Tampa Women's Swimming Trio Named All-Conference
MELBOURNE, Fla. - Seventeen student-athletes have been selected to the 2022-23 All-SSC Women's Swimming Team, including three to conference runner-up University of Tampa. Voting for the team was conducted among the Sunshine State Conference women's swimming coaches.
UT's Sierra Gillan was one of eight on the first team, while teammates Mady Barnes and Tilde Morin were both on the second team. Nova Southeastern University, the 2023 SSC women's champion, boasts nine honorees, including four First Team award winners.
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The NSU duo of Savanna Best and May Lowy, along with Luna Mertins of Lynn, highlight the repeat All-SSC selections 2022-23 All-SSC First Team Selections. All three swimmers repeat as First Team honorees from 2021-22. Additionally, Mertins was named the 2021-22 Freshman of the Year. Second Team honoree Sasha Maslova from NSU repeats as All-SSC for the fourth consecutive season. The senior was named First Team in 2021-22, 2019-20, and 2018-19. Maslova was also selected Freshman of the Year in 2018-19. A total of eight women's swimmers repeat as All-SSC in 2022-23.
First Team award winner, Emily Trieschmann from Nova Southeastern, was recently named the top female athlete at the 2023 SSC Championship. She is the fifth Shark to win the conference's Swimmer of the Meet honor and the second consecutive winner from NSU's program.
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 8th - Saturday, March 11th, at the IU Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI in Indianapolis, Indiana. The NCAA recently announced championship selections and seeding. Sixty-nine swimmers and 33 relay teams qualified from the SSC. See more here.
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2022-23 ALL-SSC Women's Swimming First Team |
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Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown |
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Laura Dekoninck |
Lynn |
So. |
Warsaw, Poland |
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Helga Fodor |
Lynn |
Gr. |
Budapest, Hungary |
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Luna Mertins^~ |
Lynn |
Sr. |
Friedberg, Germany |
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Savanna Best^ |
Nova Southeastern |
Sr. |
Cape Town, South Africa |
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May Lowy^ |
Nova Southeastern |
So. |
Ramat Gon, Israel |
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Emilia Ronningdal |
Nova Southeastern |
Fr. |
Hassleholm, Sweden |
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Emily Trieschmann |
Nova Southeastern |
So. |
Wellington, Florida |
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Tampa |
So. |
Milford, Pa. |
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2022-23 ALL-SSC Women's Swimming Second Team |
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Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown |
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Erin McCann |
Florida Southern |
Sr. |
Decatur, Ala. |
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Estelle Bauer* |
Nova Southeastern |
So. |
Mount Pleasant, S.C. |
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Celina Marquez^# |
Nova Southeastern |
Sr. |
Santa Tecla, El Salvador |
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Sasha Maslova^†‡Δ |
Nova Southeastern |
Sr. |
Moscow, Russia |
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Victoria Ortiz* |
Nova Southeastern |
Sr. |
Jacksonville, Fla. |
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Jill Hughes |
Rollins |
Sr. |
Ceder Rapids, Iowa |
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Tampa |
Jr. |
Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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Tampa |
Fr. |
Halmstad, Sweden |
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2022-23 ALL-SSC Women's Swimming Honorable Mention |
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Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown |
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Ilaria Murzilli |
Nova Southeastern |
So. |
Rome, Italy |
^ = 2021-22 All-SSC First Team
* = 2021-22 All-SSC Second Team
# = 2021-22 Swimmer of the Year
~ = 2021-22 Freshman of the Year
† = 2019-20 All-SSC First Team
‡ = 2018-19 All-SSC First Team
Δ = 2018-19 Freshman of the Year