UT Women's Swimming Boasts Four All-SSC Performers
MELBOURNE, Fla. - Seventeen student-athletes have been selected to the 2021-22 All-SSC Women's Swimming Team, including four from the University of Tampa. Voting for the team was conducted among the Sunshine State Conference women's swimming coaches.
The Spartans placed two on the first team, including All-Americans Elizaveta Bazarova and Courtney Sherwood. Representing UT on the second team are Madysen Barnes and Megan Goldthorpe.
Nova Southeastern University, the 2022 SSC women's champion, boasts seven honorees, including four First Team award winners. Florida Southern College, Florida Tech, Lynn University, Rollins College, and the University of Tampa are also represented in the league awards this year.
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NSU's Sasha Maslova and the UT duo of Elizaveta Bazarova and Courtney Sherwood highlight the repeat All-SSC honorees. All three swimmers received a third consecutive All-SSC First Team honor from conference coaches. Additionally, Sherwood was named the 2019-20 SSC Swimmer of the Year, while Maslova was the 2018-19 Freshman of the Year. Second Team member Savannah Brennan from Florida Tech earns a third consecutive All-SSC honor following a First Team nod in 2019-20 and a Second Team award in 2018-19. Cassie Wright from NSU repeats as a Second Team honoree, and last season's Freshman of the Year, Ewa Osiniak of Lynn, earns Honorable Mention.
First Team award winner, Savanna Best from Nova Southeastern, was recently named the top female athlete at the 2022 SSC Championship. She is the fourth Shark to win the conference's Swimmer of the Meet honor, first since 2018-19. Sherwood also has a Swimmer of the Meet award to her name, earning the accolade in 2019-20.
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. March 9th - Saturday, March 12th at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, North Carolina. The NCAA recently announced championship selections and seeding. Sixty swimmers and 34 relay teams qualified from the SSC. See more, here.
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2021-22 ALL-SSC Women's Swimming First Team |
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Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown |
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Jazzy Hoffmann |
Florida Southern |
So. |
Atlanta, Georgia |
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Luna Mertins |
Lynn |
Fr. |
Friedberg, Germany |
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Savanna Best |
Nova Southeastern |
Sr. |
Cape Town, South Africa |
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May Lowy |
Nova Southeastern |
Fr. |
Ramat Gon, Israel |
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Celina Marquez |
Nova Southeastern |
Jr. |
Santa Tecla, El Salvador |
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Sasha Maslova^~@ |
Nova Southeastern |
Sr. |
Moscow, Russia |
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Tampa |
Sr. |
Neznamovo, Russia |
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Tampa |
Sr. |
Ottawa, Ontario |
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2021-22 ALL-SSC Women's Swimming Second Team |
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Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown |
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Emily Peck |
Florida Southern |
So. |
Nicholasville, Kentucky |
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Savannah Brennan^‡ |
Florida Tech |
Sr. |
Oviedo, Florida |
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Estelle Bauer |
Nova Southeastern |
Fr. |
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina |
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Victoria Ortiz |
Nova Southeastern |
Jr. |
Jacksonville, Florida |
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Cassie Wright* |
Nova Southeastern |
Sr. |
Christchurch, New Zealand |
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Beatriz Olivieri |
Rollins |
Sr. |
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil |
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Tampa |
So. |
Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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Tampa |
Sr. |
Lexington, Kentucky |
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2021-22 ALL-SSC Women's Swimming Honorable Mention |
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Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown |
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Ewa Osiniak^† |
Lynn |
So. |
Lublin, Poland |
^ = 2019-20 All-SSC First Team
* = 2019-20 All-SSC Second Team
# = 2019-20 Swimmer of the Year
† = 2019-20 Freshman of the Year
~ = 2018-19 All-SSC First Team
‡ = 2018-19 All-SSC Second Team
@ = 2018-19 Freshman of the Year