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  Blaise Salter
Blaise Salter

Player Profile
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
High School:
Orchard Lake St. Mary's
Height / Weight:
6-5 / 225
Position:
C/1B
Experience:
HS
B/T:
R/R

05/24/2012

Indiana Rallies to Defeat Spartans in Big Ten Tournament Second Round, 6-4

Hoosiers score four runs in the bottom of the eighth to top MSU.

05/23/2012

Spartans Hold Off Nebraska in Big Ten Tournament Opener, 10-9

Tony Bucciferro allows just two runs in eight innings to earn the win for MSU.

05/22/2012

Five Spartans Earn All-Big Ten Honors

Jordan Keur named first-team All-Big Ten.

05/22/2012

Spartans Open Big Ten Tournament Against Nebraska

Fifth-seeded MSU will take on the fourth-seeded Huskers in the first round Wednesday at 12:05 p.m.

05/18/2012

Penn State Rallies to Defeat Spartans, 6-5

Nittany Lions score one run in the eighth and one in the ninth to claim series victory.

Career Stats

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner under Coach Nick DiPonio (2008-10) and Coach Matt Petry (2011) at Orchard Lake St. Mary's High School . . . selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 2011 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft (38th round, No. 1157 overall) . . . ranked the No. 5 player in Michigan and one of the top 500 players in the nation according to Perfect Game . . . rated the No. 14 prospect for the Class of 2011 by MichiganBaseballProspects.org . . . named the East Team MVP at the 2011 Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association East-West All-Star Game played at Comerica Park after going 3-for-4 in the game . . . earned first-team MHSBCA Division 2 All-State honors his senior year . . . also named to The Detroit News All-Metro Team and the All-Oakland County Team . . . finished his senior season with a .471 batting average and had seven home runs, 36 RBIs, 12 doubles and three triples; he also compiled a .547 on-base percentage . . . served as a captain in 2011 . . . named to the MHSBCA 2010 Division 2 All-State First Team after hitting .410 with four homers and 41 RBIs . . . earned all-district honors four times, and all-area, all-county, and all-region honors three times . . . two-time first-team all-conference selection . . . led Orchard Lake St. Mary's to three straight district titles and a state runner-up finish in 2008 . . . played summer baseball for the Motor City Hit Dogs (2008) and the Midland Braves (2009) . . . also a three-year letterwinner in football as a defensive end and tight end.

PERSONAL: Son of John and Kelley Salter . . . born June 25, 1993 . . . his father, John, played baseball at Bowling Green . . . his grandfather, Bill Freehan, played for the Detroit Tigers (1961, `63-76) . . . his great uncle, Dan O'Brien, played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1978-79) . . . chose Michigan State over several schools, including Ole Miss.