Evan Blanco

2025

• 2025 Preseason Second Team All-American (D1Baseball)

2024

• Went 8-3 with a 3.62 ERA in 18 starts.
• Struck out 99 batters in 99.1 innings pitched.
• Led all Cavalier pitchers in games started (18), innings pitched (99.1), strikeouts (99) and wins (8).
• Logged a then career-long outing of 6.1 innings and seven strikeouts against North Carolina (4/5).
• Recorded his second consecutive quality start against Louisville (4/12) by allowing three runs in six innings of work with a career-high 11 strikeouts.
• Tossed 7.1 innings without allowing an earned run against Virginia Tech.
• Against Mississippi State in the NCAA Charlottesville Regional, he struck out seven batters and allowed four runs (three earned) in six innings of work.
• In the 2024 NCAA Charlottesville Super Regional, he earned the win after pitching 7.0 innings while surrendering only four runs on five hits and struck out nine opposing batters while walking only one.
• Named Third Team All-ACC.

SUMMER 2023: Played on the North Shore Navigators of the New England Collegiate Baseball League … totaled four innings over two appearances and pitched to a 2.25 ERA (1 ER) … pitched in two games, including a start against the Keene Swamp Bats on July 5. Pitched three innings, allowed four hits, one run and struck out four in the contest … came on in relief against the Valley Blue Sox, tossed a scoreless frame and struck out two.

2023
• One of 12 Cavaliers on ACC Academic Team and included on the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
• Made 24 appearances, all out of the bullpen, tied with Jake Berry for the second-most on the team.
• Went 1-0 with a 3.04 ERA and 26 strikeouts in 23.1 IP.
• Pitched in shutouts against Rhode Island on March 4 (1.0 IP, 0 R) and NC State on March 17 (0.1 IP, 0 R).
• Credited with a staff-best, eight bullpen holds including one in game one of the NCAA Super Regional vs. Duke (0.1 IP, 0 R) and in the College World Series against Florida (0.1, 1 R).
• Made his collegiate debut against Ohio in Wilmington, N.C. and struck out three of the four batters he faced.
• Allowed only one run and one hit over his first eight collegiate appearances, a total of 7.1 innings.
• Recorded his first collegiate win after pitching a total of two perfect innings against Liberty on April 25. He struck out a season-high, five batters in the 7-4 win over the Flames.
• Made 12 appearances in ACC play, tied for the second-most on the team. Logged 11.2 innings and allowed four earned runs in conference pay (3.o9 ERA).

AUSTIN PREPATORY SCHOOL
• Went 21-0, amassed 216 strikeouts and posted a 0.58 ERA in 134.2 innings pitched over the course of his prep career.
• As a senior went 12-0 with a 0.90 ERA in 77.2 innings pitched. Allowed only one earned run walked 11 batters and struck 129 batters.
• 2022 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper High School All-American (Second Team)
• Three-time Catholic Central League All Star (2019, 2021, 2022).
• Named the 2022 Catholic Central League Pitcher of the Year, the 2022 MaxPreps Massachusetts Player of the Year, and the 2022 Boston Globe Athlete of the Year.
• Boston Globe All-Scholastic (2021 & 2022) and Boston Herald All-Scholastic (2022).
• Massachusetts Baseball Coaches Association (MBCA) Senior All-Star Game Selection.
• Austin Prep went 25-0 and won the 2022 Massachusetts (MIAA) State Championship.
• Served as the baseball team captain in 2021 and 2022.
• Ranked the No. 1 LHP and the No. 2 overall player in the state of Massachusetts according to Perfect Game.
• The No. 40 ranked LHP in the country according to Perfect Game

PERSONAL
• Born in Winchester, Mass.
• Son of Suzanne Blanco.
• Has an older sister, Sophia.
• Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences at UVA