FIVE NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES

FOUR SUN CONFERENCE REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS

NINE NAIA ALL-AMERICANS (FIVE FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS)

SIX SUN CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE YEAR HONOREES

THREE SUN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS OF CHARACTER HONOREES

THREE SUN CONFERENCE COACH OF THE YEAR HONOREES

48 ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS

45 ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS

28 DAKTRONICS-NAIA SCHOLAR-ATHLETE SELECTIONS

37 SUN CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONOREES


2017-18 Season Highlights:

*** Sarah Bomkamp and Susana Gutierrez become the first Women's Cross Country runners from St. Thomas University to qualify for the NAIA National Championships since 2003.

*** The STU Volleyball team won its fifth Sun Conference regular-season championship in school history and the first championship for the Bobcats since 2014.  The Bobcats went 15-1 in regular-season conference play and started league play with a 12-0 record.

***The STU Women's Soccer team went 8-2 in regular-season Sun Conference play.  Overall in the regular season, the Bobcats outscored opponents 45-7 with nine shutouts in 14 matches.  STU clinched the third seed for the conference tournament and defeated Thomas Univ. 3-1 in the conference quarterfinals.

***The STU Men's Soccer team won The Sun Conference Tournament Championship for the second straight season.  The Bobcats ran through the Sun Conference regular season with a perfect 9-0 record, then won both its conference tournament conference matches.  STU outscored Sun Conference opponents by a whopping 39-3 goal differential.  The Bobcats then won an NAIA Opening Round game for the first time in school history with a 2-0 victory over Truett-McConnell to advance to the second round of the NAIA Championships.

*** Santeri Bergman of STU Men's Soccer was named a CoSIDA Academic All-American Second-Team performer.

*** Federico Moronell of STU Men's Soccer was named the NAIA National Player of the Week for the week ending September 4, 2017.  Two Bobcats – Federico Moronell and Tomas Greco – were named First-Team All-Americans.

***The STU Men's Soccer team had nine NAIA Scholar-Athletes, the most Scholar-Athletes of any school in the country.

***STU's three fall team sports – Volleyball, Men's Soccer and Women's Soccer – opened conference play with a combined 17-0 record through Oct. 13. 

***Daniel Gonzalez of STU Men's Golf won the Individual Championship at the Start 2 Finish Classic in Lake Wales on Feb. 26, 2018.  In fall competition, STU's Juan Pablo Arrazola won the individual title at the Webber Fall Classic on Oct. 16, 2017.

***The STU Men's Basketball team earned a no. 2 seed at the NAIA National Championships, advancing to the second round of the national tournament for the fourth time in school history with a 79-77 win over Michigan-Dearborn.  The Bobcats won the Sun Conference regular season with a 16-2 record in league play.

***Senior shooting guard Tim Sada of STU Men's Basketball broke the school record for career three-pointers finishing with a career total of 280 3PM.  Sada also joined the exclusive 1,000-point scoring club at STU with a career 1,251 points.

***The STU Women's Basketball team went 16-2 in conference play with the only two losses coming to Southeastern, the number one ranked team in the nation.   The Bobcats qualified for the national tournament where they fell just short of a first-round win in a nail biter against fifth ranked Marian.

***Samara Auguste and Katie Rienas of STU Women's Basketball each became members of the 1,000 career point club.  Auguste heads into her senior year with 1,079 career points.  Rienas finished her career at STU with 1,107 points in a Bobcat uniform.  Auguste ranked number two in the nation in total steals (116) in 2017-18.

***The St. Thomas Men's and Women's Track & Field program completed its inaugural season.  The Bobcat women's team finished fourth out of nine teams at The Sun Conference Championships.  The men's team placed sixth out of nine teams.  Julian Pita (long jump) won the first individual conference championship in school history.

***The STU Men's and Women's tennis teams each clinched a spot in the semifinals of The Sun Conference Championship tournament.  The Bobcats swept the sport's Champions of Character awards for The Sun Conference as Cassandra Lemieux won the women's award and Mauricio Fernandez won the men's award.

***STU Head Men's and Women's Tennis Coach Bruce Carrington was honored by the City of Miami for his lifetime work in the community.  The City of Miami declared March 22 as Bruce Carrington Day as a tribute for his tremendous accomplishments as a tennis coach and his impactful contributions in the community.

***Michelle Murch of STU Softball won The Sun Conference Champions of Character award.  This Summer, Murch will represent the United States as a student-athlete representative at the International University Sports Federation Forum to be held in Russia. 

 ***Head Coach Jorge Perez was selected as an Assistant Coach for the United States Collegiate National Team.  Perez and Team USA this summer are on a tour of games vs. international competition.

