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Huntington Beach tunes up for final as Loyola plays through tragedy

It all went as it was supposed to go, another sweep to gird the resolve ahead of a top-tier boys’ volleyball final — a No. 1-versus-No. 2 showdown, thanks to what was occurring up the coast — with a shot at a CIF Southern Section championship for the first time in a decade. Everyone wished […]

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Everyone wished it could have been otherwise.

Huntington Beach, ranked second in the state and third in the nation, marched into Friday night’s Division 1 title game at Cerritos College against top-ranked Mira Costa by making easy work of defending champion Los Angeles Loyola.

The 25-15, 25-21, 25-21 home triumph last Friday evening didn’t mean a whole lot — the Oilers had clinched Pool B’s berth with Tuesday’s sweep of Redondo Union, and Loyola was going to miss the regional tournament regardless — except for their aspirations and, more vitally, the Cubs’ desperation.

Loyola (27-7) arrived a broken team, reeling from the May 4 death of its team manager. Braun Levi, a University of Virginia-bound senior and Loyola tennis star, died early that morning after an allegedly impaired driver struck him as he walked across Sepulveda Boulevard in Manhattan Beach. Volleyball isn’t the priority right now.

“They’ve checked out. They’re not here,” Loyola head coach Michael Boehle said before the game. “These guys have been hit with a lot. They got hit with my diagnosis of cancer early on [this season]. They got nailed with fires [in January]. And then they got nailed with the teammate’s death. And they just aren’t there.

“They’re just not mentally there, you know? They’re drained.”

The Cubs hadn’t practiced all week, and Boehle considered forfeiting their final two pool games, but “they wanted to play, and I love the fact that they gave it a shot.”

Loyola, seeded third and aiming for a third successive CIF State Southern California Regional title, had opened Pool B play by, Boehle said, “overlook[ing]” Redondo, which was “flawless” and was “not going to get beat that night.” Levi, whose family had relocated to Manhattan Beach after their home was destroyed in the Palisades fire, was killed three nights later. The close-knit Loyola community — the all-boys institution is the most prominent Catholic high school in Los Angeles — was devastated.

“There really isn’t any words,” said Boehle, who completed his 29th campaign as head coach. “I tried to navigate this as best I can. I just didn’t have any answers for it. … It’s important that these guys stay together, as a group, as a brotherhood. That’s what we’ve been telling them all week: ‘This is your family. These are your brothers.’”

So they went out together Tuesday night against sixth-seeded Newport Harbor and were listless in a four-set defeat.

“People are like, ‘Hey, you’re not in the finals this year,’” said Boehle, who has won seven section titles in 12 title-game appearances since 2003. “And I’m like, ‘It’s OK.’ Like, ‘We’ve got bigger things to worry about than being in the finals.’”

Friday night’s finale was a chance for the Cubs to honor Levi. A moment of silence started the encounter, and Boehle made certain everybody got court time “so they can all say we did it for Braun.”

“The outcome doesn’t matter,” he said.

The game was to be played Saturday, but Loyola held a “celebration of life” for Levi that evening, and Huntington Beach head coach Craig Pazanti “told Mike whenever he wanted to play, whatever he wanted to do, we were going to be OK with it.”

“I think that’s the great thing about the volleyball community,” Pazanti said. “We can come together when we have stuff like this. As much as we want to beat each other and are at each other’s throats sometimes, you never want to see anybody have to go through this situation. I’ve been through it, as a coach a long time ago, when I first started coaching, and I know how devastating it can be to the team and the community.”

The outcome was expected. Huntington Beach (34-3) has one of its best teams since winning section and regional championships in 2013, 2014 and 2015, had beaten Loyola twice, 3-0 the second time, and came in “respecting our opponents by playing our hearts out,” senior libero Aiden Atencio called it.

“We want to play one way,” he said. “We wanted to come out and win, 3-0. Even though this game didn’t matter and we were clinched, we wanted to come out of a victory going into the finals.”

The Oilers were dominant, using their serve-and-pass game and strong performances at the net from sophomore outside hitter Logan Hutnick (14 kills, two blocks) and senior middle blocker Nick Ganier Jr. (10 kills) to lead start to finish in the first set, take a sizable lead in the second, and pull away midway through the third.

