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Florida Tech Athletics 1 Highlights: Football First-ever winning season in programs second year at 6 -5 Defeated NCAA Division I Stetson 54-12 in season opener Beat No. 12-ranked Tarleton State in AT&T Stadium, home of the


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Florida Tech Athletics

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Highlights: Football

  • First-ever winning season in

program’s second year at 6-5

  • Defeated NCAA Division I

Stetson 54-12 in season opener

  • Beat No. 12-ranked Tarleton

State in AT&T Stadium, home

  • f the Dallas Cowboys, 37-31
  • Lost by one point to NCAA

Division I No. 14-ranked Bethune-Cookman, 34-33

  • Defeated West Alabama on the

road with two seconds left, 33- 32

  • Threw a Hail Mary to beat

Shorter on the road, 34-30 Trevor Sand

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Football

  • Steve Englehart named Gulf

South Conference Co-Coach of the Year

  • Wide receiver Xavier Milton

chosen GSC Co-Offensive Player of the Year and program’s first All-American

– 73 catches, 1,116 yards, 10 TDs

  • Mark Cato awarded GSC

Offensive Freshman of the Year

– 2,926 passing yards, 32 TDs

  • Trevor Sand was only GSC

player to average over 100 rushing yards per game

– Finished with 1,105 rushing yards and nine TDs

Xavier Milton

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Men’s Soccer

  • Finished 11-5-2 overall and

6-2 in SSC

– 11 wins were most since 1997 – SSC record tied for second

  • Fell in SSC Tournament

Championship to eventual NCAA Champion Lynn 3-2

  • Robin Chan named SSC Co-

Coach of the Year

  • Five Panthers named All-SSC

Drake Hillman

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Men’s and Women’s Swimming

  • Dar Raz won program’s first

gold medal at SSC Championships in 100-yard backstroke at 55.36

  • She along with Nir Barnea

were Florida Tech’s first- ever NCAA Division II Swimming Championship qualifiers

  • In dual competition, men

beat Division I Florida Atlantic and No. 3-ranked Nova Southeastern

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Baseball

  • Currently ranked No. 11

in NCAA Division II

  • 27-5 overall, 9-4 in SSC
  • One of top offenses in

NCAA Division II with .364 batting average

  • Also have one of top

pitching staffs in Division II with 2.69 ERA

Austin Allen

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Softball

  • 29-11 Overall, 8-4 in SSC
  • Won series over No. 22

Tampa, two games to one

  • Swept Saint Leo last

weekend

  • Rachel Pence, who threw

a perfect game in first- ever start last season, ranks third in NCAA Division II with 19 wins

Rachel Pence

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Men’s & Women’s Golf

  • Women

– Ranked No. 2 in NCAA Division II – Won all four fall tournaments – Felicia Leftinger ranks third in Division II in scoring average, 73.89

  • Men

– Ranked No. 21 in Division II – Ray Badenhorst is 16th in Division II in scoring average, 72.04

Felicia Leftinger Ray Badenhorst

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Men’s & Women’s Track & Field

  • Rachel Tobin

– Ranks first in Peach Belt Conference and fourth in NCAA Division II in 200-meter dash, 24.01

  • Alexis Santiago

– Ranks second in PBC and seventh in Division II in 100- meter hurdles, 14.23

  • Men’s 4x100-meter relay

– Ranks second in PBC at 41.76

Rachel Tobin Gary Holmes

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Men’s Rowing

  • No. 16-Ranked Varsity 8

beat Columbia by four seconds at 5:39.4

  • Win was Florida Tech’s

first over Columbia in eight years

  • Varsity 8 also defeated

Jacksonville by 24.6 seconds

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Men’s Lacrosse

  • Currently ranked No. 14 in

NCAA Division II

  • 9-2 overall, 1-1 in SSC
  • Knocked off then No. 15

Lenoir-Rhyne 13-12 and then No. 15 Wheeling Jesuit 12-9

– Wins were first two over a ranked opponent in program’s four-year history

  • Recently beat MIT, 14-7

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Women’s Lacrosse

  • 5-5 Overall in inaugural

season

  • Defeated Young Harris on

Saturday, 20-8

  • Ranked 12th in NCAA

Division II in scoring, 14.9 goals per game

  • Allie Modica, a UConn

transfer, is eighth in Division II in points, 53

Allie Modica

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Academic Achievements

  • 58 Fall sports student-athletes were named to SSC

Commissioner's Fall Honor Roll for carrying a 3.20 semester GPA or higher

– 12 student-athletes carried 4.0 GPA

  • 17 Football student-athletes were named to GSC

Commissioner’s Fall Academic Honor Roll for posting a 3.00 cumulative GPA or higher

  • SSC Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll will be

announced this summer

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Panthers in the Community

  • Team Impact
  • Brevard Rescue Mission
  • Children’s Hunger Project

– Billed as the “world’s largest food packing event”

  • The Scott Center Mini Camps
  • Hosted Free Youth Sports

Clinics

  • Keep Brevard Beautiful
  • Brevard Music Marathon
  • Slam Dunk Smoking/Read to

Succeed

  • Walk to End Alzheimer’s
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Elementary School Mentors

Team Impact with Lacrosse Children’s Hunger Project

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Special Events

  • FIT Sports Hall of Fame
  • Inside the Huddle with

Barry Alvarez (Wisconsin AD)

  • Tip-Off Luncheon with

Pete Gillen (CBS Sports)

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Tim Wakefield Batting Facility Dedication

  • Facility was dedicated on
  • Feb. 14 to former Florida

Tech first baseman and major leaguer Tim Wakefield

  • Great ambassador for

Florida Tech and Brevard County

  • Covered facility used for

baseball and softball

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Chopper Dropper

  • 12th Annual Chopper

Dropper was on March 13 at Suntree Country Club

  • 2,000 Numbered golf balls

were sold

  • Proceeds benefited Florida

Tech Athletics Scholarships

  • Joseph Cagnina had two

closest balls to the hole to win $60,000

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Florida Tech Athletics Facilities

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Home of the Panthers

Clemente Center Basketball and Volleyball Panther Aquatic Center Swimming

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Varsity Training Center

Football Locker Room All Sports Weight Room

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F.W. Olin Sports Complex

Rick Stottler Soccer Field Panther Field Andy Seminick-Les Hall Field Nancy Bottge Field

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Off-Campus Facilities

Palm Bay High School’s Pirate Stadium Football and Men’s and Women’s Lacrosse DeSoto Tennis Courts Tennis also uses Kiwi Tennis Club and Fee Ave. Duran Golf Club Canal 54

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Off-Campus Facilities

Melbourne Central Catholic Men’s and Women’s Track & Field Wickham Park Men’s and Women’s Cross Country

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FIT Rowing Center

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Future Lacrosse Locker Room

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Future Tennis Complex

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