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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Nova Southeastern University Athletics is proud to announce the continued success of the Sharks athletics programs and student-athletes. NSU student-athletes achieved a 3.38 departmental grade point average (GPA) in the winter semester, reaching 28 consecutive semesters with a departmental GPA above 3.00. 

Rachel Fineberg, the Associate Athletic Director of Student-Athlete Support Services, Senior Woman Administrator and Title IX Coordinator, presides over the academic efforts of the Nova Southeastern Athletics Department and its student-athletes. “The 2023-24 academic year has been incredible in the classroom and competition for the Nova Southeastern student-athletes,” said Fineberg. “On behalf of the NSU Athletics administration and coaches, we are all proud of the student-athletes that are a part of the One Shark Family. Additionally, congratulations to the 76 student-athletes who have graduated and received their degrees from Nova Southeastern University.” 

During the 2024 Winter Semester, 82% of NSU student-athletes recorded grade point averages higher than 3.00, with a departmental record 44 achieving a perfect 4.00 GPA. Additionally, 95 student-athletes were named to the Director’s List – GPAs higher than 3.80 – and 211 were recognized with Scholar Athlete distinctions (GPA above 3.25).  

Overall, for the 2023-24 academic year, Nova Southeastern Athletics recorded the department’s 22nd consecutive year of grade point averages higher than 3.00, the 12th consecutive year with GPAs higher than 3.15, and the fourth consecutive year above 3.40. In addition, 76 student-athletes received their degrees from Nova Southeastern University and 34 student-athletes were inducted into the Chi Alpha Sigma Honor Society.  

Nova Southeastern Athletics Academic Breakdown

Team	Grade Point Average	Records
Nova Southeastern Athletics Department	3.38
Baseball	3.20
Women’s Basketball	3.54
Men’s Cross Country/Track	3.30
Women’s Cross Country/Track	3.47
Men’s Golf	3.41
Women’s Golf	3.29
Rowing	3.23
Men’s Soccer	3.49
Women’s Soccer	3.44
Softball	3.56	Highest Winter Semester GPA in program history
Men’s Swimming	3.41
Women’s Swimming	3.64
Tennis	3.67
Volleyball	3.53

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MELBOURNE, Fla. – The Sunshine State Conference recognizes 839 student-athletes named on the 2023 Fall Commissioner’s Honor Roll presented by Barnes & Noble College. The awards were announced on Tuesday, February 6th, by SSC Commissioner Ed Pasque. Of the student-athletes recognized, 202 carried a perfect 4.00 grade-point average for the fall semester. 
  
This year’s student-athlete total breaks the previous record number of 813 student-athletes named to the 2022 Fall Commissioner’s Honor Roll. It is the eleventh consecutive record-breaking fall for the SSC Honor Roll. 

Nova Southeastern Athletics had 98 student-athletes recognized by the Sunshine State Conference, representing Men’s and Women’s Cross Country, Men’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, and Volleyball programs. 

Student-athletes must post a minimum grade-point average of 3.20 on a scale of 4.00 to be eligible for the Fall SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll. 

Men’s Cross Country 

• Cody Brown – Marketing  
• Evan Crisp – Secondary Social Studies Education  
• Allen Currie – Nursing  
• Thor Eriksson – Psychology  
• Cadan Hinds – Art and Design  
• David Mahnke – Political Science  
• Lucas Mardis – Entrepreneurship  
• Marcus Marek Tortorella – Engineering  
• Jan Schmied – International Business (Master’s)  
• Vishnu Vundamati – Biology  
• William Watson – Biology  
• Adrien Zambaux – Entrepreneurship 

Women’s Cross Country 

• Julianna Bassano – Exercise and Sport Science  
• Nicole Branum – Nutrition (Master’s)  
• Julie Bruggner – Mathematics  
• Makayla Buenafe – Biology  
• Bella Butler – Speech-Language and Communication Disorders  
• Avalyn Crosson – Law  
• Sophia DeBellas – Public Health  
• Karina Gilson – Cybersecurity Management (Master’s)  
• Isabella Grant – Exercise and Sport Science  
• Kristina Hankinson – Public Health  
• Elizabeth Harrington – Biology  
• Alexandra Jakubiak* – Human Nutrition  
• Hope Laughlin – Exercise and Sport Science  
• Bridget McGrath – Biology  
• Kiana Medina – Exercise and Sport Science  
• Hillary Moreno Rosales – Public Health  
• Sana Omirbek* – Marketing  
• Maggie Ragsdale – Neuroscience  
• Corinne Renshaw – Environmental Science  
• Leena Saidi – Biology  
• Taylar Sherman – Exercise and Sport Science  
• Lia Smerina – Public Health  
• Eden Toal – Nursing  
• McKinzie Winget – Nursing  
• Megan Winterbottom – Education  
• Machaela Wommack – Psychology  
• Mackenzie Wommack – Marketing 

