Berntsen Named to Academic All-District Team

2010 ESPN Academic All-District Men's Soccer Teams (University and College Divisions)

BOSTON, Mass. – Senior defender Anthony Berntsen (Portland, Maine) has become the first member of the Wentworth institute of Technology men's soccer program to earn Academic All-District honors as today he was named to the 2010 CoSIDA/ESPN Academic All-District Men's Soccer Team as a first team selection.  Three Academic All-District teams are chosen in each district, with those on the All-District first teams placed on the national ballot for Academic All-America consideration.  The Academic All-America Teams will be announced on Wednesday, November 17.

Berntsen, a four-year letterwinner and a two-year captain of the Leopards, was named the 2010 The Commonwealth Coast Conference Men's Soccer Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year and an Honorable Mention All-TCCC selection last week.  This season he has played in 17 of the team's 18 games, helping the Leopards to a 9-8-1 record with seven shutouts and two other games in which Wentworth held the opposition to just one goal.

A Computer Engineering Technology major, Berntsen has started 53 of the 68 games he has played in during his career.  A stalwart on defense during his career, he has often been called upon to shut down the opposing team's top scorer.  During last two seasons he has started every game he has played in (37 of team's 39) and last season he helped the team post second-most shutouts (eight) in school history.  For his efforts, he was named Second Team All-TCCC and First Team NSCAA All-New England.

During both his freshman and junior seasons, Berntsen and his teammates played in both TCCC and ECAC New England championship games and last season the Leopards won the ECAC Division III New England title.

Wentworth is presently 9-8-1 on the season and is awaiting a possible berth in the ECAC Tournament, which will be announced on Monday, November 8.