2021 Baseball Roster
Roster
Blake Shapen
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 192
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Shreveport, La.
- High School:
- Evangel Christian Academy
2022 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Named Honorable Mention All-Big 12 by the league coaches … Tabbed First-Team Academic All-Big 12 … Threw for 2,709 yards on 233-of-368 passing with 18 TDs and 10 interceptions … Averaged 214.6 yards passing per game … Rushed 76 times for 96 yards and two TDs … Completed 63.3 percent of his passes, the fifth-best total in single-season program history … Also ranked ninth in program annals in passing yards in a season and 10th in completions … Had a 137.7 efficiency rating as a passer, just shy of cracking the top-12 in school single-season history … Had two games with 300+ yards passing … In his season debut, threw for 214 yards on 17-of-20 passing with two TDs, also rushing four times for 11 yards and a score … Threw for 137 yards and a TD on 18-of-28 passing at No. 21 BYU … Was 15-of-26 for a TD, while rushing for 42 yards and a TD on three carries, vs. Texas State … Led a win at Iowa State, throwing for 238 yards and three TDs on 19-of-26 passing … Threw for a season-high 345 yards and two TDs on 28-of-40 passing with two interceptions vs. No. 7 Oklahoma State … Was in the midst of a career game, throwing for 326 yards and two scores on 14-of-22 passing before suffering a concussion early in the third quarter at West Virginia … Tossed 164 yards and a score on 17-of-26 passing, throwing two picks, in a win over Kansas … Was 19-of-30 for 211 yards and a score, while rushing 10 times for 30 yards in a 45-17 rout of Texas Tech in Lubbock … Threw for 132 yards on 14-of-23 passing with an interception in a win at Oklahoma … Had 203 yards passing on 22-of-38 in the air with two interceptions vs. No. 19 Kansas State … Threw for 269 yards with a TD and an interception on 21-of-30 passing vs. No. 4 TCU, also rushing seven times for 20 yards … Was 18-of-36 for 179 yards and two TDs, throwing one interception, in the regular-season finale at No. 23 Texas … Threw for 188 yards on 11-of-23 passing with two TDs in the Armed Forces Bowl vs. Air Force, a night that kicked off at 12 degrees with a significant wind in a game against the nation’s top statistical defense … Earned honorable mention weekly honors in week four by the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award … Was on the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List in the preseason.
2021 (FRESHMAN): Did not play in a game.
HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked as the No. 4 player in Louisiana and No. 1 shortstop prospect in state … selected to 2019 Under Armour All-America baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago … 2020 PG Southeast All-Region First Team … Also plays quarterback for Baylor football.
PERSONAL: Son of Ken and Pam Shapen … has two siblings, Vaughn and Kyle … plans to major in business … uncle, Hal Sutton, was is a professional golfer with 15 all-time wins.
