Accolades:

GNAC Rookie of the Week: 9/10/2012

2015: Played in 11 tournaments during his senior season…team captain…averaged 77.5 strokes in 18-hole events with a 164.3 36-hole average…placed in the top 10 in five different events…finished in a tie for eighth with a 75 in the UMF Invitational on September 3rd…was ninth with an 80 card in the John Queenan Memorial at Point Sebago five days later…teamed up with Adam Hachey to place fifth in the Southern Maine Cup on October 2nd…posted a 37 to place third overall in the rain-shortened UNE Invitational on October 9th…posted a personal-best 151 (77-74) in the USM Fall Classic on October 11th and 12th…capped his career as the Monks’ all-time leader in events played (42)…posted 11 top-10 finishes with 15 sub-80 rounds over four seasons…finished his NCAA career with a 166.6 36-hole average (24 events) and an 85.1 mark over 16 18-hole events. 

2014: Played in 11 events as a junior…posted three top 10 finishes…averaged 82.3 strokes in 18-hole tournaments with a 165.0 average score in 36-hole events…finished eighth with an 80 in the UMF Invitational at Sunday River on September 11th…registered career-highs in finish (4th) and 18-hole card (78) in the Thomas Classic at Waterville Country Club on September 21st…placed 11th with an 86 score in the John Queenan Memorial at Point Sebago two days later.

2013: Appeared in 10 events as a sophomore...averaged 90.0 strokes in 18-hole tournaments and 167.4 in 36-hole events...tallied five top-20 efforts...posted a season-best 12th-place finish after carding a 90 in the John Queenan Memorial Tournament at Point Sebago on September 24th...shot a season-low 83 and finished 1th overall against Southern Maine on August 30th...finished in a tie for 23rd after shooting a 166 (86-80) in the GNAC Tournament at Cranston Country Club on October 19th and 20th.

2012: Competed in all 10 of the Monks’ events as a freshman…averaged 85.6 strokes in 18-hole events and 175.8 in 36-hole tournaments…recorded four top-20 efforts and placed in the top-10 on three occasions…carded an 82 (43-39) and placed ninth overall in the USM Dual Match at the Gorham Country Club on August 31st…placed 10th with an 82 (41-41) score in the UNE Invitational at Cape Arundel Golf Club on October 1st…tied for 116th with teammate Kevin Richardson with an 86 card in the NEIGA Championship at The Captains Golf Course on October 28th…selected as the GNAC Rookie of the Week on September 10th.

High School: Played four years of varsity golf at Mount Saint Charles Academy…helped his team win the Northern Division Championship three times…earned All-Division honors his senior year…also played three years of varsity hockey…a member of two Rhode Island State Championship hockey teams.

Personal: Ryan Michael Berard born in Providence R.I…son of Dennis and Heidi Berard…both parents are SJC Alumni…majoring in Business Management.

Why he chose Saint Joseph’s College: “I liked how the school is right on Sebago Lake, I wanted get a good education at a small catholic college, and I liked the area the school is in.”

What he does outside of golf: I like to play ice hockey, playing golf with my dad, and playing wiffleball.