Sharks Participate in Jason Taylor Foundation’s Cool Gear for the School Year

The Nova Southeastern University athletic department assisted the Jason Taylor Foundation in their 12th annual Cool Gear for the School Year event on Sept. 5, sending 60 young students on a shopping spree at Old Navy. Each year, the Jason Taylor Foundation hosts 60 underserved children from Miami-Dade and Broward…

NSU Cross Country Teams Sweep Runner of the Week Awards

For the first time since 2010, the Nova Southeastern University men’s and women’s cross country teams sweep both men and women Sunshine State Conference Runner of the Week awards. Thomas Ingalls (Sr., St, George, Utah.) and Allison Porter (Fr., Bolivar, Mo.) are the first pair of Shark runners to sweep…

NSU Volleyball Player Earns First SSC Player of the Week Award in 2016

Nova Southeastern University’s Denvyr Tyler-Palmer (So., Jacksonville, Fla.) was named Sunshine State Conference Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week for the week ending Sept. 4, 2016. She earns the first volleyball offensive award issued by the conference office in 2016. The sophomore outside hitter led the Sharks offensively to a…

NSU Cross Country Teams Receive Regional Rankings

The Nova Southeastern University men’s and women’s cross country teams have received their south-regional rankings from the USTFCCCA Preseason Poll. Then men are picked to finish third and the women are picked to finish seventh. On the men’s side, Lee of Tennessee sits atop the regional rankings with Alabama-Huntsville right…

Sharks Participate in Davie Elementary Night

Nova Southeastern University Athletics and Agave Taco Bar in Davie hosted Davie Elementary Night for elementary school students on Aug. 30. The elementary students were able to meet NSU student-athletes and 20 percent of the proceeds made that night were donated back to Davie Elementary School. Members of NSU’s volleyball,…

NSU Department of Athletics Announces 2016 Athletics Hall of Fame Class

The Nova Southeastern University Athletics Hall of Fame Committee proudly announced the NSU Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2016, as two former student-athletes and a staff member headline the honorees. Former Men’s & Women’s Golf Head Coach, Kevin March will be joined by golfer, Sandra Changkija and basketball player,…

NSU Names Head Women’s Tennis Coach

Nova Southeastern University Director of Athletics Michael Mominey has announced that Doug Neagle will take over as the head coach for NSU women’s tennis. Neagle takes over the Sharks women’s tennis program after spending the last seven seasons as the women’s tennis head coach at Towson University. “We welcome Doug…

NSU Athletics Names Head Women’s Golf Coach

Nova Southeastern University Director of Athletics Michael Mominey has announced Heather Burgner Wall as the next head coach for NSU women’s golf. Wall, the 2009 Sunshine State Conference Player of the Year in women’s golf at Florida Southern, takes over the Sharks women’s golf program after spending four years as…

NSU Swimming Names Assistant Swim Coach

Nova Southeastern University head men and women’s swimming coach Ben Hewitt has announced Albert Lloyd as the program’s assistant coach. Lloyd, a former student-athlete at Drury University and the University of Louisville, enters his first year at NSU after serving as the volunteer assistant coach for the University of Indianapolis…

Nancy Olson Appointed as Faculty Athletic Representative

Nancy Olson, who serves as Faculty Program Coordinator for Sport and Recreation Management in the H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship at NSU, has been appointed by President George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D. as the University’s NCAA Faculty Athletic Representative. “Ms. Olson brings a wealth of experience and…

Athletic Training Welcomes new staff member: Noah Thaman

Nova Southeastern University Athletics is proud to announce the addition of Noah Thaman to its Athletic Training Staff, as he began his position with the department on Wednesday, July 13. Thaman comes to Fort Lauderdale having worked at, and gaining degrees from, Palm Beach Atlantic University, Butler University and Indiana…

2016 Volleyball Schedule Released

The Nova Southeastern University volleyball program has released its schedule for the upcoming 2016 season, which begins on September 2. The schedule features three tournaments, 14 home matches and a few of the top teams in all of Division II volleyball. The Sharks open their season hosting the Shark Invitational…

NSU’s Baseball coach, Greg Brown, Named ABCA National Coach of the Year

Nova Southeastern University’s baseball head coach Greg Brown has been named the American Baseball Coaches Association NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year. “I’m so proud of the coach and leader Greg has become over the past six years and I couldn’t be happier that he has earned this…

2016 Women’s Soccer Schedule Released

A season after returning to the NCAA postseason for the first time since 2007, second-year head coach John Constable will captain a new Nova Southeastern University women’s soccer squad, with the 2016 campaign beginning at home on Sept. 1. Constable’s rookie season at NSU ended with a 12-4-2 record, multiple…

Additional Runners added to 2016-17 Track Roster

After earlier revealing seven members of his incoming class, Nova Southeastern University men’s and women’s cross country and track and field head coach Bryan Hagopian is pleased to announce four more freshmen making their way to campus for the 2016-17 season. Click here to see Full release

Women’s Golf Has Two Athletes Named All-American Scholars

Two Nova Southeastern University women’s golfers were honored on Tuesday, June 28, as All-American Scholars by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association. Sophomore Jamie Freedman (Miami Beach, Fla.), for the second straight year, and freshman Aldana Foigel (Plottier, Argentina) received this prestigious national award and are part of a select group,…

Ben Hewitt Returns as NSU’s Head Swimming Coach

Nova Southeastern University Director of Athletics Michael Mominey announced that Ben Hewitt will return to the Sharks and head up the NSU men’s and women’s swimming programs as head coach. “After a very competitive national search, it became clear that Coach Hewitt is the right choice to be the next…

NSU Rowing Team Reels in 11 Newcomers for Upcoming Season

Interim head coach Devin Fay is proud to announce the addition of 11 incoming rowers to the 2016-17 Nova Southeastern University rowing season.  Click here to see Full release

Raftery Signs Free Agent Deal With Astros

Nova Southeastern University’s Devin Raftery has signed an undrafted free agent deal with the Houston Astros, propelling him to the prestigious #SharksInThePros club that now features 30 players that have signed with a Major League Baseball team and 23 more that have signed independent ball contracts. Raftery, the South Region…