Hall of Fame
Hollie Bonewit-Cron (Coach)
Men's and Women's Swimming
2009-2016
Induction Video
Bonewit-Cron was named the first head coach for the men's and women's swimming programs in 2009, getting the Sharks into the pool and almost immediately built a national power. Serving as the coach for seven seasons, she led NSU to four Sunshine State Conference Championships, five Top-10 finishes at NCAA Nationals, and two finishes in the Top-4. During her tenure, six NSU student-athletes won 12 individual NCAA National Championships, received countless NCAA All-Americans, broke two Division II records, as well as multiple individual and team CSCAA Scholar All-American honors.
In the inaugural season (2010-11), the Sharks' men's swimming program won the first Sunshine State Conference Championship and finished 13th at the NCAA National Championship. The following season, both the men's and women's swim programs claimed victory at the 2012 Sunshine State Conference Championships. Neither program lost a dual meet in SSC races, and both teams finished nationally ranked, with the men's finishing 10th and women's 14th. Additionally, Bonewit-Cron coached Erin Black to the first individual NCAA. National Championship in NSU Women's Swimming history.
Two Sharks represented their countries during the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games, men's swimmer Esau Simpson, who raced for Grenada, and David Van Der Colff (Botswana) Bonewit-Cron, who coached the Grenadian team during the London Olympics.
Bonewit-Cron now enters her seventh year leading the University of Miami (Ohio) Redhawks Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving programs. Bonewit-Cron led the men's program to the MAC title in 2020-21, while the women's team finished third.
