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| Season | GP-GS | CG | SHO | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | W-L | Saves | WHIP | BAA | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17-6 | -- | -- | 47.2 | 68 | 40 | 32 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 1-5 | 1 | 1.70 | .352 | 6.04 |
| 2010 | 21-1 | -- | -- | 31.0 | 40 | 32 | 29 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 2-2 | -- | 1.81 | .315 | 8.42 |
| Totals | 38-7 | -- | -- | 78.2 | 108 | 72 | 61 | 13 | 29 | 38 | 3-7 | 1 | 1.74 | .338 | 6.98 |
| Season | GP-GS | BF | 2B | 3B | WP | HBP | Balk | SFA | SHA | PO | Asst | E | Fld % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17-6 | 216 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -- | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -- | 1.000 |
| 2010 | 21-1 | 151 | 9 | -- | 2 | 5 | -- | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -- | 1.000 |
| Totals | 38-7 | 367 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -- | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -- | 1.000 |
Made 21 appearances during his rookie campaign, compiling a 2-2 worksheet...Over the course of 31.0 inning pitched, Blount struck out 17...Was perfect in his collegiate debut, throwing two flawless frames against Xavier on Feb. 19...Struck out two and recorded six outs on just 24 pitches, including 19 strikes...Added three more scoreless innings in his second appearance...Struck out four, walked one and allowed one hit against Eastern Kentucky on March 3....Suffered the first loss of his career after allowing three runs, only one earned, on five hits in two innings against Kennesaw State on March 6....Allowed two runs on four hits against Western Kentucky on March 9...Gave up a two-run home run against Connecticut on March 13 after retiring the first five batters he faced in order...Got back on track with a scoreless inning of relief against Morehead State on March 17...Faced four batters, recording one out, at South Carolina on March 20...Struck out two of the three batters he faced in a scoreless inning of work against USC Upstate on March 23...Was roughed up for five runs on six hits in 1.2 innings versus LSU on March 27...Allowed one run on two hits as he recorded two outs on the road at Ole Miss on April 2....Was touched for a run on two hits in 1.2 frames of action against Western Carolina on April 7...Allowed three runs, two earned, on four hits and a walk against Florida on April 10...Struck out two Gators in that appearance...Retired all three batters he faced versus Lipscomb on April 13...Struck out one and walked a batter in 0.2 innings during UT's 15-13 win at Mississippi State in the series opener on April 16....Suffered the second loss of his career after giving up three runs on one hit, two walks and a wild pitch at Mississippi State on April 17...Earned his second win on April 21 with 4.2 innings of scoreless relief at Western Carolina...Retired the first 11 batters he faced in that contest....Made his first collegiate start in the second game of a doubleheader against Vanderbilt on April 25...Lasted two innings, allowing three runs on two hits, three walks and a hit batter....Threw two innings of relief in the series opener against Kentucky, allowing a run on a solo home run....Yielded three runs on three hits, including two home runs, in an inning of work as UT defeated MTSU, 12-7, on May 12....Was touched for three runs on three hits (two home runs) and did not record an out at Auburn three days later...Allowd two runs on one hit and a hit batter in an inning of work against Alabama on May 20...Played on the Thomasville HiToms in the Coastal Plains League over the summer...Made 20 relief appearances, posting a 4.18 ERA...Struck out 31 batters in 32.1 innings of work.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from South Gwinnett High School in Loganville, Ga., where he was coached by Steve Teschner...Rated by PGCrosschecker.com as one of the Top 300 high school prospects in the country...Was also rated as the No. 16 overall prospect and No. 9 pitching prospect in the state of Georgia...Played four years of baseball and two of basketball at South Gwinnett H.S....Was the 2009 Gwinnett County Player of the Year in baseball as well as First-Team All-Gwinnett County, a player of the month and tallied the lowest earned run average in the county (0.58) as a senior...Also picked up Second-Team All-Gwinnett County and player of the month accolades as both a sophomore and junior in 2007 and 2008...Recorded a .333 batting average with eight home runs and 22 RBIs, while posting a 7-1 pitching mark with a 0.58 ERA and 40 strikeouts as a senior for the Region 8-AAAAA Champion Comets...Hit .356 with three HR's, 19 RBIs, a 5-5 pitching record, a 2.25 ERA and 24 K's in '08 and hit .400 overall with three big flies, 21 RBIs, a 4-5 pitching record, a 3.81 ERA and 19 strikeouts in 2007...As a high school freshman in 2006, Blount was 1-2 from the mound with 12 K's and a 4.62 ERA...Averaged a double-double of 12 points and 13 rebounds as a center on the South Gwinnett basketball team as a rookie in 2006 and followed that up with a six-point, 12-carom average during his sophomore hardwood campaign (2007)...Played club baseball for both Team Georgia and Team Elite, winning the Tournament of Stars with the former in 2008...Chose to come to Tennessee over Georgia Tech.
PERSONAL
Full name is Nicholas Jackson Blount...Born September 1, 1990, in Atlanta, Ga.....Son of David and Patti Blount...Has one sibling, Danielle...Recipient of the Carroll/Diane Sasser Endowment and the James W. Robinson Scholarship Endowment...Interested in majoring in journalism/electronic media.
