Hall of Fame
Blood was a pitcher on the baseball team at Franklin Pierce, and is among the school's all-time leaders in virtually every statistical category, including career strikeouts (2nd), innings pitched (6th), and complete games (4th). His best season was in 2000, when he struck out 106 batters in just 88.2 innings of work. Blood also holds the Franklin Pierce single-game record for strikeouts with 20 against New Hampshire College (now Southern New Hampshire University) on April 11, 2001. As a sophomore, Blood threw the second no-hitter in Ravens history against Cardinal Stritch. He was a ninth-round draft pick (279th overall) of the Seattle Mariners in the 2001 MLB First-Year Player Draft and went on to play three seasons of minor league baseball. Since his playing career came to an end, Blood has worked as a baseball coach and recently, he was named the head coach at the University of Hartford.