Blake Bennett

Height:
6-4
Weight:
225
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Amesbury, Mass.
High School:
Amesbury / UMass Lowell / Central Alabama CC

2023 – Senior: Worked 18 innings across 10 relief appearances, recording 19 strikeouts and a 7.50 ERA … Matched a career-best five strikeouts at UMass Lowell (5/9) through three complete innings, while allowing one run on three hits and two walks … Tossed three complete innings, giving up one hit and walking two with one strikeout in vs. Hartford (4/25) … Allowed three hits and one run, and dealt four strikeouts in two innings in the 13-6 victory against Dayton (5/19).

2022 – Junior: Saw action in 14 games and earned a 2-0 decision in his first season with the Minutemen … Struck out 21 batters through 23.2 innings of work … Posted a 6.46 ERA … Recorded a career-high five strikeouts, and only giving up one hit and allowing no runs during 4.0 innings against Penn State (3/11) … Struck out two batters in two innings while giving up one earned run against Harvard (4/5) en route to his first victory … Dealt four strikeouts and gave up one earned run in 2.0 innings in a win over Sacred Heart (4/22).

Before UMass: Attended Amesbury High School in Amesbury, Massachusetts … Played under head coach Joel Brierly … Was a three-year varsity letterwinner in baseball, hockey and football, while earning one varsity letter in basketball … Two-time team captain for baseball (junior; senior) and team captain as a junior for hockey … Garnered Eastern Mass All-Star honors as a junior and Eastern Mass All-Decade Team honors as a senior … Helped team to CAL Championship in senior season … Spent time at Central Alabama CC and a year at UMass Lowell … Also competed for the East Cobb Expos Baseball Club.