Nolan Blackwood

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Photo by: Ben Solomon

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Position:
RHP
Ht./Wt.:
6-6 / 173
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Southaven, Miss.
Prev School:
Southaven HS
NIL:
R/R

Academic Honors
Memphis Tiger 3.0 Club Fall 2015.

2016- Junior
Has made 20 appearances in relief this season ... Earned his first save of the season pitching a perfect inning in game two of the SIUE series (2/27) ... Earned his second save of the season and struck out two batters in game three against Georgia Southern (3/6) ... Pitched a season high two innings of relief against Missouri State (3/13), striking out one batter ... Picked up his third save of the season against Arkansas- Pine Bluff (3/15) in a perfect ninth inning appearance, striking out one batter ... Pitched a season high three innings of relief against Eastern Illinois on 3/18 ... Pitched a scoreless inning of relief against Arkansas on 4/6, striking out one batter faced ... Set a program record for career saves with 22 against USF on 4/9 ... Earned his first win of the season in a three inning appearance versus East Carolina on 4/17 ... Pitched two scoreless innngs against Houston on 5/6 striking out four ... Pitched a scoreless 1.1 innings of relief against Arkansas State on 5/10, striking out three ...

2015 - Sophomore
Set program record for saves in a single season with 14, passing Jonathan Van Eaton (2013) ... Named a NCBWA second-team All-American, becoming only the second Memphis pitcher to earn All-America honors ... Also named a second-team member of the ABCA/Rawlings NCAA South All-Region team ... Moved to third all-time in school history with 17 career saves ... Finished with a 2-1 record and a 0.52 ERA in 34.2 innings of work over 25 appearances ... Allowed only two runs during the season and opponents batted just .225 against him ... Didn't allow a run in his first 13 appearances of the season ... Pitched a career-high six innings of shutout baseball to earn an extra-innings win over UConn (4/26) ... Tossed four shutout innings in an extra-inning win over UT Martin ... Finished the season with 17.1 consecutive scoreless innings pitched over his last nine outings.

2014 - Summer (Wisconsin Rapids Rafters)
Appeared in 29 games for the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters of the Northwoods League ... Posted 4.67 ERA in 34.2 innings of work ... Had a 4-4 record with one save ... Struck out 29 and walked 11 ... Held opponents to a .248 average against and had a 1.29 WHIP.

2014 - Freshman
Set program record for single-season appearances with 31 ... Finished with a 2-4 record and a 2.41 ERA in 41.0 innings ... Allowed no runs in 20 of his 31 appearances ... Struck out 27 against 10 walks and held opponents to a .252 average against ... Earned a save in three games ... Made 11 appearances in league play and had a 33.48 ERA in 10.1 innings ... Opened his career by earning win against Western Michigan (2/14) with 3.2 innings of scoreless relief ... Closed out series with Western Michigan (2/16) earning a save with a perfect inning of relief ... Logged his second save in win at Samford (2/23) allowing one hit over three innings of work ... Pitched 1.2 innings of relief without allowing a hit and earned win against SEMO (3/1) ... Pitched two perfect innings at Ole Miss (3/5) to earn save ... Pitched a season-high five innings in 17-inning game against Central Arkansas (3/7), but was saddled with the loss allowing three runs, all unearned ... Closed the year with six consecutive scoreless outings and allowed just four hits and one walk in that span.

Prep
Lettered three years as a pitcher, shortstop and right fielder for coach Ed Rich at Southaven ... Named an all-state selection after helping the Chargers to a 24-8 record and the 2013 state championship ... Went 3-1 with six saves, allowing just one earned run in 39 2/3 innings to record a 0.18 ERA.