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2026 Baseball Roster

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5 Brady Blakita

5 Brady Blakita

  • Position:
    2B
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Weight:
    165
  • Letters:
    3
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Canton, Mich.
  • High School:
    Detroit Catholic Central

Summary

Biography

Career Notes:  Played in 67 games (32 starts) across two seasons with the program ... every appearance in the field has been patrolled at second base for the Warriors ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team following the 2025 campaign ... 2024-25 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award.

2026:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... played in 41 of the team's 53 games with 32 starts, 26 at second base and the other six as the designated hitter ... saw a much larger role with a new career best in nearly every statistical category ... hit .268 (30-for-112) with 39 runs scored, seven doubles, six home runs, 20 RBI, 31 walks, six hit-by-pitches, two sacrifice flies, one sacrifice hit, and 11 stolen bases (tied-for-third on the team) in 13 attempts ... registered six long balls in 41 games after just one blast in the first 67 contests of his career as a freshman and sophomore combined ... hit at both the top of the order and the bottom including leadoff (24 starts), second (two starts), the seven hole (one start), eighth (three starts), and the nine hole (two starts) ... recorded seven multi-hit games, two of which saw him collect three base knocks in a span of three performances, both at Roosevelt -- April 18 in game one of the doubleheader and the next day, April 19 ... shined brightest in GLIAC play, which included 21 of 24 games played, 17 starts and a .350 batting average (21-for-60) ... back to his overall performance, notched five multi-RBI performances including three with two driven in and two with a trio of RBI ... those two three-RBI contests were March 13 vs. Northern State down in Florida and March 29 at Davenport in game two of that double dip ... finished with at least one hit in four straight games on March 1-21 ... reached base in 17 outings in a row, a stretch that lasted nearly one calendar month, March 29 to April 2 ... during that span alone, he walked 18 of his 31 times for the entire season, including a streak of 11 contests with at least one free pass drawn ... went deep twice in his first 24 games (48 at-bats) before doing so four times in his 17 contests (64 at-bats) ... stole just two bags in his first 20 outings (2-for-2) before swiping the remaining nine bags in the final 21 games (9-for-11) ... slugged .491 with a .444 on-base percentage for an OPS of .935 ... recorded a .946 fielding percentage on 112 chances with 33 putouts, 73 assists and six errors while being involved in 10 double plays, good for third on the team ... Game-By-Game Stats.

2025:  2024-25 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... appeared in 36 games with 21 starts, all of which were at second base ... 10 of those 21 starts came in the nine hole of the lineup and six were up in the two spot ... hit .215 (17-for-79) with a .612 OPS, 13 runs scored, four doubles, one home run (first of career on March 11 vs. #18 Minnesota State), 11 RBI, 24 total bases, 11 walks, one sac fly, one sacrifice hit, and five stolen bases (5-for-7) while slugging .304 with a .308 on-base percentage ... three of four multi-hit games came consecutively (started personal-best five-game hitting streak), March 7 in both contests against Point Park (2-for-3 in each game) and March 8 vs. Malone (2-for-4) ... the fourth was on April 4 against Roosevelt (2-for-4) ... four of those 11 runs driven in came in one outing (career high), the March 11 performance against the Mavericks ... that game, he walked in a run in the second inning and hit a three-run shot in the fourth ... five stolen bases came in five different games ... involved in 12 double plays defensively, which was good for third on the team ... Game-By-Game Stats.

2024:  Played in 31 games as a rookie including 11 starts, all of which were at second base (28 games total), along with seven appearances as a pinch-runner (most on the team, scored four times) and five as a pinch-hitter ... pinch-ran and scored the game-tying run (8-8 score) against No. 16 Saginaw Valley State in the top of the ninth on May 10 in the GLIAC Tournament elimination game ... hit .227 (10-for-44) for the year with 11 runs scored, one double, one triple, five RBI, 13 total bases and six walks ... six of those 10 hits came in a three-game span on April 6, 7 and 9 against SVSU ... opened that stretch with the first multi-hit game of his career going 3-for-3 with three runs scored, one batted in and a pair of free passes ... then went 2-for-5 with an RBI the next day ... rounded out the hot streak with one base knock in his five at-bats, a run scored, two batted in, one triple and a walk ... registered the first hit of his career on Feb. 17 against Hillsdale thanks to an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning ... defensively, registered a .974 fielding percentage on 78 chances with 34 putouts and 42 assists while contributing to nine double plays ... first double came in his fourth game played and first career start, Feb. 25 against Tiffin ... Game-By-Game Stats.

High School:  A 2023 graduate of Detroit Catholic Central High School ... was a three-year letterwinner for the Shamrocks ... earned All-Catholic League, All-District and All-Region accolades ... smacked two home runs and drove in four in a 2023 win over Lake Orion ... also competed in football and basketball at DCCHS ... was a two-year team captain in baseball and one year in football ... was an Academic All-State honoree ... caught 42 passes as a senior for 686 yards and six touchdowns for the Shamrocks ... finished with 1,268 all-purpose yards in 2022 in 11 games (434 KOR, 142 PR, 6 rushing) to earn Detroit Free Press All-North First Team recognition ... had a 100-yard interception return in 2022 against Brother Rice ... was a member of the National Honor Society ... play summer ball for the Sour West Oakland Warriors and coaches Mike Higgins and Kirk Cassidy.

Personal:  Full name -- Brady M. Blakita ... born on September 8, 2004, in Canton, Mich. ... son of Kevin and Vivian Blakita ... has three older brothers, Cody, Robert and Zack, and an older sister, Jasmine ... is a Marketing major ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.5+) for Fall 2023, Winter 2024 (4.00), Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Fall 2025 and Winter 2026.
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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2024Freshman

    2B
    5'9" 166 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2025Sophomore

    2B
    5'9" 166 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2026Junior

    2B
    5'8" 165 lbs
    5