New Jersey Institute of Technology Athletics

2015: Appeared and started in 15 matches for the Highlanders. ... tallied a career-high and NJIT record 18 saves in NJIT's 1-0 OT loss to Lipscomb (10/24), which put her third on the list in Division I for saves in a game in 2015. ... named NJIT Female Athlete of the Week (10/26). ... was the first-ever NJIT women's soccer player to win an Atlantic Sun weekly award (Defensive Player of the Week, 10/26). ... in her career, appeared in 66 games with 65 starts, recorded a 1.78 goals against average and a .764 save percentage with 11 shutouts. ... her 363 career saves ranks second on the all-time saves list.

2014: Appeared in 12 matches with 11 starts, tallying 54 saves and a .794 save percentage. ... 2014 Preseason Madness Indepedent second-team All-Conference. ... named to 2014 Madness All-Conference second-team.  ... earned Division I Independent Player of the Week (8/26). ... selected NJIT Female Athlete of the Week (8/26).

2013: Appeared and started in all 19 matches. ...had a 1.61 goals against average. ...recorded 6 shutouts which is a new program high in the Divison I era. ...selected by the website College Sports Madness as national Division I Independent Player of the week for her performance through October 27.
Team Note: NJIT finishes 2013 at 8-10-1 while notching 6 shutouts, also a new program high in the Division I era, which began in 2006. The previous Division I high for wins was 7 when the Highlanders were 7-9-2 in 2009. This year's team also matched the overall program record for wins. Started as a Division III program in 1996, NJIT played in Division II from 1997 to 2005, posting an 8-6-3 mark the final season in Division II.

2012: The Highlanders talented freshman goalkeeper from Wildwood, MO earned second-team CollegeSportsMadness in the Great West Conference honors, appearing in every match in goal (20). She combined for 115 saves for a .777 save percentage. ...Bersett's 15 saves against Utah Valley on October 5th, ties the NJIT Division I school-record for saves in a match set in 2006 by Highlander Bruna Lotufo. Lotufo combined for 15 saves against IPFW on August 31, 2006.

Prior to NJIT: A product of the St. Louis area, Bersett is a good-sized goalkeeper who helped her high school team to a third-place in Missouri as a junior. She enters her senior year (girls high school soccer is played in the spring in her area) having been her team's starting keeper as a sophomore and as a junior. She also excels in basketball.In club soccer, she competes in the Premier Midwest Regional League.

Personal: Samantha Paige Bersett. ... daughter of Steve and Denise Bersett. ... an outstanding student, Bersett is enrolled in NJIT's Albert Dorman Honors College and majors in biomedical engineering. ... born 2/27/94 in St. Louis, MO.