Blake Cherry

22 Blake Cherry
Blake Cherry
  • Birth Date:
    May 29, 2003
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Hometown:
    Cookeville, Tenn.
  • Position:
    OH
  • Year:
    Senior
  • High School:
    Cookeville
  • Twitter:
    blakecherry11
  • Instagram:
    bblake.cherry
  • m
    27
  • k/s
    1.28
  • h %
    .063
  • a/s
    0.30
  • b/s
    0.22
  • sa/s
    0.30
  • d/s
    2.90
Bio
* 2022 Third-Team All-SAC
* SAC Defensive Player of the Week - Oct. 31, 2022
* 2022 SAC All-Freshman Team

2024 (Senior): Played in 105 sets across every game for the Eagles but one. Cherry was a versatile hitter with 305 digs which landed her second among all C-N players and notched 15 games with 10+ digs. Her defense was on full display against Limestone on Nov. 12 where she managed 24 digs. She landed 5th on the team in kills with 134. She put on an offensive showcase against Tusculum with 15 kills on Sept. 27. Cherry was steady from the line too, with 32 service aces she ranked 2nd on the team in that category.

2023 (Junior): Only played in two matches, sidelined with an early-season injury. Both matches were during the season-opening tournament hosted by Trevecca Nazarene from Sept. 1-2. 

2022 (Sophomore): Earned third-team All-SAC laurels posting eight double-doubles and nine contests with at least 10 smashes... Was one of four players to play in all 33 matches for the season leading the conference with 52 aces, a mark that was good for 44th in the nation while ranking eighth in the SAC with 365 digs... Notched 14 kills adding 14 digs for her first double-double of 2022 in a five-set affair at Trevecca Nazarene on Aug. 26... Recorded 15 kills hitting .323 in a comeback victory at Tusculum on Aug. 30 adding 14 digs... In a sweep of UVA Wise on Sept. 17, Cherry tallied a career-high four aces... Notched her fourth double-double of the year with 11 kills and 13 digs in a four-set win against Lenoir-Rhyne on Oct. 7... Notched 12 kills and 12 digs in a win over Tusculum on Oct. 18...Reset her career high with 17 kills hitting .400 with 10 digs in a sweep of Georgia College on Oct. 22... In a five-set win over Mars Hill on Oct. 25, she reset her career high with 28 digs to lead the team adding 10 kills and four block assists.

2021 (Freshman): In her first year of collegiate volleyball, Cherry displayed versatility as a six-rotation outside hitter. The Cookeville, Tenn. native is the 10th player in Mossy History lineage to be named an all-freshman selection joining Hayden Barton (Hixson, Tenn.) from last season as the active players on the roster to earn the award. Four of the first nine have later became a first- or second-team All-SAC pick so far. Cherry stuffed the stat sheet this year with 1.72 kills per set, 3.21 digs per set, 29 service aces and 26 total blocks. The outside hitter registered seven double-digit kills matches producing a season-high 11 in the second match of her career on a .346 hitting percentage at USC Aiken on Sept. 3. It is one of three occasions where she put down 11 balls. The rookie's greatest asset has proved to be her defense with 19 efforts of double-digit digs including 14 of the last 17 leading the team in the area in four contests. Cherry logged a career-high 25 digs against Mars Hill on Oct. 12, one of the three times she crested 20 scoops in a match. With six double-doubles on the year, she ranked third on the roster producing the first of her career with 10 kills and 14 digs against Converse on Sept. 4. With 379 total digs for the year, Cherry is ninth in the league in the category as one of three Eagles to rank inside of the top 15. Her 762 total attacks places her inside of the top 10 joining Lenoir-Rhyne's Taylor Prall as the only two players in the conference to rank in the top 10 in the league in both areas. The 379 digs are the most by a Carson-Newman true freshman since Taylor Lowe, who is third on the program's career list, racked up 473 as a rookie in 2013. Led C-N with 11 kills on a .346 hitting percentage adding three assists at USC Aiken on Spet. 3, the second match of her career... Piled up her first-career double-double with 10 kills and 14 digs against Converse on Sept. 4... Totaled a season-high 19 digs in a four-set win over Catawba on Sept. 10... Racked up 20 digs adding 11 kills for her fourth double-double of the season in a win at Coker on Oct. 8... In a five-set affair versus Mars Hill on Oct. 12, reset her season high with 25 digs.

