Recruiting
2027 Florida State verbal commitments
- 3-star tight end Connor Winn (FL)
- 4-star linebacker Gregory Batson (GA)
- 4-star defensive back Mekhi Williams (FL)
- 3-star defensive back Jemari Foreman (FL)
- 4-star defensive lineman Anthony Cavallaro (FL)
Baseball
No. 16 FSU baseball went 2-0 to kick off the 2026 season, outlasting JMU in game one and then letting the bats fly on Saturday:
Softball
No. 6 Florida State had an up-and-down weekend in Clearwater, taking down No. 7 UCLA and FAU but falling to No. 1 Texas Tech and No. 3 Tennessee:
Basketball
Florida State men’s basketball rode a second-half surge on Saturday to take down Virginia Tech on the road:
Florida State women’s basketball fell to No. 9 Louisville 88-65:
Graduate guard Allie
Kubek earned her first double-double of the season, posting season-highs of 18 points and 10 rebounds. She shot 7-of-10 from the floor, including two three-pointers, and recorded a pair of blocks. The double-double is her 13th of her collegiate career.
Junior guard Sole Williams would lead the Seminoles in scoring for the second game in a row, putting up 19 points as well as pulling down five rebounds and earning a team-leading four assists. She finished the game 6-of-11 from the floor and was 4-of-4 from the free throw line.
Williams would put up the first five points on the board with a three-pointer and subsequent fast break layup just 24 seconds apart. Senior guard Sydney Bowles would add a mid-range jumper with two minutes to go, and Kubek would push the Seminoles into double digits with a layup just seconds later. Florida State trailed 19-10 after the first quarter.
Kubek opened the second quarter strong with back-to-back layups. A structured zone defense by the Seminoles forced the Cardinals into perimeter shooting, keeping the contest close while causing four giveaways from the Louisville offense throughout the frame. A three would fall for Tatum Greene to put her on the board at 4:29 while Bowles would chip in another two minutes later. Louisville added last minute points to lead 34-20 going into the locker room.
Bowles and Kubek led the scoring with six points, with Kubek also earning four rebounds as well as the team’s lone block of the half.
Kubek spearheaded the offensive effort out of the break with a layup in the first minutes followed by a three-pointer just 30 seconds later. After a hefty scoring run by the Cardinals, Treadwell put up a second-chance tip-in to end the drought, and Shavers would become the fourth Seminole to drop a three a possession later.
Freshman guard Mari Gerton drove the paint to secure her first points at 4:07. She would add a sideline three with under two minutes to go, rounding out the third quarter scoring as Louisville maintained the lead, 61-39. She finished the game with five points and tied her career high in steals with three.
Second-chance baskets from Greene and junior center Pania Davis as well as consecutive three-pointers from Williams would see 10 points for the Seminoles in the first three minutes of the final frame. Williams successfully converted two visits to the free-throw line in the same minute, while Kubek would sink a pair of the free throws of her own not even a minute afterward.
Triples fell for Shavers and Kubek in the final two minutes, pushing Kubek to a new season high in points. Her 10th rebound would come as the clock ran out, and Florida State fell to Louisville 88-65. Florida State hit 10 three-pointers for the seventh time this season.
Football
Mike Norvell made an appearance on ESPN’s Inside ACCess podcast, touching on Gus Malzahn’s retirement, FSU’s quarterback situation and lessons learned from 2024 and 2025’s failures:
Q: “Mike, the last two seasons have obviously been challenging for a host of different reasons. And midway through last year, you lose to Stanford. The administration comes out and basically says, we’ll see what happens at the end of the year in terms of the future of the head coach.
They bring you back. But I’m wondering what going through all of that was like for you, whether you felt like you were having to coach for your job and lessons learned from last season that now will help you headed into this year as you guys try and get back to a bowl and compete for a championship.”
A: “You know, I’ve been fortunate to be in the position I’m in. I’m going to my 11th year as a Division I head coach and I’m fortunate for every day. And I love what I get to do.
I love who I get to do it with. But you know, it’s never been, you know, for me, something that’s been based off of the outside perception. It’s about what are we doing on a daily basis to go and put our best foot forward.
And so, you know, I’m excited for this season. I’m excited for the opportunity. You know, we’ve been able to, I think, bring together a really, really good football team that is going to have a high level of expectation and also a high level of potential of what I believe we can achieve.
