SUNY Potsdam Athletics

Blaze Benedict enters his second season with the Bears.
 
2021: Played in all 11 games with two starts, collected 20 ground balls, caused five turnovers
 
2019 (with Canton): Started all 13 games he played, collected 32 ground balls and caused 21 turnovers
 
Personal: Son of Troy and Leah Benedict . . . majoring in Criminal Justice . . . career ambition is to work in the criminal justice field . . . also played basketball, soccer and ran cross country at Salmon River where he was team captain, second team All-Northern and earned the outstanding sportsmanship award . . . cousin Mike Benedict played professionally in the NLL for the Syracuse Smash, Rochester Knighthawks and Buffalo Bandits . . . great uncle Greg Tarbell was an All-American for the Syracuse lacrosse team . . . greatest sports accomplishment is playing collegiate lacrosse . . . favorite thing about being a college athlete is travelling to other campuses . . . lists his father as his hero because he always pushed him to his limits . . . greatest Potsdam memory is beating Clarkson last season