2024 Baseball Roster

Gabriella Whisler
Craig Haas
Tim Casey

41 Blake Purnell

  • Height 6-3
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • B/T R/R
  • Hometown Boynton Beach, Fla.
  • High School St. Thomas Aquinas

Biography

2024 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023 University of Florida Graduate (Fall)
2023 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2022 Freshman All-American (Collegiate Baseball)
2022 SEC Co-Freshman of the Week (April 11)
2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll


Career:
  • Made a grand total of 74 appearances over three seasons, finishing with a 5.42 ERA 
  • Concluded career with a winning record of 5-3 on top of four saves
  • Struck out 78 batters across 91 1/3 innings.
  • Had a career .971 fielding percentage with a 1.000 mark in the 2022 and 2023 seasons

2024 (Redshirt Junior):
  • Pitched in 21 games out of the UF bullpen in his third season in Orange & Blue
  • Tallied 19 2/3 innings pitched with a 7.78 ERA
  • Fanned 21 batters against just six walks
  • Worked to 9.6 K/9, 2.7 BB/9 and a 3.5 K-to-BB ratio
  • Tossed a scoreless frame at North Florida on Feb. 20 on one hit and one strikeout
  • Fired a perfect inning with one strikeout against Florida state on March 12
  • Blanked Texas A&M across one frame on one hit and one strikeout on March 16
  • Chucked 1 1/3 innings with two hits allowed and one strikeout vs. Florida A&M on April 2
  • Logged two shutout, no-hit frames highlighted by a season-high three strikeouts at Missouri on April 6
  • Made an appearance in the victory over Nebraska in the Stillwater Regional on June 2

2023 (Redshirt Sophomore):
  • Made 17 appearances out of the UF bullpen
  • Finished with a 2-0 record and 9.28 ERA
  • Totaled 18 strikeouts in 21 1/3 innings pitched
  • Held opposing hitters to a .294 batting average
  • Pitched a clean frame with one strikeout vs. Charleston Southern on Feb. 19
  • Tosses a scoreless inning with two walks and one strikeout at South Carolina on April 21
  • Recorded career highs with five scoreless innings and eight strikeouts vs. Florida State on May 2, surrendering just four hits and one walk to pick up the victory
  • Blanked the Tigers across 1 2/3 frames to earn the victory in the College World Series Finals on June 25

2022 (Redshirt Freshman):
  • Named a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball
  • Pitched in a team-leading 36 games out of the Florida bullpen
  • Finished with a 3-3 record, four saves and 2.86 ERA across 50 1/3 innings
  • Held opposing hitters to a .258 batting average
  • Allowed just two home runs across 222 batters faced (0.4 HR/9)
  • Did not allow an earned run over his first-11 career appearances spanning 19 1/3 innings
  • Tossed 1 2/3 no-hit innings of relief with two strikeouts in his collegiate debut vs. Liberty on Feb. 19
  • Fired three shutout innings on four hits and one strikeout to earn his first-career win vs. Georgia State on Feb. 26
  • Earned the win at No. 21 Miami on March 6 with 3 2/3 scoreless innings of relief while striking out four
  • Picked up his first-career save with two-thirds of an inning of relief at Alabama on March 18
  • Locked down the save vs. No. 5 Florida State with 2 2/3 no-hit innings of relief while striking out four on March 29
  • Held No. 2 Arkansas to one run across 3 1/3 frames to earn the save on April 8
  • Tabbed the SEC Co-Freshman of the Week on April 11 after pitching in all four of Florida’s games, going 1-0 with one save and a 1.29 ERA across seven innings pitched, allowing just five hits with no walks allowed
  • Pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings vs. No. 20 Florida State on May 17
  • Logged eight-straight scoreless outings spanning 8 2/3 innings from May 10 vs. Bethune-Cookman to May 27 vs. Arkansas

2021 (Freshman):
  • Did not appear in any games

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS HIGH SCHOOL:
  • 2020 Perfect Game Preseason All-Region Honorable Mention (Florida)
  • As a junior and senior, combined for 32 strikeouts and a sub-3 ERA across 30.1 innings pitched
MAJOR:
Received graduate certificate in Sports Event Management in May 2024.
 
ERA W L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF BAVG WP HBP BK SFA SHA
2022 2.86 3 3 36 0 0 0 4 50.1 50 19 16 15 39 7 1 2 222 .258 3 8 0 2 2
2023 9.28 2 0 17 0 0 0 0 21.1 25 23 22 17 18 4 3 2 113 .294 2 7 0 1 2
Total 4.77 5 3 53 0 0 0 4 71.2 75 42 38 32 57 11 4 4 335 .269 5 15 0 3 4

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Innings pitched: 5.0, vs. Florida State, May 2, 2023
Walks allowed: 3, at Tennessee, April 8, 2023
Runs allowed: 6, vs. LSU, June 26, 2023
Strikeouts: 8, vs. Florida State, May 2, 2023
Putouts: 2, two times, last vs. Florida State, May 2, 2023
Assists: 1, 13 times

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Historical Player Information

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    2021Freshman

    RHP
    6'3" 210 lbs
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  • 41

    2022Redshirt Freshman

    RHP
    6'3" 210 lbs
    41
  • 41

    2023Redshirt Sophomore

    RHP
    6'3" 210 lbs
    41
  • 41

    2024Redshirt Junior

    RHP
    6'3" 220 lbs
    41