2023 (Senior): Did not compete during the season.
2022 (Junior): One of three players to play in all 31 games during the season … Finished the year with 33 points on 27 goals and six assists … Scored multiple goals in six games, including a pair of hat tricks … Recorded a season-high three goals against Cal Lutheran and Bucknell, while adding a pair of scores versus Mercyhurst, McKendree, Johns Hopkins, and Bucknell … Credited with assists in six games – Biola (Navy Open), Iona (Princeton Invitational), at Air Force, Occidental (Aggie Roundup), Mercyhurst, and Salem … Defensively, finished with 26 ejections drawn and 16 steals.
2021 (Sophomore): Played in 27 of Navy’s 29 games during the season … Finished the year with seven goals and an assist for eight total points, while adding 13 steals and 16 kickouts drawn … Scored goals in six games – #9 UC Davis (Navy Open), Brown (Princeton Invitational), Air Force, #14 Santa Clara (Gary Troyer Tournament), and Johns Hopkins (2x), while adding an assist at Mount St. Mary’s … Scored a season-best two goals at the Gary Troyer Tournament against nationally-ranked Santa Clara.
2020 (Freshman): Played in all seven games during the season, which was shortened by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) … Scored seven points on seven goals … Had a season-high two goals against #10 Bucknell and La Salle, while also netting goals against Iona, George Washington, and La Salle … Defensively, led the team with seven ejections drawn.
High School / Personal: Lettered in water polo (4 years) and swimming and diving (4) at Los Osos High School in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. … Named Offensive Player of the Year as a senior, while earning the Coach’s Award as a junior and Most Improved as a freshman … Earned All-League honors as a sophomore, junior, and senior, while claiming First Team All-CIF distinction as a junior … Water polo team captain … Earned Rookie of the Year as part of the swimming and diving team as a freshman … Served as diving captain as a sophomore and junior and swimming captain as a senior … Member of the Foothill Club Team, serving as team captain during the 2017 and 2018 seasons … Member of Los Osos HS Associated Student Body (ASB) during sophomore and junior years … Served as an equipment manager as a junior … Member of the California Scholarship Federation (CSF), the oldest statewide honor society … Participated in Service for Heroes Club … Volunteered with Goals for Gage, Operation Community Cares, Los Osos Blood Drives, and Grizzly Games – an event for students with special needs … Son of Brian and Kristin Berzins.
Career Statistics
| Year |
Games |
Goals |
Assists |
Points |
Hat Tricks |
Steals |
KOD |
| 2020 * |
7 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
| 2021 |
27 |
7 |
1 |
8 |
0 |
13 |
16 |
| 2022 |
31 |
27 |
6 |
33 |
2 |
16 |
26 |
| 2023 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| Totals |
65 |
41 |
7 |
48 |
2 |
29 |
49 |
* – 2020 season played in the spring of 2021
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