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Cornelio Named To NJCAA Volleyball All-America Team

December 9, 2022 Gabriel Fiset First-Team All-America

Lady Sharks outside hitter Romina Cornelio earned First-Team All-America Division I volleyball honors from the National Junior College Athletic Association. Cornelio led Miami Dade College this season with 419 points and 359 kills. She also added 258 digs. The Lady Sharks finished the season with a 24-9 record and… Read the rest at our website.

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Sophomore Guard Leading Lady Sharks Offense

December 6, 2022 Scarlling Manzanarez Tucson, Arizona

Scoring is natural to Jaya Nelson. At Salpointe Catholic High School in Tucson, Arizona, the combo guard tallied 1,222 career points. This season at Miami Dade College, the sophomore has scored in double figures in every game and she is leading the Lady Sharks with a 16.5 scoring average.… Read the rest at our website.

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Lady Sharks Fall One Victory Short Of National Volleyball Championship

November 21, 2022 Scarlling Manzanarez NJCAA

For the second year in a row, the Miami Dade College volleyball season ended with a loss to Florida SouthWestern State College—this time it cost them a national championship. The Buccaneers defeated the Lady Sharks (25-16, 12-25, 25-20 and 25-16) Saturday night at the National Junior College Athletic Association… Read the rest at our website.

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Freshman Forward Starring For Sharks

November 20, 2022 Scarlling Manzanarez Rhode Island

Tyriek Weeks is accustomed to starring on the basketball court. During three years at Pilgrim High School in Warwick, Rhode Island, he averaged 20.4 points and 17.4 rebounds per game. This season, the 19-year-old freshman at Miami Dade College has continued to flex his muscle. The six-foot-six-inch power forward… Read the rest at our website.

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Sharks Eagerly Await Return Of Star Point Guard

November 8, 2022 Victoria Martinez point guard

More than a year after suffering an Achilles tendon injury, the Miami Dade College men’s basketball team is waiting for the full return of star point guard Abdias “Speedy” Carcamo. Carcamo, who was limited to eight games last season, has been doing calf raises and rubber band assisted stretches… Read the rest at our website.

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Three Lady Sharks Earn First-Team All-Suncoast Conference Honors In Volleyball

November 4, 2022 Scarlling Manzanarez First-Team All-Suncoast Conference

Outside hitters Romina Cornelio and Ana Tevdoradze and setter Alexandra Koleva earned First-Team All-Suncoast Conference honors. Cornelio was also selected as the 2022 Suncoast Conference Player of The Year. She led the Lady Sharks with a .340 hitting percentage and added 3.36 kills per set this season. Tevdoradze had… Read the rest at our website.

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Announcer Lends His Voice To MDC Sports To Expand Program’s Reach

October 20, 2022 Victoria Martinez Plug Talk Sports, announcer

When Daniel Torres attended volleyball media day at Miami Dade College in September, he saw an opportunity to expand his thriving sports career. Torres, the creator of Plug Talk Sports—a podcast that airs on YouTube—approached Alysia Dyer, the school’s athletic director, about serving as the program’s on-air commentator. A… Read the rest at our website.

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Lady Sharks Catch Break, Defensive Setter’s Injury Not As Serious As Originally Feared

October 13, 2022 Juan S. Gomez injury

As Kiaraliz Perez felt her right knee buckle and a sharp pain shot down her ankle, she feared the worst. “The only thing that went through my mind was, ‘I won’t be able to play again,’” the Lady Sharks star defensive setter recalls thinking after suffering the injury during… Read the rest at our website.

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Center Signs With MDC After Defecting From Cuba’s National Basketball Team

September 29, 2022 Scarlling Manzanarez Student Athletes, Cuba

When Susan Summons got a call this summer informing her that a six-foot-five-inch player from Cuba’s national basketball team had defected and was living in South Florida, she was intrigued. Five days after arriving in Miami, 25-year-old Lianyi Becquer Leblanch—who had represented Cuba since she was 16—got a call… Read the rest at our website.

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This Sports Psychologist Has Worked With Shaq—Now He Works With MDC Athletes

September 15, 2022 Scarlling Manzanarez Mental Health, psychology

Jason Scott Hamilton prides himself on helping athletes tackle the mental aspect of their sport. During the past two decades, the veteran sports psychologist has worked with retired NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neal, the Jamaican women’s track team that won seven medals, including three golds, at the 2020 Summer Olympics… Read the rest at our website.

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