2026 (UNLV - Senior): Appeared in 16 games, starting five on the mound … Posted a 5.44 ERA in 48.0 innings pitched … Finished the season with a perfect 5-0 pitching record, also collecting one save …1.63 WHIP was fourth-best on the team ... Fourth on the team with 43 strikeouts on the season … Pitched 4.0 innings against Bradley (Feb. 20), with two hits, one earned run, five strikeouts and no walks ... Pitched 3.0 scoreless innings against UC Riverside, striking out one batter while giving up four hits … Gave up just one home run in 48 innings pitched … Threw 3.1 scoreless frames against San Jose State (March 27) … Tossed 3.0 scoreless innings against Utah Tech (April 14), giving up three hits and striking out one batter.
2025 (The Citadel - Junior): Appeared in 19 games, starting three on the mound … Posted a 4.11 ERA in 50.1 innings pitched … Finished the season with a 3-5 pitching record, also collecting two saves …1.47 WHIP was third-best on the team among pitchers with over 25.0 innings pitched … Tied for fourth on the team with 29 strikeouts on the season … Pitched 4.2 innings against Maine, allowing just two hits and one run while striking out a season-high five batters … Pitched 3.0 scoreless innings against Maine, striking out three while giving up two hits … Only pitcher with over 25.0 innings pitched that did not give up a triple on the season … Gave up just one home run in 50.1 innings pitched … Threw three scoreless frames against Mercer … Tossed 4.2 scoreless innings against Wofford, giving up three hits and striking out four batters … Had streak of four consecutive appearances without giving up an earned run … Finished the season by throwing 7.0 innings against Mercer, allowing just one earned run while striking out four batters.
2024 (The Citadel - Sophomore): Appeared in five games for The Citadel … Recorded five strikeouts on 5.2 innings pitched.
2023 (The Citadel - Freshman): Appeared in 13 games, making one start … Struck out 12 over 17.2 innings … Made collegiate debut against Charleston Southern … Retired all three hitters over two appearances against LIU … Struck out season-high three over 1.1 innings at South Carolina … Tossed a scoreless inning against Holy Cross … Earned first collegiate start against CSU … Allowed four hits and struck out two over 5.0 innings in a no decision.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Scott McLeod at Chapin High School … Ranked as the No. 12 right-handed pitcher in the state by Prep Baseball Report … Also lettered in football, earning all-region honors as a junior … Member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: Son of Caroline and Chuck Bland … Father played baseball at Furman … Comes from a long line of Citadel graduates … Great, great uncle, Martin Luther Merchant Jr, was the Regimental Commander in 1935 … Grandfather, William Judson Thomason, played baseball for the Bulldogs … Uncles, Kenneth and Jeffrey, were members of the Summerall Guard…cousin, Martin Luther Marchant III is a 1981 graduate … Majoring in college sport leadership.
