2012: All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate AthleticConference (GLIAC) Honorable Mention and GLIAC All-Academic Teamselection... played in 51 games, making 46 starts at third base forthe Storm in his junior season... batted .308 (41-of-133), fifth onthe team, and drove in 25 runs... homered three times and had sixdoubles while ranking second on the team with nine sacrifices...had 11 multiple-hit games, including three-hit outings at GrandValley State (4/25) and against Ohio Dominican (5/2)... had hisfirst career multiple-home run game against Findlay on 4/15, going2-for-4 with a pair of homers and a season-high four RBI... drovein a total of 10 RBI in the four-game series against the Oilers...hit a solo home run in the Storm's season-ending 16-inning playoffloss to Saginaw Valley State on 5/11... scored three times againstNotre Dame (Ohio) on 3/28... had two other games in which he scoredtwice... drove in multiple runs six times.
2011: Played 40 games, including 39 starts, asStorm's primary third baseman as a sophomore... had thefifth-highest average on the team, batting .288 with one home runand 15 RBI... had six multi-hit games... had his best day at theplate at Saginaw Valley State on 5/1. Had a career-high four hits,including a home run and two doubles, and drove in four runs in a12-inning win over the Cardinals... drove in two runs in the secondgame of that double header against SV... also drove in a pair ofruns in a 6-2 win at Charleston (W. Va.) on 3/23.
2010: Made 40 appearances with 34 starts...batted .294 with a pair of home runs and 15 RBI... had sixmulti-hit games, including a then career-high three hits twice...also had three games with two runs batted in... wentthree-for-three with three runs scored and a homer inthe first game of a doubleheader against Gannon on 4/18...also scored three times in the win over Division I Cleveland Stateon 3/28.
PRIOR TO LAKE ERIE: Three-sport standout atConneaut High School, playing baseball, basketball and football...was Spartans' most valauble player on the diamond as a junior andsenior... also named first-team all-Northeastern Conference thosetwo seasons and was a second-team pick as a sophomore... as asenior helped team to sectional championship and district finalsappearance... was second-team all-county in basketball as a juniorand was a first-team all-county pick in football as a senior.
PERSONAL: Born Jan. 15, 1991... parents areNeal Blood and Karen Blood... older brother Brad played baseball atUniversity of Pittsburgh-Bradford.
