Faculty & Staff News
Setting the stage for another outstanding event this fall, the NSU Athletics Hall of Fame Committee proudly announces the NSU Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2019, as four former student-athletes and one coach form another groundbreaking class for the Sharks. FULL RELEASE
Taylor Collins is headed to the Nova Southeastern University Hall of Fame
When Taylor Collins was growing up, she never thought she would star at the university down the street from her Davie residence.
Collins, 30, who now lives in Fort Lauderdale and is the second assistant pro and assistant merchandiser at Coral Ridge Country Club in Fort Lauderdale, is headed to the NSU Athletics Hall of Fame.
Nova Southeastern Athletics would like to recognize former men’s soccer player Rafael Ferreiro as its October 2019 GEICO Alumni of the Month. FULL RELEASE
Sophomore swimmer Sasha Maslova earned her second-career Sunshine State Conference Female Swimmer of the Week award after an impressive outing in a dual meet against Lynn this past Friday, as announced by the conference office on Monday afternoon. FULL RELEASE
Run by the coaching staff of the defending NCAA South Region Champion Nova Southeastern men’s basketball team, the 2019 Sharks Elite Camp of the Year has officially been scheduled for Sun., Dec. 22 at the Rick Case Arena on the campus of Nova Southeastern. FULL RELEASE
The Nova Southeastern University women’s basketball team has been recognized as one of the favorites to take home the conference crown, as voted on by the league’s coaches and announced by the conference office on Tuesday afternoon. FULL RELEASE
With the calendar set to flip to November, signaling the start of basketball season, Nova Southeastern will tip-off its 2019-20 campaign ranked as the No. 2 team in the nation following the release of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Preseason Poll on Tuesday. FULL RELEASE
In the Division II Media Poll, sponsored by D2SIDA, the NSU women’s basketball team has been pegged the team to beat in the South Region after receiving the No. 1 overall ranking regionally late Tuesday night. The Sharks were also recognized as one of the top programs in the country after the national poll featured NSU at No. 10. FULL RELEASE
Following a historic 2018-19 run in which Nova Southeastern collected the program’s first-ever Sunshine State Conference regular season title, the Sharks have been selected to repeat once again this winter, as they garnered the top spot in Wednesday’s release of the SSC Preseason Coaches’ Poll. FULL RELEASE
Last month, over the Labor Day holiday, Nova Southeastern University men’s basketball coach Jim Crutchfield found himself in Boston as a guest speaker invited by Celtics coach Brad Stevens.
Earlier this year, Crutchfield got a spring-time call from another NBA coach, the Heat’s Erik Spoelstra, who came to the NSU campus to talk hoops. Yes, it’s been quite a summer for the NSU Sharks.
But that’s what happens when you reach the NCAA Division II Elite Eight for the first time in program history, and you do it in just the second year under Crutchfield.
NSU, which finished 6-20 the season before Crutchfield arrived, went 29-4 in 2018-2019, and that attracted NBA attention.
“Those [NBA] guys will talk to anyone they think they can learn from,” said Dave Halberstam, who was the Heat radio voice for six years and also called about 20 NSU games last season. “That ‘Spo’ would visit [Crutchfield] speaks volumes. I’m sure ‘Spo’ was seeking to talk basketball with a coach whose kids play hard-nosed defense.”
Crutchfield said he didn’t know Stevens before he was offered the invitation to Boston. Crutchfield also didn’t know Celtics assistant Jay Larranaga, son of Miami Hurricanes coach Jim Larranaga.