2020-2021 Women's Basketball Roster
Mya Berkman
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- F/C
- Height:
- 6-3
- Hometown:
- Marble Falls, Texas
- Prev School:
- Marble Falls High School
Career Statistical Summary
• Set Liberty career records for field goal percentage (64.4, No. 14 in NCAA Division I history) and games played (154)
• Ranks No. 2 all-time at Liberty for offensive rebounds (408) and No. 6 for total rebounds (922)
• Ranks No. 7 all-time at Liberty for both points (1,405) and double-doubles (19)
2022-23 (R-Sr.)
• All-ASUN first team selection for the second year in a row, becoming the first Lady Flame to make multiple appearances on the All-ASUN first team squad
• VaSID All-State first team honoree for the second straight season, becoming the fourth Lady Flame ever to make the first team all-state squad more than once in her career
• ASUN Player of the Week on Feb. 6
• Led NCAA Division I in field goal percentage (Liberty single-season record 69.5) and ranks No. 10 in NCAA history for field goal percentage in a season
• Tallied a career-high 26 points against Minnesota (Nov. 27) for her first of four 20-point outings on the season. She became Liberty’s 20th 1,000-point scorer in the process.
• Posted a double-double (17 points, 10 rebounds) at No. 1 South Carolina (Dec. 11)
• Scored in double figures 28 times in 33 games, including 10 straight between Dec. 18-Jan. 26
• Made 16 consecutive field goals without a miss between Jan. 14-23
• Scored 23 points during a Feb. 2 win over Jacksonville State, including a game-tying hoop with 11.6 seconds left in regulation
• Broke Liberty’s career games played record with her 144th appearance on Feb. 9 at Central Arkansas
• Celebrated her 23rd birthday on Feb. 25 with a 20-point, 18-rebound (11 offensive) outing against Eastern Kentucky. Her rebounding total set a career high and Liberty Arena single-game record.
• Closed out her career with her 12th double-double of the season, a 16-point, 13-rebound effort at Bowling Green in the first round of the WNIT (March 16)
• CSC Academic All-District Team
• ASUN All-Academic Team for the fourth consecutive year, becoming one of two players in conference history to accomplish this feat
2021-22 (R-Jr.)
• All-ASUN first team
• VaSID All-State first team
• Navy Classic Co-MVP
• Only Lady Flame to start all 33 games, she paced the team in scoring (12.3 ppg) and rebounding (7.4 rpg)
• Aided by a streak of 14 straight made field goals between Dec. 30 and Jan. 5, finished No. 3 nationally and No. 3 in program history in field goal percentage (66.3)
• Scored a career-high 24 points and grabbed 11 rebounds against Ohio (Nov. 13) for her first of six double-doubles on the season
• Tied the Liberty Arena single-game record of 13 rebounds twice (Nov. 18 vs. James Madison and Feb. 19 vs. Stetson)
• Posted 17 points and a career-high 15 rebounds against Bowling Green on Nov. 28
• Finished with a game-high 21 points on 9-of-10 from the field during the Jan. 5 ASUN opener at Stetson, tying for the fifth-best single-game field goal percentage (90.0) in program history
• Went for 15 points and nine rebounds in the ASUN semifinal matchup with Jacksonville State (March 9)
• Contributed a double-double (12 points, 10 rebounds) during Liberty’s first-ever Postseason WNIT victory, March 16 vs. Campbell
• CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
• VaSID Academic All-State selection
• ASUN Scholar-Athlete of the Year (Liberty’s first)
• ASUN All-Academic Team
• ASUN Winner for Life
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member
2020-21 (Jr.)
• Shot 68.9 percent from the field, breaking Coach Katie Mattera’s program record of 67.1 percent from the 2004-05 season
• In her only game coming off the bench, posted 10 points and eight rebounds during the season opener at Ohio (Nov. 25). It was her first of 12 games scoring in double digits.
• Reached double figures in three straight games (12 points at High Point on Dec. 16, 18 points vs. Lipscomb on Jan. 2 and 15 points vs. Lipscomb on Jan. 3).
• All of her season-high 18 points during the Jan. 2 win over Lipscomb came before halftime. The following day, 13 of her 15 points were scored after halftime.
• Totaled 33 points and 18 rebounds in 33 minutes during the Jan. 16-17 home series against North Alabama. She shot 7-of-7 from the field during a 17-point performance on Jan. 16. Berkman then posted her first career double-double (16 points, career-high 11 rebounds) on Jan. 17.
• Scored in double digits during both games at Bellarmine, with 12 points on Feb. 13 and 10 more on Feb. 14.
• ASUN All-Academic Team
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member
2019-20 (So.)
• Roo Holiday Classic All-Tournament Team
• Efficient scorer off the bench as a sophomore, hitting 62.4 percent of her field goal attempts
• Grabbed a game-high and season-high 10 rebounds at Virginia Tech (Nov. 15)
• Finished with 10 points and eight boards against East Carolina (Dec. 3) for her first of seven double-digit scoring efforts on the season
• Contributed 15 points and nine rebounds to a Dec. 20 victory over Bradley
• Totaled 17 points and six caroms against Kennesaw State on Feb. 3
• Scored in double figures in back-to-back games for the first time in her career on Feb. 10 (10 points at Jacksonville) and Feb. 15 (11 points vs. NJIT)
• Tallied a career-high 21 points in 18 minutes during the regular-season finale at Kennesaw State (March 2), with 16 of her points coming in the first half
• Posted 11 points in 13 minutes during an ASUN semifinal win at North Alabama (March 11)
• ASUN All-Academic Team
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member
2018-19 (Fr.)
• Named Liberty’s first-ever ASUN Freshman of the Week on Dec. 10
• Became just the third true freshman to start the opening game of her career at center during Carey Green’s tenure at Liberty
• Scored eight points at ETSU on Dec. 4
• Wrapped up a streak of eight straight made field goals during the Dec. 16 contest at UNCG
• Season high of 10 points came against West Chester on Jan. 2
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member
Prep
• Graduated from Marble Falls High School
• Averaged 17.7 ppg and 8.9 rpg during her time at Marble Falls, helping her team go 53-22
• Named all-state and District 26-5A MVP as both a junior and a senior
• 2016-17 Centex Newcomer of the Year
• Represented Texas in the 2018 Faith 7 Basketball Bowl against Oklahoma
• Won a $25,000 Horatio Alger National Scholarship
• Also competed in volleyball and track & field
Personal
• Daughter of John and Lauren Berkman
• Birthday is Feb. 25
• Graduated in May 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in accounting
• Graduated in May 2022 with a master’s degree in accounting
• Currently working toward an MBA
