Columbia University Athletics

2023: Signed a Minor League deal with the Los Angeles Angels... Appeared and started in all 45 games… 2023 Ivy League Player of the Year and First Team All-Ivy selection… All-ECAC Team... The captain reached base in every game and recorded a hit in all but five games… Had 20 multi-hit games… Led Ivy League hitters in seven offensive categories, including batting average (.366), hits (75), and runs (53)... Set the program's single-season record for hits and tied the Ivy League record with 75… Finished in the top ten of the single-season record book in multiple categories: doubles (20 – ranks 2nd); at-bats (205 – ranks 2nd); runs scored (53 – ranks tied for 2nd); home runs (11 – ranks tied for 10th); runs batted in (46 – ranks 8th); total bases (132 – ranks 2nd)... Recorded 10 total bases twice during the season (March 14 at Troy & April 19 at Marist) – Four other Ivy League players did this in a game in 2023, but not more than once… Tied for the team-lead with 11 home runs… Committed just three errors in 21 conference games and led the Ivy League in assists… Went 13-for-14 on stolen base attempts… Was named one of 25 semifinalists for the 2023 Brooks Wallace Award which honors the nation's top shortstop, the College Baseball Foundation announced… No. 30 on D1 Baseball's Week 12 Top 50 Shortstops List… Received the school’s William V. Campbell Performer of the Year award.

2022: Started in 45 of the 46 games he played... Earned Second Team All-Ivy recognition... Batted .304 with 55 hits (26 for extra bases)... Crushed 10 home runs and drove in 42 runs... Recorded a season-high five hits in a game (Army, 4/27) and tied a season-high for doubles (3) in the same game.  

2020: Started all eight games at shortstop … Belted first career home run at Fresno State (2/29 – Game 1) … Went 2-for-4 with a run scored in collegiate and season debut at Fresno State.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2018 Graduate of Hopewell Valley Central High School ... Completed a year at the Hun School of Princeton in 2019 … Four-year letter winner with the Bulldogs … Named first team All-Prep and All-MAPL Prep after hitting .516 with three homers and 23 RBI with the Hun School … Helped Hun School to 22-2 record, No. 25 national ranking and No. 5 Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Region … Two-time All-Area Hitter of the Year (2018, 2019) … All-State selection after batting .413 with two dingers and 20 RBI in 2018 at Hopewell Valley … Also a two-time All-County first teamer (2017, 2018) and MVP of Mercer County Tournament.
 
PERSONAL: Born August 15, 2000 … Son of Jill and David Blake … Has two brothers, Patrick and Jeffery... Mother, Jill, played tennis at Richmond … Father, Dave, played tennis at The College of New Jersey … Played in American Legion World Series … Attended same high school as former WNBA Commissioner and current BIG EAST Commissioner Val Ackerman ... Enrolled at Columbia College.