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Florida State Women's Basketball Head Coach Brooke Wyckoff has announced another transfer to the program beginning in the 2024-25 season, welcoming rising junior forward Morelia Chavez from Eastern Arizona College.

Chavez, a 6-foot-1 player from Morelia Michoacan, Mexico, will have two years of eligibility remaining at FSU.

"We look forward to welcoming Morelia Chavez to the Seminole Family as we continue to add size, experience and shooting ability to our roster," Wyckoff said. "Morelia Chavez pushes us forward in all of those categories. She is a driven, hard worker and we are excited that she is joining us at pursuing excellence at the highest level this season."

In her most recent season with Eastern Arizona, Chavez put up impressive numbers with 11.8 points per game, 5.5 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 41.2 percent from 3-point range. She also shot 84.6 percent from the free-throw line, ranking 13th at the junior college level.

She finished the 2023-24 season on the All-ACCAC DI 1st Team, and totaled 20 games this past year in double-figure scoring. Chavez dropped 31 points on Central Arizona College on Feb. 10, going 12-of-22 from the floor and 4-of-7 from long range.

Chavez was recognized as the ACCAC Player of the Week after leading Eastern Arizona to three consecutive wins over Howard College, Salt Lake Community College and South Plains College.

Last year, she recorded a pair of 23-point performances in wins over Yavapai College and South Mountain Community College. Chavez totaled four 20-point games in the 2023-24 season, and had three games with 10+ rebounds.

Chavez has been lauded for being able to impact a game in multiple ways, being a prolific long-range shooter, a strong defender, a physical player as well as being someone who moves nonstop on both ends of the court.

Her addition to the Seminoles for the 2024-25 season gives FSU 11 student-athletes, as she joins offseason additions Malea Williams (Graduate forward, Cincinnati) and Raiane Dias Dos Santos (Redshirt freshman guard, Gulf Coast State College).

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The Florida State outdoor track and field teams opened the 2024 NCAA East Regional Preliminary Championship with three Noles earning bids to NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the men's long jump, marking the most qualifiers in the event since 2015.

Jeremiah Davis, Jordan Turner and Curtis Williams placed within the top five to punch their tickets to nationals, which will take place in Eugene, Oregon from June 5-8 at Hayward Field.

Davis led the Noles in second place with a mark of 25-5¼ and Turner followed Davis in fourth at 25-4¾. Williams rounded out the event in fifth with a mark of 25-2½.

In addition to three qualifying for nationals, three more Noles advanced to semifinals that will take place on Friday.

Tyson Williams and Andre Korbmacher moved on in the 110-meter hurdles. Williams led the quarterfinals with a time of 13.65 for sixth and Korbmacher claimed the final qualifying spot at 13.93.

Ismael Kone opened in the 100m (10.43), placing 23rd and closed out his evening in the 200, advancing to Friday's competition with a time of 20.75 for 24th.

"I was really pleased with the hurdles and Kone qualifying in two events today," said FSU track and field head coach Bob Braman. "All automatic qualifiers for the next round on Friday and it was amazing having three in the top five in the long jump to punch their tickets to Eugene. Really good day for the Noles!"

Cooper Schroeder placed 22nd in the 10,000 with a time of 29:57.73. Kidus Misgina followed in 26th at 30:01.17. Martin Prodanov clocked 3:46.17 in the 1,500.

The 19th-ranked women's team will begin action on Thursday, starting with the 100m hurdles and long jump at 6 p.m.

THURSDAY, MAY 23 – Women’s quarterfinal/semifinal
3:00 p.m. 100m hurdles – Alexandra Webster
3:00 p.m. Long jump (semifinal) - Skyler Reynolds, Tori Caroll
3:30 p.m. 1,500m – Suus Altorf
4:00 p.m. 100m – Dajaz DeFrand, Shenese Walker, Kaniya Johson, Liana Tyson
5:20 p.m. 400m hurdles – Tyra Wilson
5:45 p.m. 200m – Dajaz DeFrand

FRIDAY, MAY 24- Men’s semifinals
5:00 p.m. 4x100m relay
6:00 p.m. Triple jump– Jeremiah Davis, Kyvon Tatham, LaQuan Ellis, Jayden Louis-Charles
6:15 P.M. 110m hurdles – Tyson Williams, Andre Korbmacher
6:35 P.M. 100m – Ismael Kone
8:10 p.m. 5,000m – David Mullarkey, Zachary Cloud

SATURDAY, MAY 25- Women’s semifinals
5:00 p.m. 4x100m relay (semifinal)
8:10 p.m. 5,000m (semifinal) – Agnes McTighe
8:45 p.m. 4x400m relay (semifinal)

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Florida State’s Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc and Joshua Dous-Karpenschif defeated UC Santa Barbara’s Gianluca Brunkow and Pablo Masjuan in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday afternoon to move on to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Doubles Championship. Cornut-Chauvinc and Dous-Karpenschif equal Vahid Mirzadeh and Connor Smith back in 2011 for the deepest doubles championship run in program history.

