University of South Carolina Aiken Athletics

2017: Appeared in 13 games … Worked 12.1 innings … Struck out 16 batters … Struck out the side in the ninth frame in the season-opening victory over Lincoln Memorial … Pitched two-thirds of a frame and did not give up a run, in the series finale victory over LMU … Threw two-thirds of a scoreless inning in the victory at Wingate … Went two-thirds of an inning, striking out one in the win over the Rams … Struck out two in the win over Paine … Worked a scoreless seventh inning, striking out one, in the series finale over Young Harris … Closed out the game in the victory over Emmanuel … Struck out two while throwing two innings in the series-opening victory at Montevallo … Struck out three in an inning of work in the win over Chowan.

2016: Saw time in three games … Hurled three innings without giving up a hit … Struck out four batters … Worked a scoreless ninth inning, striking out one in the win over Paine … Struck out a batter in the victory over the Lions … Garnered a pair of strikeouts while throwing a scoreless inning in the win over Albany State.

2015: Redshirted.

Previous School: Attended Spartanburg Methodist.

High School: Attended Aiken H.S.

Personal: Blake Elijah Cantrell was born July 2, 1996 in Aiken, S.C. ... Son of Earl and Katrina Cantrell ... Has two siblings, Brooke and Breana ... Majoring in exercise science.