Blake Wagenseller

Height:
6-1
Weight:
205
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Poway, CA
High School:
Poway HS

Battling Boise State transfer Joe Yorke for the starting nod as Cal Poly's designated hitter and also will back up the outfielders as a redshirt junior this season.

2020 -- Played in 14 games with 10 starts, all as a designated hitter, as a junior ... hit .222 with eight hits, including one double and a triple ... two RBIs, one each versus Vanderbilt and Baylor ... went 3-for-3 with a triple and an RBI versus Baylor ... doubled versus Michigan ... did not play summer ball.

2019 -- Played in 27 games with 13 starts as a sophomore ... started 10 games as Cal Poly's designated hitter and three others in left field ... hit .145 with eight hits, including one double (USC on April 27) and a triple (Columbia on March 8) ... handled seven chances without an error in left field ... two-hit games versus Oklahoma on Feb. 15 and USC on April 27 ... played summer ball for Waterloo Bucks in Northwoods League ... hit .283 with 36 hits in 37 games, including seven doubles and three home runs ... drove in 28 runs.

2018 -- A .211 hitter with eight hits, including a home run against New Mexico, his second game as a Mustang and the only run of the contest for Cal Poly in a 3-1 loss ... drove in four runs ... played in 22 games with eight starts, seven as designated hitter and one in left field ... Cal Poly's leading pinch-hitter as he was 4-for-8 (.500) off the bench ... played summer ball for Victoria Harbourcats in West Coast League, hitting .216 with two doubles, one home run, four RBI and five steals.

High School -- A career .362 batting average in four varsity seasons as a third baseman and center fielder under head coach Bob Parry at Poway High School in San Diego County ... hit .408 as a senior with 11 doubles, four home runs, 22 RBI and 13 steals, leading Titans to 23-12 overall mark, third-place Palomar League finish and a semifinal-round finish in CIF-San Diego Section Division I playoffs ... hit .348 with five doubles, one triple and two home runs as a junior with 13 RBI and 19 steals ... as a sophomore hit .376 with six doubles, two triples, four home runs, 22 RBI and 17 steals ... played 20 varsity games as a freshman, hitting .237 with two doubles, two RBI and a pair of steals ... career totals were 24 doubles, three triples, 10 home runs, 59 RBI and 51 steals in 58 attempts ... Wagenseller earned first-team All-Palomar League honors three times, leading Poway to the CIF-San Diego Section Division I finals in 2016 and to the championship in 2015 ... also has been named to the San Diego Union-Tribune All-Academic Team twice and played on the 2016 USA Baseball national championship team ... Wagenseller also was recruited by Stanford, San Diego State, Arizona, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Utah and BYU, electing to play at Cal Poly "because of the high-class baseball program and education and I feel the school and baseball program will develop me for the best future possible" ... played summer ball for Utah Marshalls, hitting .318 with 32 RBI.

Personal -- Son of Mark and Kirsten Wagenseller ... one sister, Nicole ... uncle Glenn Stephan played tennis at San Diego State ... wants to work in the field of finance ... enjoys hanging out at the beach and body surfing ... born in La Jolla, Calif. ... majoring in business administration with a concentration in marketing.