Men’s Soccer 

• Sam Craig Allardyce – Public Health  
• Zyan Andrade – Process Improvement (Master’s)  
• Paul Boos-Patton – Criminal Justice  
• Eduardo D’Avino – Nutrition (Master’s)  
• Marco Gueli* – Marketing  
• Fabio Hasler – Chemistry  
• Fernando Herrera* – Data Analytics (Master’s)  
• Santiago Marengo – Management  
• Massimo Natoli – Entrepreneurship Men’s Soccer  
• Theodor Ohrwall* – Management  
• Ade Olumyiwa – Composition, Rhetoric & Digital Media (Master’s)  
• Tobias Pellio – Supply Chain Management & Operational Systems (Master’s)  
• Tomas Petrungaro – Sport and Recreation Management  
• Miguel Quintana – Finance  
• Harvey Read* – Business Intelligence Analytic (Master’s)  
• Nik Ricardo – Exercise and Sport Science  
• Kevin Rubaszewski – Finance  
• Alberto Solaeta* – Business Intelligence Analytic (Master’s)  
• Michael Steckmest* – Management  
• Amedeo Tufano – Marketing  
• Mattia Vezzoni – Data Analytics (Master’s) 

Women’s Soccer 

• Engla Aliris – Sport and Recreation Management  
• Michelle Barrero – Marine Biology  
• Emma Besl* – Engineering  
• Emery Biggs – Speech-Language Pathology (Master’s)  
• Saga Bjorling – Finance  
• Emma Brown – Sport and Recreation Management  
• Emily Cabral – Exercise and Sport Science  
• Maria Contreras – Management  
• Daniela Correa – Psychology  
• Isabel Davis – Marketing  
• Emma Goldfine – Sport and Recreation Management  
• Maja Henriksson – Business (Master’s)  
• Christina Hjelvik – Entrepreneurship (Master’s)  
• Maja Isaksson – Management  
• Izzy Martinez – Management  
• Haley Mettrick – Entrepreneurship  
• Ella Niemela – Sport and Recreation Management  
• Jordyn Pitter – Interdisciplinary Studies  
• Stefane Rosa – Sport and Recreation Management  
• Tabea Schutt – Business Intelligence Analytic (Master’s)  
• Sofia Suarez – Exercise and Sport Science 

Volleyball 

• Olivia Aniol – Psychology  
• Julia Bernardes – Biology  
• Jordan Chessar* – Biology  
• Madison Cook – Nursing  
• Emma Ehmann – Exercise and Sport Science  
• Madelyn Hooper – Marine Biology  
• Juliana Imbuzeiro – Psychology  
• Kendall Jurgens – Marketing  
• Ella Kern – Exercise and Sport Science  
• Brittany Landrum* – Counseling (Master’s)  
• Nadia Lindner – Paralegal Studies (Certificate)  
• Kate Mihacevich – Property Management and Real Estate  
• Marley Navaretta – Elementary Education, ESOL/Reading Endorsement  
• Varshini Panuganti* – Health Informatics  
• Avery Piatt – Psychology  
• Elizabeth Price* – Exercise and Sport Science  
• Taylor Stockman – Exercise and Sport Science 

 
Having won 122 Division II National Championships since the league was founded in 1975, SSC student-athletes have proven successful in competition in addition to the classroom. SSC student-athletes recently achieved an NCAA Division II record 89-percent Academic Success Rate (ASR) following the 2022-23 academic year. The SSC ranks first among NCAA Division II conferences in ASR and has never fallen below second in the metric’s 17-year history. 

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MELBOURNE, Fla. – The Sunshine State Conference recognized a total of 786 student-athletes on the 2021 Fall Commissioner’s Honor Roll, presented by Barnes & Noble College. It is the ninth consecutive record-breaking fall for the SSC Honor Roll, breaking the previous record of 753 scholar-athletes. Nova Southeastern had 86 student-athletes among the notable list. 

