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BACK TO BACK TO BACK TO BACK TO BACK TO BACK TO BACK TO BACK CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS! The Bucs domination continues as they win their eighth straight Conference Championship across their third different conference!
Appreciate the tweet 👍🏽...but just an FYI...that “high school” had a few high-major players and a potential NBA prospect
Oh and btw...
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Thanks,
FSW Athletics
Last, but certainly not least, congrats to the 1st Southern Conference Player of the Year in program history, AJ Shaver! Shaver put up ridiculous numbers in conference play this season, hitting .427 with 14 doubles and 13 home runs in just 21 games, good for a 1.022 slugging % 🤯
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of former FSW Baseball player Jett Swetland. Jett played for the Bucs in 2016 & 2017 when he was an All-Conference selection. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, former teammates & friends.
It is official, Ryan Gusto is a Houston
@astros
! Gusto finalized a deal today for just under $422,000 with the 'Stros and will report to their minor league facility later this week!
Congrats to Hunter Fitz-Gerald who was named a 1st Team All-Conference selection!
A force in the middle of the Bucs lineup, Fitz-Gerald hit .375 with 13 extra base hits, including six homers during Suncoast Conference play, driving in 29 runs in 28 games played
Good news as we wake up this morning!! It wasn't a dream! This bad boy is going back to Fort Myers with us tomorrow!! Bad news... Not sure it is going to fit in our checked luggage.... Carry on it is!!
How about this game saving catch by Beth Reid today! Bucs win it 2-1 and here was the difference! Thanks to the
@NJCAANetwork
and the
@NJCAA
for the video. Easily an
#SCTop10
grab for the
@ESPNAssignDesk
Congrats to Christian Lucio for being named 1st Team All-Suncoast Conference. Lucio hit .387 with 9 home runs and 32 RBIs during conference play while also swiping 13 bases.
With the 2021
@MLBDraft
now complete, FSW and Chipola lead all
@NJCAABaseball
programs with four draft picks and the Bucs are the only
@NJCAA
program to have four picks in the top 13 rounds!
BSB: BUCS WIN!! CHAMPS!! FSW claims the Championship of the
@PerfectGameUSA
Juco Classic with an 8-7 win over Northwest Florida State! Paul Winland powers the Bucs with a 3-4 game including 2 home runs and 4 RBIs. Holden Wade closes the Raiders out with 2 scoreless innings!
Lots of records fell in last night's FSW win over Polk State. Along with Warner Rincones breaking the career hits record, Christian Lucio broke both the Bucs single season Home Run and RBI record!
🚨UPDATE🚨
🎁Christmas came early for
@richterhoops
&
#FSWMBB
...sophomore Anthony Murphy (
@6k_tone
) has been cleared to play after sitting out the beginning of the season with a hand injury
'I believe I can fly... I believe that I can touch the sky...' Berrick JeanLouis with another
#SCtop10
quality throw down in the Bucs 2 point win over Chipola Saturday!
@ESPNAssignDesk
@overtime
@Ballislife
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 With the Bucs Sweep over St. Petersburg and a Hillsborough win over State College of Florida today, your FSW BUCCANEERS HAVE CLINCHED THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT SUNCOAST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP!!!
Congrats to AJ Shaver who has been named a 1st Team All-State selection. Shaver was the Bucs leading hitter in 2023, setting a new program single season record with a .403 average while ranking in the top three in the state in doubles (24), home runs (19), and stolen bases (28).
And for the third straight year, the Suncoast Conference Player of the Year wears Purple and Aqua, congrats to Keon Ellis who has been named the top player in the league!
BSB: HAVE A DAY HUNTER FITZ-GERALD! He crushes his THIRD home run of the day deep and out to right to extend the Bucs lead to 10-3. He is now 3-4 with 3 home runs and 7 RBIs in the game
AND AGAIN! FSW sweeps
#1
Chipola with a 7-3 victory in game two of the doubleheader. The Bucs finish the weekend 3-0 against the two teams that played for the National Championship a year ago!
DOMINANT
Congrats to Magnus Ellerts for being named the 2022 Suncoast Conference Pitcher of the Year!
Ellerts was a perfect 7-0 in Suncoast Conference play, striking out 28 more opposing hitters than any other starter in the league with 73 in just 46 1/3 innings pitched
If
@TheFCSAA
was an NCAA D1 conference, it would have ranked in the top 10 in total MLB Draft Picks this week.
SEC- 88
PAC 12- 70
ACC- 69
BIG 12- 48
BIG 10- 42
American- 35
Conference USA- 30
Big West- 27
FCSAA- 24
Mountain West- 24
Colonial- 22
Sun Belt- 22
Southland- 20
It's
#NationalSigningDay
and we have ✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️ Bucs Basketball players signing with Division I programs today! Stay tuned here over the next couple weeks as we highlight a different player each day!
A familiar face was back in Fort Myers today wearing unfamiliar colors. Congrats to 2023 FSW Grad Tyler Kennedy for kicking off his professional career today for the Pittsburgh Pirates FCL team, striking out a pair in an inning of work in his debut.
We have another Buc moving onto the next level! This time it is Assistant Softball Coach Kellie Quarles who has accepted a position with
@DukeSOFTBALL
! Congrats to Coach Quarles and best of luck with the Blue Devils!