By: Keren Moros & Megan Mortman
NSU’s Athletic Department had quite the summer. Here’s what they were up to while you were away.
NSU’s women’s rowing team won its first NCAA Division II National Championship on June 2 in Indianapolis, beating Barry University in the Varsity 4 and Varsity 8 grand finals.
The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee donated $5,544.72 to Make-A-Wish Southern Florida.
Women’s rowing coach Stephen Frazier-Wong was named Coach of the Year by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association.
The Boston Red Sox chose Sharks baseball team player Carlos Asuaje, infielder, in the 11th round of the Major League Baseball First-Year player draft.
At the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators Best of Award Ceremony, NSU’s Athletic Department received a gold medal for their Sharks Golf Video, which highlighted NSU’s men and women’s golf teams.
The 2013 National Association of Basketball Coaches Honor Court named three men’s basketball team members, Louie Schonauer, Lukas Roesch and Brian Cahill, to the Honors Court. The distinction is given to athletes who maintain a GPA or 3.2 or higher.
The men’s basketball team was awarded the National Association of Basketball Coaches Team Academic Excellence Award for having a cumulative grade point average of 3.24.
President George Hanbury became the president of the Sunshine State Conference. He will hold his position until 2015.
U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association named the women’s track and field team a 2013 Division II All-Academic Track and Field teams. They are one of the 92 teams to earn this distinction.
The NSU Athletics Hall of Fame Committee announced their 2013 inductees for the NSU Athletics Hall of Fame: Bryan Cook, member of the baseball team from 2006 to 2008; Nicole Felluca, member from the rowing team from 2004 to 2007; Juan Ramos, member of the soccer team from 1992 to 1995; and Katie Veltri, member from the softball team from 2004 to 2007.
