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Travis Blankenship

Class: Senior Hometown: Lawrence, Kan. High School: Free State HS

Last College: Johnson Co. CC Height / Weight: 6-0 / 184 Position: LHP B/T: L/L

Honors and Awards

Summer 2009: Pitched for the Palm Springs Power in the Southern California Collegiate Baseball Association ... Posted a 7-0 record with an 0.49 ERA in 37 innings ... Allowed opponents a .196 batting average and recorded 46 strikeouts ... Named to the SCCBA All-Star team.

2009 (Junior): Made a school-record 39 appearances for the Jayhawks ... Posted a 3-2 record with a 5.80 ERA in 40 1/3 innings ... Recorded 39 strikeouts ... Made first of two starts against North Dakota (March 4), allowing a run on three hits to pick up first win ... Did not allow a run over nine-straight appearances (March 7-March 27) ... Earned a pair of wins in series sweep of No. 1 Texas (March 21 and 22) ... Struck out three in 2 1/3 innings of relief against No. 17 Oklahoma State (April 11) ... Did not allow a run over his final 14 relief appearances (April 26-May 29).

2008 (At Johnson County CC): Helped team to a 41-16 record for head coach - and former Jayhawk - Kent Shelley ... Went 11-3 with a 2.69 ERA and 87 strikeouts in 15 starts ... Opponents hit just .246 against him ... Tossed six complete games, including a shutout.

2007 (At Johnson County CC): Went 6-2 with a 2.94 ERA in 13 starts ... Posted 48 strikeouts in 69 innings ... Tossed three complete games, including one shutout ... Helped team to a 33-20 record.

Free State HS: Lettered four years in baseball for head coach Mike Hill ... Named first team all-state ... Named first team All-Sunflower Conference ... Team won 2006 state championship ... A member of the honor roll ... Played for the Topeka Golden Giants during the 2008 summer, posting a 5-1 record with a 2.14 ERA.

Personal: Son of Larry and Cheri Blankenship ... A communications major.