Aaron Blair (2024) - Marshall Athletics Hall of Fame

Aaron Blair

Induction:
2024
Class:
2013

Aaron Blair will go down in Marshall lore as one of the most dominant pitchers to have come through the Thundering Herd's baseball program. The Las Vegas native was a First-Team All-Conference USA Pitcher in the 2013 season after a junior season in which he was named National Pitcher of the Week by Louisville Slugger and the NCBWA. Blair made 10 quality starts in that 2013 season – seven of which came during his eight starts in Conference USA action that season. He set the tone from the beginning in 2013, going 3-0 with a 1.07 ERA in four starts – one of which was a six-inning performance in which he allowed no hits against West Virginia on a cold March day in Charleston. Following the 2013 season, Blair became Marshall's highest draft selection in history when he was chosen 36^th overall as a compensatory pick in between the first and second rounds of the MLB Draft. Blair ranks in the top-10 in Herd history in strikeouts and starts. In 2016, Blair made his Major League debut for the Atlanta Braves and went on to start 16 games for the Braves in his career.