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Bio

	#6 - Jeremy Blevins
	Class: Junior Height/Weight: 5-8, 135     Hometown: Cockeysville, Md. Position: Goal     High School: Calvert Hall

Accolades

Already has 319 career saves, the eighth-highest figure in school history.

2007: Posted a career-best 18 saves in NCAA First Round game at Maryland, allowing only nine Terrapin goals… Notched a save percentage of 55.2, which ranked 24^th in the nation… The goalie of record in 10 of UMBC’s 11 wins last year and has a record of 20-11 in two seasons at UMBC… Has now started all 32 games the Retrievers have played in ’06 and ’07… Recorded 16 stops and allowed only five goals in March 3^rd win over Air Force… Posted 14 saves in 11-9 win over Towson on April 4… Stopped 12 Stony Brook shots, allowing five goals in regular season finale

2006: The 2006 America East Conference Rookie of the Year…  Also named to All Tournament Team of the 2006 America East Tournament, recording 19 saves and allowing only 12 goals… Became the first freshman to start in the nets for UMBC since Steve Gorski did it in 1993… Started all 15 games on the season, playing in nearly 849 of 903 minutes… finished the season with a goals against average of 7.71, the 13th best figure in the nation… Earned America East Rookie of the Week award on March 26, April 3 and April 17… His top effort was a 13-save performance in the 12-8 win over Denver...  Finished third on the team with 33 ground balls.

Background: Majoring in Environmental Studies... A two-time All Metro selection by The Baltimore Sun, earning First Team honors in his junior season…Also earned First Team All State recognition… Posted a save percentage of .665 in his junior year… Earned a place on the pre-season boys’ Tewaarton “Watch List” entering that season… Was the starter for the winning Cardinals in the 2003 MIAA “A” Conference title game against St. Mary’s… Inside Lacrosse tabbed him a Player to Watch alluding to his “speed, hustle, stick skills and game sense”…Was also a standout soccer player at Calvert Hall… His twin brother, Phil, is a sophomore lacrosse player at Towson University, and older brother, Sid, 22, competed at Salisbury… Son of Patsy and Van Blevins…Stepfather is Jim Short… Born Jeremy Cockrill Blevins on February 25, 1987.