***The STU Baseball team broke the school record for most regular season wins with 48 and overall wins in a season with 56.  The Bobcats also broke the school record for highest winning percentage (.862).  STU won the regular season Sun Conference championship with a 22-2 record in league play.  The Bobcats then went on to play in the NAIA National Championship Round, sweeping three games to win the Hattiesburg Bracket.  The Bobcats then advanced to the NAIA World Series for the sixth time in school history and the first time since 2015.

***The Bobcats had three players – Elih Marrero, Nelson Mompierre and Orlando Rodriguez – selected as First-Team NAIA All-Americans, the most of any school. It marked the first time in school history that three STU players were selected to the First Team in the same season.  In addition, STU's Jackie Urbaez has been named a Second-Team All-American giving the Bobcats a grand total of four players selected to the NAIA All-American teams. The three First-Team All-American selections and the four total All-Americans were the most of any school in the NAIA in 2018.

***Two STU players were selected in the 2018 Major League Baseball Draft.  Elih Marrero was selected in the eighth round by the Boston Red Sox.  Nelson Mompierre was picked 29th by the New York Mets.  In addition, Erne Valdes was Free Agent Signee by the Texas Rangers.

***STU's Athletic Department administration swept the Sun Conference administrator awards as Laura Courtley-Todd was named Sun Conference Athletic Director of the Year and Phil de Montmollin was named Sun Conference Sports Information Director of the Year.
 

FIVE NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES

Women's Cross Country (Individual Appearances by Sarah Bomkamp, Susana Gutierrez)
Men's Soccer (Advanced to Second Round)
Men's Basketball (Advanced to Second Round)
Women's Basketball (Eliminated in First Round to no. 5 overall seed)
Baseball (Won NAIA Opening Round, Advanced to NAIA World Series)
 

FOUR SUN CONFERENCE REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS

Volleyball – 2017 Sun Conference Regular Season Champions (15-1 TSC Record)
Men's Soccer – 2017 Sun Conference Regular Season Champions (9-0-0 TSC Record)*
Men's Basketball – 2017-18 Sun Conference Regular Season Champions (16-2 TSC Record)
Baseball – 2018 Sun Conference Regular Season Champions (22-2 TSC Record)

* Men's Soccer also won Sun Conference Tournament Championship
 
NINE NAIA ALL-AMERICANS (FIVE FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS)

Tomas Greco, Men's Soccer (First-Team NAIA All-American)
Federico Moronell, Men's Soccer (First-Team NAIA All-American)
Whitney Battoe, Volleyball (Third-Team NAIA All-American)
Raheem Bowman, Men's Basketball (Third-Team NAIA All-American)
Samara Auguste (Honorable Mention NAIA All-American)
Elih Marrero, Baseball (First-Team NAIA All-American)
Nelson Mompierre, Baseball (First-Team NAIA All-American)
Orlando Rodriguez, Baseball (First-Team NAIA All-American)
Jackie Urbaez, Baseball (Second-Team NAIA All-American)
 

SIX SUN CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE YEAR HONOREES

Whitney Battoe, Volleyball (Player of the Year)
Federico Moronell, Men's Soccer (Player of the Year + Offensive Player of the Year)
Connor Christie, Men's Soccer (Defensive Player of the Year)
Mikon Hewitt, Men's Basketball (Defensive Player of the Year)
Samara Auguste, Women's Basketball (Defensive Player of the Year)
Nelson Mompierre, Baseball (Player of the Year)
 

THREE SUN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS OF CHARACTER HONOREES

Cassandra Lemiuex, Women's Tennis
Mauricio Fernandez, Men's Tennis
Michelle Murch, Softball
 

