Berzins collects his fifth straight NEC Rookie of the Week award and first Player of the Week honor for Fairleigh Dickinson, the top-seeded team in the upcoming NEC Tournament. Last Wednesday, Berzins posted a 6-0, 6-1 win over Monmouth’s Freddy Marcinkowski in a #1 flight match as the Knights picked up a 6-1 victory over their Garden State rivals. Five days later, the Latvian native gave Queens (NY) All-American and former UNLV star Attila Toth all he could handle in a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 setback. Berzins also teamed up with Ibrahim Shams for a pair of #1 flight doubles wins. On the year, Berzins is 12-3 in #1 singles play and has 15 overall wins in 2011-12.