The year of the FIU football fan 2011 was the year of the FIU football fan. Throughout the season, Panthers broke attendance records at FIU Stadium. They didn’t let a little rain get in the way of their fun as thousands turned out for the home opener, Sept. 1, to [...]
FIU adds sand volleyball, hires coach
12/15/2011 By
Kick off ’em sneakers, Panthers: FIU Athletics is adding women’s sand volleyball to its programs and has hired Olympic silver medalist Rita Buck-Crockett to coach the new team, which will begin competing at the NCAA Division I level in 2013. With the addition, FIU increases its intercollegiate-sport count to 18. [...]
FIU heads to Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl
12/03/2011 By
FIU football will be playing in its second-consecutive bowl game as the Panthers have accepted an invitation to the 2011 Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl to be played in St. Petersburg, Fla,. on Tuesday, Dec. 20, at 8 p.m. (ET). The game, which will be played at Tropicana Field, will be [...]
Men’s basketball back in action
11/18/2011 By
FIU men’s basketball started the season with a “W” while away at the 2011 Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off in Blacksburg, Va. The Panthers defeated George Mason, 79-76, in overtime. It is the team’s first-ever win over the Patriots. Click here for a recap from the Nov. 14 game. [...]
FIU hosts SBC Volleyball Championships Nov. 17-19
11/17/2011 By
FIU’s Panthers will take part in the Sun Belt Conference Volleyball Championships for the 12th time since 1998 and host the tournament at the U.S Century Bank Arena at Modesto A. Maidique Campus Nov. 17-19. With the regular season under wraps, FIU will open against Denver, which earned the tournament’s [...]
Panther football opens with a win
09/02/2011 By
Fans didn’t let a little rain get in the way of their fun as thousands turned out Sept. 1 to tailgate and watch FIU begin its defense of the Sun Belt Conference title. The Panthers responded with a win against North Texas, 41-16, on Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium, backed [...]
Ready to roar
08/30/2011 By
The fabulous FIU Dazzlers helped spread some blue-and-gold cheer at the Panther Power Pep Rally at Biscayne Bay Campus Aug. 30, in anticipation of the Panthers’ home opener against North Texas Sept. 1 at FIU Stadium. Dimitri DeFrant, Khamal Bailey, Eileen Daniela Groll and Sara Dannon were among the BBC [...]
10 Questions for FIU Blue Man
08/25/2011 By
If you’ve been to an FIU football game, you’ve probably seen FIU’s Blue Man. The second-year architecture student is positively blue with FIU pride. FIU Magazine caught up with him recently to learn about his blue-hue beauty secrets and plans for the football season. Were you “Born This Way”? Funny [...]
The Four Horsemen
03/15/2011 By
They were believers long before the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl victory. Now Michael Maher ’97, Frank Peña ’99, Alberto Padron ’98, MBA ’09 and Eddie Hondal ’88, MS ’00 want you to join them at FIU Stadium By Deborah O’Neil MA ’09 When the gut-wrenching moment arrived in Detroit’s Ford Field [...]
The Rise of the Panthers
03/09/2011 By
By Pete Pelegrin ’96 Kyle Field in College Station, Texas – Home of the 12th Man — is one of the most hostile stadiums to play in for an opposing college football team. Yet that notion was lost on the FIU Panthers this past September. That night on Texas A&M’s home [...]
