Meet South Student Athern’s lete
sport shorts Miguel Nesrala
basketball Three individuals — former Owl standout Kate Lynch, ’08, former
Sophomore
women’s basketball coach
Member of the Men’s Swimming and Diving Team (Freestyle/ Backstroke)
Joe Frager, and former men’s basketball coach Art Leary — along with the 2007 NCAA Division II National Championship women’s basketball squad, were inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame. The group
Recent Achievements: Earned numerous first-place
joins Archie Tracy, ’64, and
victories at the Northeast-10 Championship,
Kathleen Ann Kochiss, ’84,
including gold in the 100-yard freestyle. Took
who were selected this
first in the 50-yard freestyle at the Metropolitan
summer under the high school player category. football The Owls finished
women’s volleyball For the first time in program history, the Owls advanced to the Northeast-
Championships. Hails From: Dominican Republic Diving In: “I live on an island and we went to the beach every other weekend. My dad got tired of
the regular season as
10 Conference tourna-
Northeast-10 Conference
ment, after finishing the
co-champions — marking
regular season with a 23-9
the second time in the last
overall win-lose record.
four years that the Owls
The Owls defeated top-
have earned at least part
seeded University of New
of the league title.
Haven in the Northeast-10
Pre-meet Ritual: Visualizes the perfect race — twice.
Southern shares the honor
Tournament quarterfinals.
In the Community: Volunteers with the team at
with Bentley and
Southern ultimately fell to
numerous community events, most recently, Relay
Merrimack.
UMass Lowell.
for Life.
my grandmother worrying about us, so he signed us up for swim classes.” Early Success: At the age of 11, Nesrala was ranked among the top two swimmers in his age group in the Dominican Republic.
Listening to: Lil’ Wayne, Eminem, Jay-Z, and Aytm — the latter is Nesrala’s roommate, whom he describes as “an awesome rapper.” The best part of Swimming: “Definitely competing. I’m a very competitive person.”
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