NATIONAL INTERSCHOLASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS JUNE 13-15 AT SALT CREEK!
Monday, June 08, 2015 | Written by Janice Aragon
College, High School
and Middle School surfers head to Salt Creek for the 2015 National
Interscholastic Championships presented by Body Glove!
Monday, June 08, 2015 | Written by Janice Aragon
2015 NSSA National Interscholastic Championships presented by Body Glove
45 teams in College, High School
and Middle School divisions contend for National titles!
Location: Salt Creek, Dana Point, California
Date: June 13-15, 2015
Iconic Salt Creek
(Huntington Beach, Ca – June 8, 2015) – The nation’s top college, high school and middle school surf teams will converge on the picturesque shores of Salt Creek beach in Dana Point, California for the annual NSSA National Interscholastic Championships to be held June 13-15. Held at the Creek’s notorious high performance punchy beach break, 45 teams will be in the electrifying hunt to bring National title glory to their schools.
In the search of repeating their crowns of 2014 are Saddleback College in the College Championships, Kamehameha in the High School Varsity, Ventura in the High School Junior Varsity and Shorecliffs Middle School who are seeking their 12th National Championship title.
Saddleback will have fierce competition in their battle to defend with the likes of Point Loma Nazarene University (PLNU) who took charge during the 2014/15 regular season and backed it up with a commanding triumph at the 2015 State Championships. PLNU has won the Nationals twice, in 1989 and 1999. From the eastern seaboard, the University of North Florida (UNF) snapped UNCW’s control of the East Coast Championships in April and has a stacked lineup led by multi conference and Regional champion Corey Howell and reigning National College Womens Champion Emily Ruppert. Factor in UNF’s enthusiastic focus and determination with Howell and Ruppert at the reins and you could witness history being made if they bring home a National title to the east coast for the first time.
In the High School Championships, Kamehameha claimed Hawaii’s first National Championship in 2014 with a squaw of spirited Hawaiian surfers. Two of them won individual titles – Imaikalani DeVault in High School Mens and Cayla Moore (sister of 2-time world champion Carissa Moore) in the High School Womens. Both DeVault and Moore will be returning which makes Kamehameha a tough opponent for the rest of the 13 teams competing. Perennial National Champions San Clemente High School took a dominating victory at the State Championships in March with Conner Dand taking his second straight individual State crown and competitive standout Malia Osterkamp adding firepower to the Women’s category but they will still have their hands full with the Hawaiians. In the Middle School Championships, Shorecliffs will gun for its twelfth title over a 15 year span. Shorecliffs’ teams have been nothing short of sensational in their impressive stretch of domination and it continues in 2015 as noted by their overwhelming win at the State Championships. They are so loaded with talent their “B” and “C” teams finished in the top five of this year’s State Championships.
2015 TEAM LINEUPS
COLLEGE: Schools
competing in the National College Championships are: Point Loma Nazarene
University-A, Point Loma Nazarene University-B, Saddleback, San Diego State,
Mira Costa College, UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego-A, UC San Diego-B, Cal State
San Marcos, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, University of North Florida, University
of Central Florida, Daytona State University, Florida Institute of Technology.
HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY: Schools competing
in the National High School (Varsity) Championships are: Kamehameha (Hawaii), San
Clemente, Dana Hills, Huntington Beach, San Dieguito, Carlsbad, Edison, Mira Costa,
Newport Harbor, Marina, Melbourne (Florida), Satellite (Florida), Manasquan
(New Jersey) and Ocean City (New Jersey).
HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR VARSITY: Schools competing
in the National High School (Junior Varsity) Championships are: Ventura, Huntington
Beach, San Dieguito, Edison, Newport Harbor and Manasquan.
MIDDLE SCHOOL: The Middle School Championships at both the State and
National level has been dominated by Shorecliffs who are seeking their twelfth
National title. Schools competing in the National Middle School Championships
are: Shorecliffs-Red, Shorecliffs-White, Shorecliffs-Blue, Thurston, Bernice
Ayer, Manhattan Beach, Sowers-A, Dwyer-A, Dwyer-B, Marco Forster and
Kamehameha.
NATIONAL INTERSCHOLASTIC
AWARDS PRESENTATION
The National High School and Middle School Championship awards
presentation will be held at the championship podium at Salt Creek on June 14th
immediately following the last final of the competition at approximately 6:30
pm. The National College Championships awards presentation will be held at the
championship podium at Salt Creek on June 15th immediately following
the last final of the competition at approximately 6:45 pm. Opening up the college
awards ceremony will be the presentation of the fifth annual Chuck Allen
Memorial Trophy to the outstanding college surfer of the 2015 National College
Championships. The 2015 NSSA Captain of the Year Bryce John from Point Loma
Nazarene University and the 2015 NSSA Coach of the Year David Hennings from
Shorecliffs Middle School will be recognized followed by the presentation
of the finalists and winners of the championships.
A few interesting facts about the NSSA National Interscholastic Championships:
· UC Santa
Barbara holds the record for most wins in the National College Championships
with 12 national titles.
· UC San
Diego is second overall for most wins in the National College Championships
with 6 national titles.
· An east
coast team has yet to win a National title. The University of North Carolina
Wilmington came the closest in 2009 with a runner-up finish to Cal State San
Marcos.
· Huntington
Beach High School holds the record for most wins in the National High School
Championships and overall National Interscholastic Championship victories with
17 national titles. Their last victory was in 1998.
· San
Clemente High School is second overall for most national titles in the National
High School Championships with 14.
· Shorecliffs
Middle School holds the record for most wins in the National Middle School Championships with 11 national titles.
· Point
Loma Nazarene University enters the 2015 National College Championships ranked
first after their victory at the 2015 State Championships and number one finish
during the regular season.
· Kamehameha
enters the 2015 National High School Championships ranked first after their
victory at the 2014 National Championships.
• Ventura enters the 2015
National High School Championships ranked first in the Junior Varsity division after their victory at the
2014 National Championships and runner up finish at the 2015 State
Championships.
· Shorecliffs
enters the 2015 National Middle School Championships ranked first after their victory at the 2015 State
Championships.
The 2015 NSSA National Championships presented by Body Glove is proud to have support from Huntington Surf and Sport, Java Point, Surfing Magazine, Sex Wax, Grom Social, Scosche, Dana Point Beaches and Harbors and the City of Huntington Beach.
Be sure to keep
up with all the NSSA action via the website at nssa.org and social media
platforms Facebook and Instagram.
The NSSA Interscholastic State Championships presented by Body Glove is the sixth of seven events in the 2015 NSSA Championship Series. The 2015 Championship Series events include the State Championships at Church San Onofre March 7-9, the Hawaii Regional Championships at Kewalo Basin, Oahu, HI March 16-20; the East Coast Regional Championships at New Smyrna Beach Inlet, FL April 9-12; the NSSA Jr. Championships at Huntington Beach Pier, CA April 25; the West Coast Regional Championships at Huntington Beach Pier, CA May 14-17; the NSSA National Interscholastic Championships at Salt Creek June 13-15 and Huntington Beach Pier, CA June 26-July 3.
A COMPLETE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR THE 2015 NATIONAL INTERSCHOLASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS IS AVAILABLE ONLINE ON THE NSSA WEBSITE WWW.NSSA.ORG
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