2010 Baseball Roster

5 Boomer Blanchard

  • Position Infielder
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 170
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown New Iberia, La.
  • Highschool Westgate HS

Biography

2009 Sun Belt Conference Newcomer of the Year
2009 All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team

2009 (Junior): Named Sun Belt Conference Newcomer of the Year after batting .351 with 10 doubles, 12 home runs and 38 RBIs...named to the All-Sun Belt Second Team as a second baseman...had the second most hits (87), scored the third most runs (71), had the fourth most at-bats (248) and had the seventh most total bases (137) in a single-season in ULM history...in the Sun Belt Conference, he ranked fourth in runs scored, seventh in hits, seventh in home runs and 10th in total bases...recorded a hit in 30 of ULM's final 35 games of the season - 20 of those games he had multiple hits...led the Warhawks with 30 multi-hit games on the season...hit the game-winning home run in the eighth inning of ULM's 3-2 victory at No. 5 Arkansas...during two-game series at Dallas Baptist, hit three home runs and went 5-for-10 from the plate...reached base safely in 54-of-58 games played, recorded a hit in 47-of-58 games and scored a run in 44-of-58 games...did not go back-to-back games without a hit all season long...put together a 13-game hit streak from March 27 to April 18 and then followed that with a 10-game hit streak...started and played in 58 of ULM's 59 games...was the leadoff hitter in 54 games...led the team in hits, runs scored and fewest strikeouts per at-bat (8.3), was second in home runs (12), stolen bases (11) and total bases and was fourth in batting average (.351)...had a streak of nine straight games with an RBI from April 21 to May 2...hit .500 (3-of-6) with the bases loaded and hit .520 (51-of-98) when he led off an inning

LSU-Eunice: Helped lead LSU-E to the 2008 Junior College ­National ­Championship with a World Series record three home runs...finished the ­season hitting .378 with 11 home runs, 24 doubles, six triples, 90 runs scored and  30 ­stolen ­bases...hit .343 with 10 ­doubles and 28 ­stolen bases as a freshman...LSU-E won the 2006 ­Junior College ­National ­Championship ­during his redshirt year...named to the 2008 NJCAA World Series All-Tournament Team...all-region his ­freshman ­season...2007 LSU-E Defensive Player of the Year and 2008 LSU-E MVP

Prep: Three-time all-district selection at Westgate High School...also earned honorable mention all-state honors for the Tigers

Personal: Full name is John Michael Blanchard...born Aug. 27, 1987, in New Iberia, La...son of Mike and Janet Blanchard...has a brother Zak and a ­sister Christine Payton...brother played tennis at LSU from 1994-98...majoring in general studies...nickname Boomer comes from former Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Boomer Esiason

Statistics

Season:
2010

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2009Junior

    Infielder
    5'10" 170 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2010Senior

    Infielder
    5'10" 170 lbs
    5