PHILADELPHIA – After picking up three goal medals at the 2012 Atlantic 10 Swimming & Diving Championships, Blase Szyszko has been named the La Salle Student-Athlete of the Week.
 
The selection was made through voting by La Salle's sports information department.
 
Szyszko showed he is the conference's best breaststroker by winning both the 100-breast (56.30) and 200-breast (2:01.35).
 
In the 200-breast, he broke the school record that was set in 1990 by former Olympian Eric Buhain.
 
On the first day of the championships, Szyszko helped the 200-medley relay to a gold medal.  It squad also broke a La Salle school record and made an NCAA “B” cut by swimming a 1:29.07.

The Explorers would place fourth in the conference at the meet.