Alicia Blake Class: Junior Hometown: Olympia, Wash. High School: Yelm Height: 5-9 Position: C/1B Experience: 2V B/T: L/L

Being a Husky..."Means to give nothing less than your best. It's about striving to be the best you can be, not just for yourself, but more importantly, for your team. Being a Husky is about carrying on a tradition of excellence and hard work, and most importantly, pride."

2008 (As A Junior)
Second team All-Pac-10 selection ... led the Huskies with a .345 batting average, a .552 slugging percentage and 13 doubles, while also tying for the team lead with seven home runs ... ranked second on the team in hits (57), RBI (34) and on-base percentage (.410) ... started all 56 games, including 42 at catcher and 14 at first base ... led the team with a .328 average and 21 hits in Pac-10 play ... led the Pac-10 in runners caught stealing with 16 ... had 15 multi-hit games and went 3-for-3 on three occassions ... had seven multi-RBI games, including two games with four RBI ... hit safely in the team's first four games, and hit safely in 39 games overall, which tied for the team lead ... doubled, drove in a run and scored twice against Texas Tech on opening day (Feb. 8) ... went 3-for-3 with a home run, four RBI and three runs scored vs. UMKC (Feb. 15) ... went 2-for-3 with a pair of two-run home runs and four RBI against Portland State (Feb. 29) ... hit a three-run home run against No. 15 Hawaii on March 9 ... went 3-for-3 with a double and an RBI vs. Northern Illinois (Mar. 14) ... homered vs. Utah State on March 16, and then went 3-for-3 with a double in the nightcap ... went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run vs. Florida State (Mar. 21) ... went 2-for-3 vs. Oregon State on back-to-back days to open Pac-10 play (Mar. 29-30) ... hit .400 (4-for-10) in three games in Arizona, one at Arizona and two at ASU (Apr. 11-13) ... hit safely in five-straight Pac-10 games from Apr. 25-May 3 ... went 5-for-6 with two doubles and two RBI in a doubleheader sweep of Oregon on May 9 .... opened NCAA regional play by going 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a stolen base in the Huskies 2-1 win over Texas (May 16) ... hit 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, three RBI and two runs scored in Washington's 5-3 win over the Longhorns the next day.

2007 (As A Sophomore)
Started 59 of the 60 games that she played in, including 58 at catcher and one at first base ... finished with a .249 batting average with 42hits, six doubles, a triple and a home run ... drove in 29 runs and scored 16 runs ... had a .991 fielding percentag ... her 15 batters caught stealing ranked third in the Pac-10 ... tied for the conference lead with five sacrifice flyouts, which ranks fifth on the UW single-season list ... had eight multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games ... had an RBI-triple vs. Santa Clara and also scored a run (Feb. 11) ... went 2-for-3 and drove in four runs vs. Florida A&M (Feb. 18) ... had a two-RBI double vs. Wichita State (Feb. 19) ... went 3-for-4 vs. Ole Miss with one RBI and two runs scored (Feb. 23) ... hit 2-for-3 vs. Nevada with a double and a run scored (Feb. 25) ... drove in three runs vs. Portland State (Mar. 2) ... went 2-for-5 with a double, home run and three RBI vs. Missouri (Mar. 9) ... went 2-for-2 with a double and two runs scored vs. Pacific (Mar. 17) ... hit 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored vs. UCLA (April 6) ... doubled vs. California (April 20) ... went 2-for-3 and scored two runs vs. Stanford (April 22) ... went 2-for-3 in her next outing vs. UCLA, driving in a run (April 25) ... had an RBI-single vs. Stanford (May 4) ... scored a run in the Pac-10 finale vs. Arizona (May 12) ... had an RBI-single vs. Creighton (May 18) to open the NCAA Tournament ... drove in the game-winner vs. Georgia (May 20) in the regional championship with an RBI-single in the bottom of the seventh inning ... went 1-for-3 in the Huskies 3-1 win over Alabama that clinched the team's berth to the Women's College World Series (May 26) ... drew a bases-loaded walk for an RBI during Washington's 9-0 win vs. Northwestern at the WCWS (June 1) ... had one of the Huskies four hits in their 2-0 loss to Arizona at the WCWS (June 3).

2006 (As A Freshman)
Appeared in 51 games, making 47 starts behind the plate ... hit .233 with eight doubles, two home runs and 15 RBI ... led the Pac-10 with three pick-offs ... went 2-for-3 with a double vs. Oklahoma (Feb. 10) ... went 2-for-3 with a double at LSU (Feb. 19) ... hit a two-RBI-double vs. Western Kentucky (Feb. 17) ... hit her first career home run vs. DePaul (Mar. 10) ... doubled and scored a run vs. Michigan (Mar. 17) ... doubled against Pacific (Mar. 21) ... went 2-for-3 with a grand slam and five RBI vs. Nevada (Mar. 22) ... singled against California (Mar. 31) ... went 3-for-4 with three doubles, three RBI and two runs scored vs. Stanford (April 2) ... the three doubles tied the UW single-game record ... went 2-for-6 vs. Arizona State in a 13-inning game (April 9) ... singled and drew a walk vs. UCLA (April 26) ... had singles in back-to-back games vs. Oregon State (May 5) and Oregon (May 6) ... had an RBI-single vs. Kansas (May 19) in the NCAA regional semifinal.

At Yelm High School
Earned four letters in softball at Yelm High School ... three time All-League selection and three time All-Area team ... all-state team member senior year ... team MVP junior and senior year and league MVP senior year ... Silver Slugger award recipient in 2002 and 2003 ... named team captain sophomore through senior years ... two-time Nisqually Athlete of the Year ... two-time Olympian Athlete of the Month ... All-League Academic team 2002-2005 ... boasted highest batting average for Yelm High School all four years ... holds record for highest batting average in school history ... also lettered in volleyball and basketball ... highest scorer and rebounder for basketball team senior year ... played for Washington Hurricanes 16-under for coach Marty Wick ... played most recently for Washington Ladyhawks Gold under coaches John Noble and J.T. D'Amico ... was team captain ... NFPSA Summer Nations 2005 tournament MVP.

Personal
Formerly Alicia Matthews ... Married Andy Blake in December of 2007 ... Daughter of Patricia and Rod Matthews ... has three brothers Jarod (25), Travis (24) and Daylon (10) and one sister, Tessa (12) ... also has two sisters-in-law, Stephanie, who is married to Jarod, and Sarah, who is married to Travis ... Jarod is in the Tampa Bay Devil Rays farm system ... Travis played baseball at Skagit Valley College ... Alicia Diane Matthews was born in Olympia, Wash.

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