And so, for me, you make the most of each day. You know, you come and you put everything that you have into the people that you get to do it with. And then, you know, making sure that you see that growth, you see that improvement.
And, you know, we’ve got a team that is really embracing the work and the expectation we have within this program because we do know what it looks like. We’ve been a part of, you know, being able to lift ACC Championship Trophy. We’ve won 19 games in a row.
We’ve been able to do this. And we have also experienced some really hard and challenging times and we know how to respond and arise from those. And then, you know, obviously it’s about going to take the next step.
So this year, we put ourselves in a position that we all expect to be in. And that’s competing for championships because when you come to Florida State, that is what you aspire to do on a yearly basis. And, you know, we have those same expectations.
But our approach to that is just truly trying to be the best that we can be, you know, day in and day out. So we’re in a position to be able to achieve that.”
Norvell also spoke with On3’s Pete Nakos, addressing how he’s tackled the offseason after another disapointing year:
“I’ve put my head down and gone to work, that’s what I’ve done,” Norvell said. “I’ve done that regardless in years past when there have been talks of other opportunities. You stay focused on what you’re doing. You stay focused on the job that’s at hand, you’re trying to be the best you can be. Making the best decisions for growth and advancement within the program. Last year did not go how we wanted it to go. There will always be the outside and the internal focus and pressures that you put on, just seeing the results that you desire, but also making sure that the things you’re doing are helping you progress to be the best that we can be.
“I’ve had great communication with all parts of our administration. We were able to take some big picture perspectives of areas that we need, that every person needs to do better at and continue to improve upon, to get Florida State back to competing at a championship level in this football program. I believe wholeheartedly that we are going to achieve that.”
All Sports
FSU men’s and women’s swimming and diving kicked off competition at the ACC Championships on Sunday:
Redshirt senior Kayleigh Clark led the way for the No. 13/NR Florida State swimming and diving team on the opening day of the 2026 ACC Swimming and Diving Championships, placing fourth in the three-meter final at McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta.
Clark advanced to the three-meter final after scoring 296.85 in the prelims to sit in fourth place overall. She improved her score in the eight-diver final, posting a 300.15 to secure the fourth-place finish.
Sunday was the fifth time Clark reached an ACC final in her career as she posted her first finish inside the top five.
On the men’s side, sophomore Hayden Schroeder came in 12th overall on one-meter. He finished with a score of 310.95 in prelims.
Florida State returns to action Monday at 12 p.m. ET as the ACC Championships continue with women’s one-meter and men’s three-m
FSU women’s lacrosse fell to UC Davis on Sunday, losing 13-6:
Sophomore midfielder Brooke Long earned her first start as a Seminole and scored her first goal at Florida State to give FSU a 1-0 lead. UC Davis answered 58 seconds later to even the score at 1-1, then converted a free-position opportunity to take a 2-1 advantage. Long added her second goal of the game with three minutes remaining in the first quarter to tie the score at 2-2.
Florida State struck early in the second quarter as Hannah Toole found Amelia Brite who scored for a 3-2 lead. The Aggies responded to tie the game 3-3. Lola Mancuso slashed through the UC Davis defense for her ninth goal of the season, giving FSU a 4-3 edge. UC Davis scored with 1:10 remaining in the half to send the teams into the break tied at 4-4.
The Aggies opened the second half with a quick goal, but Brite answered shortly after with her second of the game to tie the score at 5-5. UC Davis then scored three consecutive goals to build an 8-5 lead. Alyssa Deacy stopped the run with a shot from the 12-meter fan to cut the deficit to 8-6 late in the third quarter.
UC Davis pulled away in the fourth, scoring five goals to secure the 13-6 victory.
No. 26 Florida State women’s golf team is in sixth place in the team standings at the Moon Invitational at the Suntree Country Club, with freshman Haruhi Nakatani in sixth place in the individual standings:
The Seminoles are the defending champion in the event and looking to become the first team to win the championship three time in the history of the championship. The second round is scheduled for Tuesday and the final round on Wednesday. Head coach Amy Bond has led the Seminoles to eight team championships in its last 13 tournaments since winning the Landfall Tradition during the fall of 2024.
