Manhattanville University Athletics

2013-14: Played in 26 of 27 games as a senior … scored five goals and set new career highs with 11 assists and 16 points during his final season … found the net on the power play in his first game of the year at Elmira (11/2) … recorded the second multi-goal game of his career with a pair of tallies at Neumann (11/23) … had assists in both of the next two games against Western New England (11/26) and Brockport (11/30) to complete a five-game point streak … assisted on a career-high three goals against Hobart (1/24) … named to the ECAC West All-Academic Team for the third straight year.
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2012-13: Took the ice for 23 games during his junior season … scored a career-high five goals and added five assists for a career-best 10 points … his first point of the year came off an assist at Hobart (11/3) … scored his first goal of the year to help beat Morrisville State (11/17) … had his first multi-point game of the year with a goal and an assist versus Tufts (11/24) … scored two goals in a game for the first time in his career as the Valiants won on the road at Elmira (12/1) … named to the ECAC West All-Academic Team.
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2011-12: Dressed in 20 games during his sophomore season … scored a pair of goals and added five assists for seven points … gave the Valiants a 3-1 lead over Amherst (1/3) with his first tally of the season … had a three-game point streak midway through the season, with assists against SUNY Potsdam (1/13) and Neumann (1/20) wrapped around a key insurance goal in a win at Curry (1/17) … named to the ECAC West All-Academic Team.
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2010-11: Appeared in four games in his first collegiate season … scored twice on four shots in those four appearances … found the back of the net in his collegiate debut against Western New England (11/23) … also scored the game-winning tally in the Valiants’ conference victory over Neumann (1/22).
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Juniors: Played his final junior season with New York Apple Core of the EJHL … led the team in scoring in 2009-10 by recording 44 points (16 goals, 28 assists) … in 2008-09, led the New York Bobcats (AJHL) in scoring with the exact same 16-28-44 stat line and helped the team to a conference title and a berth in nationals … also had four goals and four assists in eight playoff games … played the previous four years with the New York Junior Titans … once again was the team’s leading scorer in 2007-08, netting a career-high 28 goals and 35 assists for 63 points.

Personal: Born January 5, 1990 … son of Lou and Carolyn Balzano … has three siblings: Nicole, Joey and Samantha … a Dean's List student majoring in management with a history minor at Manhattanville.