2015 Softball Roster
Roster
Demi Blaker
- Position:
- Utility
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
- Class:
- Freshman
- Height:
- 5-5
- Hometown:
- Long Beach, MS
- High School:
- Our Lady Academy
2015: Appeared in two games, both as a pinch runner, during the first weekend of the season … Her first collegiate appearance came against Mississippi Valley State (Feb. 5) when she entered the game to pinch run and was later caught stealing … Her final appearance of the season came on the final day of the Bulldog Kickoff Classic against Saint Louis (Feb. 8).
PRE-COLLEGE: A six-year letterwinner at Our Lady Academy and has claimed six all-district honors ... The varsity team’s five-time most valuable player ... Received five Sun Herald All-South Mississippi Team selections and a pair of Clarion Ledger Top-Ten Performer honors ... Named to the 2013 3A all-state squad and was selected to play for the West team in the 2013 Gulf Coast Futures All-Star Game ... A three-time Sun Herald Player of the Week and 2013 1A/2A/3A South All-Star ... Blaker led the league in batting average as a junior and in RBI as a senior ... Away from softball, volunteers at the South Mississippi Regional Center and is an assistant coach for her younger brother Brody’s baseball team ... During the holiday season, volunteers to deliver meals to the needy ... Throughout the year, serves at the local nursing home and helps with Buddy Ball activities for special-needs children.
PERSONAL: Born on September 10, 1995 in Long Beach, Miss. ... Daughter of Bruce and Shei Blaker ... Has one brother, Brody, and one sister, Dallas ... Majoring in biological sciences.