Pazanti went deeper down his bench than usual, seeing it as “a great opportunity for a lot of guys to get on the floor who might not get on the floor.” Starting outside hitter Colin Choi and opposite Ben Arguello, both juniors, had most of the night off.

The Oilers are short on stars — only setter Kai Gan, headed to Harvard, is set to play Division I in college — but big on the collective. Choi and Arguello pounce on the chances outside, with Ganier and senior Justin Bulsom but manning the middle, and Gan (“one of the best setters in CIF,” Pazanti says) — and Atencio, a four-year starter, keeping things moving. Hutnick, one of the best hitters in the 2027 class, and sophomore Easton Ebmeyer, just back from an ankle injury that’s sidelined him all season, provide attacking depth.

It’s looked like their best shot at the program’s sixth CIF title since the 2013-15 reign, except for the presence of Mira Costa (31-2). The Mustangs, who lost to Loyola in last year’s final, are a monster team.

“We’re going to go get our slingshot, and we’re going to give it our best effort,” Pazanti said. “They’re a big, physical team. We’re not going to change. We’re going to play our game. We’re going to go out there and just do the best we can do. What we’ve been doing has been pretty successful.”

The teams met back in February, at the Redondo Classic, with Huntington Beach, without Choi, dropping a 25-23, 25-23 decision. The Mustangs’ only losses were in the Best of the West tournament final to Loyola (after the Cubs topped Huntington Beach in the semifinals) in early March and against national No. 2 Marist — two days after sweeping the Chicago school on their home court — at the Karch Kiraly Tournament of Champions in Santa Barbara in early April. Marist beat Huntington Beach the same day.

“[Mira Costa has] been pretty dominant the whole year …,” Gan said. “They’re huge guys. They work really hard, and they’re just all-around, really big competitors. Coming into it, you have to know you have nothing to lose. Us beating them would be truly a big accomplishment.”

Mira Costa has won the last six meetings, two of them in Division 1 playoff games — 3-0 in a 2019 quarterfinal and 3-2 in 2023 pool play. The Oilers won semifinal showdowns en route to their 2013 and 2015 section titles.

Pazanti, who also won a 2021 Division II regional title, sees similarities between Mira Costa and his title teams that supplied the bulk of a 2012-16 winning streak that reached 121 games.

“[Our 2013-15 teams were] a different breed,” he said. “You had the guy who started in the last two Olympics [T.J. DeFalco]. You have two guys who barely didn’t make that cut in the Olympics. You got guys playing professionally overseas. We had 12 Division I players on that team.

“You look at the [Mira] Costa roster, and that’s kind of what they have. I don’t know if they have any Olympians, but they’ve got 11, 12 guys that are going to go play Division I volleyball.”

Atencio says it “all comes down to what we do on our side.”

“I think the serve and pass game is going to be crucial, but also the blocking,” he said. “They’re a very big, physical team, and I think that we have the blocks to handle that, the defense to scramble, and so we just need to have that grit and show out and execute.”

Loyola keeps working through the pain.

“[I feel for] the family,” Boehle said. “As a parent, I can’t imagine what they’re going through. I’ve got four kids. Someone said it best at school: As a parent, I want to be buried before I have to bury my own child. My heart goes out to them.”

Boehle has one last task. Levi’s father, Dan, emailed the coach after the Palisades fire, sent him a photo of Braun wearing his volleyball championship ring, except it was melted.

“I ordered him a new ring, to present to him this year at the end of our banquet,” he said. “And I’m not going to be able to do that. I still get goosebumps. It breaks my heart. You just never know.

“That’s the one thing that I’m really crushed by, that I’m not going to be able to hand him that. But ‘you earned this.’ I’ve got to give it to his mom and dad.”

