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Bryan Bernat

  • Class
    2005
  • Induction
    2023
  • Sport(s)
    Baseball
Bryan Bernat was a member of the baseball team from 2002 to 2005 while also competing on the golf team in2004. In four seasons with the baseball team, Bernat made 39 appearances on the mound while also recording 82 at-bats. He went 19-9 on the mound throughout his career with a 3.88 earned run average and 161 strikeouts in 187.2 innings pitched. He recorded 11 complete games throughout his career while also posting a save in the 2004 season. At the plate, Bernat recorded a .305 batting average while posting 25 hits, one double, one triple, two homeruns, and 11 RBI. He currently ranks tied for third in the Webster record book for complete games (11) while ranking tied for seventh in total wins (19), tied for eighth in shutouts (1), 11th in innings pitched (187.2), 12th in strikeouts (161), and 15th in strikeouts per nine innings (7.72). In 2005, Bernat won nine games and had a 1.83 earned run average which ranks tied for seventh and eighth, respectively, in the Gorlok record book for a single season. Following his senior season, Bernat was named First Team All-SLIAC, to the SLIAC All-Tournament Team, First Team All-Central Region, and became the first Gorlok to be named the SLIAC Baseball Player of the Year. He led his team to their first ever SLIAC Regular Season, and Tournament, Title in 2005 helping the team qualify for their first ever NCAA Division III Baseball National Tournament. He served as the team captain in 2005 and earned the Coaches Award twice. In 2022, he was named to the SLIAC Baseball All-Decade Team (2000-09). He also competed in two golf tournaments in the fall of 2004 including the Webster Fall Invitational and the Clarke Tournament. For his efforts on the baseball field and on the golf course his senior year, Bernat was named the 2005 Webster Athletics Male Student-Athlete of the Year. After graduating with a Bachelor's of Business Administration from Webster in 2005, Bernat became the first Gorlok to sign a professional baseball contract as he signed with the Gateway Grizzlies of the Frontier League. Following his baseball career, Bernat went on to serve as an Account Director at Jordan Lawrence and spent the past 13 years at evolve24 before taking on the Product Owner role at Transactly. In 2011, Bernat lost his mother to cancer and soon after he started the Cindann M. Bernat Cancer Awareness Golf Tournament. As of 2021, the tournament has raised over $42,000 for the Siteman Cancer Center. Bernat is married to fellow Webster Hall of Famer Melanie Bernat (Klingelhoefer) who was inducted in 2019. They have two children and a chocolate lab. This was his 10th year on the ballot.          
 
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