Blaine Bursey
  • Class of 2017
  • Middleburg, Fla.

Blaine Bursey of Middleburg, Fla., Tabbed as WPI Male Student-Athlete of the Week

2016 Sep 8

Blaine Bursey of the football team has been tabbed as the WPI Male Student-Athlete of the Week for the week ending Sunday, September 4th.

Bursey converted all four PAT attempts and all three field goal opportunities, including the overtime game-winner to lift WPI past MIT, 37-34 Friday night. His 23-yarder snapped a 14-14 tie in the second while a 37-yarder extended WPI's lead to 34-24 in the fourth. He only needed 19 yards to send the Boynton Hillers back to Worcester with the 37-34 victory.

Football (1-0) hosts crosstown rival Worcester State Friday night at 7pm.

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Founded in 1865 in Worcester, Mass., WPI is one of the nation's first engineering and technology universities. Its 14 academic departments offer more than 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science, engineering, technology, business, the social sciences, and the humanities and arts, leading to bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. WPI's talented faculty work with students on interdisciplinary research that seeks solutions to important and socially relevant problems in fields as diverse as the life sciences and bioengineering, energy, information security, materials processing, and robotics. Students also have the opportunity to make a difference to communities and organizations around the world through the university's innovative Global Projects Program. There are more than 45 WPI project centers throughout the Americas, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Europe.