2023
Was a member of the SCIAC Tournament Championship team… Appeared in all 46 games in the outfield his senior year… Led the team with 56 hits: 8 doubles, 1 triple and 5 home runs… Had a batting average of .315… Recorded 22 RBI and stole 7 bases… Had a fielding percentage of .978 with 85 putouts and 3 assists.
2022
The Kingsmen won the SCIAC Postseason Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Championship… Played in 31 games as an outfielder and pinch hitter… Had a batting average of .282 with 24 hits, 10 doubles and two home runs… Tallied 24 RBI, 21 runs, 9 walks and touched 40 total bases… In the field, had a perfect fielding percentage with 49 putouts and two assists.
2021
Played in 14 games in the outfield during his junior year... Batted .244 with an on-base percentage of .306 and a slugging percentage of .311... Also recorded seven RBI and seven runs scored... Inducted into the CLU Scholar-Athlete Society.
2020
Appeared in four games during his sophomore season for the Kingsmen…Went 1-for-2 (.500)…Picked up a hit and an RBI in Cal Lutheran’s 16-4 win over Centenary (La.) on Feb. 26... Inducted into the CLU Scholar-Athlete Society for the second time.
2019
Appeared in 18 games, earning the start in nine, as a freshman outfielder for the Kingsmen… Tallied 16 hits in 43 at-bats with ten runs, five RBIs, two doubles, two triples, a home run and eight walks… His home run came against Puget Sound on March 18… Went 4-for-6 with two RBI against Drew on March 5… Hit .372 on the year with a .471 on-base percentage and .581 slugging percentage...inducted into the CLU Scholar-Athlete Society for the first time.
Mira Costa High School ‘18
Varsity letterwinner for the Mustangs and four-year scholar athlete… Helped the team to a top-25 national ranking by Baseball America and top-5 by the Los Angeles Times… Volunteered with the Friendship Foundation from his sophomore through senior year… Off the field, was on the Honor Roll all four years and was a member of the California Scholarship Federation, National Honor Society and National Society for High School Scholars.
Personal
From Manhattan Beach, California… Parents are Theresa and Stephen Blandino… Has one sibling, Ethan… Additionally played for Team Easton California in Thousand Oaks, California… Names playing in the Commissioner's Cup with the MLB Urban Youth Academy in Compton, CA in Washington D.C. during the All-Star Break and getting on the field at Nationals’ Ballpark during the Future's Game as his greatest personal sports memory… Also played in the Palomino World Series Championship against Chinese Taipei representing the United States in Laredo, Texas… Chose Cal Lutheran “for both the highly sought after academics and championship-caliber sports within the university.”
