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Blake Guerin - Baseball - University of Iowa Athletics

#45 Blake Guerin

Position 1B
Height 6-6
Weight 280 lbs.
Class Fr.
B/T R/R
Hometown Shoreview, Minn.
High School Mounds View

2024

  • Appeared in 40 games with 19 starts.
  • Scattered 14 hits across 76 at-bats.
  • Hit a three-run home run versus Milwaukee on April 23rd.
  • Went 3-4 with two doubles against Jacksonville St. on March 9th.

2023

  • Appeared in 21 games with four starts.
  • Hit .290 with five doubles and seven RBIs
  • Doubled in his first at bat as a Hawkeye against Quinnipiac on February 18th.
  • Hit his first career home run against Indiana State in the Terre Haute Regional (6/4).

High School

  • 439th-ranked player nationally by Perfect Game
  • No. 1 ranked player in Minnesota by Perfect Game
  • 2021 Perfect Game National participant
  • 2020 Prep Baseball Report Future Games participant
  • All-state honoree as a senior after hitting .333 with a 1.120 OPS, .704 slugging percentage and nine home runs
  • Pioneer Press Player of the Year as a senior
  • Two-time all-conference and all-section honoree
  • Holds school record for home runs (9) and most RBIs (32) in 20 games
  • Helped team to third place finish at state in 2021 and a conference runner-up finish in 2022
  • 2016 National Home Run Derby finalist, placing third in the nation
  • Played for the Minnesota Blizzard, where he received the Top Hitter Award three times, two MVP honors and the Leadership Award
  • High school coach was Mark Downey and Nik Anderson

Personal

  • Born Feb. 20, 2004, in St. Paul, Minn
  • Son of Beth Guerin (mom), Jay Guerin (dad), Molly Guerin (step-mom) and Megan Higginbotham (step-mom)
  • Megan played four years of collegiate softball at the University of Minnesota and coached at Florida International
  • Has three siblings, Tyler, George and Russell
  • Majoring in marketing