Blake Beavan from Irving High School in Irving, Texas was the first pick for the Texas Rangers in 2007 (No. 17 overall 1st round pick). Blake was promoted to the “Frisco Rough Riders” the Texas Rangers AA Minor League Affiliate this summer. Blake played for the Dallas Tigers Club for seven years under Head Coach Linty Ingram. In 2007 Blake was voted the “Gatorade High School Player of Year for Texas”, 2007 DFW’s High School Player of the Year, voted by the Dallas Morning News; 2007 All District MVP, voted by the Ft. Worth Star Telegram, 2007 All District Co-Pitcher of the Year; 2007 Baseball America’s High School All American Team; 2007 Rawlins High School All American Team; 2007 Louisville Slugger’s High School All American Team; 2006 Baseball America’s Youth Player of the Year; 2006 AFLAC High School All American; 2006 USA Baseball Junior National Team; 2006 All District MVP; 2005 USA Baseball Youth National Team. As a member of the 2006 USA Junior National Team, Blake threw a complete 9 innings game, a 7 hit shut out with 11 strikeouts to defeat Cuba, the defending IBAF Junior World Champion, in Ciego de Avila, Cuba on September 26, 2006. Blake was also the MVP of the 2004 15u & 2005 16u AABC Mickey Mantle World Series in which the Dallas Tigers won back to back under head coach Linty Ingram.
***Blake is currently playing ball for the Frisco Roughriders and will not be available until later in the year.***