FNU Athletics
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Down go the Royals, FNU improves 2-0 in 2023
(Box Score) LAKE WALES, Fla. ( Aug. 23, 2023) – Florida National University’s men’s soccer team’s history of dominance over the Warner University Royals (0-1-0) continues after a hard-fought 2-1 win Wednesday. Florida National (2-0-0) now holds a 4-0-1 record against this Sun Conference standout spanning the last eight years. No. 21 Florida National was…
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No. 21 Conquistadors surge, defeat Lions 2-1
(Box Score) MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. ( Aug. 20, 2023) – The 2023 season kicked off with a bang, as the Florida National University Conquistador men’s soccer team (1-0-0) pulled together a 2-1 win over the Florida Memorial Lions (0-1-0) at the newly-renovated soccer field at Lester B. Brown Park. FMU made significant changes during the…
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Men’s soccer lands at No. 21 in the NAIA Coaches’ Top 25 Preseason Poll
HIALEAH, Fla. (Aug. 16, 2023) – Florida National University’s men’s soccer team starts the long-anticipated 2023 season ranked No. 21 in the NAIA’s Preseason Coaches Poll. This is the second time in two years that men’s soccer is in the mix with some of the best teams in the country, entering last season in the…
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Florida National earns Gold Level designation in NAIA Champions of Character Institution Awards
This is the second consecutive year FNU has won this honor. HIALEAH, Fla. (Aug. 15, 2023) – Florida National University is named a Champion of Character Five-Star Institution Gold Level for the second straight year. The Conquistadors were one of only 27 schools to earn a perfect 100 score for the 2022-23 season from the…
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Conquistador student-athletes named to 2022-2023 CAC Academic All-Conference Team
Ninety-five FNU student-athletes highlight the CAC’s Academic All-Conference honorees HIALEAH, Fla. (July 20, 2023) – Florida National University had 95 student-athletes recognized as Continental Athletic Conference (CAC) Academic All-Conference Team members. This year, the CAC awarded this distinction to 437 student-athletes from 10 different member institutions. The CAC annually honors student-athletes achieving a 3.2 or…
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Kyler Grotz hired as Esports head coach
Grotz is a former Esports competitor at Florida Southern College. HIALEAH, Fla. (July 19, 2023) – Florida National University hired Kyler Grotz as its Esports head coach. Grotz is the first Esports head coach in FNU’s history and enters his first year at the helm of the program with over two years of experience in…
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Women’s soccer signee is set to represent Haiti at the FIFA Women’s World Cup
Goalkeeper Nahomie Ambroise highlights Haiti’s first trip to the Women’s World Cup. HIALEAH, Fla. (July 18, 2023) – For the first time in Haiti’s history, its women’s soccer team qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup hosted by Australia and New Zealand. Aboard this limited 25-woman roster and one of three goalkeepers on the…
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Natalie Larranaga participates in Central American and Caribbean Games
HIALEAH, Fla. (July 10, 2023) – Florida National University’s women’s basketball standout Natalie Larranaga once again donned her country’s colors, this time at the Central American and Caribbean Games, as a member of Guatemala’s 3×3 and 5×5 team. “Representing your country is one of the greatest points of pride an athlete can have,” Head Coach…
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Eleven FNU teams finish 2022-23 season with Scholar Team honors
HIALEAH, Fla. (June 1, 2023) – Florida National University’s athletics department had 11 teams end the 2022-23 season with a team GPA over 3.0. FNU’s athletics department GPA remained above the 3.0 threshold coming in at 3.17. With 59 NAIA Daktronic Scholar-Athletes, including 17 selections from men’s soccer for the third most in the NAIA,…
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David Bellefleur completes stay at NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships
(Results) MARION, Ind. (May 25, 2023) – David Bellefleur put up a solid effort at the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships held May 24-26. The sophomore qualified for the men’s 800m race ranked 27th and was the lone Conquistador to make the trip to Marion, Ind. With the prelims set for May 25 at…