HIGH SCHOOL: Cherry was a three-time all-district pick including a first-team pick as a senior when she was the team captain. In 2020, Cookeville won 29 matches with Cherry picking up all-district tournament and all-region tournament first-team laurels. She was top 10 in the state with 356 kills as a senior, good for 3.40 kills per set, adding a .361 hitting clip, 60 aces, 35 blocks and 288 digs. Against Siegel and Rhea County, she racked up a season-high 21 smashes. In 2019, she was a first-team all-district and all-region torunament team pick posting 321 kills with 37 blocks, 95 aces and 312 digs. In her final three years in school, Cookeville finished fifth in the AAA state tournament.

PERSONAL: Her dad, Brooks Cherry, played baseball at Freed Hardeman. Her sister, Blair, is also on the C-N volleyball team.

Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Matches 27 18
Sets 105 68
Kills 134 111
Kills per set 1.28 1.63
Errors 102 77
Total Attacks 504 409
Total Attacks per set 4.80 6.01
Hitting Percentage .063 .083
Assists 31 22
Assists per set 0.30 0.32
Service Total Attempts 446 307
Service Aces 32 24
Service Errors 30 18
Service Aces per set 0.30 0.35
Receptions 574 409
Reception Errors 14 7
Digs 305 208
Digs per set 2.90 3.06
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 23 22
Block Total 23 22
Blocks per set 0.22 0.32
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 177.5 146.0
Points per set 1.7 2.1
Matches started 20 16
Recent results
Recent Games
Date Opponent Result
Nov 1 Emory & Henry W, 3-0
Nov 6 Mars Hill L, 3-1
Nov 8 at Coker L, 3-1
Nov 12 at Limestone L, 3-1
Nov 15 Anderson (S.C.) L, 3-2
Nov 19 at Mars Hill L, 3-0
Game Log - Offense
Game Log - Serve/Receive
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a pts
Sep 6 vs. #6 Missouri-St. Louis L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 2 0.0
Sep 6 vs. Harding W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 1 1.0
Sep 7 at Union (Tenn.) W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 1 0.0
Sep 10 Lincoln Memorial W, 3-1 - 4 2 2 16 .000 3 6.5
Sep 13 vs. Francis Marion W, 3-2 - 5 6 2 17 .235 2 7.0
Sep 13 at USC Aiken L, 3-1 1 4 12 8 38 .105 2 14.5
Sep 14 vs. Montevallo W, 3-2 1 5 2 6 10 -.400 1 3.0
Sep 14 vs. #25 Augusta L, 3-0 1 3 0 0 1 .000 0 0.0
Sep 17 at Emory & Henry W, 3-0 1 3 7 7 26 .000 3 11.5
Sep 24 Limestone W, 3-0 1 3 8 5 30 .100 2 10.5
Sep 27 at Tusculum W, 3-2 1 5 15 10 48 .104 0 17.5
Sep 28 Virginia-Wise W, 3-0 1 3 6 2 28 .143 0 8.0
Oct 1 Catawba W, 3-0 1 3 7 5 25 .080 1 9.5
Oct 7 at Mars Hill W, 3-0 1 3 9 4 34 .147 1 10.5
Oct 9 at Lincoln Memorial L, 3-1 1 4 6 9 27 -.111 0 7.0
Oct 11 at [RV] Wingate L, 3-2 1 5 12 7 38 .132 3 14.5
Oct 15 Tusculum W, 3-1 1 4 7 3 20 .200 0 7.5
Oct 17 at Lander L, 3-0 1 3 2 5 13 -.231 0 3.0
Oct 22 at Newberry W, 3-1 1 4 13 6 35 .200 2 15.0
Oct 25 [RV] Lenoir-Rhyne W, 3-0 1 3 1 4 14 -.214 2 1.5
Oct 26 Lees-McRae - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at Virginia-Wise W, 3-1 1 4 1 0 1 1.000 1 1.0
