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Story Links FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Nova Southeastern Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine Zevon Stubblefield announced on Tuesday the hiring of Ben Wood as the newest athletic trainer for the Sharks, completing the staff as NSU kicks off the 2019-20 school year. Wood will work with the Sharks’ volleyball and softball teams. “I’m excited to be back in the SSC as a Shark,” Wood said. “I’m looking forward to being able to grow with the NSU... Read More

Story Links FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Nova Southeastern Director of Athletics Michael Mominey today announced the hiring of Yashiva Edwards as Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance and NCAA Rules Education. Edwards brings the Sharks a multitude of experience in compliance, academic enhancement and student services, following an All-American collegiate career in the Sunshine State. “We are excited that Yashiva Edwards will be joining our team here at NSU,” Mominey said.... Read More

Story Links FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Nova Southeastern Director of Athletics Michael Mominey today announced Danielle Daniel as the new Associate Athletic Director for Internal Operations and Business Services. Serving most recently as an Associate Athletics Director and Senior Woman Administrator at Florida Atlantic University, Daniel brings a wealth of knowledge in internal operations, sport administration and business experience attained across more than 15 years in athletics... Read More

Story Links FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Nova Southeastern Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Performance and Student-Athlete Wellness Steve Orris announced on Thursday the addition of Jake Suvak to the NSU staff as an assistant strength and conditioning coach. “I am excited to work alongside the incredible coaches at NSU and to continue and grow the winning tradition of NSU Athletics,” Suvak said Suvak joins the Sharks after spending the past year as a strength and... Read More

Story Links FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Nova Southeastern Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine Zevon Stubblefield announced on Thursday the hiring of Patrick Roosta as the newest athletic trainer for the Sharks, heading into the 2019-20 school year. Roosta began his work with the Sharks in July. “It has been a long-time dream to work at this amazing institution, and now I cannot be more excited to finally be part of the Sharks family,” Roosta said. Roosta joins the NSU... Read More

Story Links MAITLAND, Fla. – Adding more accolades to the stockpile from a highly-successful 2018-19 year for Nova Southeastern Athletics, head athletic trainer Amy Gatens was named the 2019 College/University Athletic Trainer of the Year by The Athletic Trainers Association of Florida (ATAF) during the Annual Meeting Luncheon on Saturday, July 13 in Kissimmee, Fla. “I’m honored and humbled to be selected as the 2019 College/University Athletic Trainer of the Year by the... Read More

Story Links Michael Mominey Complete Bio ORLANDO, Fla. – Adding a further boost for an already highly-successful year in Sharks Athletics, 18th-year Nova Southeastern Director of Athletics Michael Mominey has been selected to serve on the Division 2 Athletics Directors Association (D2 ADA) Board of Directors in the 2019-20 year, officials from the organization announced this week. As the representative of the Sunshine State Conference (SSC) on the Board, Mominey joins 23 other athletic... Read More

Story Links CLEVELAND, Ohio – Riding a huge winter tide that saw a national top-four women’s swimming finish and NCAA Division II Elite Eight appearances in both men’s and women’s basketball, the Nova Southeastern University athletic department posted its highest finish in the NCAA Division II Learfield IMG College Directors’ Cup standings since the 2015-16 season. Accumulating 475 points throughout the 2018-19 season, the Sharks finish 26th out of 300 Division II... Read More

Story Links MELBOURNE, Fla. – The Nova Southeastern athletics programs have finished the 2018-19 season in second place among Sunshine State Conference programs in the race for both the men’s and women’s SSC Mayors’ Cup All-Sports Trophy, maintaining the tradition of success for the Sharks among the league’s top programs. The efforts from the Sharks men’s teams tied the previous program high ranking, rising to second place for the first time since 2010-11 in... Read More

MELBOURNE, Fla. – The University of Tampa women and Nova Southeastern University men lead their divisions in the 2018-19 Sunshine State Conference Mayors’ Cup standings. Through the winter sports season, the Spartans women hold a ten-and-a-half point edge, while the Sharks men are on top by two-and-a-half points. Winners of the SSC Mayors’ Cup will be announced directly following the spring athletic season, in which baseball, softball, golf, tennis, lacrosse, and rowing... Read More