CLEVELAND – Nova Southeastern has placed 44 student-athletes on the Division-II Athletics Directors Association Award list for the 2011-12 academic year.
Winners from NSU stretched across 16 of the program’s 17 athletic teams, with men’s and women’s swimming and diving tying for the school-best total of five honorees each.
In order for a student-athlete to receive an Academic Achievement Award, the athletics director of the D-II institution must be a current dues paying member of the D-II ADA. Also, the student-athlete must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale, have attended a minimum of two years (four semesters) of college level work and have been an active member of an intercollegiate team during his/her last academic year.
A record number of institutions (118) and student-athletes (4,492) are being recognized for the 2011-12 Academic Achievement Awards. Seven of the nine Sunshine State Conference institutions had student-athletes honored by the D-II ADA.
NSU Academic Achievement Award Winners
Samantha High, Women's Volleyball
Kelly McMahon, Women's Volleyball
Paola Ruiz, Women's Volleyball
Rachel Woodson, Women's Volleyball
Dominique Wimmer, Women's Tennis
Jasmine Wilkins, Women's Basketball
Emiliya Yancheva, Women's Basketball
Abbey Gittings, Women's Golf
Claudia Wolf, Women's Golf
William Bunge, Men's Swimming
Jonas Grunstrom, Men's Swimming
Armin Hornikel, Men's Swimming
Christoper Norris, Men's Swimming
James Shelley, Men's Swimming
Timo Kilp, Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Kevin Meagher, Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Peri Bowman, Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Brandi Nichols, Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Taylor Stokes, Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Brittany White, Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Sara DeMuth, Women's Softball
Danielle Millan, Women's Softball
Kristen Ghandour, Women's Swimming
Ewa Jamborska, Women's Swimming
Devan Martin, Women's Swimming
Kelsea Smith, Women's Swimming
Alexandra Zatylny, Women's Swimming
Chris Horton, Baseball
Javier Sujo, Baseball
Ryan Woodrey, Baseball
Chrissy Hy, Women's Soccer
Lindsey Nowland, Women's Soccer
Alexandra Siciliano, Women's Soccer
Nate Cox, Men's Soccer
Stefano Noce, Men's Soccer
Alvin Quaye, Men's Soccer
Sergio Vargas, Men's Soccer
Ricardo Celia, Men's Golf
Benjamin Vertz, Men's Golf
Rebecca Urrutia, Women's Track & Field
Matt Seese, Men's Track & Field
Robert Huntington, Men's Basketball
Raj Prabhakar, Men's Basketball
Louis Schonauer, Men's Basketball
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