Naval Academy Athletics

More on Berzins: A 2019 graduate of St. Mary’s High School in Annapolis, Md., Berzins attended the University of Maryland during the 2018-19 academic year ... a two-sport athlete who lettered in football (2) and lacrosse (3) ... a two-time all-county and all-conference football selection ... named to the BTC Super 22 All-Star Team in 2016 and ‘17 ... member of the St. Mary’s football team that won the 2017 MIAA “B” Conference Championship ... logged better than 1,000 service hours with school events ... high school teammate of Jamie Romo, a freshman football player at Navy ... brother, Timber, is a sophomore defensive lineman on the Navy football team ... father, Timothy, 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 ... Gerard is the third oldest of 16 children that are between the ages of 21 years and a toddler (8 boys, 8 girls - Moira, Timber, Gerard, William, Sean, Gabriel, Kevin, Mary Eileen, Marie, Molly, Tess, Megan, Francis, Brendan, Virginia and Rosie ... earned a 3.59 grade-point average in the fall and was named to the Commandant’s and Dean’s Lists ... son of Timothy Sr. and Eileen Berzins.