| Nick Blankenship |
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 | Class: Junior
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 | Hometown: Santa Rosa, Calif.
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 | High School: Piner
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 | Last College: Santa Rosa J.C.
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 | Height / Weight: 6-0 / 198
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 | Position: INF
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 | Bats/Throws: R/R
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AT SANTA ROSA J.C.
Played under Ron Meyers and Damon Neidlinger...team won the Bay Valley Conference Championship in 1999 and 2000...was an all-conference and all-America selection...broke 31-year old school batting average record after hitting .475 his final season...was a Doyle Scholarship winner and made the Dean's List
HIGH SCHOOL
Was an all-league and all-empire selection in 1997...hit .459 with four home runs, 38 RBI and 18 doubles
PERSONAL
Born on December 26, 1978 to Mack and Suzie Blankenship...has one sister Hayley (20)...enjoys fishing as a hobby
GETTING TO KNOW NICK
Chose Texas Tech because the program is highly respected...his most prized possession is his glove...the best thing about being a Red Raider is playing for a school and a program that he believes in...if he could play another sport at Tech it would be football