Cal Poly Baseball Player Profile

Bloomquist608Casey Bloomquist

Pitcher, 6-3, 185, Junior. Eighteen wins in his first two seasons at Cal Poly and three more this year during a three-game stretch in which he beat pac-12 powers Oregon State and USC along with perennial Big West champion Cal State Fullerton. He is Cal Poly’s Friday night starter after a sophomore season as the Sunday starter. Was named preseason first-team National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and second-team Louisville Slugger Collegiate Baseball Newspaper All-American prior to the 2015 season.
2014: In 14 starts and pair of relief appearances, compiled 12-2 record and 1.56 ERA as a sophomore en route to numerous postseason honors … second-team All-Big West, first-team Baseball America All-American, first-team National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, second-team Collegiate Baseball Newspaper All-American and second-team Rawlings All-West Region … struck out 74 batters and walked only 20 in 98 innings … won his first nine starts before suffering loss at Long Beach State on April 27 … notched first complete game with 3-0 shutout (three hits, eight strikeouts) against Cal State Fullerton … career-high 10 strikeouts against Wagner and matched that figure in 1-0 win over UC Santa Barbara … was within one strike of shutting out Seattle before an error and RBI double chased him … allowed one unearned run in eight innings against UC Davis … pitched 7 2/3 scoreless innings against UC Santa Barbara … allowed just one earned run and seven hits in eight innings of 2-1 loss to Pepperdine in NCAA Regional … earned save against Northern Illinois … finished No. 5 in nation with his 12 victories and No. 24 with his 1.56 ERA … 7-1 with 1.38 ERA in home games and 7-1 with 1.46 ERA in Big West contests … shared team’s Mike Krukow Outstanding Pitcher Award with Matt Imhof … did not play summer ball.

2013: Finished stellar freshman campaign with 6-2 record and 5.02 ERA after becoming team’s midweek starter in second half of season … was moved into the weekend rotation as the Sunday starter in final two weeks of regular season after earning five wins, two against Bakersfield … made six starts … struck out 39 batters in 52 innings … pitched into the seventh inning five times, but couldn’t reach the eighth until his first weekend start May 19 against Cal State Northridge when he allowed two runs and six hits in 7.1 innings for the victory … career-high eight strikeouts against Santa Clara on April 16 … first collegiate win was at Bakersfield on April 9 when he gave up two runs and two hits in six-plus innings with three walks and five strikeouts … allowed one run and seven hits in 6.2 innings for win at Cal on April 23 … did not allow a walk over four consecutive starts (22 innings) before walking first Pacific batter of game May 25 … allowed just one home run in 52 innings … 5-0 in night games and 3-0 in home games … pitched for Corvallis Knights in West Coast Collegiate Baseball League over the summer, compiling 4-0 record and 3.45 ERA in seven starts with 24 strikeouts in 41 2/3 innings … earned All-WCCBL honorable mention praise.

High School: Compiled 6-4 record and 1.26 ERA as a senior under head coach Tom McCormack at Bakersfield Christian High School … 80 strikeouts in 61 innings pitched … struck out 12 in game vs. Highland and 10 against Tehachapi … one complete game, a three-hitter in 2-0 loss to Kerman in finals of CIF-Central Section Division IV playoffs … opponents hit .177 … a .489 hitter with 43 runs scored, 27 RBI, 12 doubles, three triples and three home runs … 14 multiple-hit games, including three four-hit contests … .598 on-base percentage and .789 slugging percentage … stole six of seven bases and committed three errors in 141 chances for .979 fielding percentage … led Eagles to 23-7 record and first-place finish in South Sequoia League … co-MVP of South Sequoia League … hit .490 during his junior season, collecting 15 doubles, six triples and four home runs … drove in 42 runs and stole nine bases, leading Eagles to 24-8 overall record, second-place finish in the South Sequoia League and the CIF-Central Section Division IV championship … in 85 2/3 innings on the mound, was 9-3 with a 1.96 ERA, striking out 110 batters … when not on the mound, played shortstop and first base … posted a .586 on-base percentage and .888 slugging percentage en route to All-South Sequoia League pitcher and All-Area utility player honors … named to the NCSAA All-American first team, All-American Far West Super Region team, ESPN Cal-Hi all-state small schools team and all-state underclassmen second team … as a sophomore, hit .481 with 13 doubles, eight triples, five home runs and 45 RBI (7-4, 4.38 ERA on the mound) en route to NCSAA All-American second team, All-American Far West Super Region team and All-Area second team honors … named rookie of the year and All-Area honorable mention as a freshman when he hit .522 (6-2, 4.4 ERA on the mound) … visited Cal State Fullerton, Pepperdine, UC Irvine and UCLA before choosing Cal Poly because of its “great campus and it feels like home. The coaches are the best and I feel they can help me develop to the next level.”