Baseball 5/6/2020 10:14:00 AM

Truman Senior Spotlight : Baseball

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – This week, Truman State University Athletics will honor spring senior student-athletes that did not have an opportunity for a "Senior Day" due to cancellation of the season.

The following are graduating senior student-athletes from the Truman Baseball team.

Tyler Blackington – Blackington pitched in relief in 28 games during the course of four seasons. He was the winning pitcher in Truman's 16-10 win over Upper Iowa on February 22. Had a career high six strikeouts in four innings of work and the winner in the Bulldogs 4-3 conference win over Indianapolis throwing the seventh and eighth innings. Served as a designated hitter in a handful of games during his freshman season and picked up an RBI in 16 at bats. Blackington was a past honoree on the GLVC All-Academic squad.

Brian Edell – Started 51 of 53 games in two seasons as a Bulldog. For his career, hit .206 with six doubles, two home runs and drove in 24 RBI. Has a three-hit game against Illinois Springfield on March 10, 2019 and a three RBI game against Rockhurst on March 30 of that same season. Edell has been a member of the GLVC All-Academic team.

Rian Markes – Started 40 of 41 games with over 200 innings pitched in four seasons as a Bulldog. Arguably one of his strongest outings came this season when he tossed a career-best eight shutout innings against Lindenwood back on February 29. Markes fanned 115 hitters while walking 59 during his Truman career and was a winner in six games. He won three games in his freshman season including a 2-0 combine shutout over Missouri S&T and a complete-game seven inning win over Missouri-St. Louis in consecutive starts. His other complete game can during his sophomore season, in which he threw six innings in a 4-3 Bulldog home win over Saginaw Valley on March 18, 2018. Markes has earned All-Academic GLVC honors during his career.

                Post-Graduation Plans: - Application Development Internship at MFA Oil
                Favorite Bulldog Moment: - The stories that we told before practice.
                Best Class at Truman and Why: - Bioinformatics. If was challenging and fun.
                Advice for an incoming Bulldogs: "Have fun with everything, listen to older guys."
                Final Thoughts as a current Bulldog: "Go Dogs."

Adam Stolley – Stolley has been a four-year starter for the Bulldogs. He started 38 games as a junior last season with a team-high 23 RBI and a high of six home runs. He added six doubles, a triple and was the club's leader in earning bases on balls with 24. Stolley started 84 of 107 games played and has 37 career RBI and 14 stolen bases. He had a pair of three-hit games, the first coming in 2018 against Missouri-St. Louis and a second in 2019 against Illinois Springfield. He drove in three runs in a pair of games in 2019, against Maryville on April 27 and Central Missouri on February 26. He is a past honoree on the Academic All-GLVC team.

                Post-Graduation Plans: - Pursuing a job as an actuary.
                Favorite Bulldog Moment: - Hitting my first collegiate home run, a moonshot at Central Missouri.
                Best Class at Truman and Why: - STAT 570 Mathematical Statistics, because it was fascinating to learn about theoretical statistics from such an incredible professor, Dr. James Guffey.
                Advice for an incoming Bulldogs: "Don't take your time at baseball, away from the rest of the world, for granted. It'll be gone before you know it."
                Final Thoughts as a current Bulldog: "Dawgs do, in fact, have to eat."

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Players Mentioned

#17 Tyler Blackington: RHP/DH; 6' 3"; Senior; R/R

#1 Brian Edell: C; 6' 2"; Junior; L/R

#18 Rian Markes: LHP; 6' 2"; Senior; L/L

#27 Adam Stolley: OF; 5' 8"; Senior; L/R

Players Mentioned

#17 Tyler Blackington
: 6' 3"; Senior; R/R
: RHP/DH

#1 Brian Edell
: 6' 2"; Junior; L/R
: C

#18 Rian Markes
: 6' 2"; Senior; L/L
: LHP

#27 Adam Stolley
: 5' 8"; Senior; L/R
: OF