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Blake Weiman

Position LHP
Height 6'4''
Weight 200 lbs.
Class Junior
Hometown Littleton, Colo.
High School Columbine

Honors and Awards

  • 2016 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
  • 2015 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
  • 2015 Millard G. Jantz KU Academic Newcomer of the Year
  • Two-time Athletic Director’s and Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

2016, Sophomore season
Made 17 appearances with 14 starts on the hill … Recorded 60 2/3 innings of work, allowing 46 earned runs (6.82 ERA) … Struck out both batters faced at Little Rock (2/20) … Struck out career-high six batters against Northern Colorado (2/23) … Tossed five innings against Utah (2/29), giving up just one run … Gave up season-high three runs vs. BYU (3/4) … Picked up first win of the season in a six-inning effort vs. Purdue (3/12) … Tossed season-high six and 1/3 innings at Stanford (3/20) … Pitched three scoreless frames in a start against then-No. 16 Missouri State … Faced a then-season-high 29 batters at Baylor (4/2) … Picked up second win with two scoreless innings against Wichita State (4/19).

2015, Freshman season
Made seven starts and appeared in 21 games for the Jayhawks … Made his Jayhawk debut at LSU (2/14) in a relief appearance … Made his first start against Utah (3/8) … Worked a career-best six and 1/3 innings and struck out a career-high four batters at Oklahoma (4/3) … Picked up his first-career win against Oklahoma State (4/12) … Tied a career-high four strikeouts at Northwestern (5/5).

Columbine HS
Played four years for coach Chuck Gillman and the Columbine Rebels’ baseball team … Selected to the 2012, 2013 and 2014 Colorado High School Futures All-Star teams … 2014 First-Team All-Conference and Conference Pitcher of the Year … Selected to the 2014 First-Team All-State 5A and All-Colorado teams … Honored as the 2014 Colorado Pitcher of the Year … Undefeated on the mound as both a junior and a senior with three and seven wins, respectively.

Personal
Born in Wheat Ridge, Colorado … Son of J.D. and Lynda Weiman … Father, J.D., played football at New Mexico State and Fort Lewis College … Mother, Lynda, played volleyball at Peru State … Majoring in physical education.