“One of the keys to the match was that we were in every single game on the return, we broke twice in the first set and three times in the second,” FSU coach Dwayne Hultquist said. “We did a great job of playing aggressive and when we faced adversity we responded right away.”

The FSU pair held their serve through the first few games before going on a tear, winning four straight games to close out the first set in dominant 6-2 fashion.

The momentum carried into the second set as Cornut-Chauvinc and Dous-Karpenschif led 4-2 midway through the set. Despite the opposing pair tying the set score at 4-4, the FSU duo cranked it a notch further, winning the last five points in the match and serving out to seal the victory.

Cornut-Chauvinc and Dous-Karpenschif’s exceptional run of form midway through the match saw an unprecedented run of winning eight of nine games. The No. 13 pair in the nation earned their eighth nationally ranked victory of the season and claimed All-American accolades by reaching the quarterfinal round.

Cornut-Chauvinc and Dous-Karpenschif advance to the quarterfinals and will face No. 40 Jacob Bullard and Murphy Cassone of Arizona State on Thursday afternoon.

NCAA Men’s Tennis Doubles Championship Round of 16:
#13 Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc/Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) def. #33 Gianluca Brunkow/Pablo Masjuan (UCSB) 6-2, 6-4

Hart was on campus in April and following his visit, he told me that Florida State was waiting to see him throw before offering. That offer came today as the Seminoles offered Hart around noon. Florida State is the last school of the Florida 'Big-3' to offer Hart. It'll be interesting to see where Hart is on their board and whether or not they can make ground with him as Florida and Notre Dame are the perceived leaders at this time.

https://floridastate.rivals.com/news/florida-state-offers-2026-qb-brady-hart

Could get pretty ugly. It will be interesting to see what exactly happened and what he was promised. If UF made some promises that they didn't keep, it could end up being a very bad look for them. Grab your popcorn people!

The 'original Raider' Jim Otto has passed at 86 years old. Why do I pay homage to a former Hurricane on TheOsceola.com? .

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Florida State’s Vic Allen and Millie Bissett fell to the sixth-ranked Fiona Crawley and Carson Tanguilig of North Carolina 6-2, 6-2 in the round of 16 in the NCAA Doubles Championship on Wednesday.

The 17th-ranked Allen and Bissett grabbed the early lead as they won the first game and took the early 1-0 lead.

Crawley and Tanguilig responded by claiming six out of the next seven games to win the first set 6-2.

The pair yet again secured the first game in the second set to take the 1-0 lead. The duo went on to win another game later in the set, but fell short 6-2, 6-2.

The duo finished the season with 14 victories, including three ranked wins, and were named ACC Doubles Team of the Week in March this spring.

Allen finishes her Seminole career with 89 wins in doubles, which puts her fifth all-time in doubles wins. Combined with 88 singles victories, she is tied for seventh in program history with 177 total wins.

Florida State finished the season ranked 22nd in the final ITA team rankings. The team earned 17 wins, which included nine ranked victories, while playing into the semifinal round of the ACC Tournament for the 20th time and advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the seventh straight time.

NCAA Women’s Tennis Doubles Championship Round of 16:
#6 Fiona Crawley/Carson Tanguilig (UNC) def. #17 Vic Allen/Millie Bissett (FSU) 6-2, 6-2

Florida State’s road to a return trip to the Women’s College World Series wasn’t going to be easy, not as a No. 15 seed nationally and being paired up with No. 2 seed Oklahoma. But now the challenge is even tougher with Allison Royalty sidelined due to injury.

Royalty left FSU’s game against Auburn on Sunday with what appeared to be a back injury. The senior right-hander went 7-5 with a 3.75 ERA, recording 38 strikeouts with 33 walks in 69 innings.

After hitting just 55 homers in 2023, this FSU baseball team is hitting homers at a historic rate. The 2024 Seminoles are on pace to average the most homers per game in program history (1.91 per game at the moment) and this is the first team in program history with four players with 13+ homers.

