Neal Brenner is one of the two returning starters from last year's team. This year he is taking on captain resposibilities as well. Last year he averaged 4.1 points per game and was second on the team in free throw shooting at 73.2%.

Neal came to MIT from Cresskill High School in Cresskill, NJ, where he was a three sport first team All-Conference performer in soccer, tennis and basketball. He also captained all three sports. For the cougars and head coach Marty Rivard, Neal tallied 16.8 points per game his senior year, earning him first team All-BCSL Olympic and third team All-Bergen County. Neal also recieved first team All-BCSL and soccer scholar athlete of the year honors while taking the Cresskill soccer team to their first ever state championship game.

Neal's father, Irwin, and mother, Laura, are regulars at MIT games, while his sister, Sarah, is a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania. He enjoys skiing (though not during the season), golfing, music and sleeping. He currently maintains a 4.8 GPA as an Electrical Engineering / Computer Science major.