Pepperdine University Athletics

PEPPERDINE 2022: Named to the First-Team GCC All Conference Team … Posted 55 goals and 36 assists as a graduate student athlete in 26 games ... Had two six-goal games both vs. UC Irvine (9/25) and (11/19) … Had a season high in points with eight in the season opener vs. Whittier (9/3) … Named GCC Player of the Week (10/13) … Earned ACWPC All-American third team honors ... Received ACWPC All-Academic honors … A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.

HARVARD: Graduated from Harvard in 2021 with a degree in economics and a minor in neuroscience ... A two-time All-American ... Played three seasons (2017-19), and the 2020 season was canceled due to COVID-19 ... Had a career total of 236 goals (94 as a 2017 freshman, 81 as a 2018 sophomore and 61 as a 2019 junior) ... Received All-American third team status from the ACWPC in 2017 and was honorable mention in 2018 ... Made the All-Northeast Water Polo Conference first team in 2018 and 2019, and was the league’s Rookie of the Year in 2017 ... Scored a career-high seven goals on four different occasions ... Scored the game-winning goal in overtime to beat Princeton and win the 2017 NWPC Championships, sending Harvard to the NCAA Championships ... Also won the NWPC title in 2019 and played in the opening round of the NCAA Championships ... Earned ACWPC All-Academic recognition in 2020-21 and CWPA Scholar-Athlete status in 2019-20.
 
USA WATER POLO: Competed with various U.S. youth national teams for four years ... Won a silver medal at the 2013 Junior Pan American Games, and competed again in 2015.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Cathedral Catholic High School, located in San Diego, Calif., in 2017 ... Three-time All-CIF first team selection ... Won three consecutive CIF titles ... Also lettered in swimming and volleyball ... Made the honor roll all four years.
 
CLUB: Played with Cozy Boys and won Junior Olympics in 2018 ... Named Top Rookie of the 2016 National League playing for USA RED ... A 2016 All-American honorable mention selection playing for San Diego Shores.
 
PERSONAL: Pursuing a master’s degree in business analytics ... Born in San Diego, Calif. ... Son of Sergey and Natalia Blyashov ... Has one sister, Julia ... Chose to attend Pepperdine because it “was the perfect combination of high-level water polo and a great business school.”
 
FAVORITES: Enjoys traveling, surfing and hanging out at the beach ... Favorites include Dennis Rodman (pro athlete), Fifty Shades Darker (movie), Curtis Jarvis (musical artist), sashimi (food) and beach volleyball (sport other than water polo) ... Favorite thing about water polo is “it’s just a unique and exciting sport to play. I’ve also been lucky enough to travel throughout Europe with water polo and meet all sorts of people. At the end of the day you get to spend time with your friends getting tan and floating in the water.”