Abby Bertics joined MIT’s coaching staff in 2021 following a four-year career playing for the Engineers.
An outside hitter, Bertics graduated ranked sixth all-time in career kills per set (3.41) and seventh in career kills (1,356) and career hitting percentage (.309). She established the MIT records for kills in a three-set match (28 vs. Clark University on Oct. 9, 2018) and kills per set in a season (4.97), which led Division III in 2018.
Bertics was the 2018 CoSIDA Division III Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year and the 2018 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year for Division III Volleyball. A two-time CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team selection, she earned four AVCA All-America accolades – two as a Third Team qualifier and two as an Honorable Mention recipient. In addition, Bertics was voted the 2018 AVCA New England Region Player of the Year. She was named the NEWMAC Athlete of the Year twice (2017 and 2018) and earned a trio of NEWMAC All-Conference accolades. Bertics was the 2017 NEWVA Player of the Year and collected three NEWVA All-New England accolades. She was also tabbed for NEWVA Rookie of the Year and All-Rookie Team plaudits.
MIT captured two NEWMAC Championships and qualified for the NCAA Tournament three times during Bertics’s career, including a pair of appearances in the regional final. For her efforts, she was named to the 2017 NCAA Tournament Providence, R.I. Regional All-Tournament Team.
A 2019 graduate, Bertics received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Engineering with a minor in Linguistics. She then spent six months in Ekaterinburg, Russia conducting research on a Fulbright grant. Bertics is currently pursuing a Master’s in Engineering degree in Computer Science at MIT, focusing her research on the human capacity to acquire, perceive, and produce language.
