Cole Blazer

Height:
5-11
Weight:
190
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Libertyville, Ill.
High School:
Libertyville

Honors and Awards

2018:
USILA Scholar All-American
BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week (March 26)
BIG EAST Honor Roll (April 9)
Team Captain

2017:
All-BIG EAST Second Team
All-BIG EAST Championship Team (Most Outstanding Player)
BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week (March 6)
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Feb. 20, April 24)
BIG EAST All-Academic

2016:
All-BIG EAST Second Team
All-BIG EAST Championship Team
BIG EAST Conference Defensive Player of the Week (April 4)
USILA National Defensive Player of the Week (April 5)
NCAA National Defensive Player of the Week (April 6)

BIG EAST All-Academic (2014-15, 2016-17, 2017-18)

Graduated as MU's all-time leader with 360 career saves

2018 Season (Sr.): Team captain ... Started all 14 matches for the Golden Eagles as a senior, recording 123 saves, a 9.67 goals against average and a record of 6-8 ... Recorded five saves in the 11-10 win in the season opener over Jacksonville (Feb. 17) ... Stopped 15 shots on goal in the overtime win against No. 16 Georgetown (March 24), and picked up two ground balls ... Tallied nine saves and two ground balls against No. 6 Villanova (March 31) ... Recorded a season high of 16 saves and grabbed three ground balls during the OT win against St. John's (April 7) ... Finished the matchup with No. 14/15 Notre Dame with eight saves (April 11) ... Saved eight shots on net in the OT win against Providence (April 14) ... Made six saves and scooped up two ground balls at No. 3 Duke (April 20) ... Made 14 saves and allowed just seven goals against No. 4 Denver (April 28) in the regular season finale.

2017 Season (Jr.): All-BIG EAST Second Team ... Started all 16 games in goal for the Golden Eagles, going 8-8 with a .521 save percentage and a 9.25 goals against average ... Saved seven shots in the season-opening win against Jacksonville, and didn't give up any goals (Feb. 18) as MU won 17-1 ... Recorded 15 saves at No. 14 Richmond and secured three ground balls (Feb. 25) ... Set a program record with 18 saves against No. 20 Ohio State (March 3) ... Racked up 13 saves versus Detroit (March 5) ... Recorded eight saves against Robert Morris (March 11) ... Stopped 14 shots in the BIG EAST opener at Georgetown (March 25) ... Made six saves, including one with 27 seconds remaining to preserve a Marquette win over Air Force (March 28) ... Recorded eight saves against No. 20 Villanova (April 1) ... Notched eight saves at No. 7 Notre Dame (April 11) ... Made 13 saves against No. 4 Duke, earning him BIG EAST Honor Roll recognition (April 22) ... Made 12 saves and scored a goal, the first for a goalie in Marquette history, in the BIG EAST semifinal against No. 2 Denver (May 4) ... Stopped 11 shots in a win over Providence in the BIG EAST Championship game (May 7) ... Named the BIG EAST Championship Most Outstanding Player after leading MU to its second-straight league tournament title ... Made eight saves in the NCAA First Round at Notre Dame (May 14).

2016 Season (So.): All-BIG EAST Second Team ... All-BIG EAST Championship Team (only goalie) ... Started the final nine games of the season for MU, recording a 4-4 record with a .503 save percentage and a 9.59 goals against average ... Faced a ranked team in 7-of-9 games, including four top-five opponents ... Made his first career start against Villanova (April 2) ... Recorded 13 saves with a .812 save percentage and only allowed three goals in his first career win over then-No. 5/6 Villanova (April 2) ... Named BIG EAST Conference Defensive Player of the Week on April 4 for his performance against Villanova ... Also earned USILA and NCAA National Defensive Player of the Week honors for his play against the Wildcats ... Made nine saves in a 8-7 overtime loss at No. 1 Notre Dame (April 13) ... Secured 10 saves against No. 16 Villanova to help MU to a 14-9 win over the Wildcats in the BIG EAST Tournament semifinals ... Helped Marquette to its first-ever BIG EAST Championship with nine saves in a 10-9 victory at No. 1 Denver on May 7 in the conference title game ... Made 10 saves in the first round of the NCAA Championship against the eventual national champion North Carolina in a 10-9 loss.

2015 Season (Fr.): Played in four games as a true freshman ... Made a total of eight saves in 45:27 of action with a .571 save percentage and a goals-against average of 7.92 ... Saw his first action of the year versus Mercer and made four saves (March 8).

Prior to Marquette: Four-year letter winner at Libertyville high school ... Captained the Wildcats his junior and senior seasons ... Also named team and defensive MVP his senior year ... Blazer averaged a .670 save percentage, while earning first-team all-conference and first-team all-state ... Blazer was also named a 2013-2014 All-American, as well as an Illinois State All Star in 2014 ... Played AAU lacrosse with True Lacrosse where he was also named defensive MVP ... Played football in high school.

Personal: Born June 14, 1996 ... Son of Joe and Lori Blazer ... Has one brother, Jordan ... Mechanical engineering major.