Barry University Athletics

Janina Morusiewicz is the first sibling selected to the Wall of Honor, following sister Marya, who was a member of the Class of 1998. Like her sister, Janina was a two-time Barry University Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year and the NCAA Woman of the Year for the state of Florida.

She was a GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-American as a senior in 1997, when she was the setter on the Buccaneers’? national finalist volleyball squad. She earned an NCAA post-graduate scholarship, and was named a top-10 finalist for national NCAA Woman of the Year. A reserve her first three years, she took over the setting chores as a senior and led the team to the national championship match. In what was called the greatest NCAA Division II volleyball match ever played, the Bucs fell to West Texas A&M. But Janina joined three of her teammates on the All-Tournament team, after dishing out 61 assists in the two-and-a-half hour marathon.