Nazareth College Athletics

Marketing major... son of Marc and Deanna Blankenberg, Ontario, N.Y... returning for a fifth season after starting all 27 games as a senior and finishing third on the team with 12.2 points per game and was tied for second on the team with 4.2 rebounds per game … he was selected to the Mike Daley Tournament All-Tournament team as well as the Mark’s Pizzeria Crosstown Challenge All-Tournament team … scored a season and career-high 21 points at Sage (2/18) on 7-of-9 shooting from the field and 5-of-6 from 3-point range … grabbed a season-best eight rebounds in the opener against Gordon and later grabbed seven rebounds against Rochester (11/19) and at Sage (2/18) … he was the team leader in 3-pointers made (44) and second in both 3-point percentage (.432) and blocked shots (11), third in steals (29) and fourth in assists (43).

2021-22: Blankenberg played 28 games and started 26 ... he finished fifth on the team with 8.3 points per game and was fourth on the squad with 3.9 rebounds per contest ... he scored a career-best 19 points including 6-for-6 3 pointers at home against Hartwick (2/6/22) and had 11 double-digit scoring games ... his best all-around game was the season opener against Cazenovia when he scored 16 and grabbed a season-high nine rebounds.

2020-21: Blankenberg played in all 12 games for the Golden Flyers during the pandemic-shortened 2021 season... averaged 4.9 points and 1.9 rebounds per game in a reserve role... scored a career-high 15 points in Nazareth's season finale at Utica on 4/9/21... sank a pair of clutch three-point shots in a double overtime win at Russell Sage on 3/19/21... first shot came at the buzzer at the end of regulation to force overtime, then hit a second long-distance shot in the second overtime period.

2019-20: Blankenberg played in all 27 games for the Golden Flyers in 2019-20 and scored 33 points and grabbed 14 rebounds... nine of his 12 field goals made were three-point baskets... had six points on two three-pointers in the Empire 8 Conference championship game against St. John Fisher on 2/29/20

Scholastic: a graduate of Wayne Central, Blankenberg was a three-sport standout there, excelling in football, basketball and baseball... played four seasons of varsity basketball and graduated as Wayne's all-time leading scorer... two-time Finger Lakes League Player of the Year and first-team All-Greater Rochester in 2018, second team in 2019... helped team to a pair of Section Five championships... earned all-state honors in football and second-team All-Greater Rochester.