Mercyhurst University Athletics

Accolades
2010 NSCAA/Performance Subaru All-Atlantic Second Team
2010 All-PSAC First Team
2009 ECAC All-Star
2009 All-PSAC West Team

2010:  Earned a spot on the All-PSAC first team…Proved to be a great leader as well as a captain, starting in all 19 games and providing great support in the middle of the field…ended the season with three goals and one assist, totaling seven points…Fahandezh claimed one game winner on the season against then ranked No.24 East Stroudsburg…assisted Alex Manea’s game winner in the last 21 seconds of regulation against cross-town rival, Gannon University, that win helped the Lakers move on to NCAA postseason play.

2009: All-PSAC West Team…ECAC All-Star Team...played in and started 19 games…tenacious center mid, challenged and distributed with equal effectiveness…second on team with six assists on season… had a three-game assist streak during a key stretch of games, from Oct. 6 through Oct. 14…assisted on Billy Colton’s game-winner against Bloomsburg…took corner kicks and played a key role on indirect free kicks.

2008: Key defender, played and started 15 games…Missed final two matches with injury suffered in 3-2 win over Lock Haven Oct. 25…Recorded two assists on the season…Gained assist on Colton’s game-tying goal in 2-1 win over California (Pa.) Oct. 8…Assisted Colton on his game-winner Oct. 25 vs. Findlay.

2007: Played and started in four games at defense before suffering a season ending injury.

High School: Team Most Valuable Player...Led team in scoring...Named Athlete of the Year...Member of the Windstar Soccer Academy...Captain of the Olympic Flames and Saltflees Tournament MVP...Amateur team advanced to the Ontario Cup Finals, the Robbie Cup Finals, the USA Cup Finals and placed second in OYSL...Also competed in basketball, rugby and track and field.

Personal: Born April 17, 1989...finance major...Son of Mehdi Fahandezh and Zahra Heshmetzadeh...Three siblings, Arezoo, Ayda, and Arman.