2020 Baseball Roster
Roster
Brant Blaylock
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Southaven, Miss.
- Prev School:
- Northwest Mississippi CC
2020 (Sr.): Played in 13 games and made five starts…Was 2x16 at the plate with a double…Fielded all 43 chances at first base over five games…Played some outfield as well…Registered both hits against Murray State (2/16)…2019 (Jr.): Saw action in 45 games, playing in the outfield and pitching on the mound…Started 21 times in the outfield (once in left, 18 in center and twice in right)…Appeared in 12 games on the mound with one start…Hit .211 over 90 at bats with four doubles, a home run and 21 RBI…Tied for the team lead in stolen bases with seven, going a perfect 7-for-7 on the year…Added a 2-1 pitching record with a 4.20 ERA over 15 innings of work…Posted 18 strikeouts and 11 walks…Blasted only homer of the season on opening day against Purdue (2/15), a solo shot…It came in a pinch hit spot, which was the only one for the Golden Eagles all season…Best day at the plate came in opening game of the Marshall series (4/5) with a 3-for-5 performance with a run, a double and four RBI…Collected four RBI game against Old Dominion (3/22) in the opening game of that series…Opened C-USA play with a three-RBI game with two hits at Louisiana Tech (3/15)…Enjoyed season-high hitting streak of six games (3/15-23)…Started one game on the mound versus South Alabama (4/16) and despite his season-high four strikeouts and one run surrendered over that outing, took his only loss of the year in a 4-1 decision…Fanned three over two innings against Marshall (5/23) in the C-USA Tournament to earn his first win and then added a scoreless frame against Arizona State (6/2) in the NCAA Regional elimination game, throwing a scoreless inning after the Golden Eagles rallied from a 12-6 deficit to score seven runs over the final two innings, including four in the bottom of the ninth…Played for the Golden Eagle Triangle Jets in the Cotton States League over the summer…Collected a 2-1 record in four starts with a 3.12 ERA, fanning 29 and walking 10 in 17 1/3 innings…Earned Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the Fall 2019 semester…Northwest CC (2018/Soph.): Hit .385 with an .833 slugging percentage while leading the team in hits (60), runs scored (52), multi-hit games (17), multi-RBI games (13), home runs (18) and RBIs (62) in his only season for the Rangers…Named First Team All-MACJC and NJCAA All-Region 23…A two-time MACJC Player of the Week selection broke a 19-year school record with his 18th home run in the NJCAA Region 23 Playoffs against Gulf Coast…His 62 RBIs ranks second-best in a single-season…Played for national NJCAA team that participated in the 84th annual NBC World Series in Wichita, Kansas…Played in six games…Batted .280 with a pair of doubles, four RBI, four walks and four stolen bases…Mississippi State (2016-17): Redshirted during initial year at MSU…Played in 35 games (26 starts) and hit .193 with a double, two triples, two home runs and 10 RBIs...Hit his first career home run on Feb. 19 in a win against Texas Tech…Belted his second career long ball on March 7 against No. 24 Louisiana Tech…Went 2-for-5 with two RBIs and a pair of stolen bases on March 14 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff…Earned first career win on the mound after throwing the final 2.2 innings while striking out two and allowing no runs against Alabama on April 21...Played summer ball for the Sanford River Rats of the Florida Collegiate League…Hit .313 with six doubles, a triple and a home run while driving in 16 runs in 32 games…Prep: Played for head coach Mark Monaghan at DeSoto Central High School...Was a 2014 and 2015 Perfect Game All-American…Named a 2015 Clarion Ledger All-State selection after hitting .349 in 37 games with 19 runs scored and 17 RBIs…Recorded a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage his senior season…Won 2015 state championship…Hit .372 with 28 RBIs as a junior in 2014, leading the squad to the north state championship and runner-up finish…Personal: Son of Aimee and Gary Blaylock…Has older brother, Garrett (24), who played for Northwest from 2012-13 and now serves as an assistant baseball coach and history teacher at Horn Lake High School…Majoring in Liberal Studies with a minor in Sports Management…Born Feb. 17, 1997.
