KALAMAZOO, Mich. – With the 2020 Major League Baseball draft under a month away, Western Michigan junior outfielder Blake Dunn was named one of the top five athletes at the collegiate level heading into the draft according to Baseball America on Wednesday.

Per MLB scouting departments Dunn ranked as the second best athlete at the collegiate level heading into the 2020 MLB draft. The junior outfielder ranked behind Max Meyer from Minnesota and ahead of players from collegiate baseball powers such as UCLA, Arkansas and Vanderbilt.

Prior to the 2020 season Dunn was one of 55 players to be named to the preseason Golden Spikes Award watch list. The Golden Spikes Award is given annually to the top amateur baseball player in the country.

Dunn is currently ranked the 173th best prospect according to MLB.com and projections from draftsite.com have the junior outfielder going in the fourth round to the Cincinnati Reds. The 2020 MLB Draft was shortened to five rounds and will take place June 10-12.

Before the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic Dunn recorded a .288 batting average and led the Broncos in home runs (2), RBIs (17) and stolen bases (11). In 15 games, Dunn ranked 10^th in the NCAA in stolen bases and eighth in stolen bases per game (0.73).

In his sophomore campaign Dunn earned First Team All-MAC honors after leading WMU in batting average (.374), runs (43), hits (71), triples (2), slugging percentage (.521), on-base percentage (.467) and stolen bases (30). The Saugatuck, Mich., native ranked in the top 10 in the Mid-American Conference in six statistical categories while his 30 stolen bases was the second most in a single-season in school history.

For his career Dunn registered a .338 batting average with 22 doubles, seven home runs and 64 RBIs. Dunn has a .460 career slugging percentage and a .423 on-base percentage in 108 career games. His 47 career stolen bases is tied for the fourth most in program history.