SSC Champs Place Six on All-Conference Team
MELBOURNE, Fla. - Seventeen student-athletes have been selected to the 2018-19 All-SSC Women's Swimming Team, including six from conference champion Tampa. Voting for the all-conference awards was conducted among the Sunshine State Conference women's swimming coaches.
The University of Tampa, 2019 SSC women's champion, boasts six honorees including four First Team award winners. Florida Southern College, Florida Tech, Lynn University, and Nova Southeastern University were also represented in the league awards this year.
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McKenzie Street from Tampa highlights the repeat All-SSC honorees, following her third consecutive First Team honor. Joining Street as repeat All-SSC First Team from last season is teammate Hana van Loock, Nova Southeastern's Emma Sundstedt, and Lynn's Sarah Hughes. Sundstedt was also named 2017-18 SSC Freshman of the Year, while Hughes was a Second Team member in 2016-17.
Florida Southern's Katie Moore, a Second Team honoree last season, makes a move up to the First Team this season. First Team accolades also went to a trio of Freshman in Nova Southeastern's Sasha Maslova as well as Tampa's Courtney Sherwood and Elizaveta Bazarova. Those athletes repeating as All-SSC on the Second Team were Jenna Johns from NSU and Jessie Tobin from Tampa. Both swimmers earned Second Team accolades in 2017-18. UT's Maureen Moore was named an honorable mention.
Coach of the Year, Swimmer of the Year, and Freshman of the Year will be voted on by league coaches following the NCAA Division II championship. This year's NCAA Championships are March 13 - 16 at the IU Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI in Indianapolis, Indiana. For a full list of SSC qualifiers, click here.
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2018-19 ALL-SSC Women's Swimming First Team |
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Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown |
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Emma Sundstedt^! |
Nova Southeastern |
So. |
Hasselby, Sweden |
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Sasha Maslova |
Nova Southeastern |
Fr. |
Moscow, Russia |
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Tampa |
Sr. |
Norwood, Pa. |
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Katie Moore~ |
Florida Southern |
Sr. |
Phoenix, Ariz. |
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Tampa |
Fr. |
Ottawa, Ontario |
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Sarah Hughes^% |
Lynn |
Sr. |
Southampton, England |
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Tampa |
So. |
Essen, Germany |
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Tampa |
Fr. |
Neznamovo, Russia |
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2018-19 ALL-SSC Women's Swimming Second Team |
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Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown |
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Jenna Johns~ |
Nova Southeastern |
So. |
Ambler, Pa. |
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Kaylee Gassen |
Nova Southeastern |
Jr. |
Parker, Colo. |
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Tampa |
So. |
Pittsfield, Mass. |
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Elizabeth Zubero |
Nova Southeastern |
Jr. |
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. |
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Savannah Brennan |
Florida Tech |
So. |
Oviedo, Fla. |
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Karolina Smylek |
Lynn |
Fr. |
Lublin, Poland |
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Caroline Oster |
Nova Southeastern |
Sr. |
Lake Mary, Fla. |
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Haley DeGrace |
Florida Southern |
Sr. |
Germantown, Wisc. |
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2018-19 ALL-SSC Women's Swimming Honorable Mention |
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Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown |
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Tampa |
So. |
Tampa, Fla. |
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^ = 2017-18 All-SSC First Team
! = 2017-18 Freshman of the Year
~ = 2017-18 All-SSC Second Team
* = 2016-17 All-SSC First Team
% = 2016-17 All-SSC Second Team