2019 Baseball Roster

Courtney Culbreath
Tim Casey
Madison Schultz
Madison Schultz
Steve Franz / LSU Athletics

12 Blake Reese

  • Position INF/OF
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • B/T S/R
  • Hometown Tallahassee, Fla.
  • High School Lincoln

Biography

2019 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2018 Gainesville Regional All-Tournament Team
2018 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2017 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2016 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
 
AS A SENIOR (2019): Named a team captain prior to the season…Played in 31 games and made 12 starts at second base…Finished career with 153 games played and 98 starts…Had two multi-hit games on the year, going 2-for-4 against Miami on Feb. 24 and 2-for-2 at LSU on April 19…Only home run of the season came in a win against Florida State on March 12…Graduated in May of 2019 with a degree in Forest Resources and Conservation…Earned SEC Academic Honors for the fourth year in a row.
 
AS A JUNIOR (2018): Played in 70 games, tied for the 10th-most in school history in a single season, with 66 starts at second base and two at shortstop…Had a career year at the plate, batting .253 with 19 doubles, two triples, five homers and 43 RBI (fifth on the team)…His 19 doubles tied for the most by a second baseman in school history in a single season…Tied for fifth in the SEC in doubles (19), eighth in stolen bases (14) and 10th in walks (40)…Had 162 assists, fifth in the SEC, and turned 40 double plays, fourth-most in the SEC…Had 18 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games…Had four games with two doubles…Tied for the team lead with a .289 average in the NCAA Tournament…Led the team at the College World Series, going 5-for-14 (.357) with three doubles…Set a career-high with four RBI against Siena on February 18…Had a career-best four hits against Stony Brook on March 4, including his first career home run…Matched his career-best four RBI with a grand slam against Georgia on May 12.
 
SUMMER (2017): Played in 12 games with the New Market Rebels in the Valley League (Va.), helping the team to a second place finish in the North Division…Batted .348 (16-for-46) with 10 RBI and 12 runs scored…Had three doubles, two triples and two home runs…Drew 11 walks and stole five bases.
 
AS A SOPHOMORE (2017): Played in 40 games and batted .233 with 11 RBIs on the year…Had three multi-hit games and three games with multiple RBIs…In his 18 starts, 13 came in the outfield, two at third base, two at second base and one at DH…Hit .320 (8-for-25) with runners in scoring position…Entered as a pinch-runner in the 12th inning against USF in the Gainesville Regional and scored from first on an errant throw for the game-winning run…Earlier in the season against USF, went 2-for-3 with a career-high three RBIs…Was 4-for-4 stealing bases on the season.
 
SUMMER (2016): Played for the Kenosha Kingfish in the Northwoods League...Appeared in 42 games and hit .259 (45-for-175) with 13 doubles and 19 RBI...Scored 26 runs and had 14 stolen bases.
 
AS A FRESHMAN (2016): Appeared in 12 games for the Gators in 2016, making 0 starts…Saw action at shortstop and second base…Hit .286 (2-7) with 1 RBI and 2 runs scored…Of his two hits, one was a double and the other was a single…Hit first career hit was a pinch-hit single against Dartmouth…Walked 2 times and struck out 2 times on the season…His first career RBI came in the SEC Tournament in an elimination game against Mississippi State.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Infielder from Lincoln High School who played for head coach Joe Vallese and was a three-year starter…Ranked as the No. 7 shortstop in the state of Florida in the Final Class of 2015 Rankings by Perfect Game…Named the Lincoln Scholar-Athlete of the Year and graduated cum laude with a 4.27 grade-point average…Earned All-Big Bend Conference honors as both a junior and senior…Was an Honorable Mention Preseason All-American and was named to the Florida All-Region First Team by Rawlings/Perfect Game prior to his senior year...Was a 2014 Perfect Game Underclass Second-Team All-American and a 2013 Perfect Game Underclass Honorable Mention All-American…Attended the same high school as former Gator two-sport athlete Gavin Dickey, who lettered in baseball at UF from 2004-06, and former shortstop Cole Figueroa, who made the Major Leagues with the Tampa Bay Rays after playing for the Orange and Blue in 2007-08.
 
Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD%
2016 .286 12 0 7 2 2 1 0 0 1 3 .429 2 0 2 0 .444 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1.000
2017 .233 40 18 73 12 17 2 0 0 11 19 .260 12 5 22 2 .378 0 0 4 4 33 16 1 .980
2018 .253 70 68 233 44 59 19 2 5 43 97 .416 40 8 56 4 .375 4 0 14 19 105 162 15 .947
2019 .232 31 12 56 10 13 2 0 1 7 18 .321 7 4 17 0 .358 0 0 2 4 26 42 5 .932
TOTAL .247 153 98 369 68 91 24 2 6 62 137 .371 61 17 97 6 .375 4 0 20 27 167 221 21 .949
 
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Hits: 4, Stony Brook, Mar 03, 2018
Doubles: 2, 4 times
Triples: 1, Siena, Feb 17, 2018 ; at Miami, Feb 24, 2018
Home runs: 1, 6 times
Total bases: 7, Siena, Feb 17, 2018 ; Stony Brook, Mar 03, 2018
RBI: 4, Siena, Feb 18, 2018 ; Georgia, May 12, 2018
Runs scored: 3, at Tennessee, Apr 07, 2018 ; Stony Brook, Mar 02, 2018 ; Stony Brook, Mar 03, 2018
Walks: 2, 11 times
Hit by pitch: 2, vs Bethune-Cookman, Jun 05, 2017
Struck out: 3, 5 times
Sac flies: 1, 4 times
At bats: 5, 7 times
Stolen bases: 2, Columbia, Jun 01, 2018 ; at South Carolina, Mar 16, 2018
Caught stealing: 2, Jacksonville, Apr 17, 2018
Field chances: 11, at Tennessee, Apr 08, 2018
Putouts: 6, at Tennessee, Apr 08, 2018
Assists: 8, at Texas A&M, May 04, 2018

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2016Freshman

    INF
    5'11" 180 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2017Sophomore

    INF/OF
    5'11" 180 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2018Junior

    INF/OF
    5'11" 187 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2019Senior

    INF/OF
    5'11" 187 lbs
    12