University of Richmond Athletics
2021 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 7
Drew Blakely
- Position:
- Catcher
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Galesburg, Mich.
- High School:
- Gull Lake
2021
2019
Hits: 4, two times
Runs: 3, 3/21/21 vs. George Mason
Walks: 2, three times
RBI: 3, 3/11/20 at Charleston Southern
Stolen Bases: N/A
- One of 16 semifinalists for the Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year award
- Atlantic 10 All-Academic team
- Team Captain
- Ranked 12th in the conference with a .342 average in his 31 games played
- Drove in 13 runs and scored 20 times
- Hit nine doubles and a triple for a .441 slugging percentage
- Errorless in the field on 262 chances, second-most in the league
- Recorded the Atlantic 10's best CSB% at .412 having thrown out 14 of 34 attempted base stealers
- Recorded eight multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games
- Had a team-best 12-game hitting streak and ended the season with a 23-game reached base safely streak
- Season-high four hits against George Mason (3/5)
- Scored a season-high three runs on a 3-for-5 performance against George Mason (3/21)
- Doubled in three-straight games from April 2-10
- Began the series against Davidson (4/30) with a perfect 3-for-3 game, scoring a run, driving in two with a double
- Hits in 10 of 14 Atlantic 10 Conference games
- Started 15 games, playing in 16 total
- Started 12 games at catcher
- Hit for a .296 average with four extra-base hits
- Finished second on the team with 16 RBI
- Scored nine times and earned a .970 fielding percentage
- Started the season with a five-game hitting streak
- Opened the season with a 4-for-5 performance with two RBI against No. 4 Georgia
- Went 2-for-3 with an RBI and scored twice against Purdue Fort Wayne (3/6)
- Recorded a 2-for-4 game with three RBI, a run scored an a double against Charleston Southern (3/11)
- Hit a go-ahead home run in the seventh inning in a 1-for-3 performance against Georgetown (2/28)
- Drove in multiple runs in four games with a season-high three against Charleston Southern (3/11)
- Went 1-for-4 in his return to the University of Virginia (3/3) with two RBI and a double
2019
- Redshirted
- Did not see game action (injured)
- Listed on the ACC Academic Honor Roll
- Played in 10 games, including seven starts (four in ACC play)
- Listed on the ACC Academic Honor Roll
- Went 1-for-3 in start at Clemson (3/18); started behind the plate in each of the final two games at Clemson
- Recorded two hits and two RBI in first start against Rutgers (2/25)
- Also drove in runs against The Citadel (2/18) and Rutgers (2/26)
- Three-time all-state honoree and twice named to Michigan's All-State Dream Team (all divisions)
- Finished with school records in batting average (.468), RBI (140), triples (12) and putouts (578); also had 171 hits, including eight home runs
- Named All-Southwest Michigan Athletic Conference each of his four years
- Was a four-time all-area and all-district selection
- Was named a team captain his junior and senior seasons
- Coached by his father, Bill, at Gull Lake HS
- Also a standout student; earned an MHSAA Scholar-Athlete Award (presented to 32 student-athletes from state of Michigan)
- Named to National Honor Society as well as Highest Honor Roll
Personal
- Son of Bill and Gretchen Blakely
- Has one sister, Elise
- Majoring in Nonprofit Studies
Hits: 4, two times
Runs: 3, 3/21/21 vs. George Mason
Walks: 2, three times
RBI: 3, 3/11/20 at Charleston Southern
Stolen Bases: N/A
Baseball Postgame vs Penn State: Head Coach Mik Aoki
Sunday, February 22
Baseball Highlights vs. JMU
Thursday, February 19
Baseball Press Conference
Wednesday, February 11
DIII Transfer Brady O' Brien Staying Hot at the Plate
Wednesday, May 07
