William Duval | Assistant Sports Director After receiving eight division I offers, class of 2024 quarterback Clayton Dees announced his commitment to FIU football on July 7, 2023, via his twitter post. Dees, the six-foot two-inch, 180 pound quarterback spent his first three years at Lakewood Ranch High School in Bradenton, Florida. During his junior […]
William Duval | Assistant Sports Director After receiving scholarship offers from Indiana, Pittsburgh and Purdue, wide receiver Semaj Demps officially signed with FIU football on June 16, 2023, announced through the team’s Twitter post. Demps, the 5-8, 170-pound athlete spent his senior season at Glades Central High School in Belle Glade, Florida. He served his […]
Brian Olmo | Sports Director Basketball: After a sensational 2022-23 campaign, sophomore guard Denver Jones announced on March 20 that he plans to enter the transfer portal, effectively leaving FIU basketball. The 6-4 guard finished the season as FIU’s leading scorer and the second-highest scorer in Conference USA, averaging 20.1 points per game on 47.8% […]
Written by Christian Almanza/Contributing Writer The first Wednesday in February is an exciting time of year for the National Collegiate Athletic Association football programs, as it marks the first day of the regular signing period, allowing prospective athletes to sign a National Letter of Intent. FIU held a National Signing Day event at the Graham […]
By Cristhian Plasencia/Asst. Sports Director Women face many stereotypes in sports and in the WNBA, a big stereotype is that the great majority of players are gay. Former high school women’s basketball player challenges this assumption. “I would say some players turn out to be lesbians, but not all identify themselves as such,” said […]
By Brett Shweky/Sports Director With FIU losing many of their impact players due to graduation this season, the team will look upon their incoming recruits to make an immediate contribution for the following year. Some of the big named players FIU will lose on offense are wide receiver Thomas Owens, quarterback Alex McGough, running […]
