Football
Florida State football returned to the practice field on Tuesday, with the Seminoles’ first scrimmage of the spring set for Saturday:
Baseball
No. 10 FSU’s bats went cold on a chilly Tuesday night in Jacksonville, falling to in-state rival Florida 5-0 at VyStar Ballpark:
FSU announced on Tuesday that the Savannah Bananas’ multi-day Tallahassee takeover brought an estimated $10.1 million of economic impact to the city:
Softball
Florida State softball‘s Shelby McKenzie was named the Louisville Slugger/NFCA National Player
of the Week:
She was also named the ACC Player of the Week. McKenzie is the first Seminole win the NFCA National Player of the Week award since Kathryn Sandercock in 2022. FSU has won the last three ACC Player of the Week awards as Isa Torres earned the award on March 10 and March 17.
McKenzie had a breakout weekend as the sophomore utility player went 6-for-7 (.857) and hit two home runs and drove in seven runs. McKenzie had multiple hits in all three games against Cal and had a career game against the Golden Bears on Friday as McKenzie recorded her first multi-home run game and had a career high five RBI. In her last five games, McKenzie is 9-for-11 with four home runs and 10 RBI. In the previous 27 games, McKenzie had just three home runs and 12 RBI. McKenzie is hitting .328 this season with a team-leading seven home runs and 22 RBI.
No. 10 Florida State softball run-ruled UNF 8-0 in five innings on Tuesday evening, extending the Seminoles’ winning streak to 18 games:
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Florida State’s Tyler Weaver won the Valspar Collegiate on Tuesday, with Seminoles’ men golf finishing fifth in the team standings:
The Seminoles finished the final round 11-under, 273, placing ahead of five ranked teams.
In a field that featured over 30 amateurs ranked inside the top 100 of the World Golf Amateur Golf Rankings, including seven of the top 15, Tyler Weaver won the tournament after facing Ryder Cowan of Oklahoma in a one-hole sudden-death playoff. Weaver picked up his second career collegiate victory and earned exemption into the 2027 Valspar Championship.
After a slow start to the day, Weaver found momentum after birdies on the eighth, 11th, and 13th holes. Sitting two strokes back from the lead, Weaver made his lone eagle of the tournament on the par-five 539-yard 15th hole, tying for the lead. Weaver would par the 16th, slipping back to second. Needing a push on the final two holes, Weaver birdied the 17th, climbing to 4-under for the round and once again, tying for the lead. He won the first playoff hole, finishing the tournament at 15-under, 198, Weaver becomes the sixth Seminole in program history to break the 200-stroke barrier in a 54-hole tournament.
His 198 strokes tie for the fourth lowest in tournament history and was the lowest by a Seminole at the event. The 54-hole performance ties for third in program history alongside Frederik Kjettrup at the 2023 Watersound Invitational and Luke Clanton at the 2025 Lewis Chitengwa Memorial.
Including Weaver, five of the six Seminoles in the field contributed rounds under par to close out the tournament. Jack Bigham saw his best round of the tournament, matching Weaver’s 67 on the day. Bigham jumped 12 spots on the leaderboard after carding five birdies in the round, finishing the at 7-under, 206 to tie for 19th.
Patrick McCann also carded six birdies, including five on the back nine to post 2-under, 69 for the round and 4-under, 208 for the tournament, placing 30th. Carson Brewer had his best round, finishing 1-under 70 also carding six birdies.
Playing as an individual, Wilmer Edero had his best round of the tournament, finishing the round 3-under, 68. Edero used three birdies on the front nine to move up the leaderboard and carded an eagle on the 15th hole. He finished the tournament 1-under, 212 and in 47th place.
No. 13 FSU men’s swimming and diving will begin its NCAA Championships run today, with seven Seminoles set to compete:
Sophomore Logan Robinson will compete across all four days in both individual and relay events. Senior Max Wilson and sophomore Michel Arkhangelsky also will race individually, while seniors Tommaso Baravelli and Utku Kurtdere and juniors Andrew Rich and Gustav Olsson will compete on Florida State’s five relay teams. Sophomore Carlos Vargas will represent the Seminoles in diving, competing on platform.
