Thursday, May 28, 2015

Culver column: FAMU's baseball turnaround shows athletic program's potential

GAINESVILLE, Florida -- Like it or not, right now, Florida A&M's baseball team is the flagship program of the school.

The Rattlers, MEAC champions for the first time since 1994, are in the middle of a baseball renaissance. After back-to-back seven-win seasons, Florida A&M is 49-49 since the 2013-14 season with a MEAC title and a 4-3 win over the Florida Gators.

Let's just think about that for a second.

The baseball team is .500 over the last two years. No other team in FAMU's athletic program can match it. No other team can say it brought down a nationally-ranked program. No other team has 16 members of the 2015 MEAC Commissioner's All-Academic Team.

The wins and academics were there last season, and now the national spotlight is there, too.

That's not to say the softball and women's track programs — both MEAC champions — are not feathers in FAMU's cap. They're strong teams and have been strong teams for awhile.



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