Florida Tech Panthers

The Florida Tech Panthers are composed of 18 teams representing the Florida Institute of Technology in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, swimming, and track and field. Men's sports include baseball and golf. Women's sports include softball and volleyball. The Panthers compete in the NCAA Division II and are members of the Sunshine State Conference for most sports, except for the football team and track and field team, which compete in the Gulf South Conference and Peach Belt Conference, respectively.

Florida Tech Panthers
UniversityFlorida Institute of Technology
ConferenceSunshine State Conference, Gulf South Conference
NCAADivision II
Athletic directorBill Jurgens Jr.
LocationMelbourne, Florida
Varsity teams18
Football stadiumFlorida Tech Panther Stadium
Basketball arenaClemente Center
Baseball stadiumAndy Seminick-Les Hall Field
NicknamePanthers
ColorsRed and Silver[1]
         
Websitewww.floridatechsports.com

Due to financial difficulties, the women's golf as well as both the men's and women's tennis programs were canceled in the spring of 2019.[2] The men's football program was also canceled in the spring of 2020.[3]

Varsity sports

Men's sports Women's sports
Men's Women's
Baseball Basketball
Basketball Cross Country
Cross Country Lacrosse
Golf Rowing
Lacrosse Soccer
Rowing Softball
Soccer Swimming
Swimming Track and Field
Track and Field Volleyball

Baseball

Florida Tech has had 9 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965.[4]

Year Player Round Team
1988 Tim Wakefield 8 Pirates
2006 Jonathan Baksh 7 Blue Jays
2007 Steven Condotta 12 Blue Jays
2011 Jonathan Cornelius 24 Cardinals
2012 Steven Schils 9 Braves
2012 K.C. Clabough 28 Braves
2013 Scott Carcaise 14 Marlins
2015 Austin Allen 4 Padres
2018 Ty Cohen 31 Cardinals

Basketball

Florida Tech's basketball teams competes in the Sunshine State Conference. They compete in a very competitive NCAA DII Conference with schools like Florida Southern that have won National Championships. Due to this Florida Tech occasionally plays higher caliber Florida D1 Schools such as Florida State, Florida Gulf Coast, and Florida Atlantic University. In 2011-12 the Men's team would win the SSC Regular Season Championship with a record of 21-5 (12-4 SSC) and reach the NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament, where they would advance to the second round of the South Regional . That year they would play two DI schools University of Alabama at Birmingham and University of Central Florida, losing to both.

The Panther women's team has been playing since the 1986-87 season and have been coached by John Reynolds since 1987-88. The Panther women have reached the NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament nine times, won six regular season Sunshine State Conference Championships, four SSC Tournament Championships, one NCAA Division II South Region title and appeared in the NCAA Division II Elite Eight in 2002. Entering the 2018-19 season, Reynolds' 559 wins ranks him at No. 8 among active D-II women's coaches and 20th all- time.

Football

The Florida Tech Football program was the intercollegiate American football team for Florida Institute of Technology located in the U.S. state of Florida. The team competed in the NCAA Division II and were members of the Gulf South Conference. Florida Tech's first football team was fielded in 2013. They played at the Florida Tech Panther Stadium.

National championships

Team

Association Division Sport Year Opponent/Runner-up Score
NCAA Division II Men's soccer 1988 Cal State Northridge 3–2
1991 Sonoma State 5–1
NCAA Division II Women's golf 2019 Cal State San Marcos 4–1

References

  1. "Florida Tech Athletics Athletics Logo & Style Guide" (PDF). June 19, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  2. "Florida Tech discontinuing three varsity sports". Florida Today. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  3. staff, Scott Gleeson and Florida Today. "Florida Tech eliminates its football program amid coronavirus pandemic". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  4. "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Florida Institute of Technology (Melbourne, FL)"". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2013-09-05.
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