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Recruiting
2023 defensive back Branden Strozier, out of St. Francis in Atlanta, received an offer from Florida State yesterday — Strozier is currently unranked, but holds offers from schools like Arkansas, Florida, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, UCF, Tennessee and others:
Blessed to receive an offer from Florida State University!! @Coach_MWoodson @therealkwat @BrandonJacobs27 @I_Am_OD3 @Mansell247 @JeremyO_Johnson @RecruitGeorgia @adamgorney pic.twitter.com/CxWfDBwAkw
— Branden (@BrandenStrozier) February 15, 2022
2023 four-star wide receiver William Fowles included FSU in his top 10 schools:
Blessed #AGTG pic.twitter.com/eVMvrXjMPm
— William Fowles (@wfowles_9) February 15, 2022
2023 three-star linebacker Bobby Washington included FSU in his top 6:
FSU quarterback commit Chris Parson doing his part, recruiting four-star athlete Mikal Harrison-Pilot
Family Reunion make the move cuzzo https://t.co/eHesgLdum0
— (@C_Parson2) February 15, 2022
Boots made First Team All State pic.twitter.com/RuvENbm492
— Lamont Green (@lamontgreen45) February 15, 2022
Big-time #FSU OT target has ridiculous athleticism: https://t.co/niBe5vgA5C
— The Three Stars (@TheThree_Stars) February 16, 2022
Football
We’re inching closer and closer to the start of spring practice:
#NoleFamily | #KeepCLIMBing pic.twitter.com/EwdShSClMi
— FSU Football (@FSUFootball) February 15, 2022
Some various tidbits on NIL stuff — apologies for the preview image in the first tweet:
A new collective for Texas Tech has been formed, @MatadorClubOrg. Our NIL Collectives Tracker over on Business of College Sports has been updated if you want to see all the collectives made public so far. https://t.co/P33JG3UEtu
— Kristi Dosh (@SportsBizMiss) February 15, 2022
Through NIL, FSU lineman and St. Petersburg native Dillan Gibbons has raised $200,000+ for charity. "Imagine what I could have done if Florida State was allowed to have direct involvement with my name, image and likeness." #NIL #FSU https://t.co/VxwhmsbRXU
— Sports by Tampa Bay Times (@TBTimes_Sports) February 14, 2022
Basketball
Snapping a six-game losing streak, Florida State Seminoles basketball took down Clemson in a last-second win, orchestrated by none other than RayQuan Evans.
Head coach Leonard Hamilton shared after the game that the team had played its hearts out for Jared Lynn, a student manager battling stage 4 cancer:
We aren’t just a team… we’re a family ❤️ https://t.co/OrYIgAkLMY
— Jared Lynn (@JaredLynn9) February 16, 2022
More from Hamilton: “We showed that we have a lot of pride and that we were playing for something bigger than just us. Playing for our brother who is fighting a dreaded disease and also representing who we are. I challenged them tonight that at the end of the game. I wanted them to look in the mirror and say they gave it all they had. Put all those things that are important to us, other than what’s important to themselves, and to play for something bigger than themselves. I was very proud that we rose to the occasion.”
Florida State women’s basketball also got a much-needed win over Syracuse as its NCAA Tournament hopes stay alive — from Prince Akeem Joeffer:
FSU has four games left on the regular season schedule and they are all must-wins at this point. If Florida State can get all four and avoid the upset in the first game of the ACC Tournament, the Noles would be 18-12 with four or five Q1 wins. The Seminoles would have a Q1/Q2 record of about 9-10. That would probably be enough for them to sneak in the Tournament especially as the women’s tournament expands to 68 teams this year. It’s a tall order but it is possible.
Baseball
We’re just days away from the start of a new FSU baseball season — and on the latest Sunday Golds podcast, Brett Nevitt brings along the perfect guest to help break down the opening weekend rotation, head coach Mike Martin Jr.
Here’s a full breakdown of the episode:
1:30-18:15: Mike Martin Jr. interview
21:00-31:00: Pitching staff breakdown
31:20-36:20: Infield breakdown
36:30-44:00: Outfield, catchers breakdown
45:30-56:00: Schedule, ACC preview
56:00-59:30: James Madison weekend preview
1:00:00-1:03:00: Season outlook
Starting pitcher Parker Messick is one of 55 players on the Golden Spikes Award watch list, USA Baseball announced Tuesday afternoon. Messick is the reigning Atlantic Coast Conference Pitcher and Freshman of the Year after posting an 8-2 record with 126 strikeouts in 2021.
Softball
Undefeated No. 6 Florida State softball starts off a jam-packed five days today with a matchup vs. South Alabama, after which they’ll head to the St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational to take on Tennessee (Feb. 17 at 4 pm), Texas (Feb. 18 at 1 pm), Michigan (Feb. 19 at 1 pm), UCF (Feb. 20 at 12:30 pm), and UCLA (Feb. 20 at 7 pm).
All Sports
No. 21/24 Florida State swimming and diving teams opened competition at the 2022 ACC Swimming and Diving Championships on Tuesday, with Men’s divers David Vargas and Jesco Helling highlighted the evening by competing in their first ACC Championship final, while the men’s 800 free relay achieved an NCAA standard.
The Florida State men’s golf team, which came into the day sitting in fourth place, successfully defended their Mobile Bay Intercollegiate title capturing the championship Tuesday.
Florida State track and field athletes Adriaan Wildschutt and Lauren Ryan each earned ACC Performer of the Week honors — Ryan ran an 8:47.88 (fourth-fastest time in NCAA history) while Wildschutt broke the FSU, ACC and South African record in the 5000m run at the David Hemery Valentine Invite with a time of 13:09.30 (second-fastest time in NCAA history).
Following his straight-set win over the nation’s 50th-ranked player, FSU men’s tennis player Loris Pourroy has been named the ACC’s co-Men’s Tennis Player of the Week.
We enter the season ranked No. 3️⃣ in the @AVCAVolleyball Top-20! #OneTribe pic.twitter.com/sXXnXeBZWv
— FSU Beach Volleyball (@FSU_BeachVB) February 16, 2022