Northern State University Athletics

2025: Appeared in nine games out of the bullpen for the Wolves… Pitched 13.0 innings with six strikeouts, holding opponents to a .302 batting average…

2024: Appeared in five games for the Wolves on the mound with a record of 0-0 on the season… Pitched 8.0 innings and tallied five strikeouts… Accumulated an ERA of 10.13… Tallied a fielding percentage of 1.000 with one putout and seven assists…

2023: Appeared in 12 games for the Wolves on the mound with a record of 0-3 on the season… Pitched 14.0 innings and recorded an ERA of 7.71 with a WHIP of 1.36 and opponents batting average of .255… Tallied 11 strikeouts and notched a season-high of four strikeouts in a Northern win over Minnesota Duluth… Recorded one save against Sioux Falls in a game where he pitched 1.0 inning and struck out one batter while sending the Cougars 3-up, 3-down to end the game…

2022: Appeared in seven games on the mound for the Wolves… Recorded an 8.31 ERA… Allowed nine hits and eight earned runs while holding opponents to a .265 batting average… Threw three strikeouts in 8.2 innings pitched… Combined for 4.1 scoreless innings pitched against Augustana, Minot State, and Southwest Minnesota State…

2021: Did not make an appearance…

2020: Appeared in three games for the Wolves… Threw six innings… Allowed nine hits, seven runs, and struck out five… Posted a 9.00 ERA and a 1.83 WHIP…

Prep: Blake Ask is a 6-foot-1, 195-pound right-handed pitcher out of Wayzata High School. He is a 2019 team captain and starter for the Trojans and head coach Bobby DeWitt. Ask when 2-1 in his junior campaign with a 1.37 ERA and 19 strikeouts. The Trojans finished sixth at the MSHSL Tournament after winning the section 6AAAA championship. Ask went a perfect 6-0 in the fall of 2018 as a member of the Minnesota Millers. He posted a 0.53 ERA with 33 strikeouts and was named to the Perfect Game Kernels All-Tournament team. He is the son of Mitch and Kelli Ask.