Ally Blake

Position:
C/2B
Height:
5-8
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Concord, N.C.
High School:
Central Cabarrus

2012: Started 53 games at multiple positions throughout the season • Named All-ACC second team • Posted career-bests .333 batting average, 42 runs, 52 hits, .551 slugging percentage, and 8 stolen bases • Second on the team in batting average, runs scored, hits, walks and fielding assists • Went three for three with two runs, a double, and a stolen base in the first game of the season against North Flordia • Registered three runs against Flordia Atlantic with a double and a home run • Drawed three walks in one game and and scored twice • Doubled the amount of career runs she had before the season.

2011: Started all 55 games at catcher, designated player and third base • Started all three ACC Tournament games at third, making several defensive stops • Posted a career-best .311 batting average, eight home runs and 38 RBI • Tied for a team-best eight doubles • Collected a .443 on-base percentage with a team-best 32 walks • Drawed two or more walks in five games • Mashed a .548 slugging percentage with 13 multi-RBI and seven multi-hit efforts • Registered three hits and a home run against Notre Dame March 5 • Recorded five hits, a home run and three RBI in a doubleheader at Campbell March 23 • Belted a two-run home run in a 4-0 win over Florida State March 27.

2010: As a sophomore, appeared in 56 games • Started 35 games as catcher and 19 games as designated hitter • Finished the season with a .282 average • Drove in 23 runs on the year with four doubles and seven home runs • Was one of seven Tar Heels to record a slugging percentage of .400 or better at .458 • Scored seven runs while gaining 65 total bases • Recorded three hits and two home runs against Boston College with three RBIs April 10 • Hit three home runs against Charlotte March 23 and earned three RBIs.

2009: As a freshmen, appeared in 38 games , starting 24 primarily as a designated hitter and catcher • Tallied a .246 average recording 17 hits in 65 at-bats • Hit two home runs, four doubles to go along with 13 RBI in 2009 • Scored 10 runs while tallying 27 total bases en route to a .415 slugging percentage • Hit a two-run home run in a 8-3 victory over Virginia April 11 • Recorded three hits in NCAA tournament win over Campbell scoring three runs with one RBI.

At Central Cabarrus High School in Concord, N.C.: Three-time all-conference selection • Selected all-state as a freshman and a sophomore • Earned MECA 4A Conference Player of the Year honors as a junior • Helped lead team to a conference championship as a freshman • Named to the Louisville Slugger/NFCA High School First Team All-Region squad • Earned All-Piedmont and All-Observer honors as a sophomore • Played her summer ball with the Carolina Cobras and Carolina Legacy • Two-time NCHSAA Scholar Athlete • Graduated high school a semester early to join the team.

Personal: The daughter of Ben Blake and Donnie and Sylvia Myers • Born Allyson Bullard Blake on Nov. 30, 1990, in Concord, N.C. • Has two brothers, Ben Blake and Cole Myers.

More on Blake: Plans to major in exercise and sports science • Lists Pete Rose and Cole Myers (little brother) as athletes she admires • Biggest sports thrill was meeting Pete Rose • Her parents have had the greatest influence on her athletic career • Her favorite food is sushi • Favorite book is "Holes" • Lists "Love and Baksetball" as her favorite movie and "House" as her favorite TV show • Admits to being a huge Elton John fan and saw him live in Vegas for her 18th birthday.

Year	AVG.	GP-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	SLG.	BB	SO	SB-SA
2009	.262	38-24	65	10	17	4	0	2	27	13	.415	12	8	0-0
2010	.282	56-56	142	17	40	4	0	7	65	23	.458	28	21	0-1
2011	.311	55-55	135	15	42	8	0	8	74	38	.548	32	15	2-2
2012	.333	54-53	156	42	52	10	0	8	86	30	.551	20	17	8-13
Career	.303	203-188	342	84	151	26	0	25	252	104	.506	92	61	10-16