Career
Terrific ambassador of GSU program... One of the top students on the team, named a two-time academic all-district selection among many academic honors... Held position on Student-Athlete Advisory Committee... Earned honors for community service and mentorship programs... On the field, saw action in 110 career games, including 34 starts... Belted 46 hits, including nine doubles and two home runs... Scored 31 runs... Drove in 27... Drew 32 walks and had .359 on-base percentage.
2012
Appeared in 31 total games with a career-high 16 starts, primarily at second base... Tied for second on the club with five sac bunts... Had two hits, including a double, and two RBIs against Southern Illinois March 2... Also had two hits at UNC Asheville May 8... Scored six runs on the year, including game-winning tally against Penn March 3 on a walk-off wild pitch... Had two walks in a game twice... Fielded .959 with a career-high 50 assists and 43 putouts.
2011
Appeared in 30 games during junior season, making nine starts at second base, third base and designated hitter... Pinch hit more than any other Panther... Batted .200 with 10 hits, including four doubles... Scored seven times and drove in six runs... Walked 11 times to reach base at a .344 clip... Had two hits each against Texas Southern February 20 and Florida A&M March 29... Scored twice against FAMU... Drove in two against UNC Asheville March 8... Named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District III Second Team for the second season in a row for his work in the classroom in helping push the Panthers' team GPA above 3.00.
2010
Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District III Second Team honors for his work in the classroom after serving as the Panthers top pinch-hitter during the season...Finished the year with 33 appearances and nine starts...Went 8-for-20 (.400) in the pinch-hit role, tops on the team with more than twice as many at bats than his closest teammate...Batted .362 with two home runs, 16 runs scored and 17 RBIs, to go along with a .517 slugging percentage...Had a career game against Alabama State on March 23rd, going 5-for-6 at the plate with four runs scored and six RBIs...Made three straight mid-season starts, going 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs at Mercer on April 13th, followed by 2-for-4 and 1-for-3 with two runs scored performances against Air Force...Collected his first pinch-hit in the second game of the season against top five ranked Florida State.
2009
Made 16 appearances during his first year, including one start against Atlanta Christian...Went 3-for-12 at the plate with two runs scored and one driven in...Went 2-for-3 against Atlanta Christian with a run scored and his first career double...Earned first stolen base of his career also against Atlanta Christian.
Prep
As a member of Dylan Deal's Holy Innocents' Golden Bears, was named to the AJC All-State First Team his senior year...Helped the Golden Bears to the state championship in 2007...Earned three varsity letters in both basketball and baseball at Holy Innocents'...Earned the Georgia Certificate of Merit Award.
Personal
Born on October 17, 1989, to David and Shella Blaustein in Atlanta, Ga....Has an older brother, Jack... Graduated in December with a finance degree and is currently enrolled in the communications graduate program.
