Francis Marion University Quick Facts
Founded: 1970 Enrollment: 4,019 Colors: Red, White and Blue Nickname: Patriots Web site: www.fmupatriots.com
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President Fred Carter
Athletics Director Murray Hartzler
chapter of Chi Alpha Sigma, the National College Athlete Honor Society: baseball players Five Francis Marion University Addison Dunn and Dalton Gress, golfers Sebastian Backlund athletic teams participated in NCAA post-season competition: and Travis Gantt, volleyball players Liz Drewry and Hallie baseball, men’s and women’s cross country, and men’s and Legg, women’s tennis players Mona Blauen and Kerry Hall, women’s tennis. Of the 10 teams that keep win-loss records, women’s soccer players Megan Ogiltree and Lauren Vetock, six registered winning records this past year, and three apsoftball players Tristan Faile and Olivia Ferguson, women’s peared in national poll rankings. Nineteen FMU student-athcross country runner Samantha Smith and men’s cross letes earned PBC All-Academic honors, while twelve received country runner Ryan Woloszyn. All-Conference honors for the efforts on the playing field. Six Patriot student-athletes, representing five sports, were named to their respective Capital One Academic All-District III The Patriot men’s soccer program has a new head coach, John Campbell. He comes to FMU from Dominican College Teams. (NY), where he posted an 86-27-20 record in seven seasons and earned four invitations to the Division II Tournament. Francis Marion’s baseball team ended the 2012 campaign with a 40-18 record, a national Top-10 ranking, and a fourth Six members of the 2011 softball team received NFCA straight appearance in the NCAA Division II Tournament – All-America Scholar-Athlete recognition: Tristan Faile, Carson where the Patriots reached the regional title game for the third consecutive season. The squad received the PBC Team Summersett, Chelle Phillips, Olivia Zielinski, Olivia Ferguson, Sportsmanship Award for 2012. Senior OF Buddy Sosnoskie and Cea Knox........Senior middle blocker Danielle Parker, a member of the Patriot volleyball team and owner of a perfect picked up All-Region accolades and was named a Capital 4.00 grade point average, was awarded the 2012 Debra Lee One Academic All-American. The baseball program entered Orander Swamp Fox Academic Award.......The volleyball team the 2012 season ranked first in two NCAA Division II preearned an AVCA Team Academic Award for 2010-11......Longseason national polls and second in another. time athletic trainer (and Francis Marion graduate) Spyder Webb retired.......Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame members The women’s tennis squad finished with an 18-4 record, a Pearl Moore and Sylvia Hatchell both spoke to FMU studentTop 10 national ranking, and the program’s sixth NCAA national tournament bid in the past seven seasons. Senior Jitka athletes as part of the Champs Life Skills program.......Faculty Athletic Representative Dr. D. Allen Clabo attended the Gavdunova (71-8 career singles record) and junior Mona inaugural Division II FAR Advanced Leadership Institute, Oct. Blauen both garnered ITA All-American honors. The men’s tennis team ended with a 10-7 record, a Top 25 ranking, and 14-16, in Indianapolis, Ind. the program’s 16th appearance in the NCAA tournament over the past 18 years. Junior Alex Caspari and freshman Gavin Davison both picked up ITA All-America recognition. The Patriot softball squad finished 2012 with a 31-20 mark, the program’s twelfth 30-win campaign in the past 15 seasons, while also opening up the new FMU Softball Stadium in April. The men’s basketball team posted a 16-12 mark, the program’s fourth straight winning season – a first since 19891993. Twelve of its 18 PBC games were decided by a combined total of 47 points, with four going to overtime.
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Fourteen student-athletes were inducted into the university’s 12