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FIU, JPMorgan Chase and Miami-Dade County Public schools come together to transform lives at Miami Northwestern Senior High By Deborah O’Neil, MA ’09 Every morning, a chorus of cheers and applause greets the students of Miami Northwestern as they start the day at Liberty City’s landmark high school. “It’s you! [...]
With a noteworthy start to his NFL career, former FIU and current Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive back Anthony Gaitor ’11 has welcomed himself quite well to professional football. On Thursday night, Aug. 18, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Gaitor will do another type of welcoming as he has invited [...]
Many thanks to Pete Pelegrin for sharing this story. If you aren’t familiar with Pelegrin’s blog, The Prowl, check it out today. You’ll be glad you did. Celebrate, Anthony Gaitor, you are in the NFL. With the 19th pick in the 7th round, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have selected defensive back Anthony Gaitor from [...]
By Pete Pelegrin ’96 MAYBE THEY KNEW A boisterous, energetic, record crowd of 19,872 filled FIU Stadium for the season opener against Rutgers. The Panthers led the Scarlet Knights 14-13 in the fourth quarter before falling, but as nearly 20,000 would see, this was a different FIU team this season. [...]
Fifteen FIU seniors auditioned Thursday for scouts representing all 32 pro teams Greg Ellingson had heard the whispers before of opposing defensive backs and critics questioning his speed and athleticism. During his four years at FIU, Ellingson slowly silenced the doubters. First came some defensive backs on his own team, who [...]
Many thanks to Pete Pelegrin for sharing this story. If you aren’t familiar with Pelegrin’s blog, The Prowl, check it out today. You’ll be glad you did. Sometime this spring when the Hilton family redecorates their living room they will really need to find some trophy space. FIU star receiver [...]
With only four seconds left on the clock, a field goal by kicker Jack Griffin gave FIU a 34-32 win in its first-ever bowl game in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl Dec. 26 at Ford Field in Detroit. Check out a slide show of the historic game: When it looked [...]
FIU earns 12 All-SBC nods. Junior wide receiver T.Y. Hilton has been named the 2010 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year, Head Coach Mario Cristobal the conference Coach of the Year, while the Panthers landed a conference-best 12 All-Sun Belt nods, the conference announced today. Hilton, who becomes the first Panther to [...]
Led by a punishing and relentless ground game, FIU football had its most prolific offensive game ever on its way to a 52-35 victory over four-time defending Sun Belt champion Troy, Nov. 13 in Alabama. T.Y. Hilton, Darriet Perry and Darian Mallary all rushed for over 100 yards in the [...]
The FIU football team tied a program-record with four rushing touchdowns en route to a 28-21 victory over the WKU Hilltoppers Oct. 9 at FIU Stadium. The win, FIU’s first of the season, is all the more important as it comes on FIU’s Sun Belt Conference opener. The Panthers got [...]
