High School: A three-year letterwinner for Southington High School ... Voted team’s Most Valuable Player ... Earned the squads face-off and groundball awards as well ... Was awarded the coaches choice award ... A Peak 200 All-Star ... A Battle of the Hotbeds All-Star ... Team captain as a junior and senior ... Also earned three varsity letters in football ... Member of the student council ...

Personal: Mark Nicholas Florian ... Born on Nov. 10, 1986 in New Britain, Conn. ... Son of Matt and Michelle Florian ... Has three brothers and one sister.