Nov 1 Emory & Henry W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 3 .333 1 2.0
Nov 6 Mars Hill L, 3-1 1 4 1 4 14 -.214 0 2.0
Nov 8 at Coker L, 3-1 1 4 6 2 12 .333 2 9.0
Nov 12 at Limestone L, 3-1 - 4 4 3 15 .067 1 6.0
Nov 15 Anderson (S.C.) L, 3-2 1 5 5 4 23 .043 0 6.5
Nov 19 at Mars Hill L, 3-0 - 3 1 4 15 -.200 0 3.0
Game Log - Defense
Game Log - Serve/Receive
Date Opponent Score ms s digs bs ba be tot bhe
Sep 6 vs. #6 Missouri-St. Louis L, 3-2 - 5 17 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 6 vs. Harding W, 3-2 - 5 19 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 7 at Union (Tenn.) W, 3-1 - 4 2 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 10 Lincoln Memorial W, 3-1 - 4 19 0 1 0 1 0
Sep 13 vs. Francis Marion W, 3-2 - 5 18 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 13 at USC Aiken L, 3-1 1 4 16 0 1 0 1 0
Sep 14 vs. Montevallo W, 3-2 1 5 6 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 14 vs. #25 Augusta L, 3-0 1 3 7 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 17 at Emory & Henry W, 3-0 1 3 10 0 3 0 3 0
Sep 24 Limestone W, 3-0 1 3 5 0 3 0 3 0
Sep 27 at Tusculum W, 3-2 1 5 13 0 1 0 1 0
Sep 28 Virginia-Wise W, 3-0 1 3 9 0 4 0 4 0
Oct 1 Catawba W, 3-0 1 3 9 0 1 0 1 0
Oct 7 at Mars Hill W, 3-0 1 3 5 0 1 0 1 0
Oct 9 at Lincoln Memorial L, 3-1 1 4 13 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 11 at [RV] Wingate L, 3-2 1 5 16 0 3 0 3 0
Oct 15 Tusculum W, 3-1 1 4 8 0 1 0 1 0
Oct 17 at Lander L, 3-0 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 22 at Newberry W, 3-1 1 4 8 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 25 [RV] Lenoir-Rhyne W, 3-0 1 3 11 0 1 0 1 0
Oct 26 Lees-McRae - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at Virginia-Wise W, 3-1 1 4 10 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 1 Emory & Henry W, 3-0 1 3 6 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 6 Mars Hill L, 3-1 1 4 20 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 8 at Coker L, 3-1 1 4 10 0 2 0 2 0
Nov 12 at Limestone L, 3-1 - 4 24 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 15 Anderson (S.C.) L, 3-2 1 5 12 0 1 0 1 0
Nov 19 at Mars Hill L, 3-0 - 3 7 0 0 0 0 0
Game Log - Serve/Receive
Game Log - Serve/Receive
Date Opponent Score ms s ta sa se r re
Sep 6 vs. #6 Missouri-St. Louis L, 3-2 - 5 13 0 2 27 0
Sep 6 vs. Harding W, 3-2 - 5 13 1 1 16 1
Sep 7 at Union (Tenn.) W, 3-1 - 4 16 0 2 26 2
Sep 10 Lincoln Memorial W, 3-1 - 4 25 4 2 23 0
Sep 13 vs. Francis Marion W, 3-2 - 5 20 1 2 23 1
Sep 13 at USC Aiken L, 3-1 1 4 17 2 0 12 0
Sep 14 vs. Montevallo W, 3-2 1 5 18 1 1 14 1
Sep 14 vs. #25 Augusta L, 3-0 1 3 12 0 2 19 1
Sep 17 at Emory & Henry W, 3-0 1 3 17 3 2 16 0
Sep 24 Limestone W, 3-0 1 3 13 1 1 28 1
Sep 27 at Tusculum W, 3-2 1 5 23 2 3 31 1
Sep 28 Virginia-Wise W, 3-0 1 3 15 0 1 12 0
Oct 1 Catawba W, 3-0 1 3 22 2 0 10 0
Oct 7 at Mars Hill W, 3-0 1 3 12 1 0 14 0
Oct 9 at Lincoln Memorial L, 3-1 1 4 11 1 1 18 0
Oct 11 at [RV] Wingate L, 3-2 1 5 19 1 2 15 0
