CAREER HONORS
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (Aug. 31, Sept. 21)
College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Sept. 14)
TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week (Sept. 14)
2015 (Redshirt-Senior): Started the first 13 matches of the season in net for the Blue and White, logging 1210:00 minutes of action … Made 42 saves on the season, which ranked sixth in the Big Ten Conference … Posted five shutouts in his lone season as a Nittany Lion, ranking seventh in the conference … Was a two-time Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honoree ... Earned his first honor of the season after going 1-0-1 in opening weekend with a shutout against San Francisco (Aug. 28) … Nabbed the second award of the year after making eight saves against Ohio State (Sept. 20) … Was named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week and TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week after recording two-straight shutouts against JMU (Sept. 8) and then-No. 10 Indiana (Sept. 13).
BEFORE PENN STATE
2014 (Redshirt-Junior-Oregon State): Started 17 games in net, recording five shutouts, including a clean sheet in Oregon State's NCAA Tournament win over Denver on Nov. 20 … Posted 68 saves and gave up just 18 goals … Helped the Beavers to a 2-0 victory over Washington in the season finale with a season-high nine saves …. Tallied seven or more saves on four occasions … Garnered Pac-12 Honorable Mention accolades.
2013 (Redshirt-Sophomore-Oregon State): Started all 19 games in goal for the Beavers with five shutouts … Allowed 1.14 goals per game … Set the Oregon State single-season record with 101 saves … Tied the Paul Lorenz Field record with 12 saves against Cal, Nov. 8 … Opened the season with back-to-back shutouts … Nabbed Pac -12 Second Team honors.
2012 (Redshirt-Freshman-Oregon State): Started all 18 games with a 1.17 goals against average which was good four fourth in school history for a single season … Notched four shutouts and 79 saves …Earned Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team honors.
2011 (Freshman-Oregon State): Redshirted.
High School/Club/ODP: Prepped at Corona del Sol High School where he led his team to back-to-back state championships in 2009 and 2010 … Selected to the Arizona Republic and Arizona Coaches All-Arizona and All-State teams in his senior season … Earned Central Region Defensive Player of the Year accolades in his junior season … Was a member of the Real Salt Lake-Arizona Developmental Academy for one year.
PERSONAL: Full name is Matthew K. Bersano … Born Sept. 10, 1992 … Parents are Tom and Patty … Has two brothers, Scott and Tony and one sister, Amy…Graduated from Oregon State with a bachelors in speech communication … Plans to pursue a masters in international affairs.