Columbia University Athletics

Prior to Columbia: Three-year letterwinner at Wakeland High School in Frisco, Texas ... Comes to Columbia with experience playing in both the midfield and up front ... Helped Wakeland to both the district and state title as a sophomore in 2018, followed by another run to the state finals in 2019 and a district title in 2020 ... Recognized as the Newcomer of the Year as a sophomore, his first season at Wakeland ... National Honor Society member ... Academic All-State selection as a senior ... Played for both the Denton Diablos and Solar Stricker 01 at the club level ... Solar Stricker team was a national finalist in 2019 ... Denton Diablos team won the Roja League in 2020.

Personal: Born Sept. 20, 2001 in Newport Beach, California ... Son of Jennifer and Brian Bezdek ... Has two siblings, Brennan and Linae ... Great grandmother, Leah Bernice, graduated from Brown in 1931 ... Great grandfather, Clifford J. King, graduated from Harvard in 1932 ... Father, Brian, played one year of college football at Holy Cross.