Career Highlights

• 3x CGA First Team All-American Scholar-Athlete ('16, '17, '18)
• 3x Academic All-Big Ten (2017, 2018, 2019)
• Fighting Illini Attitude Award winner (2018)
• Illinois Men's Gymnastics Scholar Athlete of the Year (2018)

Career Highs

2017-Present
Floor Exercise: 13.750 (vs. Iowa, 2/25/17)
Pommel Horse: 13.750 (at Ohio State, 3/24/19)
Vault: 14.500 (at Puerto Rico Challenge, 3/4/17)
High Bar: 13.050 (vs. Arizona State, 1/20/18)

2013-2016
Floor Exercise: 14.900 (at Minnesota, 2/13/16)
Pommel Horse: 10.900 (at Iowa, 1/23/16)
Vault: 14.800 (2x, last at NCAA Team Finals, 4/2/16)

Senior - 2019

• Academic All-Big Ten
• Secured a career-best pommel horse routine of 13.750 at Ohio State on March 24
• Turned in a season-best 13.633 on floor exercise at the NCAA Qualifier
• Saw action in 10 meets for the Illini, competing on floor exercise and pommel horse

Junior - 2018

• CGA First Team All-American Scholar-Athlete Selection
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Posted season-best scores on floor (12.900), pommel horse (13.000) and vault (13.550) at the Windy City Invitational
• Fighting Illini Attitude Award winner
• Illini Men's Gymnastics Scholar Athlete of the Year (2018)
• Saw action in five meets for the Illini

Sophomore - 2017

• CGA First Team All-American Scholar-Athlete Selection
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Saw action in six meets for the Illini, including Big Ten and NCAA Championships
• Posted season-best 14.500 vault score at the Puerto Rico Challenge

Freshman - 2016

• CGA First Team All-American Scholar-Athlete Selection
• Posted career best vault scores on back-to-back days at NCAA Championships at 14.800
• Competed on vault at every meet for the Illini except Big Ten Event Finals
• Career best floor exercise score came at Minnesota (14.900)
• Turned in three top-five finishes on the season
• Saw action for the Illini on floor exercise, pommel horse and vault 
• Freshman athlete mentor
• Team Academic Achievement Award recipient

High School/Club

• Five-time Junior National qualifer from 2010-2014
• Finished fourth in the all-around and vault (sixth on pommel horse) at the 2014 Junior Olympics
• Placed fourth in the 2014 Region 5 all around competition
• 2013 state champion on vault and parallel bars
• AP Scholar with Distinction
• Cum Laude Society inductee
• Graduate of Columbus Academy
• Coached by Casimiro Suarez

Personal

• Born Blake Garrison Martin on September 30, 1996
• Son of James and Lisa Martin ... Has one older sister, Alexandra
• Hobbies include playing golf, tennis, guitar and snowboarding
• Lists the 1980 U.S. Men’s Olympic Hockey Team as his favorite team
• Named Casimiro Suarez as the most influential person on his athletic career
• Studies Engineering