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The Nova Southeastern University swimming teams are featured in the Top-10 of the February College Swimming Coaches Association of America/TYR NCAA Division II Top 25 polls released on Thursday. Both the men and the women’s teams are ranked sixth, as the men jumped up four spots from the January poll and the women remained the same. FULL RELEASE

After a solid performance in a 6-0 home-opening weekend for the Nova Southeastern softball team, junior first baseman Juliana Speranza has earned the title of Sunshine State Conference Player of the Week, as announced by the conference office on Monday afternoon. FULL RELEASE

Kicking off her Nova Southeastern tennis career with an eye-opening 6-0 week, sophomore Karolina Snita has earned the title of Sunshine State Conference Women’s Tennis Athlete of the Week, as announced by the conference office on Monday afternoon. FULL RELEASE

Nova Southeastern first-year head coach Laz Gutierrez has announced the hiring of Nick Rodriguez as the Sharks’ volunteer assistant coach. Rodriguez brings a wealth of baseball knowledge from his previous coaching stops and as a player at Tusculum – he will work with the Sharks infielders FULL RELEASE

Just two days after the All-Region teams were released with a first-team nod, sophomore Nova Southeastern baseball utility player Duncan Pastore added to his preseason accolades, as officials from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) tabbed the Tampa, Fla. native for preseason All-America honorable mention. The writer’s association also listed the Sharks at No. 16 in its preseason national poll. FULL RELEASE

Head coach John Constable and the 2019 NCAA South Region Champion Nova Southeastern women’s soccer team have officially announced the dates for their Elite ID camps and Junior Sharks camps on the NSU campus later this summer.

The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has selected a record 762 programs from 480 institutions to the Scholar All-America Team for the Fall 2019 semester. Both the Nova Southeastern University men’s and women’s swimming teams found their names on the distinguished list. This past fall, the women’s team earned their highest team semester GPA to date with a 3.55 while the men earned their highest fall semester team GPA to date with a 3.26.

“We’re excited to be amongst the class of Div. II and the nation in being recognized as a Scholar All-American team once again,” boasted head coach Ben Hewitt. “We are thrilled with our performance — our teams work diligently in the classroom and the pool.  Many thanks for Deanna Rivero and Rachel Fineberg and our Athletic Academic team for their continual contributions and efforts with all of our athletes.”

To earn the honor, teams were required to post a GPA of 3.0 or higher for the Fall Semester and maintain a roster of 12 or more student-athletes. Teams were selected on the basis of their Fall 2019 grade point averages and represent 17,685 student-athletes.

Another CSCAA Scholar All-America team will be announced at the conclusion of the spring semester, where individual student-athletes will also be recognized.

To view a full list of the schools recognized, CLICK HERE.

Staring down the opening week of the season, the Nova Southeastern baseball program received additional recognition this week in the form of preseason player accolades and a firm standing in the preseason South Region polls. Officials from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) listed the Sharks in a tie with West Florida for third in the South Region, while also tabbing Duncan Pastore and Andrew Labosky for preseason All-Region honors. FULL RELEASE