2024 FACT BOOK 37 2023 CALENDAR-YEAR HIGHLIGHTS u * In fall 2022, there were 16 athletic programs at NSU. With the addition of women’s rowing, returning in the 2023–2024 academic year, and men’s and women’s lacrosse, beginning in the 2024–2025 academic year, the number of programs will increase to 19 by 2025. n 32 ALL-AMERICANS • Men’s Basketball (1) • Men’s Golf (3) • Men’s Swimming (7) • Softball (2) • Volleyball (2) • Women’s Golf (1) • Women’s Swimming (12) • Women’s Tennis (3) • Women’s Track (1) n 13 NCAA POSTSEASON APPEARANCES n PROGRAM ADDITIONS* • Men’s Lacrosse • Women’s Lacrosse • Women’s Rowing (returning) n SUNSHINE STATE CONFERENCE • Player of the Year (2) • Coach of the Year (2) • Freshman/Newcomer of the Year (3) n ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT ACADEMIC RECORDS • 3.46 overall GPA during the 2023 winter semester for a new departmental record. • 3.0 or higher GPA average department-wide streak for combined winter and fall semesters extended to 26 consecutive semesters. • 39 student-athletes earned perfect 4.0 GPAs. • 183 student-athletes recognized as scholar-athletes had GPAs higher than 3.25. n MEN’S BASKETBALL • won back-to-back regular season and Sunshine State Conference titles • finished the season with a 36-0 record and won the first NCAA National Championship in program history • became the sixth team in NCAA Division II history to finish the season as undefeated National Champions • broke the Division II National Championship record for points in a first half (55) and in a game (111) • had a player recognized as the Bevo Francis Award winner • had Jim Crutchfield, head coach, named top NCAA Division II college basketball coach n MEN’S GOLF • won their first National Championship since the 2015 season • had three athletes earn PING All-American Honors n MEN’S SWIMMING • had one NCAA Individual National Champion • saw six Sharks recognized on the All-Sunshine State Conference teams n SOFTBALL • won a regional championship and earned a World Series berth—first team in program history to do so • eclipsed 40 wins for the first time since 2010 • had five All-Sunshine State Conference players • saw two Sharks named to the NFCA DII AllAmerican teams n WOMEN’S GOLF • saw the fourth Shark Women’s Golfer win the individual NCAA Division II National Championship • ended the season as National Finalists n WOMEN’S SWIMMING • earned the first National Championship in program history • won 11 NCAA Individual National Championships • won the Sunshine State Conference Championship • had nine Sunshine State Conference players, including Swimmer of the Year and Freshman of the Year, as well as Coach of the Year • had a Shark swimmer named National Swimmer of the Year, while Ben Hewitt, head coach, earned National Coach of the Year honors n WOMEN’S TENNIS • finished the season as NCAA National Finalists
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