#45 Blake Guerin Season 2023-24

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