University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2006: Started every game on close defense ... STX/USILA honorable mention All-America ... USILA Scholar-Athlete All-America ... Second-team All-Ivy ... Came up with 12 ground balls and nine caused turnovers ... Led Quakers defense that allowed 8.26 goals per game ... Had a shot on goal in Ivy win at Yale (3/18).

2005: Honorable mention All-Ivy ... Named Penn’s I.W. Burnham II Most Outstanding Player ... Always assigned to opposing team’s top offensive player ... Picked up two ground balls against Loyola (4/23) ... Had four ground balls and one caused turnover against No. 12 Dartmouth (4/10) ... Recorded four ground balls and one caused turnover against Princeton (4/5).

2004: Started all 14 games ... Collected 16 ground balls, including two against No. 2 Navy in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (5/16) ... Named to the Jewish Sports Review All-America team.

2003: Appeared in two games ... Recorded two ground balls ... Made collegiate debut at Cornell (3/29), recording one ground ball. 

High School: Three-year letterwinner in lacrosse and soccer ... Member of Landon’s 2000-2002 IAC championship teams and its 2002 national championship team as voted on by Inside Lacrosse.

Personal: Born July 7, 1983 ... Son of Richard and Debbie Blechman ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences as a philosophy, politics & economics (PPE) major.