University of Missouri Athletics

2018

• Hit .226 and played a variety of positions for Mizzou during his senior season, seeing time at second base, third base, first base, left field and center field.
• Scored 14 runs and drove in 19 more with five doubles, two triples and a homer and drew 15 walks.
• Had eight multi-hit games and drove in multiple runs in five games.
• Closed his career by reaching base in his final six games, the longest streak of his senior season.
• Hit a homer and went 1-for-4 with two runs and three RBI, all three coming on the homer, at Kentucky (4/28).
• That was part of a stretch during which he drove in seven runs over six games with Mizzou going 4-1 in those games.
• He had three multi-RBI games in that stretch.
• Posted a season-high three hits vs. Indiana State (5/15) … Posted a pair of doubles vs. Vanderbilt (4/21).

2017

• Versatile utility player who proved his value to the team by being able to play multiple positions while coming up clutch at the plate all season
• Mizzou went 22-5 in the 27 games started by Berler in 2017
• Hit .242 with eight doubles and two homers while driving in 15 runs and scoring 18 more
• Missed a portion of the season with illness
• Started Mizzou’s final nine games, sparking the Tigers to a 7-2 record in that span while eight of his 15 RBI in those nine games
• Hit his first collegiate homer, a go-ahead grand slam, in the series opener at Tennessee (5/18) … The four RBI reset his career high
• Hit his second homer just three games later, a game-tying two-run shot in his hometown at Hoover Met Park in Mizzou’s SEC Tournament-opening win over Texas A&M (5/23)
• Posted six doubles in his first eight Division I games, including knocking a career-high two in Mizzou’s win over No. 25 Houston (2/24)
• Had a career-high three hits with a pair of RBI and two runs scored against Chicago State (3/15) and actually had seven at-bats in that game, also a career-high
• 2016-17 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

BEFORE MIZZOU

• Played for head coach Will Smith at Spain Park High School in Birmingham, Ala., where he guided the team to a Class 6A state championship by hitting .281 with 15 stolen bases
• Earned All-Metro honors and All-Over the Mountain honors in 2014
• Graduated with cum laude honors
• Continued his playing career at Meridian Community College under head coach Dillon Sudduth, guiding MCC to a second-place finish in its conference
• Hit .352 as a sophomore with two homers, 13 doubles and 35 RBI
• Finished his junior college career as a .356 career hitter with four homers, 24 doubles and 65 RBI
• Second Team All-MACJC and Gold Glove nominee at second base in 2015
• Earned First Team All-MACJC and won the Gold Glove as a sophomore in 2016
• Member of the Presidents list in 2015 and 2016 while earning dean’s list distinction in at MCC

PERSONAL

• Born Dec. 13, 1995, in Birmingham, Ala.
• Parents: Father – Mark Berler; Mother – Karen Poist; Stepfather Chad Post; Stepmother – Chelsea Berler
• Sister, Allison, is a cheerleader at Mississippi State
• Majoring in accountancy while at Mizzou