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26 Jacob Blank

  • Class Senior
  • Position RHP
  • Ht./Wt. 6-3 / 205
  • B/T R/R
  • Hometown Gretna, Neb.
  • High School Gretna

Biography

2018 (Senior): First Team All-NSIC … NSIC All-Tournament Team … Two-time NSIC Pitcher of the Week (March 5, April 24) … D2CCA / Daktronics 2nd Team All-America … Rawlings / ABCA 3rd Team All-America … All Academic NSIC … NSIC Myles Brand All-Academic … NCBWA All-Region 2nd Team … D2CCA / Daktronics All-Central Region 1st team … Rawlings / ABCA All-North Central Region 1st team … CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 First Team … Made 14 starts and went 9-0 with a 1.98 ERA in 81.2 innings pitched … Gave up just 18 earned runs … Walked just 11 batters and had 100 strikeouts on the season … Opponents hit .191 against him … Second most innings pitched in a single season in school history … Second most strikeouts in a single season in school history … Earned 23 victories over his career, the second most in school history … His 222 career strikeouts are the most in school history … Was was a member of a team that won a program-best 52 games, an NSIC Conference Tournament championship, a Central Region Tournament Championship and the school’s first ever National Championship

2017 (Junior): D2CCA National Pitcher of the Year … NCBWA National Pitcher of the Year … NCBWA Central Region pitcher of the Year … D2CCA Central Region Pitcher of the Year … Rawlings/ABCA Central Region Pitcher of the Year … NCBWA All American … D2CCA/Daktronics All-American … First team All-NSIC … First team NCBWA All-Region … NSIC Pitcher of the Year … First team Rawlings/ABCA All-Region … First team D2CCA/Daktronics All-Region … Two time NSIC player of the week (March 6, April 17) … NCBWA National Pitcher of the Week (April 20) … NCBWA Central Region Pitcher of the Week … First Team CoSIDA Academic All-American ... Academic All-NSIC … CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 … Pitched a no-hitter on April 15 against Minnesota Duluth, accounting for nine strikeouts and allowing just two walks … Had a season-high 13 strikeouts on March 25 against U-Mary … Went undefeated on the season, recording a perfect 10-0 record with a 0.78 ERA... His ERA was the second lowest in school history ... His 10 wins are the most wins by a pitcher in school history … Recorded 86 strikeouts in 15 appearances …The 86 strikeouts are the second most in a single season at Augustana ... Allowed just 15 walks in 69 innings pitched … Allowed just six earned runs all season … Opponents hit for just a .169 batting average, the second lowest average in school history ... Had two shutouts on the season (March 25 versus U-Mary and April 15 versus Minnesota Duluth), which tied for the most shutouts in school history ... His two combined shutouts are tied for the second most in school history ... Forced 67 fly outs, which is the third most forced fly outs in school history ... 

2016 (Sophomore): Academic All-NSIC … Made three starts and appeared in 10 games on the mound ... Posted a 4.15 ERA … Picked up one save on the year … Pitched in 26 innings … gave up 32 hits, 16 runs, 12 earned runs and walked five … Struck out 25 batters … Had a batting average against of .302

2015 (Freshman): Made 12 appearances on the mound, started two games … posted a 3-0 record on the hill … tossed 28 innings … had a 4.82 ERA … recorded one save … struck out 12 batters … held opponents to a .262 batting average … threw a season-high 4.1 innings against Wayne State on April 19 … tallied a season-best six strikeouts against Valley City State on March 17 … recorded first collegiate win against Winona State on April 15 … picked up first collegiate save against Wayne State on April 17 … made collegiate debut against Bemidji State on March 12.

High School: is a senior at Gretna High School in Gretna, Neb. … earned Academic All-Conference honors as a junior … posted a 2-1 record on the hill while compiling a 1.52 ERA … struck out 29 batters in 27.2 innings of work.

Personal: Son of Jeffrey Blank and Lorri Haskell ... born on Feb. 16, 1996 ... has an older sister named Emma ... planning on majoring in political science.

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Historical Player Information

  • 26

    2015Freshman

    Pitcher
    6'3" 180 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2016Sophomore

    Pitcher
    6'3" 180 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2017Junior

    Pitcher
    6'3" 205 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2018Senior

    Right-handed Pitcher
    6'3" 205 lbs
    26