2019 Preseason Second-Team All-Southland Conference Pitcher
2018 Honorable Mention All-Louisiana
2018 Southland Conference All-Defensive Team (Pitcher)
2018 Third-Team All-Southland Conference
LSWA Pitcher of the Week (April 16, 2018)
2019 Season:
• Led Northwestern State's pitching staff with 15 starts.
• clinched the Demons' Southland Conference berth with 7 1-3 strong innings in a 9-4 win at Sam Houston State on May 17.
• delivered four straight quality starts from April 12-May 4.
• limited Nicholls to one run and six hits in eight innings, striking out six and getting the win in a 7-1 Demons' win against Nicholls on April 5.
• struck out seven and scattered six hits in a complete-game victory against New Orleans on March 15.
• worked 7 2-3 shutout innings in a 1-0 win against Little Rock on March 2, taking a no-decision while striking out a season-high eight.
• earned his first win of the season, allowing an unearned run in six innings of a 13-6 win against Southern on Feb. 24.
• took a no-decision against Houston in the season opener Feb. 15, allowing two runs in five innings with five strikeouts.
2018 Season:
• Started 16 games in his first season at the Division I level.
• led Northwestern State with 77 strikeouts and ranked second on the team in wins (7).
• turned in nine quality starts in 16 tries.
• notched the win in NSU’s Southland Conference Tournament opener, holding McNeese to one run in 7 2-3 innings on May 23, capping a run of three wins in as many starts.
• struck out a career-high nine, allowing only one hit and one run in seven innings against Abilene Christian on May 11.
• spun a two-hit shutout against Southeastern Louisiana on April 14, earning LSWA Pitcher of the Week honors.
• scattered seven hits and limited Nicholls to one run in a complete-game win on March 18 in Thibodaux.
• won his first two starts, striking out 17 in 15 innings against Binghamton (Feb. 17) and Penn (Feb. 24).
• handled 30 chances without an error to earn a spot on the Southland Conference All-Defensive Team.
• picked off two runners.
Prior to NSU:
• Lettered two seasons at junior-college powerhouse LSU-Eunice.
• went 8-0 with a 2.52 ERA in 71 1-3 innings as a sophomore, tossing three complete games in eight starts
• posted a 5-1 record with 39 strikeouts in 43 2-3 innings as a freshman.
High School:
• Four-year letterman for coaches Scott Wilcher and T.J. Weed.
• was named the Class 1A All-State Most Valuable Player as a sophomore, helping lead Mangham to the state title.
• all-state selection as a freshman.
• four-year letterman at quarterback for coach Tommy Tharp.
• helped lead the Dragons to back-to-back state runner-up finishes in his junior and senior seasons.
• graduated with a 3.0 grade-point average.
Personal:
• Born Nov. 25, 1995.
• son of Dustie Blunt and Randy Heisler.
• two brothers, Heath and Thad, and one sister, Kennedy.
• majoring in history.
• plans to become a teacher and coach baseball and football.
• life’s ambition are “becoming a great man of God, having a great, healthy family and becoming the best man I can.”
