Completed Event: Women's Volleyball versus #8 Arizona State on September 26, 2025 , Loss , 2, to, 3
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Jersey Number 31
Blaine Ray
- Position:
- OF
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 200
- Hometown:
- Ottawa, Kan.
- High School:
- Ottawa HS
HONORS & AWARDS
- 2021 Academic All-Big 12 Baseball First Team
2021 (R-JUNIOR)
- Appeared in 29 games with 12 starts
- Hit .196 (10-for-51) with four doubles, one triple and one home run
- Made first start of the season at Saint Louis (3/6)
- Recorded a season-high three RBI at Lafayette (3/23), hitting his lone home run of the season
- Tallied a triple in first appearance of the season vs. South Dakota State (2/21)
- Logged a season-high two hits at Texas Tech (5/20)
- 2021 Academic All-Big 12 Baseball First Team
2020 (SHORTENED SEASON DUE TO CORONAVIRUS)
- Appeared in 13 games with five starts in centerfield, finishing with a .192 average (5-for-26) with two doubles, one RBI and two walks
- Made season debut as a pinch runner at Belmont (2/14)
- Earned first start of the season vs. Indiana State (3/6), recording lone multiple-hit game of the season
- Recorded first double and RBI of the season at Charleston Southern (2/23)
2019 (SOPHOMORE)
- Started in 14 of the 31 games he played in
- Batted .184 (9-for-49) with two triples, one home run and seven walks
- Made season debut with a start in right field at USC Upstate (2/16)
- Hit his first career home run vs. Baylor (3/30)
- Knocked in a career-high two RBIs on a career-high two hits against the Bears
2018 (FRESHMAN)
- Started two of the 18 games he played in
- Batted .130 (3-for-23) with three runs and one RBI
- Made first-career start against Murray State (2/18), where he also notched his first hit
- Scored first-career run against Morehead State (3/31)
- Made Big 12 debut against West Virginia (5/4)
OTTAWA HS
- Earned 11 letters across baseball, football and wrestling at Ottawa High School
- Played for head coach Shawn Herrmann where he helped his club to two regional championships in 2015 and 2017, and a state runner-up finish in 2017
- Named first-team all-state junior and senior years in baseball
- Regional wrestler of the year his senior year after placing third at the state level
- Football team earned regional and district titles in 2016
- Named to the honor roll all four years
PERSONAL
- Born in Merriam, Kansas
- Son of Todd and Amy Ray
- Has two sisters, Hannah and Hailie
- Sister, Hailie, played softball at Eastern Illinois
- Plans to major in sport management
Kansas Baseball vs. North Dakota State Postgame Press Conference
Saturday, May 31
Kansas Baseball vs. Creighton Postgame Press Conference
Friday, May 30
Kansas Baseball Game Week Press Conference vs. Creighton
Thursday, May 29
Kansas Baseball Pre-NCAA Media Availability
Tuesday, May 27
