The Nova Southeastern Sharks are the athletic teams representing Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Florida The currently compete in the Sunshine State Conference. The Sunshine State Conference is often considered the "Conference of Champions", because of its national recognition NSU sports team have also had this same benefit with seven out of its 15 sports being National Ranked, as of the 2007-2008 academic school year. All seven programs are also currently ranked within the top 10 of NCAA Division II National Rankings. Nova Southeastern was originally an NAIA from 1982 until 2002, where they moved into the NCAA and the Sunshine State Conference.
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