AQUATICS
During the summer, NSU’s aquatic unit competed in the Broward County Lifeguard Competition at the Weston YMCA. In a competition that tests lifeguard skills in scenario-based contests, one of the two participating NSU teams finished second while the other team finished seventh. This was NSU’s second year participating in a competition where lifeguards demonstrate their rescue and life-saving skills.
ATHLETICS
NSU finished 14th and was one of four SSC schools to finish in the top 20 of 2014-15 Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup Standings. The Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and USA Today. Points are awarded based on each institution’s finish in up to 14 sports—seven women’s and seven men’s.
GOLF
The men’s golf team was on a roll this summer. In addition to dominating the spring Division II golf season, a member of the team, Santiago Gomez, was recognized as Division II’s top individual honor: the 2015 Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award. The award honors the best golfer at each collegiate level and is presented by Barbasol. Head coach Ryan Jamison was also recognized by the Golf Coaches Association of America as the 2015 Dave Williams DII National Coach of the Year.
Two of NSU women’s golfers, Lilana Cammisa and Jamie Freedman, were both named in the 2014-2015 All-American Scholar team as awarded by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA).
SOCCER
The women’s soccer team announced the signing of two Division I transfers this summer. The signees were sophomore midfielder/defender Bailey Corbin and redshirt senior defender Lauren Paul. Corbin comes to The Sharks from USC, South Carolina, while Paul comes from UC Davis, California.
ROWING
NSU rower Rebecca Bergen was named a CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-American in the women’s At-Large category. This honor, given out annually by College Sports Information Directors of America, is given to elite student-athletes who stand out athletically and academically. It’s noteworthy that Bergen is the rowing team’s first CoSIDA Academic All-American and the second First-Team Academic All-American in school history.
Another rower, Bethany Warlich, junior business management major, was named All-American by the College Rowing Coaches Association.
BASEBALL
NSU baseball athletes were drafted by the 2015 Major League First-Year Player Draft. Justin Garcia was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 17th round, Alexander Fernandez was drafted by the Marlins in the 25th round and Nick Castellanos by the Tigers in the 25th round.
NSU ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT
NSU’s Athletic Department was one of eight schools in the nation that received multiple gold medals at the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators (NACMA) Best of Awards Ceremony in the annual National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Conference held in Orlando this year. They were awarded two gold medals in the categories of Interactive/Social Media Platform and Promotional Video and one silver medal in the Video Board Segment category.
VOLLEYBALL
NSU’s volleyball team was one of 113 Division II schools to be honored by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and received the Team Academic Award for the 2014-2015 season.
