22 NSU Student-Athletes Named to SSC Commissioner’s List of Outstanding Achievement for February

A total of 22 NSU student-athletes were named to the Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s List of Outstanding Achievement for the month of February, it was announced March 15 by SSC Commissioner Michael J. Marcil.  The NSU baseball team led the way with seven student-athletes honored, as 156 total student-athletes representing all nine SSC member schools in eight different sports were selected to the February list.

Nick Carris (So., Orlando, Fla.), Cory Clark (So., Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.), Brian Ikalina (Sr., Sunrise, Fla.), Lou Leo (Sr., Lake Worth, Fla.), Sean McFadden (Sr., Hollywood, Fla.), Matt Mindick (So., Boynton Beach, Fla.) and Chris Reynolds (Jr., Pembroke Pines, Fla.) were selected from the baseball team after their performances helped the squad to a 10-3 mark to start the season. 

The NSU men’s basketball team had three players honored as Tim Coenraad (Fr., Brisbane, Australia), Rhys Martin (Fr., Brisbane, Australia) and David Naylor (Fr., Melbourne, Australia) were selected.  Women’s basketball player Missy Guadagnino (Sr., Winter Springs, Fla.) was also named to February’s list, making it her third selection this year.

Lina Bjorklund (So., Falun, Sweden), Elizabeth Bond (So., Houston, Texas) and Andrea Maldonado (Fr., Heroinas, Bolivia) were selected from the No. 5 women’s golf team after their performances during the Tusculum Invitational and the Lady Moc Classic.

Callie Binkley (Jr., Mt. Juliet, Tenn.), Angie Martinez (Sr., Miami, Fla.) and Katie Veltri (Jr., Loxahatchee, Fla.) were selected from the NSU softball team after helping the squad to a 7-4 start to the 2006 season. All three registered double-digit hits and batted above .300 for the month of February.

Jessica Homerlein (Sr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Alexa Korotkevich (So., St. Petersburg, Russia), Anna Schmidtmann (Sr., Hamburg, Germany), Ulia Talalenko (Fr., Naples, Fla.) and Tsippy Waterman (So., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) were selected from the No. 12 women’s tennis team, as they helped the squad to a 3-1 start to the season, which included a 7-2 defeat of then No. 2 Rollins College.

The Commissioner’s List of Outstanding Achievement is designed to recognize the top athletic performers at each SSC member institution in a given calendar month.  Every month, each SSC member institution may nominate student-athletes in each conference-sponsored sport who meet predetermined criteria during athletic events played during that month.  Sports are recognized during the traditional championship segment for that sport.