Sydney Berzon

Position:
Right-Handed Pitcher
Class:
Senior
Height:
6-0
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Hometown:
Buffalo, N.Y.
Prev School:
LSU

2025 NFCA Gulf All-Region First Team
2025 All-SEC Second Team
2025 CSC Academic All-District
2024 NFCA All-American Second Team
2024 NFCA South All-Region First Team
2024 All-SEC First Team
2024 SEC All-Tournament Team
2024 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
2024 CSC Academic All-District
2023 NFCA All-American Third Team
2023 NFCA South All-Region First Team
2023 All-SEC Second Team
2023 SEC Freshman of the Week (2x)
2022-23 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

JUNIOR SEASON (2025)
Became a three-time NFCA All-Region First Team and All-SEC selection…turned in the best start in program history with a 13-0 record in the circle…finished the season 18-8 with a 2.46 ERA behind 104 strikeouts in 139.1 innings pitched…made 22 starts and appeared in 30 games, where she recorded 19 complete games, six shutouts and two saves…held opposing batters to a .228 average…recorded a season-high nine strikeouts twice, once against South Alabama (March 7) and against Virginia Tech (Feb. 16).

Ended her career at LSU with a 52-25 record with a 2.02 ERA with 416 strikeouts in 486.1 innings. Berzon recorded 13 shutouts and ranks No. 3 all-time with nine saves…in program history, Berzon ranks No. 9 all-time with 100 appearances and 50 complete games and ranks No. 6 with the fewest walks allowed at 130 and No. 7 with the fewest home runs allowed at 28 with a minimum of 250 innings pitched.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2024)
Named an NFCA All-American for the second consecutive season…Also tabbed to the NFCA South All-Region First Team, the All-SEC First Team and SEC All-Tournament Team… Had 22 starts and 40 appearances in the circle… Posted a 20-9 record with a 1.78 ERA behind 185 strikeouts, which ranked No. 5 in the SEC, in 204.0 innings pitched… Threw 20 complete games, including three shutouts… Registered four saves, which ties at No. 4 in the program’s single-season record book, and will enter 2025 ranked No. 5 all-time with seven career saves…Held opponents to a .224 average…. Dealt a career-high 13 strikeouts versus Boise State (Feb. 22)…Set a SEC Tournament record tossing 14.0 innings on 208 pitches in the 2-1 win over No. 20 Alabama (May 8) where she also had a career-high six assists.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2023)
Became the program’s first NFCA All-American freshman pitcher since 2015…Made the NFCA South All-Region First Team, the All-SEC Second Team and was named to the NFCA DI National Freshman of the Year Top 25 list …In 143.0 innings pitched (No. 9 in SEC), registered a 14-8 record behind a 1.91 ERA with a staff-best 127 strikeouts (No. 10 in SEC) in 30 appearances and 17 starts…Her 127 strikeouts is the sixth most for a freshman at LSU in program history…Also tossed 11 complete games, four shutouts and three saves…held opposing batters to a .209 batting average…Had a season-high 10 strikeouts at Ole Miss (March 25)…Won two SEC Freshman of the Week Awards; first was on Feb. 20 after a 2-0 weekend where she logged a 0.68 ERA in 10.1 innings with nine strikeouts in three appearances, second was on March 28 after going 2-0 at Ole Miss with back-to-back complete-game efforts (14.0 innings) where she had a 0.50 ERA with 13 strikeouts, and held opposing batters to a .170 average after relinquishing just eight hits, three walks and one run.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played at Baylor High School where she became a two-time All-American and Tennessee Gatorade Player of the Year…helped her team win two state championship titles as a junior and a freshman… As a junior, Berzon pitched 77 innings and posted a perfect 17-0 record with 179 strikeouts and a 0.47 ERA…She also batted .389 and compiled 28 RBIs and five home runs that season… was a three-time member of the National Honor’s Society…played club ball for Fury Platinum organization ran by former LSU softball player Jill Crawford Higdon… during Berzon’s tenure, Fury has won seven tournaments, including back-to-back Eastern Elite titles (2019-20)…Berzon is the No. 11 recruit in the nation according to Softball America and is ranked T-17 by Extra Inning Softball.

PERSONAL
Born Nov. 24, 2003…daughter of Michael and Hilary Berzon…has an older brother named Zachary who was on Hobart and William Smith College Rowing team (2018-2022) …plans to major in Environmental Science and Research.