2014 Baseball
Roster
Blair DeBord
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Manhattan
Honors
All-Big 12 First Team (2013)
NCAA Manhattan All-Regional Team (2013)
Johnny Bench Award Semifinalist (2013)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2013)
Academic All-Big 12 Second Team (2014)
Game-Highs
At-Bats: 6 (Last: 5/18/14 vs. Texas)
Hits: 3 (Last: 4/1/14 at Omaha)
RBI: 4 (4/28/10 vs. Chicago State)
Home Runs: 1 (Last: 4/26/14 at West Virginia)
Walks: 2 (Last: 3/29/14 at Creighton)
Runs Scored: 3 (2/25/12 at San Diego State)
Stolen Bases: 1 (Last: 4/15/14 at Nebraska)
Strikeouts: 3 (Last: 5/16/14 vs. Texas)
Career
- Finished seventh in K-State history in games played (206) and games started (194)
- Also finished second in school history in hit by pitches with 40
- Hit .293 (197-for-673) with 37 doubles, 5 home runs, and 105 RBIs in his K-State career
Senior (2014)
- Batted .238 (36-for-151) with 5 doubles, 1 home run, 18 RBIs, and 18 runs scored in 45 games (43 starts)
- Named to the Johnny Bench Award Watch List in early March
- Drew 11 walks and struck out 29 times
- Went 2-for-3 in stolen base attempts
- Third on the team with 9 hit by pitches ... Finished his career with 40 hit by pitches, which were the second-most in program history
- Threw out 21% of attempted base stealers (13-for-62)
- Ended the year batting .290 (32-for-110) in his final 32 games ... Started the season batting .098 (4-for-41) in his first 13 games
- Posted a career-high 13-game hitting streak from March 30-April 18 ... Hit .362 (17-for-47) with 8 RBIs over the stretch
- Missed 7 games from March 9-19 due to injury
- Had a season-high 3 hits on March 26 vs. Nebraska, going 3-for-5 with 2 RBIs
- Matched his season-high in hits with 3 at Omaha on April 1 ... Went 3-for-4 with a double and 2 RBIs
- Had the game-winning hit on April 18 vs. Baylor ... In the bottom of the eighth, DeBord hit a two-run infield single to help K-State go on to win 6-4 over the Bears
- Hit a home run on April 26 at West Virginia, his first roundtripper since 2012
- Went 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored on May 6 at Wichita State
- 10th in the Big 12 in batting average (.327)
- Batted .327 (65-for-199) with 11 doubles, a triple, 37 RBI and 33 runs over 60 games ... Posted a .418 OBP with the help of 26 walks (struck out 26 times)
- Season-high 12-game hitting streak from March 22-April 9 ... Batted .468 (22-for-47) over the stretch
- Hit .462 (6-for-13) with 4 RBI and a walk in series at Baylor from March 28-30
- Had 6 hits and 3 RBI in three-game series vs. Texas Tech from April 5-7
- Collected 2 doubles, 2 RBI and 2 runs scored on April 13 at Iowa
- Perfect 3-for-3 with a walk and run scored on May 18 vs. Oklahoma
- 2-for-5 with 2 RBI and a run scored in game one of Manhattan Regional vs. Wichita State on May 31
- Batted .500 (5-for-10) with 2 RBI and a walk in 3 games over Super Regional at Oregon State
2013 Summer League
Played for the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League ... Hit .245 (13-for-53) with a double and 6 RBI in 17 games.
Redshirt Sophomore (2012)
- Enters season tied for ninth in school history in hit-by-pitch with 22
- Played in 50 as a redshirt sophomore, including 25 starts at catcher and 19 as the designated hitter
- Hit .257 with eight doubles, two home runs and 28 RBI, while he did not commit an error in 208 fielding chances
- Finished third on the team with nine multi-RBI games, including three-RBI contests at No. 24 Oklahoma on March 31, vs. Sacred Heart on April 7 and against Baylor on April 15
- Started six of the final nine regular-season games behind the plate, helping the Wildcats earn a 7-2 record and a trip to the Big 12 Championship
- Tied his career high with three hits, including a double, while driving in two runs at San Diego State on Feb. 25... That came on the heels of another two-RBI contest against the Aztecs two days prior
- Was 2-for-3 with a double, a home run and three RBI on March 31 at No. 24 Oklahoma
- Second three-hit game of the season came against No. 5 Baylor on April 15 when he doubled twice
- Tallied two hits, including a solo homer, on May 17 at Texas Tech
Sophomore (2011)
Redshirted due to injury.
Freshman (2010)
- A backup catcher who also started 40 games as the team's designated hitter...
- Hit .340 with 13 doubles, two homers and 22 RBI...
- Finished six points shy of the K-State freshman batting average record...
- Registered a .467 on-base percentage to rank seventh in the Big 12...
- Was hit by 17 pitches, which tied for third in school history...
- Registered nine infield hits...
- Tallied four three-hit games, including one against Kent State on March 13 when he hit his first career home run and drove in three runs...
- Also had a homer and tallied a season high four RBI against Chicago State on April 28...
- Registered two doubles against Duquesne, while he had multi-RBI contests against St. Bonaventure and Minnesota on May 4...
- Went 27-for-54 (.500) with six doubles, a home run and nine RBI over his first 16 starts.
Manhattan HS: A four-year letterwinner for the Indians under head coach Don Hess... Named First Team All-Centennial League and second team all-state as a junior after hitting .526 with 11 doubles, one home run and 32 RBI... Earned Louisville Slugger High School All-American honorable mention honors as a senior, as well as being named Centennial Co-Player of the Year and first team all-state... Hit .500 with eight doubles, two triples and seven home runs as a senior... Participated in the Kansas Association of Baseball Coaches (KABC) All-Star Game... Also a three-year letterwinner in football, earning honorable mention all-league and first team All-Flint Hills accolades as a senior... A four-year honors student who was a KMAN Student-Athlete of the Year nominee.
Personal:Blair Louis DeBord was born December 9, 1990, in Manhattan, Kan... Son of Blake and Brenda DeBord... Both parents attended K-State... Has one sibling, Brooks, who is on the 2014 K-State baseball roster ... Graduated in May of 2014 with a Bachelor's degree in marketing.
| Season | AVG | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | OBP | SLG | BB | HBP | SO | SB-A |
| 2010 | .340 | 51-47 | 156 | 23 | 53 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .467 | .462 | 21 | 17 | 24 | 3-5 |
| 2012 | .257 | 50-44 | 167 | 18 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 28 | .333 | .341 | 16 | 5 | 23 | 0-0 |
| 2013 | .327 | 60-60 | 199 | 33 | 65 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 37 | .418 | .392 | 26 | 9 | 26 | 6-8 |
| 2014 | .238 | 45-43 | 151 | 18 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .326 | .291 | 11 | 9 | 29 | 11-16 |
| Career | .293 | 206-194 | 673 | 92 | 197 | 37 | 1 |
5 | 105 | .390 | .373 | 74 | 40 | 102 |
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