Bernstein is the most decorated track athlete in the history of the men’s program competing for the Red Dragons from 2009-13. His honors and awards put him in a very select group of all-time greats for Oneonta athletics.
Bernstein is a three-time NCAA National Champion including twice as an individual. In his final competition, he won the 200-meter dash and was part of the winning 4x100-meter relay at the 2013 NCAA Championships. His performance earned him the NCAA Division III National Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year.
Additionally, Bernstein is a nine-time NCAA qualifier and seven-time All-American. He won 12 SUNYAC titles, three ECAC titles, earned 16 conference medals, and was All-Conference five times. Bernstein earned Most Outstanding Track athlete on three separate occasions at the SUNYAC championship meet while earning the USTFCCCA Atlantic Region Male Track Athlete of the Year three times. In 2012 and 2013, he was selected as the recipient of the James D. Ulrich Award from the Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame as the Most Outstanding Athlete from a Non-DI school.
At the time of his induction this year, Bernstein still has numerous school and conference outdoor records in the 100 and 200-meter dashes and 4x100 and 4x400-meter relays. He also continues to hold SUNYAC indoor championship meet records in the 60 and 200-meter dashes.
After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in mass communications and philosophy, Bernstein earned a master’s degree in mass communications from San Jose State University in 2016. It is expected when he is inducted that he will have earned a Law degree from Washington and Lee University. While he studied at San Jose and Washington and Lee, Bernstein served as an assistant track & field coach.
Bernstein currently works for Advanced Administrative Litigation Clinic in Lexington, VA as a Student Caseworker. During the summer of 2024, he served as a Summer Associate at William Mullen in Raleigh, NC one year after being a Legal Intern for the North Carolina Department of Justice.
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