Before Princeton

Chatham : A 2012 graduate of Chatham High School ... a four-year letterwinner and three-year starter for the Cougars ...  helped guide CHS to a 106-17 overall record during career ... is all-time leading scorer both male or female at Chatham ... the sixth-leading scorer in Morris County ... a McDonald's All-America nominee ... a four-time all-conference selection, including three first team honors ... earned Morris County Girls Basketball Coaches Association All-County honors two times ... a Daily Record three-time All-Area selection, including two first team nods ... Star Ledger three-time All-State Group 3 selection ... as a senior, named Daily Record, Star Ledger and Coaches Association Morris County Player of the Year ... two-time Group 2 State runner-up and runner-up MVP both times ... Cougars were three-time sectional and conference champions ... three-time county tournament runner-up  ... one of top-10 scorers in New Jersey as a senior ... 2011-12 Chatham captain and team MVP ... as a sophomore, junior and senior named by the Star Ledger as one of the top-10 girls in the state ... also was a four-year starter in soccer, earning all-county, all-conference and All-State honors ... played one year of lacrosse.

Club Team Experience: Played AAU basketball for the New Jersey Northstars for two years, earning All-State recognition at the US Junior Nationals ... club's leading scorer during that span.

Personal: Full name Amanda Berntsen, born Nov. 4, 1993 … only daughter of Dinah and Torry Berntsen … has an older brother Jeremy and a twin brother Jonathan … Jeremy played basketball at Wheaton College and Jonathan will join Wheaton’s men’s team this fall … plans on majoring in economics … enjoys reading, traveling and volunteering … a member of the National and Spanish Honors Society.