New Jersey Institute of Technology Athletics

2012: Hershfield, the Highlanders senior midfielder from Vancouver, British Columbia, tabbed GWC first-team honors. Meryl appeared in every match since stepping foot on the field at NJIT. She ranks fourth all-time and in the NJIT Division 1 era with 73 career matches. This season, Meryl has appeared in every match while notching a goal against Lafayette in a 1-1 double overtime tie on October 23. For Meryl's career, she is tied fourth all-time with eight career assists and holds the D1 career record for assists with eight. ... earned GWC All-Academic honors for the third consecutive year.

2011: Recognized on the 2011 Great West Conference all-Academic team. ... played in every match (19) notching two assists.

2010: Named to the 2010 Great West Conference all-Academic team. ... appeared in every match (18). … posted three assists.

2009: Appeared in 18 matches (16 starts), with two assists. ... first collegiate assist vs. Iona (10/23).

Prior to NJIT: 5-foot-4 midfielder excelled at the club level in both her native Canada and in Arizona, in addition to a fine scholastic career at Jess Schwartz College Prep in Phoenix, where she was a three-sport athlete, playing soccer, field hockey and basketball. ... at age 12 in 2003, she was on the British Columbia provincial age group champion West Vancouver SC and in 2008, she played for SC Del Sol, the Arizona state champions. ... 2008: played for the U17 team that represented Arizona in the US Youth Soccer Far West Regionals played in Hawaii. ... was named to the Canadian junior team (ages 15-18) that played in the 18th Maccabiah Games in Israel in July 2009. The games are a worldwide Olympics-style event for Jewish athletes. She scored 3 goals as her underdog Canadian team won the goal medal for the first time. In a tense 2-1 upset over the US decided by penalty kicks, she connected on her team's first shootout try.

Personal: Meryl A. Hershfield. ... daughter of Candace Kwinter and Phil Hershfield. ...business major. ... born 2/20/91 in Vancouver, British Columbia.