Outlook

Blake Anderson is an athletic middle infielder with fluid footwork and soft hands … At the plate has line drive contact to the gaps …  Shows a great glove and can play an infield position … Will be counted on defensively. 

Sophomore Year 2023

Played in 13 games, five as a starter … Batted .391 (9-for-23) with seven runs scored and seven RBI … Had an RBI single in a 10-0 win over Southwestern (2-18-23) … Singled  and drew a base-on-ball to drove in four runs in a 31-0 rout at Benedictine JV (3-28-23) … Collected a hit in four straight games beginning with a pair of singles with an RBI and a run scored in a 15-10 win at Baker JV (4-26-23) … Ripped two singles, drove in a run and scored in an 11-1 win at home over Baker JV three days later (4-29-23) … Singled twice and scored a run in a 25-7 win at Labette (5-3-23) … Singled and scored in an 8-3 win over the Cardinals two day later (3-5-23) … Hit .636 (7-for-11) over the four-game streak.

Freshman Year 2022

Played in 11 games, four as a starter … Batted .296 (8-for-27) with two doubles, seven runs scored and three driven in … Drove in a run and scored in a 13-6 loss to nationally ranked Crowder iin his season debut (2-10-22) … Ripped two doubles and scoring a run in an 8-4 win over Southwestern (2-21-22) … Pounded out three singles, drove in a run and scored three times in a 27-7 win over Baker JV (3-15-22) … Singled and scored in a 7-4 win over Metropolitan (3-29-22) … Drove in a run with a single in a 10-0 win over Baker JV (4-12-22) ... Earned NJCAA All-Academic third-team with a grade point average between 3-60-3.79.

Freshman Year Fall 2021
Was a member of the Emporia State University football team coached by Garin Higgins in the fall of 2021 … Did not see action.

High School

Was a two-year starter for coach Lorne Parks at St. Tomas Aquinas, Overland Park, Kan. … Graduated 2021 … Ranked the No. 4 shortstop in the Kansas, and the No. 8 overall prospect in the state according to Perfect Game in 2021 …Was a preseason All-American his senior year … Earned second-team Kansas Class 5A All-State and second-team All-Eastern Kansas League in 2019 … Hit .410 with 32 hits, six doubles, 29 runs and 15 driven in while helping the team tie a school record with 21 wins and a 5A State runner-up finish … Missed the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic and most of his senior season with an injury …Also earned four varsity letters in football playing quarterback … Earned honorable mention Kansas Class 5A All-State and honorable mention All-Eastern Kansas League as a senior … Served as team captain his junior and senior years …  Passed 1,539 yards and 21 touchdowns, and rushed for 499 yards and had eight rushing touchdowns … Helped the Saints to a 5A State Championship his sophomore year … Honor roll student all four years.

Personal
Born Blake Michael Anderson on July 5, 2002, in Tulsa, Okla. … Nickname is B.A.  … Son of Rex and Diane Anderson … Has two brothers Taylor and Brandy, and two sisters Mackenzie and Reagan … Brady played basketball at JCCC, Mackenzie played volleyball at Newman University and his mother played volleyball and basketball at Avila University … Majoring in business administration … Also recruited in baseball the University of Nebraska, Tarleton State University and Air Force Academy … Was recruited in football by Emporia State University, Washburn University and Drake University … Favorite food is pizza … Favorite fast food restaurant is Chipotle … Favorite restaurant is Jalapenos … Favorite TV show is Peaky Blinders … Favorite movie is Wolf of Wall Street … Favorite sports movie is Draft Day … Favorite actor is Mark Wahlburg … Favorite book is Hunger Games … Favorite music entertainer is Kenny Chesney … Favorite cartoon character is Phineas Flynn … Favorite athlete is Russell Wilson … Favorite sports team are the Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City Royals … His greatest sports moment was winning a state championship … Best player he has played against is Vanderbilt right-handed pitcher Christian Little … Notable alumni from his school are Riley Pint, the No. 4 overall pick in the 2016 MLB Draft, Michael Thomas, a former professional soccer player and  Brian Smith, a former NFL Linebacker.