2012 Baseball Roster
Roster
Trent Blank
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Columbia, Ill.
- High School:
- Columbia
CAREER HONORS
• Four-time Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Fall 2008, 2010, 2011, Spring 2011)
• 2012 MLB Draft Pick (30th round, Colorado Rockies)
• 2012 Third-Team All-American (Collegiate Baseball, NCBWA)
• 2012 Second-Team All-Big 12 (SP)
• 2012 Dick Howser Trophy semifinalist
• 2012 National Pitcher of the Year Award semifinalist
• Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 27, 2012)
2012 (SENIOR)
Earned third-team All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball and second-team All-Big 12 accolades after posting an 11-1 record with a 2.23 ERA over 105.0 innings pitched ... Led Big 12 Conference and tied for ninth nationally with 11 wins and ranked 43rd nationally and sixth in Big 12 with 2.23 ERA ... Ranked third in Big 12 with 2.08 ERA in conference play ... Recorded 15th double-digit wins season in school history ... Pitched 4.0 hitless innings to earn win vs. No. 15 TCU (2/21) ... Worked 3.0 innings of one-hit, shutout relief to pick up win at No. 22 UCLA (2/24) ... Named Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Week (2/27) after earning wins against pair of ranked opponents ... Pitched on three days rest and allowed one run in 7.0 innings vs. UC Irvine (3/3) ... Pitching in front of largest crowd in Baylor Ballpark history (5,911), worked 8.0 shutout innings to earn victory in 1-0 win over No. 2 Texas A&M (4/21), as Bears clinched series win in final Big 12 “Battle of the Brazos” and went on to sweep series ... Suffered only loss of season after allowing one earned run in 8.0 innings of 3-2 loss at Oklahoma (5/12) ... Earned 10th victory by pitching 7.0 shutout innings in win at Texas (5/18) ... Picked up 11th win by allowing one run in 8.0 innings vs. Arkansas in game one of Waco Super Regional.
2011 (JUNIOR)
Pitched in 19 games, 10 of which were starts ... Went 5-2 with 4.88 ERA over 66.1 innings of work ... Tied for second on team in wins and ranked third in innings pitched, appearances and games started ... First 10 outings of season were as weekend starter, then moved to bullpen for last nine appearances ... Held left-handed batters to .213 batting average (23-for-108) ... Struck out 11 batters in 16.2 innings of relief after moving to bullpen, up from 16 strikeouts in 49.2 innings as starter ... Picked up series-clinching win with 5.0 innings and two runs allowed in finale at Georgia (2/27) ... Earned second win and helped Bears avoid sweep with 6.0 innings and three runs allowed in finale at Kansas (4/3) ... Worked 5.0 innings and allowed one run in series finale at No. 8 Texas (4/10), but did not factor in decision ... Picked up win at No. 5 Texas A&M (4/16) by allowing one run in 5.1 innings of work ... Made adjustments to arm slot prior to relief appearance at No. 10 TCU (5/10) ... Pitched 3.1 innings of shutout relief and struck out four against Horned Frogs, starting streak of five consecutive appearances without allowing a run ... Earned fourth win with 3.0 innings of shutout relief vs. Dallas Baptist (5/17) ... Picked up fifth win with 4.0 innings of two-hit, shutout relief in series-clinching win over No. 13 Oklahoma (5/21).
2010 (SOPHOMORE)
Appeared in seven games, four of which were starts ... Missed time due to back injury, but returned to make two starts in April ... Went 2-1 with 5.48 ERA in 21.1 innings ... Struck out 14 and issued four walks ... Saw first action of season with 2.2 innings of shutout relief vs. Duke (2/20) ... Picked up win by allowing just one hit and striking out two against Blue Devils ... Earned second win of season by tossing 4.1 innings of relief vs. Oral Roberts (3/6) ... Allowed one run on three hits vs. Golden Eagles ... Missed more than a month before making start vs. UT Arlington (4/14) ... Saw last action of season in start vs. Sam Houston State (4/20) ... Struck out two in 3.0 shutout innings, but did not factor in decision as three Baylor pitchers worked 3.0 innings each in 9-5 win.
2009 (FRESHMAN)
Pitched in 15 games with four starts ... Made four appearances in Big 12 play, all in relief ... Went 1-1 with 9.36 ERA over 25.0 innings ... Made first start and struck out career-best nine batters against Houston Baptist (2/25) ... Picked up win with 5.0 innings and one run allowed on four hits and one walk ... Allowed one hit in 2.0 innings of shutout relief in 2-1 win at No. 13 TCU (3/4) ... After waiting nearly one month between outings, got final two outs after Minnesota scored five runs in ninth inning in final game of Baton Rouge Regional (5/31).
HIGH SCHOOL
Pitched and played shortstop for head coach Dustin Nail at Columbia [Ill.] High School ... Led Eagles to 2007 state title with a 34-5 record ... Program[apos]s first state title in 20 years ... Columbia also finished fourth in state in 2006 and won conference titles both years ... Team was 103-43 during career ... Three-time all-conference and all-metro selection ... 2007 honorable mention all-state ... Posted 19-5 career record with 1.76 ERA and 171 strikeouts against 30 walks in 159.0 innings ... Career .348 batting average ... Three-time team captain ... Also earned four letters as guard for Columbia[apos]s basketball team ... Guided hoops team to regional title as freshman and state Sweet 16 appearance as senior ... Three-time all-conference and all-metro, two-time honorable mention all-state pick in basketball ... Scored 1,149 career points ... Also played football ... Honors graduate ... Illinois High School Association Academic Achievement Award.
PERSONAL
Full name is Trent Robert Blank ... Born Aug. 31, 1989, in St. Louis, Mo. ... Son of Robert and Mary Sue Blank ... Father played collegiately at UALR and was 18th-round draft selection of the Houston Astros in 1976 ... Business major.
CAREER STATS
| YEAR | ERA | W-L | APP-GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | 2B | 3B | HR | BF | OBA | WP | HBP |
| 2009 | 9.36 | 1-1 | 15-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 42 | 28 | 26 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 131 | .378 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 5.48 | 2-1 | 7-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.1 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 91 | .282 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 4.88 | 5-2 | 19-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.1 | 75 | 40 | 36 | 26 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 302 | .290 | 5 | 5 |
| TOTAL | 5.99 | 8-4 | 41-18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112.2 | 141 | 81 | 75 | 43 | 63 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 524 | .310 | 7 | 8 |
