Category: Brevard Sports News

BREAKING: Eastern Florida State Basketball Head Coach Jeremy Shulman Leaving After 14 Seasons

After 14 seasons at Eastern Florida State College, head men’s basketball coach Jeremy Shulman has accepted the head basketball coach position at the University of Tennessee-Martin. […]

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Florida Tech Panther Akos Hajagos Named SSC Men’s Swimming Freshman of the Year

Freshman Akos Hajagos of men’s swimming was named the 2024 Sunshine State Conference Men’s Swimming Freshman of the Year as announced by the conference on the morning of Tuesday, March 26th. […]

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Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Spotlight: Charles ‘Phil’ Smith Was First Scholarship Athlete at Eastern Florida State

Charles “Phil” Smith graduated From Cocoa High School in 1961 after earning a triple trifecta of nine varsity letters, three each in football, basketball and track. He was also named All State in football and basketball. […]

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WATCH: Cocoa Beach Native Kelly Slater Wins First Heat of the Year at Rip Curl Pro in Australia

The eleven-time World Champion, Space Coast Sports Hall of Famer Kelly Slater defeated Oahu’s John John Florence and Seth Moniz at the 61st edition of the Rip Curl Bells Beach Pro in Australia. […]

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The Viera Company’s Todd Pokrywa Supports Breast Cancer Awareness at Northern Roots Hockey Tournament in New York City

Todd Pokrywa, the philanthropic president of The Viera Company in Brevard County on Florida’s Space Coast, was part of the festivities and action at the Northern Roots Hockey Tournament at Chelsea Piers in New York City, which brought together former National Hockey League players. […]

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Florida Tech Panther Scholar-Athlete Spotlight Recognizes Basketball Player Chase Thompson

Being a scholar-athlete at Florida Tech takes an incredible amount of hard work and dedication to excel both in the classroom and on the field. We caught up with Panther basketball player Chase Thompson, a junior majoring in business, for this edition of Scholar-Athlete Spotlight. […]

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Former Rockledge Raider Alaina Rice, Syracuse to Face UCONN in Round Two of NCAA Tournament

The Orange is moving on. The 6-seed Syracuse women’s basketball team defeated 11-seed Arizona, 74-69, on Saturday afternoon in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament. […]

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WATCH: Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame 2016 Inductee Willie ‘Ric-Rac’ Wright Was Magical on Fields, Court

Many years have passed since Wille “Ric-Rac” Wright attended the African-American only Monroe High School in the early 1960s, but his former coach says watching Wright on the field and the basketball court was magical. […]

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Eastern Florida State Women’s Basketball to Face North Dakota SCS in National Tournament March 26

For the third straight season, the Eastern Florida State College women’s basketball team will play in the NJCAA Division I National Tournament. The Titans are 27-4 this season and went 21-0 in the Citrus Conference, making it to the semifinals of the FCSAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. […]

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