Chicago, Ill - Connor Blake of Illinois Tech Baseball was named to the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) Baseball First-Team All-Conference team as a third-basemen.

Blake led the Scarlet Hawks in several offensive categories, including a .424 batting average, a .513 on-base percentage, and a .671 slugging percentage.

In 40 games played, Blake had 67 hits in 158 at-bats, scoring 43 runs with 36 runs batted in. He had 11 doubles, five triples and six home runs, while walking 26 times. Blake was eight of nine in stolen bases.

Blake was a dual-contributor on the team as a starting pitcher, with 10 appearances in 2022. In 48.2 inning pitched, Blake was 1-4 with a 6.84 earned-run average, while striking out 8.14 batters per nine innings. Blake's best outing came against Carthage on March 27th, when he pitched seven full innings in a 13-1 victory, allowing only three hits and one earned-run while striking out seven batters.