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Florida Atlantic volleyball is coming off one of its most successful seasons. With 15+ wins for the second consecutive year and 18+ wins for the 11th time in program history, the Owls’ incredible fall campaign culminated in their first American Athletic Conference (AAC) Tournament appearance, and ultimately, their first championship berth since 2005. It […]

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Florida Atlantic volleyball is coming off one of its most successful seasons.
Katelynn Robine

With 15+ wins for the second consecutive year and 18+ wins for the 11th time in program history, the Owls’ incredible fall campaign culminated in their first American Athletic Conference (AAC) Tournament appearance, and ultimately, their first championship berth since 2005.

It also marked one of the most successful seasons for the team under Head Coach Fernanda Nelson, who has been with the program since 2012.

“What I enjoyed the most about this season was the process,” Nelson said. “I felt that this was a team that was able to get better every single day. It didn’t matter if we were winning or losing, they really bought into the process of getting better and peaking at the right time.”

After securing a pair of league sweeps over Charlotte and Memphis to open conference play, the Owls had a remarkable two-game stretch, knocking off the AAC’s top two teams in Rice, 3-0, and South Florida, 3-1. These wins sparked a 6-4 finish to the regular season, as the Owls also earned a sweep over Temple, three four-set wins over Charlotte and North Texas, and capped off the season with a Senior Day win over Tulane.
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With a successful regular season under their belts, the Owls then set their sights on postseason play. They headed into the American Athletic Conference Tournament – the team’s first league tournament since 2019 – as the No. 6 seed.

The Owls squared off against No. 3-seed East Carolina in the quarterfinals, earning a five-set win over the Pirates to advance to the semifinals against No. 2-seed Rice. Florida Atlantic rallied in the semifinal matchup to reverse sweep the Rice Owls, punching its ticket to the AAC Championship finals. The Owls finished the season as the No. 2 team in the conference.

This impressive 2024 campaign resulted in multiple conference honors. Victoria Hensley and Katelynn Robine were named to the AAC All-Conference Second Team, and Robine and Valeria Rosado were named AAC Championship All-Tournament Team selections. Robine and Rosado eclipsed 1,000 career kills, and Hensley tallied her 3,000^th career assist. Rosado was also recognized prior to the start of the season as one of just five unanimous AAC Preseason All-Conference honorees.
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Nelson attributes much of the team’s success to its strong culture.

“The culture made a big difference for our team this year, one of the best we have ever had,” Nelson said. “They really enjoyed being around each other, they were fun to coach, and they brought in a lot of passion. We were truly a family. That was the goal we had from the beginning of the season. The Florida Atlantic volleyball family we created in 2024 will always be remembered.”

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Upper St. Clair’s Matheny to compete in World Aquatics Championships

Josh Matheny is excited to win the U.S. cap for the third time when he competes during the World Aquatics Championships being held July 11 to Aug. 3 in Singapore. Josh Matheny of Upper St. Clair is preparing for another summer to remember. One year after traveling to Paris to compete in the 2024 Summer […]

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Josh Matheny is excited to win the U.S. cap for the third time when he competes during the World Aquatics Championships being held July 11 to Aug. 3 in Singapore.

Josh Matheny of Upper St. Clair is preparing for another summer to remember.

One year after traveling to Paris to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics, Matheny is bound for Southeast Asia.

Currently, he is attending training camp in Thailand before he heads to Singapore to compete in the World Aquatics Championships. He is one of over 2,500 athletes participating in the event, running from July 11 through Aug. 3, and including several disciplines of swimming, water polo, diving, artistic swimming and open water competition.

Metered swimming races take place July 26-Aug. 3. After qualifying heats, the 100 breaststroke finals will take place at 7 A.M. (Eastern Time) on July 28 and the 200 breast finals will be held Aug. 1. Matheny is entered in both events.

“As far as expectations, I am just looking to perform the best I can,” Matheny enthused. “Hopefully win some medals for the US.”

Matheny qualified for his third World Championships during the Toyota National Championships held June 3-7 at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis,

Matheny won the 200 in 2:08.87, edging out AJ Pouch, who grabbed second in 2:09.71. He secured second place in the 100.

“I am excited to represent the USA for the third year in a row,” said Matheny. “It’s always an honor to have the flag on my cap.”