THREE SUN CONFERENCE COACH OF THE YEAR HONOREES

Felix Mats, Men's Soccer
Patrick Gayle, Men's Basketball
Jorge Perez, Baseball
 
  
48 ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS

Whitney Battoe, Volleyball (First-Team All-Conference)
Carly Durr, Volleyball (First-Team All-Conference)
Kimberly Martino, Volleyball (First-Team All-Conference)
Cristina Garwacki, Women's Soccer (First-Team All-Conference)
Sarah Lyppert Thomsson, Women's Soccer (Second-Team All-Conference)
Jannel Johnson, Women's Soccer (Second-Team All-Conference)
Amanda Gordon, Women's Soccer (Honorable Mention All-Conference)
Santeri Bergman, Men's Soccer (First-Team All-Conference)
Connor Christie, Men's Soccer (First-Team All-Conference)
Tomas Greco, Men's Soccer (First-Team All-Conference)
Harry Molyneux, Men's Soccer (First-Team All-Conference)
Federico Moronell, Men's Soccer (First-Team All-Conference)
Konstantinos Mylonas, Men's Soccer (Second-Team All-Conference)
Jon Quintana, Men's Soccer (Second-Team All-Conference)
Pablo Gil, Men's Soccer (Honorable Mention All-Conference)
Fabian Heinrich, Men's Soccer (Honorable Mention All-Conference)
Sarah Bomkamp, Women's Cross Country (First-Team All-Conference)
Susana Gutierrez, Women's Cross Country (First-Team All-Conference)
Andrea Peterson, Women's Cross Country (Second-Team All-Conference)
Sofia Young, Women's Cross Country (Second-Team All-Conference)
Raheem Bowman, Men's Basketball (First-Team All-Conference)
Tim Sada, Men's Basketball (Second-Team All-Conference)
Darwin Trotman, Men's Basketball (Second-Team All-Conference)
Samara Auguste, Women's Basketball (First-Team All-Conference)
Katie Rienas, Women's Basketball (First-Team All-Conference)
Keiana Brooks, Women's Basketball (Second-Team All-Conference)
Kevin Cubela, Men's Tennis (First-Team All-Conference)
Rasmus Lindstrom, Men's Tennis (Second-Team All-Conference)
Victoria Slavina, Women's Tennis (Second-Team All-Conference)
Coby-Malcolm Mitchell, Men's Track & Field (All-Conference)
Julian Pita, Men's Track & Field (All-Conference)
Chad Spencer, Men's Track & Field (All-Conference)
Sarah Bomkamp, Women's Track & Field (All-Conference)
Gabriela Gutierrez, Women's Track & Field (All-Conference)
Susana Gutierrez, Women's Track & Field (All-Conference)
Andrea Peterson, Women's Track & Field (All-Conference)
Lesly Marcin, Women's Track & Field (All-Conference)
Kyana Munao, Women's Track & Field (All-Conference)
Erick Delgado, Baseball (First-Team All-Conference)
Chris Garabedian, Baseball (First-Team All-Conference)
Elih Marrero, Baseball (First-Team All-Conference)
Nelson Mompierre, Baseball (First-Team All-Conference)
Orlando Rodriguez, Baseball (First-Team All-Conference)
Jackie Urbaez, Baseball (First-Team All-Conference)
Erne Valdes, Baseball (First-Team All-Conference)
Ian Exposito, Baseball (Second-Team All-Conference)
Sergio Lopez, Baseball (Second-Team All-Conference)
Chris Rodriguez, Baseball (Second-Team All-Conference)
 
Sport Totals (All-Conference):
Baseball – 10
Men's Soccer – 9
Women's Track & Field – 6
Women's Soccer – 4
Women's Cross Country – 4
Volleyball – 3
Men's Basketball – 3
Women's Basketball – 3
Men's Track & Field – 3
Men's Tennis – 2
Women's Tennis – 1



  
45 ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS

Carli Batsel, Volleyball
Whitney Battoe, Volleyball
Carly Durr, Volleyball
Veronica Gomez, Volleyball
Kelli Kosydor, Volleyball
Kimberly Martino, Volleyball
Stacey Spalding, Volleyball
Kylie Braeseke, Women's Soccer
Cristina Garwacki, Women's Soccer
Amanda Gordon, Women's Soccer
Kortney Hinden, Women's Soccer
Taylor Malone, Women's Soccer
Sarah Lyppert Thomsson, Women's Soccer
Alexa Rivera, Women's Soccer
Robert Barton, Men's Soccer
Santeri Bergman, Men's Soccer
Connor Christie, Men's Soccer
Pablo Gil, Men's Soccer
Christian Giraldo, Men's Soccer
Tomas Greco, Men's Soccer
Fabian Heinrich, Men's Soccer
Harry Molyneux, Men's Soccer
Roni Luokkamaki, Men's Soccer
Artur Sharapov, Men's Soccer
Dobbe Weverink, Men's Soccer
Jiayi Wang, Men's Soccer
Kaden Loring, Men's Cross Country
Andrea Peterson, Women's Cross Country
Keiana Brooks, Women's Basketball
Dimitri Bird, Men's Tennis
Naomi Maehama, Women's Tennis
Kaden Loring, Men's Track & Field
Andrea Peterson, Women's Track & Field
Brandi Bunker, Softball
Alexis Castroman, Softball
Alysha Coyle, Softball
Michelle Murch, Softball
Dayma Pla, Softball
GiGi Santos, Softball
Emily Santos, Softball
Chris Allende, Baseball
Juan Martinez, Baseball
Jose Pupo, Baseball
Ruben Ramos, Baseball
Chris Rodriguez, Baseball