Oct 15 Tusculum W, 3-1 1 4 9 0 0 14 0
Oct 17 at Lander L, 3-0 1 3 13 1 1 8 1
Oct 22 at Newberry W, 3-1 1 4 21 2 0 44 0
Oct 25 [RV] Lenoir-Rhyne W, 3-0 1 3 15 0 0 11 0
Oct 26 Lees-McRae - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at Virginia-Wise W, 3-1 1 4 24 0 1 11 1
Nov 1 Emory & Henry W, 3-0 1 3 9 1 1 10 0
Nov 6 Mars Hill L, 3-1 1 4 23 1 0 27 0
Nov 8 at Coker L, 3-1 1 4 14 2 0 38 0
Nov 12 at Limestone L, 3-1 - 4 19 2 3 43 2
Nov 15 Anderson (S.C.) L, 3-2 1 5 16 1 1 44 2
Nov 19 at Mars Hill L, 3-0 - 3 17 2 1 20 0
Career Stats - Offense
Statistic m s k k/s e ta ta/s pct a a/s pts pts/s
2021-22 31 118 203 1.72 145 762 6.46 .076 32 0.27 246.5 2.1
2022-23 33 115 256 2.23 151 797 6.93 .132 29 0.25 328.0 2.9
2023-24 2 4 4 1.00 3 20 5.00 .050 0 0.00 5.5 1.4
2024-25 27 105 134 1.28 102 504 4.80 .063 31 0.30 177.5 1.7
Total 93 342 597 1.75 401 2083 6.09 .094 92 0.27 757.5 2.2
Career Stats - Defense
Statistic m s digs d/s bs ba tot b/s
2021-22 31 118 379 3.21 3 23 26 0.22
2022-23 33 115 365 3.17 2 36 38 0.33
2023-24 2 4 12 3.00 0 3 3 0.75
2024-25 27 105 305 2.90 0 23 23 0.22
Total 93 342 1061 3.10 5 85 90 0.26
Career Stats - Serve/Receive
Statistic m s ta sa sa/s se r re
2021-22 31 118 429 29 0.25 51 798 23
2022-23 33 115 496 52 0.45 53 679 26
2023-24 2 4 10 0 0.00 1 9 0
2024-25 27 105 446 32 0.30 30 574 14
Total 93 342 1381 113 0.33 135 2060 63
Split Stats - Offense
Statistic m s k k/s e ta ta/s pct a a/s pts pts/s
Event
Total 27 105 134 1.28 102 504 4.80 .063 31 0.30 177.5 1.7
Conference 18 68 111 1.63 77 409 6.01 .083 22 0.32 146.0 2.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 9 32 38 1.19 29 173 5.41 .052 9 0.28 54.0 1.7
Away 13 50 88 1.76 65 303 6.06 .076 16 0.32 112.5 2.3
Neutral 5 23 8 0.35 8 28 1.22 .000 6 0.26 11.0 0.5
Result
Wins 16 61 85 1.39 56 308 5.05 .094 21 0.34 112.0 1.8
Losses 11 44 49 1.11 46 196 4.45 .015 10 0.23 65.5 1.5
Month
September 12 49 58 1.18 42 215 4.39 .074 17 0.35 79.5 1.6
October 9 33 58 1.76 43 207 6.27 .072 10 0.30 69.5 2.1
November 6 23 18 0.78 17 82 3.57 .012 4 0.17 28.5 1.2
Split Stats - Defense
Statistic m s digs d/s bs ba tot b/s
Event
Total 27 105 305 2.90 0 23 23 0.22
Conference 18 68 208 3.06 0 22 22 0.32
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 9 32 99 3.09 0 12 12 0.38
Away 13 50 139 2.78 0 11 11 0.22
Neutral 5 23 67 2.91 0 0 0 0.00
Result
Wins 16 61 158 2.59 0 16 16 0.26
Losses 11 44 147 3.34 0 7 7 0.16
Month
September 12 49 141 2.88 0 13 13 0.27
October 9 33 85 2.58 0 7 7 0.21
November 6 23 79 3.43 0 3 3 0.13
Split Stats - Serve/Receive
Statistic m s ta sa sa/s se r re
Event
Total 27 105 446 32 0.30 30 574 14
Conference 18 68 307 24 0.35 18 409 7
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 9 32 147 10 0.31 6 179 3
Away 13 50 223 19 0.38 16 296 7
Neutral 5 23 76 3 0.13 8 99 4
Result
Wins 16 61 272 19 0.31 17 303 8
Losses 11 44 174 13 0.30 13 271 6
Month
September 12 49 202 15 0.31 19 247 8
October 9 33 146 8 0.24 5 145 2
November 6 23 98 9 0.39 6 182 4
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