. … Graduated 2019 … Finished his senior campaign as the No. 3 shortstop (and No. 11 overall recruit) in the state of Missouri, according to Prep Baseball Report ... Tabbed for a pair of Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American Honorable Mention laurels ... Earned his third-straight All-COC Large citation, as well as a second-team Missouri Class 5 All-State selection for the Tigers as a senior ... Hit .422 with 42 hits, eight doubles, two triples, 18 runs scored and 20 driven in as sophomore … Batted .398 with 38 hits, four doubles, three triples, 16 runs and 24 RBI his junior year … As a senior batted .374 with 20 hits, six doubles, a triple, eight runs and 14 driven in …  Played for the Midwest Nationals of the Show-Me Collegiate League over the summer after his senior year, posting the third-highest batting average (.336) in the circuit.
 
Personal
Born Blake Preston Mozley on June 21, 2000, in Ozark, Mo. ... Nickname is Moz … Son of Brandon and Ashley Mozley ... Father played collegiate baseball for Dakota Wesleyan University and pitched professionally for three different independent clubs, including the Springfield/Ozark Mountain Ducks; also worked as a professional scout for the Toronto Blue Jays and Chicago Cubs ... Majoring in communication studies … Favorite food is chicken … Favorite fast food restaurant is Chick-fil-A … Favorite restaurant is Applebee’s … Favorite TV show is Breaking Bad … Favorite sports movie is For Love the Game … Favorite actress is Ana de Armas … Favorite cartoon character is Batman … Favorite athlete is Michael Jordan … Favorite sports team is the New York Yankees … Best player he has played against is former Rice and current professional shortstop Trei Cruz.