Amanda Brown and NSU women’s golf go hand in club. Brown, the head coach, started as a player on the team. Originally from Tampa, Fla. she grew up around the sport and credits her grandfather for helping her get started. “My grandfather played and introduced me to the game. The first time I picked up […]
Category: Sports
Cross country team going cross the country for national championships
The NSU women’s cross country team will head to Spokane, Wash. for the NCAA Division II Cross Country National Championship on Nov. 23, which will be held at the Plants Ferry Athletic Complex. This will be the second straight year that the women’s team will compete in nationals. The women qualified for this year’s nationals […]
On the Bench: One and done
College basketball season has just kicked off, meaning we’ve got around four months to watch teams duke it out for the top seats in March’s NCAA tournament. And for many players, one of their goals will surely be to boost their draft stock as they look forward to June 2014’s NBA draft. Thanks to the […]
Row a mile in my shoes
The life of a student athlete is not as easy as some may expect, especially on the Division II level. Don’t judge people until you have walked a mile — or, in this case, rowed a mile — in their shoes. Kelly Scott, a junior athletic training major and member of the NSU women’s rowing […]
Athlete of the week: Marco Aldabe
Marco Aldabe, sophomore biology major, is making a splash in the NSU community and on the Sharks men’s swimming and diving team. Aldabe is from Alicante, Spain, which is on the east coast by the Mediterranean Sea. He moved to the Jacksonville area in 2008 when he was 16. Two years later, he went back […]
On the Bench: Hazing in sports
Hazing is a rite of passage in sports these days; it is an acceptable practice in professional sports, especially in the NFL. Rookies come into the league and go through a brief period of hazing from the veterans on the team to be “initiated.” This might include carrying a teammate’s shoulder pads after practice, taking […]
Sharks ready to attack Homecoming game
Nov. 15 will be another jam-packed day of events for Homecoming week. First up — the NSU Sharks Basketball Pep Rally from noon to 1 p.m. in the Arena in the Don Taft University Center. Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams will be introduced, as well as the 2013 Homecoming Court, and the Sharkettes […]
Athlete of the week: Kamryn Blackwood
Kamryn Blackwood, senior criminal justice major, is a hard-hitting tennis player. In 2010, Blackwood arrived at NSU from her hometown of Farmington, N.M. Growing up, Blackwood was a multi-sport athlete, competing in gymnastics, soccer and basketball. “Gymnastics was my first love,” said Blackwood. She didn’t take up the sport of tennis, which helped her earn […]
On the Bench: Boston Strong
No team in professional sports embodies its city quite like the Boston Red Sox. The players are hard-working, gritty blue-collar types that are the life blood of the city that keeps it going. Both the team and city have seen their fair share of heartbreaks over the past century. And after the April 15 tragic […]
Women’s basketball team ready to slam the competition
On Nov. 9, the NSU women’s basketball team will start its season at home in the Arena in the Don Taft University Center against Washburn University. The team learned a lot from last year’s run to the Elite-8 and because of that finish, this season’s expectations are greater than ever. At the conclusion of the […]