Sport Totals (Academic All-Conference):
Men's Soccer – 12
Softball – 7
Volleyball – 7
Women's Soccer – 7
Baseball – 5
Men's Cross Country– 1
Women's Cross Country – 1
Women's Basketball –1
Men's Tennis – 1
Women's Tennis – 1
Men's Track & Field –1
Women's Track & Field – 1



28 DAKTRONICS-NAIA SCHOLAR-ATHLETE SELECTIONS

Whitney Battoe, Volleyball
Carly Durr, Volleyball
Kelli Kosydor, Volleyball
Kimberly Martino, Volleyball
Kylie Braeseke, Women's Soccer
Cristina Garwacki, Women's Soccer
Amanda Gordon, Women's Soccer
Kortney Hinden, Women's Soccer
Taylor Malone, Women's Soccer
Sarah Lyppert Thomsson, Women's Soccer
Alexa Rivera, Women's Soccer
Santeri Bergman, Men's Soccer#
Connor Christie, Men's Soccer
Christian Giraldo, Men's Soccer*
Tomas Greco, Men's Soccer
Fabian Heinrich, Men's Soccer
Roni Luokkamaki, Men's Soccer
Artur Sharapov, Men's Soccer
Dobbe Weverink, Men's Soccer
Jiayi Wang, Men's Soccer
Naomi Maehama, Women's Tennis
Brandi Bunker, Softball
Alexis Castroman, Softball
Michelle Murch, Softball
Juan Martinez, Baseball
Jose Pupo, Baseball
Ruben Ramos, Baseball
Chris Rodriguez, Baseball
 
#Bergman was named to CoSIDA Academic All-District and Second-Team All-American teams
*Giraldo was also named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
 
Sport Totals (NAIA Scholar-Athletes):
Men's Soccer – 9
Women's Soccer – 7
Baseball – 4
Volleyball – 4
Softball – 3
Women's Tennis – 1
 

37 SUN CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONOREES

Haley Bannister, Volleyball (Defender – 10/2/17)
Whitney Battoe, Volleyball (Attacker 2x – 9/25/17, 11/6/17)
Carly Durr, Volleyball (Attacker – 10/30/17)
Kimberly Martino, Volleyball (Setter 3x – 8/28/17, 9/4/17, 11/6/17)
Courtney White, Volleyball (Defender – 10/23/17)
Robert Barton, Men's Soccer (Defensive – 9/4/17)
Santeri Bergman, Men's Soccer (Defensive, 2x – 9/25/17, 10/9/17)
Connor Christie, Men's Soccer (Defensive, 2x – 10/16/17, 10/23/17)
Pablo Gil, Men's Soccer (Offensive, 9/25/17)
Christian Giraldo, Men's Soccer (Defensive, 10/30/17)
Federico Moronell, Men's Soccer (Offensive, 9/4/17)*
Konstantinos Mylonas, Men's Soccer (Offensive, 10/9/17)
Cristina Garwacki, Women's Soccer (Defensive, 2x – 9/25/17, 10/30/17)
Kortney Hinden, Women's Soccer (Offensive – 11/6/17)
Sarah Bomkamp, Women's Cross Country (2x – 9/25/17, 10/16/17)
Raheem Bowman, Men's Basketball (2x - 11/20/17, 1/15/18, 2/5/18)
Samara Auguste, Women's Basketball (1/22/18)
Kristina Bugarski, Women's Basketball (2/12/18)
Katie Rienas, Women's Basketball (12/18/17)
Dimitri Bird, Men's Tennis (2/26/18)
Kevin Cubela, Men's Tennis (2/5/18)
Joshua Aybar, Men's Track & Field (3/5/18)
Sarah Bomkamp, Women's Track & Field (3/5/18)
Chris Rodriguez, Baseball (Pitcher, 2x – 2/18/18, 4/1/18)
Elih Marrero, Baseball (2x – 4/16/18, 4/30/18)
Orlando Rodriguez (Pitcher, 4/30/18)
Jackie Urbaez, Baseball (4/23/18)
 
 
*Moronell named NAIA Offensive Player of the Week for 9/4/17
 
Sport Totals (Conference Player of Week):
Men's Soccer – 9
Volleyball – 8
Baseball – 6
Women's Soccer – 3
Women's Basketball – 3
Women's Cross Country – 2
Men's Basketball - 2
Men's Tennis – 2
Men's Track & Field – 1
Women's Track & Field - 1