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Texas Lutheran University

2023 Baseball

5 Blade Strzelczyk

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 175
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown San Antonio, Texas
  • High School East Central
  • Position UT
  • Major Business Management (Data Analytics - Master's)

Biography

Career

  • 2022 All-SCAC Second Team
  • 2x SCAC Champion (2019, 2021)
  • 3x SCAC Spring Academic Honor Roll (2019-21)
  • Program Record Holder for Walks in a Game (5, v. Southwestern 2021)
  • Second in TLU Baseball History in Career Saves (13)
  • 2x SCAC Pitcher of the Week (2023)

2022 (Senior)

Played in 29 games for the Bulldogs...hitting .233 (21-for-90) with 16 runs, two doubles, three triples, one home run, 14 RBI and 17 walks while making 15 appearances (18.1 IP) on the mound...struck out 23 batters to seven walks with a .235 opponent batting average...finished tenth in NCAA Division-III with nine saves on the season, second most in a single-season in program history...only committed one error in 40 total chances (.975 FLD %)...earned a spot on the 2022 All-SCAC Second Team as a relief pitcher.

2021 (Junior)

Strzelczyk was named to the SCAC Spring Academic Honor Roll for the third-straight year as a Bulldog. Was a member of the 2021 SCAC Championship team that advanced to the NCAA Division III Baseball Wisconsin-Whitewater Regional. He had 11 relief appearances and recorded four saves for the TLU pitching staff in the last 24 games of the season. Finished with a 1-0 record, and logged 12.2 innings pitched. Struck out ten batters, allowed two base-on-balls, and gave up three total runs (two earned). Was named to the SCAC All-Tournament Team as a relief-pitcher. Played in 20 games as a position player. Batted .302 in 43 at-bats, recorded five extra-base hits, scored 15 runs and had six RBI for the Bulldogs nationally-ranked offense. Was fifth on the team in stolen bases. He was nine-of-ten on stolen bases. Walked 13 times and struck out ten times. Logged only one error in 28 defensive chances (.964 fielding percentage). 

2020 (Sophomore)

Was named to the SCAC Spring Academic Honor Roll for the second time. Played in 13 games and had 11 starts at third base or in center field. Batted .298 in 47 at-bats. Hit his first collegiate round-tripper when he led off the game with a line-drive home run over the left field wall against Hardin-Simmons in a 16-3 Bulldog victory in Abilene. Finished the season with three doubles and one home run. Scored nine runs, had seven RBI and stole two bases.

2019 (Freshman)

Strzelczyk was named to the SCAC Spring Academic Honor Roll in his first season with TLU. Played a role in the Bulldogs run to the SCAC regular-season title and their run in the NCAA Division III Baseball Seguin Regional. Was named SCAC Honorable Mention as an outfielder. Saw action primarily in left field, but also saw action at third base earlier in the year. Finished his freshman campaign with a .298 batting average in 84 at-bats. Had 25 hits, including five doubles. Scored 29 runs, had 18 RBI and was six-for-eight in stolen base attempts.

High School

Strzelczyk is a 2018 graduate of East Central High School in San Antonio, Texas, where he played for J.K. Moody.

Personal

Son of Todd and Heide Strzelczyk...His sister, Maddie, is a student assistant at Our Lady of the Lake University, in San Antonio, Texas.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2019Freshman

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    5
  • 5

    2020Sophomore

    UT
    6'0" 175 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2021Junior

    UT
    5'11" 170 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2022Junior

    UT
    5'11" 170 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2023Senior

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    5'11" 175 lbs
    5