CAREER ACCOLADES & RECORDS
- First Team All-GSC (2023)
- CSC Academic All-District® Team (2023)
- D2 CCA First Team All-South Region (2023)
- United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-South Region (2023)
- United Soccer Coaches Second Team Scholar All-American (2023)
- GSC All-Academic Team (2023)
- 5x GSC Player of Week honoree
- AUM Student-Athlete of the Year - Warhawk Choice Awards (2024)
- AUM Athlete of the Year - Warhawk Choice Awards (2024)
- Tied for seventh in school history in shutouts (6) in a single season (2023)
- Fourth in school history in goals-against average (.723) in a single season (2023)
- Tied for eighth in GSC record book in single-season goals-against average (2023)
- Third in GSC record book in single-season consecutive scoreless minutes (433 - Sept. 4 to Sept. 24, 2023)
2023: Blake garnered First Team All-GSC honors, D2 CCA First Team All-Region honors, Second Team All-South Region honors by the United Soccer Coaches, and United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-American Second Team accolades...led the conference in goals against average (.723) and save percentage (.823)...also led the South Region in save percentage and ranked second in the region in goals against average...ranked Top 25 in NCAA Division II in save percentage (13th), goals against average (16th), and shutouts (25th)...posted a .378 GPA in entrepreneurship to earn a spot on the GSC All-Academic Team...helped AUM advance to its third consecutive Gulf South Conference semifinal appearance...led an AUM defense that held opponents to one goal or less in 15 of its 17 matches...made 15 starts and logged 1,370 minutes in goal...yielded just 11 goals and notched 51 saves...posted a 7-3-5 record with six shutouts...faced 145 total shots...ranks in a tie for seventh in shutouts (six) and fourth in goals-against average (0.72) on the AUM single-season record chart.
2022: Did not appear in a game for the Warhawks.
PRIOR TO AUM: Started in 10 games in the net during freshman season for head coach Ross Nelson at the University of West Alabama…made 46 saves and posted a .793 save percentage on 127 shots faced and 1.09 goals allowed average per game...finished season with a 1-5-4 record in the net, 995 minutes of game action and allowed 12 goals...posted three shutouts...made a season-high 12 saves against 24 shots on October 18 against Spring Hill College...named to 2019 GSC Fall Academic Honor Roll...transferred to Florida Gulf Coast University, where he did not see any action in the spring COVID season of 2021.
PREP: Standout for McGill-Toolen Catholic High School under head coach Nate Nichols...was a North-South All-Star, was Defensive MVP in 2019, and was a three-time Battle of the Bay player...registered 39 career shutouts for the Yellow Jackets.
PERSONAL: William Blake...born February 18, 2001...son of Jon and Shannon Blake...has one brother, Davis, and one sister, Erin...majoring in entrepreneurship.
