MELBOURNE, Fla. – Leading the Sunshine State Conference with 12 all-conference selections, the Nova Southeastern swimming teams saw six female and six male swimmers named to the 2020 All-SSC Teams, as announced on Thursday afternoon. Voted on by the league’s head swimming coaches, a total of 18 men and women represented the All-Conference Teams.
The 2020 SSC women’s championship team boasted six honorees, the most from any SSC institution. Both Emma Sundstedt and Sasha Maslova repeated their All-SSC First Team honors while teammate Jenna Johns earned her first First Team nod of her career after being named to the All-SSC Second Team in 2019 and 2018. For Sundstedt, this is her third-consecutive First Team award. Newcomer Cassandra Wright and seniors Elizabeth Zubero and Caily Friel rounded out the six Sharks with all-conference nominations as they were named to the All-SSC Second Team. This marks Zubero’s second all-SSC honor of her career.
On the men’s side, Nova Southeastern and Tampa were tied for the most nominations, with six each. Vincent Lijoi earned his spot on the All-SSC First Team for the second-straight year and was joined by Aleksei Averchenko, Samuel Brettmann and Spencer Hohm. The Sharks led all schools with their four members on the All-SSC First Team. Alec Dawson was awarded a spot on the All-SSC Second Team and Alessandro Xella was named to the All-SSC Honorable Mention Squad. Both Dawson and Xella were named to the 2019 Second Team.
Coach of the Year, Swimmer of the Year, and Freshman of the Year will be voted on by league coaches following the NCAA Division II championship. This year’s NCAA Championships will be held March 11 – 14 at the SPIRE Institute Aquatics Center in Geneva, Ohio.
Below is a complete list of both the men’s and women’s 2020 All-SSC selections.
2020 ALL-SSC Women’s Swimming First Team | |||
Name | School | Yr. | Hometown |
Emma Sundstedt^@†$ | Nova Southeastern | Jr. | Hasselby, Sweden |
Courtney Sherwood^ | Tampa | So. | Ottawa, Ontario |
Jenna Johns*‡ | Nova Southeastern | So. | Ambler, Pa. |
Hana van Loock^† | Tampa | Jr. | Essen, Germany |
Lisa Bazarova^ | Tampa | So. | Neznamovo, Russia |
Sasha Maslova^! | Nova Southeastern | So. | Moscow, Russia |
Savannah Brennan* | Florida Tech | Jr. | Oviedo, Fla. |
Ewa Osiniak | Lynn | Fr. | Lublin, Poland |
2020 ALL-SSC Women’s Swimming Second Team | |||
Name | School | Yr. | Hometown |
Cassie Wright | Nova Southeastern | Jr. | Christchurch, New Zealand |
Victorria Bonsanti Feniello | Saint Leo | So. | Los Teques, Venezuela |
Jessie Tobin*‡ | Tampa | Jr. | Pittsfield, Mass. |
Samantha Beck | Lynn | Fr. | Sparks, Nev. |
Sydney Willis | Rollins | So. | Raleigh, N.C. |
Karolina Smylek* | Lynn | So. | Lublin, Poland |
Elizabeth Zubero* | Nova Southeastern | Sr. | Fort Lauderdale, Fla. |
Caily Friel | Nova Southeastern | Sr. | Tinley Park, Ill. |
2020 ALL-SSC Women’s Swimming Honorable Mention | |||
Name | School | Yr. | Hometown |
Julia Augustsson | Tampa | Fr. | Stockholm, Sweden |
Malin Wallen | Florida Southern | Sr. | Stockholm, Sweden |
^ = 2018-19 All-SSC First Team
* = 2018-19 All-SSC Second Team
! = 2018-19 Freshman of the Year
@ = 2018-19 Swimmer of the Year
† = 2017-18 All-SSC First Team
‡ = 2017-18 All-SSC Second Team
$ = 2017-18 Freshman of the Year
2020 ALL-SSC Men’s Swimming First Team | |||
Name | School | Yr. | Hometown |
Brett Saunders^ | Tampa | Sr. | Newark, Del. |
Vincent Lijoi^ | Nova Southeastern | Sr. | Bradenton, Fla. |
Aleksei Averchenko* | Nova Southeastern | Sr. | Usolie-Sibirskoe, Russia |
Samuel Brettmann† | Nova Southeastern | Jr. | San Antonio, Texas |
Gabe Parnell | Tampa | So. | Longwood, Fla. |
Matias Lopez^‡$ | Florida Southern | Jr. | Asuncion, Paraguay |
Spencher Hohm~ | Nova Southeastern | So. | Springfield, Ill. |
Jared Fitzgerald | Tampa | Jr. | Nassau, Bahamas |
2020 ALL-SSC Men’s Swimming Second Team | |||
Name | School | Yr. | Hometown |
Luke Hene | Tampa | Sr. | Gainesville, Ga. |
Mohamed Masmoudi | Lynn | Fr. | Tunis, Tunisia |
Matthew Daniel* | Saint Leo | So. | Alton, Ill. |
Alec Dawson* | Nova Southeastern | Jr. | East Palatka, Fla. |
Luka Prostran | Florida Southern | Fr. | Zagreb, Croatia |
Cole Smith* | Florida Southern | So. | Nixa, Mo. |
Brandon Dyck^‡ | Florida Southern | Jr. | Cary, N.C. |
Brian Valedon* | Tampa | Sr. | Brewster, N.Y. |
2020 ALL-SSC Men’s Swimming Honorable Mention | |||
Name | School | Yr. | Hometown |
Alessandro Xella*! | Nova Southeastern | So. | Imola, Italy |
Yannick Smith | Tampa | Jr. | Atlanta, Ga. |
^ = 2018-19 All-SSC First Team
* = 2018-19 All-SSC Second Team
~ = 2018-19 All-SSC Honorable Mention
! = 2018-19 Freshman of the Year
† = 2017-18 All-SSC First Team
‡ = 2017-18 All-SSC Second Team
$ = 2017-18 Freshman of the Year