2014-15: Earned NEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for men's tennis and made both the Spring Academic Honor Roll (Min. 3.2 GPA) and the Commissioner's Honor Roll (Min. 3.75 GPA) ... Named Capitol One Academic All-District in District 2 by CoSIDA … NEC Player of the Year for the fourth straight year also First-Team All-NEC at No. 1 Singles … Named NEC Player of the Week four times … Posted a 23-7 overall record and a 12-4 record at No. 1 Singles for the Knights … Led the NEC in wins and win percentage … Finishes his Fairleigh Dickinson career with a 74-33 overall record and an 18-2 mark in NEC play … Picked up win number 70 against Will Neuner of Florida Atlantic (3/18) 1-6, 6-3, 10-7 … Won the “A” Flight singles and “A” Flight doubles at Stony Brook (9/5-6) … Built a seven-match winning streak from February 13 at Army to March 8 versus Stony Brook … Was leading in both matches at the NEC Tennis Championship before the Knights earned enough points to advance … Beat Matt Kuhar at No. 1 Singles to get a point for the Knights in the NEC Championship Match (4/19) … Went 15-10 overall in doubles while playing with both Gonzalo Quintana and Jacob Whalley … Went 3-0 in NEC play with Whalley … Ended the season by winning his last two singles and doubles matches.
2013-14: Earned third consecutive Northeast Conference Player of the Year award to become the first men's tennis player to achieve such a feat... Named a Capital One Third Team Academic All-America for Division 1 Men's At-Large and First Team Capital One Academic All-District Two... Claimed second straight Walter Marusyn Male Athlete of the Year at FDU... Named NEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for second consecutive year in men's tennis... Voted First-Team All-NEC at No. 1 singles for a third year in a row and First Team All-NEC doubles for a second straight year, this time with teammate Gonzalo Quintana... Closed out the season with a 17-5 record, including a 10-2 mark at No. 1 and 3-1 in NEC play while avenging his only career conference loss in the finals of the NEC Tournament against Bryant (4/19)... His .773 win percentage ranked first among NEC players with 10 or more singles matches... in three years, has amassed a 49-23 singles mark and a remarkable 17-1 record against NEC competition... Finished 15-7 in doubles and 9-3 at No. 1, including a 3-1 record in conference play, while claiming two more victories in the NEC Tournament over Saint Francis U (4/18) and Bryant (4/19)... Named NEC Player of the Month for September after capturing the "A" Flight at the USTA BJK NTC Men's Collegiate Invitational (9/20-22)) for his first career tournament championship after going 4-0, after reaching the the quarterfinals in singles and the semifinals in doubles in the loaded field at the Princeton/Farnsworth Invitational (9/13-14)... Reached the semifinals of the "A" flight in singles at the Columbia Classic (10/4-5)... Named NEC Player of the Week on March 20 after coming off a huge week that saw him post three wins at No. 1, highlighted by a 6-4, 7-5 conquest of Yale's Tyler Lu, ranked 114th nationally and 18th in the Northeast region while taking down two-time MAAC Player of the Year Lorenzo Rossi of Marist, 6-3, 6-3, and Stony Brook's Alex Felisa, 6-1, 6-2, and earning a pair of doubles victories at No. 1... Named NEC and ECAC Player of the Week on April 15 and 16 after dropping just seven games in three singles victories over Saint Peter's (4/9), Mount St. Mary's (4/12) and Concordia's (4/14) Juuso Ojanen, the third-ranked player nationally in Division II while losing just eight games in three doubles wins... Named to NEC Commissioner's Honor Roll (3.75 GPA or higher)... Team MVP...
2012-13: Became the first player in NEC history to win a set in the NCAA Tournament, after deating No. 3 Virginia's Jarmere Jenkins, the third-ranked singles player in the country and eventual NCAA runner-up in singles (and doubles champion), 6-3, at No. 1 singles... Became the fourth player in the history of the NEC to post back-to-back Player of the Year cammpaigns... Named First Team All-NEC at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles (with Ibrahim Shams)... Went a perfect 7-0 in singles play in the NEC for the second consecutive year and 7-1 in doubles in conference action... Finshed the year 16-9 in singles, including 11-4 at the No. 1 slot... Went 15-8 in doubles, including 12-4 at the No. 1 postion... Named NEC Player of the Month for February... Named to NEC Commissioner's Honor Roll (3.75 GPA or higher)... Team MVP...
2011-12: Second player in NEC history to win Player and Rookie of the Year in the same season... Earned First Team All-NEC at No. 1 singles and Second Team All-NEC at No. 1 doubles with Ibrahim Shams... Named NEC Rookie of the Week five consecutive weeks... Added NEC Player of the Week honors to end the regular season (4/17/12)... Led FDU with 18 singles victories... Went 7-0 in singles play against NEC opponents... Compiled a 15-4 record in No. 1 singles action... Teamed with Ibrahim Shams for a 16-8 doubles record, including a 4-1 mark against the NEC... In the NCAA Tournament against No. 2 Virginia, took UVa's Jamere Jenkins, the No. 4 rated singles player in the nation, to a first-set tie breaker... Named to NEC Commissioner's Honor Roll (3.75 GPA or higher)... Team MVP...
Riga Language School: While playing for the Latvian National U16 Team, earned fourth place in Europe... Participated in the Junior Davis Cup in Mexico... Has been ranked as high as No. 10 in Latvia... No. 273 in the world junior ITF rankings... Played for TC Adazi... Named Best Scholar in Adazi in 2004...
Personal: Born Jan. 21, 1992... Son of Andis Berzins and Ilze Berzina... Has two brothers, Kristars and Andris, and one sister, Linda... Brother, Kristars played basketball at Latvia University... Majoring in Finance.