The Sharks set a new program record, topping 2020’s mark of 74. Additionally, 13 NSU student-athletes finished the fall semester with a 4.0 GPA.  

To be eligible for the Fall SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll, a student-athlete must post a minimum grade-point average of 3.2 on a 4.0 scale. Participants in the sports of men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s soccer, and volleyball were eligible for the fall honor roll.  

*= Those student-athletes with a 4.0 GPA 

Volleyball (15) 
Julia Bernardes – Biology 
Maddy Bremer – Sport and Recreation Management 
Preslee Brooksbank – Accounting 
Jordan Chessar – Biology 
Madison Cook* – Nursing 
Marianna Fiocco* – Nutrition (Master’s) 
Bruna Guimaraes – Computer Science 
Amanda Hall – Political Science  
Aleyna Kennel – Entrepreneurship 
Brittany Landrum* – Psychology 
Kate Mihacevich – Criminal Justice 
Emily O’Neil – Leadership (Master’s) 
Cambry Pope – Exercise and Sports Science 
Alexandra Psoma* – Family Therapy (Master’s) 
McKenna Tucek – Management 

Men’s Cross Country (11) 
Frank Caicedo – Public Health 
Allen Currie – Exercise and Sport Science 
Holden Decker – Entrepreneurship 
Lucas Mardis – Entrepreneurship 
Trey May – Finance 
Haydon Patrick – Legal Studies 
Zachary Pizzo* – Chemistry 
Joseph Salerno – Biological Sciences (Master’s) 
Andrew Swanson – Biology  
Aaron Weimer – Secondary Math Education & Mathematics 
Adrien Zambaux – Marine Biology 

Women’s Cross Country (17) 
Christina Adams – Sport and Recreation Management 
Isabella Aristizabal* – Nutrition 
Lauren Breski – Nursing 
Julie Bruggner* – Mathematics 
Makayla Buenafe – Biology 
Riley Duffin – Public Health 
Tessa Grotzinger – Public Health 
Hilary Moreno Rosales* – Public Health 
Grace Moriarty – Accounting  
Jilliann Norris – Speech-Language Patholgy (Master’s) 
Camille Remillard – Psychology 
Corinne Renshaw – Environmental Science  
Taylar Sherman – Exercise and Sport Science 
Lia Smerina –Public Health 
Kamila Soja – Biology 
Eden Toal – Biology 
McKinzie Winget – Biology, Pre-Nursing 

Men’s Soccer (24) 
Odei Arrieta – Business Intelligence Analytic (MBA)  
Bryan Bakboord – Management (MBA)  
Henrik Berg – Finance (Certificate)  
Aleks Berg – Management  
Michael Bittner Mcpherson – Finance  
Paul Boos – Exercise and Sport Science  
Nick Brisevac – Process Involvement (MBA)  
Milos Christoforou* – Finance (MBA)  
Giovanni Ciocca Vasino – International Business (MBA)  
Alberto Ciroi – Sport Revenue Generation (Certificate)  
Matty Cornish – Business Intelligence Analytic (MBA)  
Manuel Cukaj* – Information Technology (Master’s)  
Andrea Franchetto – Business (MBA)  
Christian Gorski – Finance  
Michael Lawrence – Criminal Justice  
Brian Lopez – Exercise and Sport Science  
Tino Miguez – Finance (Certificate)  
Juanchi Nunez – Management  
Tobias Pellio – Management  
Alberto Rentero – Nutrition (Master’s)  
Farid Sar-Sar – Sport and Recreation Management  
Manu Schwarz – Sport and Recreation Management  
Michael Steckmest*– Management  
Floris Van Nijnanten – Sport and Recreation Management 

Women’s Soccer (19) 
Annie Bjork – Management  
Saga Bjorling* – Management  
Emma Brown – Sport and Recreation Management  
Maria Contreras – Management  
Olivia Graham – Marketing  
Shannon Hearty – Counseling (Master’s)  
Brittany Hoffman – Public Health  
Brianna King – Marketing (MBA)  
Sofia Mallardi – Exercise and Sport Science  
Kiki Maribona – Psychology  
Louise Matsgard – Philosophy  
Grace Palmer – Finance  
Jordyn Pitter – Communication  
Kirra Polley – Exercise and Sport Science  
MacKenzie Ramey* – Marketing (MBA)  
Natalie Robayna – Exercise and Sport Science  
Jordan Scandizzo – Exercise and Sport Science  
Chama Silva – Communication  
Lily Truong – Sports Science (Master’s) 

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