Matheny was most pleased with his 200 performance. He stuck to his winning formula. He took the lead early and stayed there.

“I like to swim from ahead,” he said. “At the turn at 150, I wanted to be first and whatever happens in the last 50 happens.”

Matheny expects his experience from last year’s Olympics in Paris will help him in Singapore. Matheny finished seventh in the 200 breast with a time of 2:09.52. Léon Marchand of France won the gold with a time of 2:05.85, an Olympic record.

“I learned that you always have to stay confident and true to the way you like to swim because it’s usually the best for you,” he said.

Throughout his scholastic career at Upper St. Clair, Matheny has always been the best.

He won four WPIAL titles in the 100-yard breast and led the Panthers to a WPIAL team championship. At the PIAA meet his senior year, Matheny won three gold medals, including the 100-yard breaststroke title for the fourth year in a row with a NFHS and state record time of 51.84 seconds. He was named Swimmer of the Meet as well as 2021 Almanac/Observer-Reporter Male Athlete of the Year.

During his club swimming years, Matheny became the U.S. national champion in the 200-meter breaststroke, shattering the 15-16 age group record. After that first big win on a national stage, he went on to compete in the World Junior Championships in Budapest, Hungary. He won gold medals in the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke events and added a silver in the 4×100 medley relay.

For the past four years, Matheny has competed at Indiana University. As a Hoosiers, he has claimed multiple All-America honors. He has also accumulated a plethora of medals, including gold, during the Big Ten championships as well as the NCAA finals.

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Nine From Track & Field Earn Academic All-District Honors

Story Links COLLEGE PARK, MD – Nine members of the Maryland track and field program earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District accolades as announced by the organization on Tuesday. The Terps were represented by five student-athletes on the women’s side and four from the men’s side. – Eric Albright – Aaron Abedin […]

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COLLEGE PARK, MD – Nine members of the Maryland track and field program earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District accolades as announced by the organization on Tuesday.

The Terps were represented by five student-athletes on the women’s side and four from the men’s side.

– Eric Albright

– Aaron Abedin

– Jack Barchet

– Rose Coats

– Chioma Njoku*

– May Valmon

– Jennessa Wolfe

– Max Worley

Eric Albright

Senior • Mid-Distance • Glen Mills, PA • Garnet Valley HS • Mechanical Engineering

• Member of TerpsRacing EV Team (FSAE Club)

• Honors Program at Maryland

• Project Engineer Internship with Carmel Partners

• 2024 USTFCCA All-Academic Honoree

• 2024 CSC Academic All-District

• 2024 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar

• 2023, 2024, 2025 Academic All-Big Ten

Aaron Abedin

Sophomore • Sprints • Ellicott City, MD • Mt. Hebron HS • Information Science

• 2025 Academic All-Big Ten

• Data Analyst for LinkedInOrLeftOUT, LLC

• Member of Maryland Made Student-Athlete Organization

• 2025 Maryland Made Leadership Academy

• 2023, 2024 Deans List Honoree

Jack Barchet

Graduate • Distance • Brecksville, Ohio • Brecksville-Broadview Heights HS • Cincinnati

Masters of Professional Studies in Technology Entrepreneurship & Corporate Innovation

BS in Mechanical Engineering, Minor: Mathematics

• Ellis & Watts Global Industries Engineering Internship

• Hixson Architechture Engineering Internship

• Hamilton Casework Solutions Internship

Rose Coats

Sophomore • Distance • Brooklyn, NY • Brooklyn Prospect Charter • Chemical Engineering

