2006 Baseball Roster
Roster
Blake Helm
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Springfield, Ill.
- High School:
- Lincoln Land CC
- Prev School:
- Lincoln Land CC
2008: Saw action in 37 games with 32 starts (20 in center field)...Hitting mostly from the leadoff spot, he batted .270 with 33 hits in 122 at bats, which included 21 runs scores, three doubles and nine RBI...Was 6-of-10 in stolen bases, tied for third on the team...Had a five-game hitting streak...Had a 3-hit game vs UTM.
2007:Â Had his junior season limited to only three plate appearances after hand surgery.
BEFORE MSU: Named all-region at Lincoln Land CC under coach Ron Riggle...played three seasons at Springfield High under coaches Jim Steinwart (2002-03) and Jaime Stash (2001)...named all-conference shortstop in 2002 and 2003...earned the 2002 Top Stick award...named 2001 Gatorade Player of the Year...also earned three letters in football and competed in hockey at SHS.
PERSONAL: Born Christopher Blake Helm on Oct. 12, 1984, the son of James and Susan Helm...has one sister, Jenna (19), a varsity swimmer at Southern Illinois...a two-sport Scholar Award honoree...great-great-grandfather was James J. Jeffries, the boxing heavyweight world champion (1899-1905)...majoring in pre-chiropractic medicine.
