{"id":34981,"date":"2024-06-04T17:16:36","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T17:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/minot-honeybees\/?p=34981"},"modified":"2024-06-04T17:19:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T17:19:57","slug":"minot-state-pitcher-joins-minot-honeybees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/minot-honeybees\/2024\/06\/04\/minot-state-pitcher-joins-minot-honeybees\/","title":{"rendered":"MINOT STATE PITCHER JOINS MINOT HONEYBEES"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1655.68px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><b>MINOT STATE PITCHER JOINS MINOT HONEYBEES<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Jasmine Blizzard to Pitch in Softball Team\u2019s Inaugural Season<\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>MINOT, ND \u2013<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Minot State University pitcher Jasmine Blizzard is staying in town this summer to play with the Minot Honeybees softball team for the 2024 season. A redshirt senior hailing from La Verne, CA, Blizzard returned to play for the Beavers in the 2023-2024 season as a graduate student and will be bringing her NCAA D2 pitching experience to the Minot Honeybees in the team\u2019s first season. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m very excited and honored to be able to play on one of the first Northwoods softball teams,\u201d said Blizzard. \u201cI\u2019m also excited to play in front of the home crowd. Minot is such a supportive community and the environment is amazing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Blizzard pitched in 22 games for MSU and started in 9 games in the 2022 season before redshirting in 2023. During the 2022 season, she pitched in 22 games, started in 9, and pitched 4 complete games. She pitched a 5-hit shutout against the University of Mary and struck out a total of 61 players.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var(--awb-typography4-font-family);font-size: var(--awb-typography4-font-size);font-style: var(--awb-typography4-font-style);font-weight: var(--awb-typography4-font-weight);letter-spacing: var(--awb-typography4-letter-spacing);text-transform: var(--awb-typography4-text-transform)\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prior to attending MSU, the right-handed pitcher played one season at Howard College (Texas). While at Howard, she proved to be a capable pitcher, throwing in 21 total games and starting in 19 games. She also pitched 2 shutouts in the 2020-21 season. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She played varsity softball at Bonita High School where she started in 28 games, only allowed .266 opposing players on base, and struck out 92 batters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cGetting this opportunity to play against top-level competition is a challenge I\u2019m looking forward to,\u201d Blizzard said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family: var(--awb-typography4-font-family);font-size: var(--awb-typography4-font-size);font-style: var(--awb-typography4-font-style);letter-spacing: var(--awb-typography4-letter-spacing);text-transform: var(--awb-typography4-text-transform)\">Fans eager to see Blizzard and the Honeybees play in their debut season can visit honeybeessoftball.com for tickets, game schedules, and group opportunities. For real-time updates on all roster announcements and team news, follow the Honeybees on social media or sign up for their e-newsletter.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":34982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MINOT STATE PITCHER JOINS MINOT HONEYBEES - Minot Honeybees<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/minot-honeybees\/2024\/06\/04\/minot-state-pitcher-joins-minot-honeybees\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MINOT STATE PITCHER JOINS MINOT HONEYBEES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/minot-honeybees\/2024\/06\/04\/minot-state-pitcher-joins-minot-honeybees\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Minot Honeybees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-06-04T17:16:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-04T17:19:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2024\/06\/J.-Blizzard-Signing-Graphic-Website-Slider.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"803\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"463\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John Bollinger\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"John Bollinger\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/minot-honeybees\/2024\/06\/04\/minot-state-pitcher-joins-minot-honeybees\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/minot-honeybees\/2024\/06\/04\/minot-state-pitcher-joins-minot-honeybees\/\",\"name\":\"MINOT STATE PITCHER JOINS MINOT HONEYBEES - 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