Hall of Fame
Marya Morusiewicz Rowan • Barry University Volleyball
Marya Morusiewicz Rowan is unquestionably the embodiment of the phrase “student-athlete”. As an athlete, Morusiewicz captained the Barry volleyball team to the 1995 NCAA National Championship, earning All-SSC and All-South Region Tournament honors along the way. While those are impressive credentials indeed, her achievements in the classroom are even more impressive. In 1997, she became the first student-athlete from an SSC institution ever to be awarded the prestigious $10,000 Walter Byers Post-Graduate Scholarship, which is given to the top student-athlete in Division I, II or III. In 1996, Morusiewicz was named Florida’s NCAA Woman of the Year and was among ten finalists for the national Woman of the Year honor in 1996. A three-time GTE Academic All-American from 1993 through 1995, Morusiewicz was recognized as the Barry University Female Scholar Athlete of the Year for 1994-95 and 1995-96, and the SSC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 1996. As a student-athlete, Morusiewicz was active in countless university- and community-wide service projects. The 1996 sports medicine and accounting dual major earned her master’s degree in physical therapy at the University of Miami. Morusiewicz becomes the ninth volleyball player and second from Barry to be inducted to the SSC Hall of Fame. Along with Mickisha Hurley, a member of the SSC Hall of Fame class of 2001-2002, Morusiewicz becomes the second player from Barry’s 1995 NCAA team to earn induction into the SSC Hall of Fame.