David Scott Bernsley (דייוויד ברנסלי; born May 6, 1969) is an American-Israeli former basketball player. He played the forward and center positions. He played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, and for the

Israeli national basketball team The Israel men's national basketball team ( he, נבחרת ישראל בכדורסל) represents Israel in international basketball tournaments. They are administered by the Israeli Basketball Association. Israel is currently ranked 33rd in the ...

. He later became an educator and a high school principal.

Early and personal life

Bernsley is a native of Monroe, New York, and is 6' 7" (201 cm) tall. His parents are Harvey and Valerie Bernsley. He and his wife Karen have five children, and live in Montgomery, New York.

Basketball career

He attended

Monroe-Woodbury High School Monroe-Woodbury High School is located in Central Valley, New York, Central Valley, New York (state), New York, part of the town and village of Woodbury, Orange County, New York, Woodbury in Orange County, New York, Orange County. It educates all ...

('87), and played basketball for the school team. For college Bernsley first attended the

University of Rhode Island The University of Rhode Island (URI) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Kingston, Rhode Island, United States. It is the flagship public research as well as the land-grant university of the state of Rhode Isla ...

. He played basketball for the

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in 1987–88. Bernsley then attended Manhattan College (Bachelor's degree; '92). He played for the

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in 1989–92. In 1991–92 he was 8th in the

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in blocks, with 27, and 9th in rebounds, with 213. In 1992 he was named to the MAAC All-Championship Team. He played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League for

Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Jerusalem is a sport organization in Jerusalem as a local branch of the Hapoel movement. The branch was established in the 1920s and represents the city in more sports than any other sport organization in Jerusalem. Today, the club's leadi ...

Maccabi Givat Shmuel Elitzur Givat Shmuel ( he, אליצור גבעת שמואל) is a basketball club, originally from Giv'at Shmuel in Israel. The club plays in the Liga Artzit, the third division of Israeli basketball. It played in the Israeli Basketball Premier Le ...

, Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin, and

Ironi Ramat Gan Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan ( he, מכבי עירוני רמת גן, formerly Ironi Ramat Gan) is a male basketball club based in Ramat Gan in central Israel. The team plays in Liga Leumit, the second division in Israeli basketball. It plays at the Sha ...

. Bernsley also played for the

. He competed in the 1997 FIBA European Championship for Men.

Educator career

He earned a master’s degree from

Iona College Iona University is a private Roman Catholic university with a main campus in New Rochelle, New York. It was founded in 1940 by the Congregation of Christian Brothers and occupies a campus of in New Rochelle and a campus of in Bronxville, ...

, and a

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from SUNY New Paltz ('04)."Class Notes"
''New Paltz Observer'', Spring 2011. Bernsley taught at Harry S. Truman High School in

the Bronx The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New Y ...

, and at North Rockland High School in Thiells, New York, in

Rockland County Rockland County is the southernmost county on the west side of the Hudson River in the U.S. state of New York. It is part of the New York metropolitan area. It is about from the Bronx at their closest points. The county's population, as of t ...

. He then served as assistant principal at

Washingtonville High School Washingtonville Senior High School is located on West Main Street (New York State Route 94) in the village of Washingtonville, New York. It is the high school for the Washingtonville Central School District. The adjacent middle school was once ...

. From 2005 to 2010 he was the Principal at Wallkill Senior High School in Wallkill, New York. In 2010 Bernsley became the Principal of Monroe-Woodbury High School. He served as Principal of the Edmund J. O'Neal Middle School of Excellence in

Albany, New York Albany ( ) is the capital of the U.S. state of New York, also the seat and largest city of Albany County. Albany is on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River, and about north of New York C ...

until his unexpected resignation in June of 2021.

References

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