2024 Softball Roster
Roster
Blume, Avry
OF
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Jersey Number 1
Avry Blume
- Position:
- OF
- Height:
- 5-3
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Belvidere, Ill.
- High School:
- Belvidere HS
- Previous School:
- Bradley
Bio
Awards and Honors
- Yearly Honors
- All-OVC first team (2023)
- OVC Softball Championship All-Tournament Team (2023)
- OVC All-Newcomer Team (2022)
- Academic Honors
- OVC Medal of Honor (2021-22, 2022-23)
- Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2021-22, 2022-23)
- OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll (2021-22, 2022-23)
- Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024)
2023: Named to All-OVC second team…Tabbed to OVC Softball Championship All-Tournament Team after posting a .667 average with two doubles, two home runs and five RBIs in four games…Played and started in 39 games for the Skyhawks in centerfield…Notched a .325 batting average with 24 runs, eight doubles, six home runs and 24 RBIs…Posted a .391 on-base percentage and .553 slugging percentage…Drew 13 walks…Stole two bases, coming against Valparaiso (Feb. 25) and Morehead State (Apr. 14)…Tallied nine multi-hit contests, including a 4-for-4 afternoon with a home run and two RBIs against SIUE (May 11) in the OVC Softball Championship…Tallied a season-long seven-game hitting streak from Feb. 24 through March 4…Notched five multi-RBI contests, including a season-best three RBIs against Green Bay (Feb. 18) and Southeast Missouri (May 11)…Hit home runs against Green Bay (Feb. 18), Kansas City (Feb. 18), Southern Indiana (Apr. 1), Lindenwood (Apr. 23), SIUE (May 11) and Southeast Missouri (May 11)…Posted a .988 fielding percentage with 79 putouts, three assists and one error...Earned OVC Medal of Honor for perfect 4.0 GPA…Named to OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll…Tabbed Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete…Named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for both the fall and spring semesters.
2022: Named to OVC All-Newcomer squad…Played in all 53 games for the Skyhawks while starting in 51 contests split between center field (39), catcher (5), second (4) and right field (3)…Notched a .281 batting average with 25 runs scored, 41 hits, seven doubles, one triple, four home runs and 29 RBIs…Posted a .327 on-base percentage and .425 slugging percentage…Drew seven walks, including a season-high two against Austin Peay (May 1)…Stole five bases against Arkansas Pine Bluff (twice; Feb. 12 and March 23), Mississippi Valley State (Feb. 25), Memphis (March 6) and Tennessee Tech (March 20)…Tallied eight multi-hit contests, including a four-hit outing against IUPUI (March 5)…Notched at least three hits in four games against IUPUI (March 5), SIUE (Apr. 23), Southeast Missouri (Apr. 27) and Austin Peay (Apr. 30)…Posted five games with multiple RBIs including a career-high six RBI performance against Austin Peay (Apr. 30)…Recorded five RBIs against IUPUI (March 5)…Hit home runs against Georgia Southern (twice; Feb. 18 and Feb. 19), IUPUI (March 5) and Ole Miss (March 29)…Stroked a triple against SIUE (Apr. 23)…Posted a .980 fielding percentage with 88 putouts, eight assists and two errors…Earned OVC Medal of Honor for perfect 4.0 GPA…Named to OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll…Tabbed Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete…Named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for both the fall and spring semesters.
Before UT Martin: Joins the Skyhawks from Bradley where she played two seasons for head coach Amy Hayes…Played in 46 games over two years while earning 33 starts while hitting .271…Posted a .295 average with 15 runs, six doubles, two triples, four home runs and 19 RBIs in 33 games in 2021…Notched a .330 on-base percentage and .526 slugging percentage…Recorded .856 OPS…Stole three bases in three opportunities…Posted a .963 fielding percentage with 90 putouts, 15 assists and four errors…Tallied a season-high three hits against Missouri State (Apr. 2)…Hit two home runs against Loyola Chicago (Apr. 11)…Notched two doubles against Saint Louis (Feb. 22)…Appeared in 13 contests in a COVID-shortened 2020 campaign…Saw the bulk of her action as a pinch runner…Picked up her first career hist against UTEP (Feb. 9)…Two-time MVC Honor Roll recipient…Three-time Bradley AD Honor Roll honoree.
High School: Prepped at Belvidere High School where she helped the Buccaneers to a regional title in 2018…She was an all-state performer as a junior along with earning all-area and all-conference honors…She served as team captain as a junior, earning the team’s Golden Glove and Team MVP award…Hit .406 during the 2019 travel season with Wasco Diamonds ML, tallying four doubles, three triples and nine home runs while driving in 29 runs in 42 games.
Personal: Daughter of Dave and Kristena Blume…Has one sibling, Addyson…Majoring in health science.
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