Biography
• High School / Personal: A 2024 graduate of St. Mary’s High School in Annapolis, Md., Berzins was a three-sport athlete who earned letters in football (3), track & field (2) and wrestling (1) ... garnered All-Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) football honors as a senior, while also being named the National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... named to the Baltimore Touchdown Club Super 22 Team as a junior ... led St. Mary’s to the MIAA B Football Championship his junior year ... member of the National Honor Society ... Gabriel has 16 siblings and is the sixth-oldest (8 boys, 9 girls - Moira, Timber, Gerard, William, Sean, Gabriel, Kevin, Mary Eileen, Marie, Molly, Tess, Megan, Francis, Brendan, Virginia, Rose and Cecilia ... father, Timothy Sr., graduated from the Naval Academy in 1995 and was a member of the Mids’ football team ... his grandfather, Jack Shanley (‘56), graduated from the Naval Academy, as did seven uncles - Ray Berzins (‘90), Wesley Philbeck (‘94), Jay Shanley (‘88), Kevin Shanley (‘89), Gerard Shanley (‘90), Tom Shanley (‘92) and Tim Shanley (‘03) ... Ray Berzins and Gerard Shanley both played football for the Mids ... brother, Timber (Timothy Jr.), graduated from the Naval Academy in 2022 and was a member of the football team his freshman and junior years ... brother, Gerard, is a 2023 graduate of the Naval Academy and was a member of the lacrosse team his freshman year ... brother, William, is currently a junior at the Naval Academy ... son of Timothy Sr. and Eileen Berzins.