Several Seminoles return to the NCAA stage with championship experience in their events. In 2024, Wilson and Baravelli were part of Florida State’s 400 medley relay that placed 12th. In 2025, Arkhangelsky and Baravelli helped the team to a seventh-place finish in the 200 medley relay, while Arkhangelsky also posted top-16 finishes in the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke. Robinson added an 11th-place finish in the 200 breaststroke, and Wilson placed 15th in the 100 backstroke.
Prelims will begin each day at 10 a.m. ET. The top eight finishers in every event will advance to finals and will determine places 1-8. Athletes who finish 9-16 will not compete in a B final, their final placement and point totals will be determined based on their preliminary times. Relays are timed finals and will be split between the morning prelims and evening finals. Diving prelims begin at 12:30 p.m. ET each day, with the top eight finishers advancing to finals.
FSU women basketball’s Amaya Bonner, Tatum Greene, Avery Treadwell and Solè Williams were named to the 2026 Academic All-District Team:
To be eligible, student-athletes must be a sophomore, hold a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher, and play in 90 percent of competition in a season.
Majoring in sport management, Bonner appeared in 30 games, starting 21 as a senior, averaging 5.6 points per game. She set a career high of 22 points in in the win at Pitt and matched her highs for rebounds (6) and steals (3). She also set a career high in field goals made (6) and free throws made (9) this season.
Greene played in all 31 games as a sophomore, starting at 17. She held the second-highest total in rebounds (176) and blocks (29). Greene registered her first career double-double in the opener against Florida A&M where she scored 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Greene posted career highs in every category this season, including scoring 22 points in the win against Miami. She is majoring in international affairs and was a part of the Dean’s List this fall.
A chemical engineering major, Treadwell provided a major spark from the bench in her junior season, playing in all 31 games. She led the team with 67 offensive rebounds and shot 58.8 percent from the floor. Against NC State, Treadwell led the team, securing her first double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds. Treadwell set career highs in rebounds (12), steals (2), blocks (3), field goals (5), and free throws made (4) this season. Treadwell was also a part of the Dean’s List this fall.
Williams led the team in scoring as a junior, averaging 15.1 points per game. She appeared in 29 games, starting 25. She set career highs in points (28), rebounds (6), steals (5), field goals (11), threes made (5) and free throws (9). Williams is majoring in sociology.
FSU men’s basketball‘s Robert McCray V and Alex Steen also earned Academic All-District honors:
McCray V was honored for the first time as an academic all-star after enjoying an outstanding first season in Tallahassee. He led the Seminoles in scoring (16.3 ppg) and assists (6.1 apg), and became the fifth Seminole in school history with 200 or more assists in a single season.
McCray V earned All-ACC Third Team honors as he ranks 11th in the ACC in scoring, third in the ACC in assists, 14th in field goal shooting percentage (.458 percent), and is tied for second in the league with five double-figure assists games. McCray V established the school record for assists in a single games (17 against Alcorn State) and became the first player in school history with five games with double-figure assists in a single season.
McCray V earned All-ACC Tournament First-Team honors as he averaged 27.5 points and 6.0 assists, while shooting .555 percent from the field in the Seminoles’ 95-89 victory over Cal and a narrow one-point loss to No 1 ranked Duke. He scored 30 points against Cal as he became just the third Seminole to score 30 or more points in an ACC Tournament game.
McCray V earned his bachelor’s degree in social science from Jacksonville University in June of 2025.
Steen was honored academically as averaged 6.8 points and 5.8 rebounds while starting 29 games for the Seminoles. He led the team in field goal shooting percentage (.632) and blocked 23 shots in 32 games. Steen also totaled 28 assists and 22 steals as he averaged nearly 20 minutes played per game.
Steen, who will earn his bachelor’s degree in social sciences in August of 2026 from Florida State, has been honored for his academic success throughout his career. He earned First Team Academic All-American honors in 2025, Second-Team Academic American honors in 2024, earned All-District Academic All-American honors n 2024 and 2025, and was named to the Sunshine State Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll in 2025 and 2025 as a student-athlete at Florida Southern College.
Steen was named to the Florida State University Academic Dean’s List during the fall of 2025.
Under Loucks, who himself was named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll four times during his playing career as a Seminole, Florida State won 10 of its final 13 ACC games of the season. The Seminoles defeated Miami for the first ACC win of his career, and defeated No. 24 Clemson for his first win over a ranked team during his tenure as Florida State’s head coach. In leading the Seminoles to 10 ACC regular season wins, Loucks finished his first season as the winningest first year head coach in ACC play in school history.
