the season by dropping five of their final six matches to finish 11–20 on the season and 3–13 in Sunshine State Conference play. Even with an 11–20 record, the Sharks earned respect in 2006 by playing 18 matches vs. teams that were invited to NCAA Division II post-season play. The team was 8–5 vs. all other opponents on the schedule. NSU played seven matches vs. teams ranked in the national top ten and showed their competitive spirit by playing the full five games in 12 matches during the season. The 11 wins were more than the NSU volleyball program combined to win in the previous two seasons. Included in those victories were the program's first upset of a top 25 team (9/1/06 vs. #25 Dowling College), and three victories over teams that earned post-season invites. The 2006 season was the final campaign for seniors Megan Johansen, Itza Miranda, and Karla Ortiz. Johansen played in all 120 games for NSU as a setter and broke the school record for set attempts in a season with 3366. She had 50 or more assists in 13 games and finished first on the team with a .292 attack percentage. Johansen ends her career as the single season record holder NCAA) in assists in a season with 1325 and career assists with 1657. Miranda played in all 31 matches and recorded a team high 539 digs, good for 4.42 per game. She also led the team with 33 service aces and had eleven games with 20 or more digs. Itza set a school record (NCAA) with 35 digs vs. Minnesota State on 8/25/06 and stands second in team history (NCAA) with 326 games and 92 matches played. She holds seven school records (NCAA), including digs in a career (1230), digs per game average (3.72) and digs in a single season (539). Ortiz started all 31 matches and played in all 125 games during her senior season. She was second on the team with 350 kills and finished third in attack percentage (.228), digs (298) total blocks (82) and points (413.5). Karla recorded double-figure kill totals in 21 matches and had a double-double in 14 matches. Ortiz finished her career with 13 NSU records (NCAA), including games played (437), matches played (122), kills (1091), attacks (3053), and total blocks (221). New Era For the first time in four years, the Sharks' have a coach returning to