• Zierden Labs – Nanoparticle therapeutic drug undergraduate researcher

• ChemE car battery subteam member

• YMCA – Head Lifeguard & Swim Instructer

• Omega Chi Epsilon member

• American Institute of Chemical Engineers

• Women In Engineering Club

• Society of Women Engineering Club

• Deans List honoree

• 2025 Academic All-Big Ten

Chioma Njoku

Graduate Student • Throws • Bear, DE • Padua Academy • Management Studies

• 2024 USTFCCA All-Academic Honoree

• 2024 CSC Academic All-District

• 2025 Academic All-Big Ten

• 2025 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award

Katie Turk

Senior • Distance • Carmel, NY • Carmel HS • Kinesiology

• 2024, 2025 Academic All-Big Ten

• 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Dean’s List

• Volunteer Coach – Girls On The Run International

• Volunteer – Pawsafe Animal Resuce

Maya Valmon

Graduate Student • Sprints • Rockville, MD • Holton Arms School • Stanford

• Four-Time All-American

• 2023 NCAA Indoor Distance Medley Relay Champion

• 2023 First Team Academic All-American

• 2022, 2023, 2024 USTFCCA All-Academic

• CSC Academic All-District

• Undergraduate Researcher, Cardiovascular Medicine – The Wheeler Lab

Jennessa Wolfe

Sophomore • High Jump • Nova Scotia, Canada • Cobequid Educational Centre • Kinesiology

• 2025 Academic All-Big Ten

• 2024 USTFCCCA All-Academic

Max Worley

5^th Year Senior • Distance • Takoma Park, MD • Montgomery Blair • BS/MS – Fire Protection Engineering

• National Parks Service Fire Protection Engineering Internship (Grand Teton National Park)

• Holmes US Fire Engineering Internship

• 2024, 2025 Academic All-Big Ten

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Bryan Washington Named To College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® Men’s Track & Field Team

Shreveport- Sophomore Bryan Washington (Wylie, Texas) has been named to the 2025 Academic All-District® Men’s Track & Field Team, selected by College Sports Communicators. The 2025 Academic All-District® Men’s Track & Field teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the track, in the field, and in the classroom. The […]

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Shreveport- Sophomore Bryan Washington (Wylie, Texas) has been named to the 2025 Academic All-District® Men’s Track & Field Team, selected by College Sports Communicators.

The 2025 Academic All-District® Men’s Track & Field teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the track, in the field, and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes men’s track& field honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.

Academic All-District® honorees were considered for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. Student-athletes selected as CSC Academic All-America® finalists are denoted with an asterisk and will advance to the national ballot to be voted on by CSC members. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced July 15, 2025 (women) and July 16, 2025 (men).

The Division II and III CSC Academic All-America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2024-25 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA CSC Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA governance structure.

The CSC Academic All-District® teams include the student-athletes listed at the link below:

https://academicallamerica.com/news/2025/6/24/academic-all-america-announcing-2024-25-csc-academic-all-district-mens-womens-cross-country-track-field-teams-in-all-ncaa-and-naia-divisions.aspx

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BOSTON – The University of New Hampshire recorded a 3.50 GPA to finish among the top three schools in the 2024-25 Walter Harrison Academic Cup as announced Wednesday by America East. This is the fifth consecutive year UNH finished with a mark of 3.40 or higher in the Academic Cup. The Wildcats had a […]

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BOSTON – The University of New Hampshire recorded a 3.50 GPA to finish among the top three schools in the 2024-25 Walter Harrison Academic Cup as announced Wednesday by America East.

This is the fifth consecutive year UNH finished with a mark of 3.40 or higher in the Academic Cup. The Wildcats had a 3.46 GPA in 2023-24, a 3.44 GPA in 2022-23, captured the Cup in 2021-22 with a 3.42, and recorded a 3.47 in 2020-21.

Women’s cross country recorded UNH’s highest team GPA with a 3.74, which ranked third best in the conference. Volleyball also ranked in the top 10 overall in the conference at No. 10 with a 3.71 GPA.

UNH also boasted two sport GPA champions — women’s track & field with a 3.69 team GPA and men’s track & field at 3.48 — as nine of UNH’s 12 teams recorded a 3.45 or higher GPA. The others were men’s cross country (3.60), swimming and diving (3.55), field hockey (3.52), lacrosse (3.49) and women’s soccer (3.45)

UNH received a number of academic awards through the 2024-25 academic year as the Wildcats led America East with 19 Presidential Scholar-Athletes.

Audrey Mahoney (Downers Grove, Ill.) was honored as the America East Women’s Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Erik Lauta (Aptos, Calif.) was named to the CSC 2024 Academic All-America Men’s Soccer Third Team.

