Matt Bersano

Position:
Goalkeeper
Height:
6-1
Weight:
175
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Tempe, Ariz.
High School:
Corona del Sol HS

JUNIOR (2014): Started all 17 games he played … Was named a Pac-12 Honorable Mention … Tallied 68 saves while conceding 18 goals … Recorded five shutouts, including a clean sheet in Oregon State’s NCAA Tournament win over Denver on Nov. 20 … Held Washington scoreless to help the Beavers earn a 2-0 win in the final game of the regular season … Set a season-high with nine saves against the Huskies … Tallied seven or more saves four times.

SOPHOMORE (2013) Started all 19 games, posting five shutouts and allowing 1.14 goals per-game ... Set the Oregon State single-season record with 101 saves ... Pac-12 Second Team honoree ... Tied the Paul Lorenz Field record with 12 saves against Cal (11/8) ... Opened the season with back-to-back clean sheets against Cleveland State (8/30) and UC Davis (9/1) ... Shutout Air Force (9/15).

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2012): Started all 18 games as a redshirt freshman … Recorded a 1.17 goals against average, good for fourth place in school history for a single season … Finished the season with four solo shutouts and 79 saves … Named Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team.

FRESHMAN (2011): Redshirted his true freshman season.

CLUB: Played for RSL-Arizona Development Academy in Casa Grande, Ariz.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Corona del Sol High School in Tempe, Ariz. … Soccer team won state championships in 2009 and 2010 … Selected to the Arizona Republic and Arizona Coaches All-Arizona and All-State teams in 2010 … Named Central Region Defensive Player of the Year in 2009 … Former teammates include current Oregon State player Dan Van Vleet … Had a 3.5 GPA.

PERSONAL: Born in Chandler, Ariz. … Parents are Tom and Patty Bersano … Has two brothers, Tony and Scott, and one sister, Amy … Chose Oregon State because “the mix between the school, the campus and the soccer program made the perfect situation for me to better my future” … Biggest athletic thrill to date is “training with the professional Real Salt Lake team” … Hobbies include reading and yoga … Majoring in Communications.