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CHARLOTTESVILLEGabe Bernstein has been named an academic coordinator in the Virginia athletics department’s academic affairs area. Jim Booz, UVa’s associate director of athletics for academic affairs, announced Bernstein’s appointment.
Bernstein, who earned his master of education degree in athletic counseling from Springfield College in May of 2008, worked as a collegiate athletic counselor at Springfield from 2006-08. Among the teams he worked with were football, men’s lacrosse and women’s track and field. As a counselor, Bernstein provided academic and athletic counseling for student-athletes. He also served as a “Play It Smart” academic coach in the AmeriCorps Program in 2006-07.
While working toward his master’s degree, Bernstein also served as a graduate associate in the Springfield College athletic counseling program, as a graduate assistant coach with the Springfield women’s soccer team and as a youth sport athletic counselor with the Western United Football Club.
“I am very excited about the opportunity to join the academic affairs staff in the Virginia athletics department,” Bernstein said. “I look forward to assisting Virginia student-athletes in achieving both academic and athletic excellence.”
Bernstein earned his bachelor’s degree in athletic administration from Penn State in December of 2004. He played intercollegiate soccer for the Nittany Lions and played two seasons of professional soccer in the United Soccer League after graduation. He also worked as a professional trainer and as the assistant junior varsity boys’ soccer coach at The Montclair Kimberley Academy in Montclair, N.J.
Bernstein’s appointment at Virginia was effective July 28.