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New season kicks off with legendary major leaguer at Feb. 11 fundraiser Coming off a 2010 Sun Belt championship and back-to-back NCAA regional appearances, the FIU baseball team will chase the next step in the program’s growth in 2012. It all starts with the annual Diamond Dinner Saturday, Feb. 11, [...]
Find out everything you need to know to navigate the new semester FIU is resuming the academic year with the first day of Spring 2012 classes on Monday, Jan. 9. Here are some important dates to keep in mind: Sun., Jan. 8: Last day to add courses without incurring a [...]
FIU Executive Director of Sports and Entertainment Pete Garcia announced Aug. 17 that Head Baseball Coach Henry “Turtle” Thomas has signed a new contract extension with the university through the 2016 season. “Over the past four seasons, Turtle Thomas has done a tremendous job in building one of the nation’s [...]
FIU shortstop Garrett Wittels signed with the St. Louis Cardinals July 2. Wittels will be reunited with former FIU teammate Jeremy Patton and start his professional career playing for the Batavia Muckdogs — the same team Patton is playing for right now. Wittels finishes his FIU career hitting .352 with [...]
Two Panthers were drafted by Major League Baseball (MLB) earlier this week. Former backstop Jose Behar was picked by the Florida Marlins in the 30th round of the 2011 MLB First-Year Player draft Tuesday. Junior third baseman Jeremy Patton was drafted in the 38th round by his hometown St. Louis [...]
Baseball, softball, tennis and track & field teams record notable performances Baseball on a streak, receiving national props FIU cracked the college baseball polls this week for the first time since 2003 and is currently riding a 16-game unbeaten streak, the longest active streak in college baseball. The Panthers are [...]
Wittels will pursue NCAA baseball record at home opener The defending Sun Belt Conference baseball champions begin their 2011 season Feb. 18-20 against Southeastern Louisiana, with high expectations and 15 new faces. Last season, the Panthers went 36-25 capturing the Sun Belt Tournament crown for the first time since 1999. [...]
Blue-and-gold enthusiasm is building for the Spring 2011 semester. Here is a guide of information with dates and events that will come in handy in the next couple of weeks and beyond. Monday, Jan. 3, FIU will welcome back to its campuses students, faculty/staff and administrators looking forward to a [...]
Members of the FIU baseball team received their 2010 Sun Belt Tournament Championship rings in a ceremony during halftime at the men’s basketball game against Florida State Nov. 18. The ring, made by Jostens, is custom designed and contains 25 sparkling stones. The top of the ring has the word [...]
FIU’s Garrett Wittels is just two games shy of tying the Division I all-time hit streak record By Sissi Aguila ’99, MA ’08 It was his first homerun of the season. Teammates had been teasing Garrett Wittels for weeks. He’d had a hit in 36 straight games. Amazing. But, he [...]
