2024 Softball Roster

Joe Zak
Shelby Wright
Joe Zak

5 Holly Blaska

  • Position Infielder
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Champlin, Minn.
  • High School Champlin Park
  • Bats/Throws L/R

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
  • First-Team All-MAC (2021, 2024)
  • Second-Team All-MAC (2022, 2023)
  • Her .333 career batting average ranks eight in program history
  • Ranks third in program history in runs scored (182), home runs (50) and runs batted in (186)
  • Is fifth in career hits (226), second in doubles (52) and third in stolen bases (53)
  • 2024 CSC Academic All-District
 
2024 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Played in and started all 58 games
  • Hit .346 with 19 home runs and 54 RBI on the season
  • First-Team All-MAC
  • First-Team All-Region
  • Finished season with a .432 on-base percentage and was a perfect 7-for-7 on stolen bases
  • Had three home runs and five RBI in a win over Central Michigan
  • Had two home runs versus Louisville, Evansville and Austin Peay, all Miami wins
  • Recorded three hits in four different games during the season
  • Had at least three RBI in a game, nine different times


2023 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Started 52 of the 57 games she played this season
  • Academic All-MAC
  • MAC All-Tournament Team
  • All-MAC Second Team
  • Finished the season with a .347 batting average, 58 hits, 37 runs, 11 home runs and 49 RBI
  • Went 10-for-11 in stolen base attempts for the season
  • Went 8-for-12 overall in the NCAA Tournament.
  • Against Kentucky on May 20 in the NCAA Evanston Regional she had five RBI and went 2-for-2 at the plate with two home runs.

2022 Highlights
  • Second Team All-MAC
  • Academic All-MAC
  • Finished the season with a .298 batting average, while adding a career-high 13 home runs and 40 RBI
  • Had a .402 on-base percentage for the season
  • Was 14-of-15 on stolen base attempts this season
  • Went 4-of-5 with two home runs and three RBI in a contest versus Ohio
  • Went 2-for-3 with three RBI in a win at Toledo
  • Had back-to-back three-RBI performances versus EKU and Akron on April 27 and April 29.
  • Recorded the game-winning RBI versus Central Michigan in the MAC Tournament

2021 HIGHLIGHTS
  • First-Team All-MAC
  • All-MAC Defensive Team
  • Academic All-MAC
  • Played in 48 games
  • Finished year with a .373 batting average, seven home runs, 38 RBI and 14 stolen bases
  • Hit a home run in four straight games from May 8-12
  • Scored 46 runs, fifth-most in school history
  • Had a season-high four RBI versus Western Michigan on March 19
  • Had three RBI at Toledo (April 25) and at Ball State (April 27).


2020 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Played in 15 games, making 14 starts
  • Spent the majority of her time at first base
  • In the NCAA, ranked 33rd in sacrifice bunts per game (.27)
  • In the MAC, ranked second in stolen bases (8) and was tied for sixth in sacrifice bunts (4)
  • Led the team in stolen bases (8) and was second in sacrifice bunts (4) and third in runs (6)
  • Totaled three multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games
  • Went 2-of-3 with two RBI and a stolen base in the 3-2 win against South Alabama (2/29)
  • Went 2-of-5 with two RBI, a double and a run in the 10-8 win at Loyola-Chicago (2/7)
  • Went 2-of-3 with an RBI, two stolen bases and a run in the 5-1 win against Eastern Illinois (3/7)
  • Stole two bases in the 3-0 shutout of Green Bay (3/7) and totaled a season-high 11 putouts

HIGH SCHOOL
  • Four-year letterwinner at Champlin Park ... two-time team captain
  • Four-time All-Conference selection ... four-time All-State selection, earning first-team honors three times
  • Was named a Ms. Minnesota Softball finalist
  • Named All-Metro First Team
  • Earned the varsity letter award in academics, graduating with the highest honors
  • Led the team to a 14-6 record her senior season
  • Posted a .607 batting average, 34 hits, 40 runs, 11 home runs, 56 at-bats, 13 stolen bases, .703 on-base percentage and 1.232 slugging percentage during her senior year
  • Also lettered in archery and volleyball, winning a volleyball state championship in 2018.

PERSONAL
  • Majoring in mechanical engineering

Statistics

Season:
2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2020Freshman

    Infielder
    6'0"
    5
  • 5

    2021Freshman

    Infielder
    6'0"
    5
  • 5

    2022Junior

    Infielder
    6'0"
    5
  • 5

    2023Senior

    Infielder
    6'0"
    5
  • 5

    2024Graduate Student

    Infielder
    6'0"
    5