Matt Berler

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