2008: First-team All-America ... NCAA Silver Medalist as he advanced to the final for the second straight season ... First-team All-Ivy ... IFA individual Gold Medalist ... 25-5 record in the regular season ... Started the season with a 9-0 day at the Penn Multi-Meet (12/1) ... Went 5-0 against North Carolina and Duke (1/13) ... Won all three of his bouts against Penn State (1/26) ... Was 10-5 in the Ivy League Round Robins ... Went 3-0 against both Harvard and Columbia (2/3) ... Defeated Columbia’s Kurt Getz, 15-13 to win IFA gold medal (2/24) ... Won 22 of 23 matches in preliminary round of NCAA Championships (3/15-3/16) to advance to the semifinals ... Defeated Penn State’s Nicholas Chinman, 15-13, to advance to the final ... Earned silver medal after falling to Ohio State’s Andras Horanyi, 14-7, in NCAA final.
2007: First-team All-America ... First-team All-Ivy ... Advanced to the NCAA final in foil, where he lost to Andras Horanyi of Ohio State, 13-12, to earn a silver medal ... Went 50-3 overall and 14-1 in Ivy League bouts ... Went undefeated against all but three teams ... Finished the Penn State Invitational with a 14-1 record (1/27) ... Recorded a perfect 11-0 bout record at the MIT Multi-Meet (2/4) ... Went a perfect 6-0 at the second Ivy League Round Robin, sweeping opponents from Columbia and Brown (2/25).
2006: First-team All-America ... First-team All-Ivy ... Voted Outstanding Men's Foil Athlete of the Year at the NCAA Championships ... Went 38-1 in the regular season and 14-1 in Ivy League bouts ... Started the season 26-0 ... Placed fourth at the NCAA Championships (3/19) ... Finished third at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional (3/5) ... Won the gold medal in the Individual Weapons competition at the IFA Championships (2/25) ... Along with Michael Galligan and Corey Purcell, helped the foil team to first place at the IFA Championships (2/25).
2005: First-team All-America ... Second-team All-Ivy ... Posted a season record of 40-9 ... Took the bronze medal at the NCAA Championships ... Finished first at the NCAA Regional Qualifier ... Took the gold medal at the IFA Tournament ... Went 7-1 at the Penn State Multi-Meet on Jan. 22, shutting out opponents from Haverford and Duke ... Went 3-0 against Yale on Jan. 29 ... Went 5-1 on Jan. 30, defeating opponents from Johns Hopkins ... Went 9-0 on Feb. 5, defeating opponents from Harvard, Boston College and NYU ... Was 12-0 at the MIT Multi-Meet on Feb. 6 ... Went 6-3 at the Temple Multi-Meet on Feb 12 ... Placed 10th at the Penn State Open.
High School: Member of the 2003 U.S. World Championship Team for Cadet (under 17) Men’s Foil ... Earned a top-three U.S. ranking and represented the United States at the World Championships in Trapani, Italy in 2003 ... Volunteers at the Fencing Academy of South Jersey, helping with youth classes and officiating events.
Personal: Born July 14, 1986 ... Son of Kathy and Ronald Berkowsky ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences as a Heath and Society major.