A total of 24 Wildcats were named to a CSC Academic All-District Team in 2024-25 and 17 ‘Cats were selected to an America East All-Academic Team.

Ninety-one ‘Cats earned Chi Alpha Sigma, the National College Athlete Honor Society, recognition; these honorees are juniors or seniors who have a 3.50 and higher cumulative GPA..

New Hampshire placed third in the Walter Harrison Academic Cup for the second consecutive year. The University of Vermont won the award with a 3.54 and was followed by University of Maine (3.51), UNH, UAlbany (3.49) and Bryant University (3.44).

The Wildcats placed first or second in nine of the previous 13 Academic Cups, and the ‘Cats did not place lower than third any of those years.

UNH has won the Academic Cup a total of seven times: back-to-back in the 1998-99 and 1999-2000 academic years, three consecutive years spanning 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17, again in both 2018-19 and 2021-22.

America East student-athletes averaged a 3.46 GPA overall in 2024-25 to break the previous record of 3.42 in the 2020-21 academic year. All nine America East institutions averaged a 3.35 or higher GPA for the first time in league history and to mark the 20^th consecutive year the conference’s student-athletes averaged better than a 3.00 GPA.

The Walter Harrison Academic Cup, established by the America East Board of Directors in 1995, is presented to the institution whose student-athletes record the highest grade-point-average during that academic year. It was renamed in honor of the outgoing University of Hartford president in June 2017.

America East is proud to have one of most comprehensive academic awards programs in the country. In addition to the Walter Harrison Academic Cup, the conference recognizes a Scholar-Athlete of the Year in every sport as well as both a Male and Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Presidential Scholar-Athlete awards are bestowed to student-athletes who graduate with a 3.75 GPA.

The Elite 18 program recognizes elite students while All-Academic teams comprised of student-athletes that excel both academically and athletically are chosen in each of the conference’s 18 sports. The conference also recognizes all student-athletes who achieve at least a 3.0 GPA on its Academic Honor Roll, with those achieving a 3.50 average or better receiving Commissioner’s Honor Roll status.

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Liz Suscha ‘98 Named NCAA’s Vice President of Championships Governance and Policy

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Former women’s basketball player and Brown Athletic Hall of Famer Liz Suscha ’98 has been named the NCAA’s Vice President of Championships Governance and Policy, as announced by the association on Tuesday. A two-time captain and First Team All-Ivy honoree, Suscha is one of the most decorated players in Brown women’s basketball […]

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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Former women’s basketball player and Brown Athletic Hall of Famer Liz Suscha ’98 has been named the NCAA’s Vice President of Championships Governance and Policy, as announced by the association on Tuesday.

A two-time captain and First Team All-Ivy honoree, Suscha is one of the most decorated players in Brown women’s basketball history. She finished her career with 1,358 points, 111 three-pointers, and 288 assists. As a senior, she became the first player in Ivy League history to rack up 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 250 assists, 150 steals, and 100 three-point field goals in a career. Suscha sits within the top 10 in multiple statistical categories in the Brown record book.

Suscha was just the fifth player in Brown history to earn back-to-back First Team All-Ivy selections (1997 and 1998), with her second being unanimous. Adding to her accolades, Suscha earned First Team Academic All-American District I honors and was named Academic All-Ivy twice. She was also a two-time Ivy League Player of the Year.

With nearly 18 years of experience working in the NCAA, Suscha has spent the past eight years as the Managing Director of Championships and Alliances. In her previous role, she oversaw the Women’s College World Series, partnering with USA Softball, the University of Oklahoma, and Oklahoma City. Aside from softball, Suscha focused on Division I and national sports issues in football and men’s and women’s basketball. She also provided direction for Olympic and emerging sports initiatives.

Upon entering her new role, Suscha will set the strategic direction for and manage issues affecting Division I, II, and III and National Collegiate championships (other than Division I basketball and football). She will serve the governance structure and membership to help provide leadership in considering championship policies and legislative changes. Suscha will also lead the championships staff and be the liaison to Division I sport oversight committees (other than basketball and football) and the Division II and III Championships Committees.

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