Izzy Pellott of Mississippi State is the first round individual leader with a 3 under par score of 69. She carded five first-round birides and holds a one stroke lead over four players who carded scores of 2 under par 70. Sky Sudberry and Vanessa Borovilos are the leading golfers for Texas A&M. Sudbery and Borovilos are tied for second in the individual standings.
Nakatani led the Seminoles with four birdies and a score of 71. She began the round red-hot as she birdied her first two holes and closed well with birdies on two of her final holes. Nakatani totaled 16 of her 18 holes at par or better and was never more than one stroke over par during the round.
Nakatani was 2 under par with two birdies and all nine holes scored at par on her back nine. She is one of only eight players in the 90-player field who finished with an under par score in the first round.
Sophomore Sophia Fullbrook, the No. 45 ranked player in the nation, is in a tie for 29th place in the individual standings with a two over par score of 74. She played 16 of her 18 holes at par or better and closed the round with a birdie on hole No. 18 to finish within two strokes of par.
A pair of Seminoles – Alexandra Gazzoli and Elin Pudas Remler—are tied for 40th place in the individual standings with identical scores of 3 over par 75. Sophomore Layla Pedrique is in a tie for 50th place, while sophomore Freya Russell, who is playing as an individual, in in a tie for 16th place in the individual standings. Russell carded a 1 over par score of 73.
Florida State men’s golf will kick off competition in the Watersound Invitational in Panama City Beach today:
The Seminoles, who are receiving votes in the latest Golf Coaches Association of America poll, start out the spring season alongside 11 other teams, including four ranked top-15 programs.
FSU is the defending champion in the event, taking the 2025 crown by nine strokes at 15-under par en route to defeating six ranked teams. The Seminoles were led by Luke Clanton, who posted rounds of 66 and 67 on the final day to claim his fifth collegiate win at 10-under, 206.
In the final competition of the fall, the Seminoles finished 1-under in the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate placing seventh overall. Tyler Weaver, who is the ninth-ranked amateur in the world, had an impressive fall season, finishing in the top 25 in both events he played. He finished 1-under at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate, and 2-over at the Fighting Illini Invitational.
Weaver also represented England at the Walker Cup and World Amateur Team Championship in the fall. The 2025 Cabo Collegiate champion also earned exemption into the World Wide of Technology Championship.
No. 11/ NR Florida State track and field concluded its regular season on Friday at the Tiger Paw and Boston Valentine Invite, where the Seminoles saw seven top-10 program performances by Blake Schipperen, Neo Mosebi, Durian Moss, Alyia Green, Braeden Ofosu-Kwarteng, Aniol Borras and Isaac Hirshman Chandler.
Schipperen set a new program record at the Boston Valentine Invitational in the women’s 5,000 meters with a time of 15:36.76. She erased the time that was set by Lauren Ryan in 2022 at 15:40.40. The Dutch native time currently stands as the new national record. Rylee Blade made her second appearance in the record books after placing 19th overall with the fourth-fastest time in program history at 15:59.06.
At the Tiger Paw Invitational, Mosebi and Moss highlighted the sprints in the men’s 60-meter. Mosebi ran a preliminary time of 6.64 for a fifth-place finish, followed by Moss, who clocked a new personal-best of 6.64, placing sixth overall. Mosebi and Moss concluded the day in the semifinals, placing fifth and sixth overall, respectively, with a career-best time, which ties the 10th-fastest time in program history at 6.59.
Alyia Green led the women’s sprints in the 400, placing 16th with a new personal best and seventh-fastest time in program history at 53.12.
Braeden Ofosu-Kwarteng moved up on the FSU all-time list in the men’s 400, crossing the line in 20th with a lifetime best and eighth-fastest time in program history at 46.53.
Aniol Borras remained steady at seventh all-time in the men’s one mile after finishing in 33rd with a career best of 4:004.5 at the Boston Valentine Invite.
Isaac Hirshman Chandler concluded the night in the men’s 5,000 placing 10th overall with a new personal best and sixth-fastest time in FSU history at 13:46.27.
Kayla Pinkard moved up on the all-time list in the triple jump after placing first overall with a personal best and eighth-farthest jump in FSU history at 13.19 meters.
The men’s 4×400 relay team, consisting of Micahi Danzy, British Wilkerson, Durian Moss, and Braeden Ofosu-Kwarteng, finished fifth after recording the second-fastest time in program history at 3:05.18.
