Biography
2022: NCBWA Third-Team All-America pitcher ... D2CCA Honorable Mention All-America pitcher ... D2CCA Regional Pitcher of the Year ... NCBWA Regional Pitcher of the Year ... ABCA First-Team All-Region pitcher ... D2CCA First-Team All-Region pitcher ... NCBWA First-Team All-Region pitcher ... RMAC Pitcher of the Year ... First-Team All-RMAC pitcher ... NCBWA Regional Pitcher of the Week (2/9, 2/16, 3/9) ... RMAC Pitcher of the Week (2/8, 2/15, 3/8) ... Starting pitcher for the Orediggers with 11 starts in 12 appearances ... Finished the season 7-2 with one save and a 2.43 ERA thanks to 62 strikeouts compared to 10 walks in 70.1 innings of work ... Also tossed three complete games and two shutouts ... Led the team in ERA, complete games, innings pitched and shutouts ... Ranked first in the RMAC in ERA, first in total hits allowed, first in runs allowed, second in opposing batting average, second in total wins, second in sacrifice flies allowed, sixth in innings pitched and eighth in strikeouts ... In NCAA Division II, ranked 11th in the nation in strikeout-to-walk ratio, 13th in walks allowed per nine innings, 22nd in WHIP and 22nd in ERA ... Also finished the season first among active players in career wins, second among active players in innings pitched, third among active players in strikeouts and fifth among active players in games started ... Became the RMAC's all-time wins leader in his first appearance of the season at Fort Hays State on Feb. 6 thanks to 6.0 innings of shutout, three-hit baseball including 13 strikeouts and just one walk ... Followed that with a 9.0-inning complete game shutout at Rogers State on Feb. 13 which featured just five hits, seven strikeouts and zero walks ... Another complete game shutout came at MSU Denver on March 4 thanks to six strikeouts and zero walks leading to three hits ... Earned his lone save of the season and third of his career on March 14 against Colorado Mesa, fueled by 2.0 innings of one-hit, shutout baseball including two strikeouts and zero walks ... Did not surrender a single earned run or extra-base hit through his first five appearances totaling 24.0 innings of work and only walked three batters during that span ... Final appearance of his career was 2.0 innings in a start against Regis in the first round of the RMAC tournament where he surrendered zero runs on two hits with zero walks and two strikeouts ... Finished his career listed 25 times in the program record book including status as Mines' all-time leader in career shutouts, season shutouts, career innings pitched, career strikeouts, career wins, season wins and career ERA ... Blomster's final career line put him 34-9 in 54 appearances and 49 starts on the mound with three saves, three shutouts, nine complete games and 316 strikeouts in 313.2 innings of work resulting in a career ERA of 3.87.
2021: Redshirted.
2020: RMAC Pitcher of the Week (3/3) ... NCBWA Preseason Second-Team All-Region ... Right-handed starting pitcher for Mines with five starts in five appearances for the Orediggers ... Posted a record of 3-1 and tied for #1 on the RMAC's all-time wins list while becoming Mines' all-time strikeouts leader with 39 in 30.1 innings on the way to a 6.23 ERA ... Gave up just 28 hits to 116 batters ... Top outing of the year came against Colorado Christian on Feb. 29 with a 8.0 inning start featuring one unearned run on four hits, eight strikeouts and zero walks as Mines won 5-1 ... Also struck out 10 batters in 8.0 innings at Fort Hays State on Feb. 9.
2019: D2CCA Second-Team All-Region ... First-Team All-RMAC pitcher ... RMAC Gold Glove pitcher ... NCBWA Regional Pitcher of the Week (5/8) ... RMAC Pitcher of the Week (5/6) ... Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Preseason All-America ... NCBWA Preseason Second-Team All-Region ... RMAC Preseason Pitcher of the Year ... Preseason All-RMAC ... Starting pitcher for the Orediggers making 13 starts with 15 appearances ... Finished the season 10-3 overall with two saves, four complete games ... Posted a 4.30 ERA with 98 strikeouts in 88.0 innings of work ... Broke the program's single-season and career records for wins ... Ranked 11th in the nation in total wins ... Top performance of the year was a 7.0-inning, complete-game shutout of MSU Denver (5/3) in which he surrendered just one hit and struck out 10 batters ... Also struck out 13 batters against Dixie State (5/10) in the RMAC Tournament ... Earned the first save of his career with 3.0 innings of one-hit, shutout baseball fueled by six strikeouts against Adams State (3/31).
2018: D2CCA First-Team All-Region Pitcher ... ABCA/Rawlings Second-Team All-Region Pitcher ... NCBWA Second-Team All-Region Pitcher ... First-Team All-RMAC Pitcher ... RMAC Pitcher of the Week (3/20, 5/1) ... The Orediggers pitching ace, going 9-1 in nine starts and 11 appearances ... Posted a 3.29 ERA with 70 strikeouts in 68.1 innings of work ... Started the season 9-0 in his first nine starts ... Broke the single-season pitching wins record ... Tossed two complete-game victories ... Struck out 12 batters against Colorado Mesa (4/27) ... Top start was his first of the season against CSU-Pueblo (3/10), throwing 5.0 shutout innings with just two hits and 10 strikeouts.
2017: RMAC Pitcher of the Week (3/21) … One of the top freshman hurlers in the RMAC, going 5-2 in 11 starts with a 4.45 ERA … Struck out 47 in 56.2 innings of work … Threw a combined shutout against Adams State, striking out a career-high 10 in 6.1 innings of work … Led the Mines starting rotation in ERA.
HIGH SCHOOL A four-year varsity letterman for MNHS... as a senior, posted a 6-2 record with a 0.99 ERA in 70 innings...recorded 114 strikeouts to only 29 walks... was named 5A District 10 Pitcher of the Year... also recognized as Team MVP and Pitcher of the Year... participated in the Texas HS All-Star game... named Second-Team All-District in 2015... During that season he had a 1-1 overall record with three saves in 26 1/3 innings of work... toted a 2.12 ERA and a 1.36 WHIP with 29 strikeouts to only six walks... a National Honor Society member and Academic All-State.
