June 25, 2013
TAYLOR BLEISTEIN
Position: Defense
Hometown: Bayville, N.Y.
High School: Locust Valley
Club Team: Yellow Jacket 2013 Blue
BEFORE PENN STATE
Totaled 230 goals and 110 assists during six-year varsity career with Locust Valley ... Three-time all-county (2011-13) and a 2010 all-conference member ... Two-time US Lacrosse All-Academic member (2012, 2013) ... Named team MVP as a senior ... Participated in the 2012 Under Armour Underclassman Elite Stars Tournament as a member of Team Long Island ... Won the 2010 US Lacrosse U-15 national championship with the Yellow Jackets ... Selected to the all-tournament team ... Helped lead the team to the 2011 Northern RISE and 2012 Lax for the Cure tournament championships ... Served as team captain from 2006-12.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Robert and Patricia Bleistein ... Mother, Patricia, attended Penn State ... Has a brother, Bobby, and a sister, Lindsay ... Brother, Bobby, earned USILA All-America honors after his freshman season at Connecticut College ... Sister, Lindsay, plays lacrosse for Locust Valley ... Also played soccer and competed in track ... Named team MVP as senior in soccer ... Plans to major in international affairs ... Born Nov. 24, 1995 in Manhasset, N.Y.
Missy Doherty on Bleistein: "Watching Taylor play the last few years has been exciting. She just keeps getting better, and I think her potential here at Penn State is limitless."