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2024 Baseball Roster

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Carla Wehmeyer - Arkansas State
Carla Wehmeyer - Arkansas State
Carla Wehmeyer - Arkansas State
Carla Wehmeyer - Arkansas State
Carla Wehmeyer - Arkansas State

5 Blake Burris

  • Position Outfield
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Edwardsville HS
  • Hometown Edwardsville, Ill.

Biography

2024 | SENIOR
Only player to appear in all 54 contests, starting in 53 of them … Hit .263 at the plate with nine doubles, two triples, three home runs, and 17 RBIs … Tied for the team-lead in hits (51), walks (29), and doubles while leading the team outright in sacrifice bunts (10), stolen bases (15), and total plate appearances (243) … Crossed the plate 38 times and acquired 73 total bases during the campaign … Recorded two RBIs in season debut against Omaha (Feb. 16) and matched the total four days later along with his first home run of the year against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Feb. 20) … Walked three times against the Mavericks in the series finale (Feb. 18) … Recorded two hits and stole a base for the third consecutive game at Ole Miss (Feb. 21) … Set season high in hits after going 3-for-5 at the plate with one RBI against Lindenwood (Feb. 25) … Recorded a double and home run in series opener at Missouri State on March 1 … Followed the performance with two RBIs and two runs scored one day later … Doubled and batted in a run on two hits against Murray State (March 5) … Doubled again and scored two runs in the backend of a doubleheader against Eastern Illinois (March 9) … Went 3-for-4 at the plate in conference debut against Louisiana (March 17), batting in one run and recording two doubles … Recorded back-to-back multi-hit performances at Arkansas-Pine Bluff (March 26) and Georgia Southern (March 28) … Went 3-for-6 with three runs scored and a run batted in during an 8-7 victory over Texas State (G2) on (April 26) … Homered in a 2-for-4 effort against Southern Miss on May 10.

2023 | JUNIOR
Hit .295 in 47 starts in center field, ranking third on the team in hitting … Second on the team with 53 runs scored and tied for third on the team with 54 hits … Homered four times and tied for the team lead with 17 doubles … Slugged .454 and boasted a .411 on base percentage, walking 34 times … Went 9-for-13 in stolen-base opportunities … Only one error in 128 chances for a .992 fielding percentage … Recorded multiple hits in 15 games … Hit .317 in conference play, second best on the team with a team-high 29 runs and nine doubles … Made a splash in his debut on Opening Night against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, hitting a double and a homer while scoring twice and driving in five runs … Scored three times and doubled twice against Illinois State (Feb. 26) … Went 3-for-5 with two doubles at Louisiana (March 18) … Reached base six times in seven plate appearances against ULM (April 22), going 4-for-5 with four runs and four RBIs … Drove in three more runs the next day on a pair of hits … Walked four times and scored twice against Old Dominion (May 7) … Doubled twice at Appalachian State (May 12) … Ended the season with a bang, going 4-for-4 with two walks, three runs and two RBIs against South Alabama (May 20).

JUNIOR COLLEGE
Spent three seasons (2020-22) at Lewis and Clark Community College … In 2022, hit .364 in 19 games played with 20 hits, 14 runs and 14 RBIs … Led the Trailblazers in hits (44), runs (36) and RBIs (26) in 2021, while being tied for the team lead with seven homers … Played summer ball for the Alton River Dragons in 2022, setting the stolen-base record (47).

HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at Edwardsville High School, the alma mater of A-State Hall of Honor member Todd Baumgartner … Two-time all-conference pick and helped EHS to a state title … First-team all-conference golfer as a senior

PERSONAL
Son of Mark Burris and Masie O’Neill … Birthday is June 22 … Majoring in general studies.

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2023Junior

    Outfield
    6'0" 170 lbs
    9
  • 5

    2024Senior

    Outfield
    6'0" 170 lbs
    5