For Immediate Release
Thursday, May 16, 2024
NSIC Media Relations

NSIC Women’s Track Athlete of the Year
Denisha Cartwright (Sprints/Hurdles, Sr., Nassau, Bahamas / Pennfoster HS) - Minnesota State
- NSIC High Point Performer with 32.5 points
- Four-Time NSIC Champion with wins in the 100m, 200m, 110m hurdles and was part of 4x100m
- Set three NSIC Records (100m - 11.10, 200m - 22.71 & 100m hurdles - 12.60)
- Set all-time NCAA Division II record in the 100m hurdles (12.60)
- Ranks first in the nation in 100m hurdles and 200m and second in the 100m 
- NCAA Division II National Track Athlete twice during outdoor season
- Named NSIC Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year for the second time in career (2022)

NSIC Women’s Field Athlete of the Year
Arianna Passeri (Sprints/Jumps, Gr., Rosemount, Minn. / Rosemount HS) - University of Mary
- NSIC Champion in the long jump
- Broke a 39-year-old NSIC record and a 28-year-old school record
- Leapt 6.38m and scored 24 team points at the NSIC Championships 
- Placed fifth in the triple jump, runner up in the 100m and 4x100m relay
- Hit an NCAA provisional mark in every event she competed in at NSIC Championships 

NSIC Women’s Newcomer of the Year
Adeyah Brewster (Sprints/Jumps, Jr., St. Michael, Barbados) - Minnesota State
- Scored 23.5 points at NSIC Championship, the second highest point total behind teammate Cartwright
- NSIC Champion in 4x100m relay
- NSIC runner-up in the 100m hurdles and long jump
- Ranks third in the nation in the 100m hurdles, eighth in the long jump and 16th in the 100m

NSIC Women’s Assistant Coach  of the Year
Chris Parno - Minnesota State 
- Coached student-athletes that scored 115 of the 252 team points scored at the NSIC Championships 
- Coached the NSIC’s top point scorer, Denisha Cartwright (32.5) at NSIC Championships
- Coached student-athletes to three NSIC records
- Named NSIC Assistant Coach of the Year for the third straight season

NSIC Women’s Coach  of the Year
Mike Turgeon - Minnesota State 
- Led the Mavericks to their fifth NSIC Team Champion and third straight title
- His team had NSIC Champions in nine events and two relays
- Coached 18 All-NSIC performers plus two relay teams
- Third NSIC Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Coach of the Year honor

All-Conference performers consist of the top three place winners in each event and the members of the top two relay teams from the conference meet. 2024 All-NSIC Performers

About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 15-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The NSIC is a model Division II conference that uses high-level athletics competition to develop champions in the classroom and community while empowering student-athletes to be impactful and positive leaders. Formed in 1992 by the merger of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (men’s league) and the Northern Sun Conference (women’s league), the NSIC has flourished over the past quarter century, maturing into a 16-team union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 27 team national championships and crowned 113 individual national champions. For additional information, visit NorthernSun.org.

About NCAA Division II
The NCAA, the national governing body for college athletics, is a volunteer association of more than 1,000 colleges and universities that classify their athletics programs in one of three membership divisions. The 300+ institutions in NCAA Division II support a balanced approach in which student-athletes can earn scholarships based on their athletic ability, pursue their desired academic degree, and participate in all the campus and surrounding community have to offer. Division II student-athletes annually graduate at rates higher than their student body peers, and they have access to the best championships-participant ratio among the NCAA’s three divisions. Division II gives student-athletes the unique opportunity to compete in the classroom, on the field, in their career, for their causes, and on their terms. For additional information, visit NCAA.org.