Yahoo Sports Ross Dellenger interviews former FSU quarterback and current FSU Board of Trusee member Drew Weatherford about the role his private equity firm and others could play in assisting athletics departments in meeting their capital needs as the revenue-sharing settlement with student-athletes moves closer to fruition. Note: Yahoo Sports is the parent company of Rivals and TheOsceola.com

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Four-star offensive guard prospect Cortez Smith will likely no longer be officially visiting FSU.

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Smith told The Osceola early in March that he would be officially visiting Florida State on June 14th but at least one source is indicating that he will no longer be taking this visit. Instead, it appears he will be officially visiting Georgia Tech on June 14th. While we cannot 100% confirm this at this time, Smith is set to announce his commitment on July 20th and Florida State is not among the finalists despite previously having an official visit set, which further suggests that this visit is no longer taking place.

It is very possible that with the prospects along the offensive line that Florida State is now is contention for, that Smith has moved down Florida State's board.

I will start it off with a post about Quad City Style pizza. For those of you who don't know (which is probably many Floridians) the Quad Cities are a metro area of around 400,000 people straddling the Mississippi River between Iowa and Illinois with Davenport, Iowa being the largest city.



The Quad Cities culinary claim to fame (other than being the birthplace of sliced bread and taco pizza) is the aforementioned Quad City Style pie (one of your board regulars, @FSUTribe76 actually made one from scratch!)

Unique characteristics of this pie are: cut into rectangles with giant kitchen shears rather than sliced into triangles, a chewy crust with a hint of molasses, toppings like meat, veggies etc. always go UNDER the cheese, a spicy tomato sauce but used in very small quantities, utilizes very finely ground sausage that is spiced with fennel, fresh white mozzarella typically procured locally). Here is a more definitive article on the style if curious from Food & Wine magazine.

Here is a pic from my favorite QC Style pizza place, called Uncle Bill's"



Here is a pie from what most claim is the original QC Style parlor, Frank's Napoli:



If you are ever in our neck of the woods (or in Chicago, where several QC Style places have opened) make sure to grab yourself a pie and enjoy a unique regional pizza varietal!

I am anxious to see/read about your city or region's specialties.

Bon Appetit!

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Florida State’s Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc and Joshua Dous-Karpenschif advanced to the second round of the NCAA Doubles Championship on Tuesday afternoon after Tennessee’s pair retired during the second set. Cornut-Chauvinc’s singles season came to an end after a three-set battle in the second round.

“Antoine and Joshua played incredibly sharp in the first set and held strong on the deuce points that helped establish their rhythm before the unfortunate retiring of Tennessee’s pair,” head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. “Antoine has had an unbelievable singles career here at Florida State, becoming a two-time All-American, clinching this year’s ACC Championship, and being one of the most special players the program has ever seen.”

The Lyon, France, natives came out firing on all cylinders, quickly gaining a 4-1 first-set lead before serving out a 6-3 victory. The duo was able to snatch two service breaks in the first set before Johannus Monday and Angel Diaz retired during the second set at 1-1.

This marks the second time this matchup was unfinished in just two weeks after a thrilling 6-6 tiebreaker back in Knoxville during the third round of the NCAA Tournament was left abandoned after Florida State earned the doubles point on Courts 2 and 3.

Cornut-Chauvinc began his singles match with a dominant 6-2 first set and climbed from 3-1 down back to 3-3 in the second set. Illinois’ Karlis Ozolins pushed Cornut-Chauvinc to a third set before pulling away.

Cornut-Chauvinc finishes his collegiate singles career as one the most accomplished Seminoles in the program’s history. He was named 2024 ACC Player of the Year, the 2024 ACC Championship MVP after winning five straight games to clinch FSU’s first ACC championship, and is a two-time All-ACC Singles First Team selection.

Cornut-Chauvinc and Dous-Karpenschif advance to the round of 16 and will face the winner of the match between No. 23 Jacob Bickersteth and Gavin Young of Michigan and No. 33 Gianluca Brunkow and Pablo Masjuan of UC Santa Barbara on Wednesday afternoon.

NCAA Men’s Tennis Doubles Championship Round of 32:
#13 Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc/Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) vs. #6 Johannus Monday/Angel Diaz (UT) 6-3, 1-1, (UT retired)

NCAA Men’s Tennis Singles Championship Round of 32:
#26 Karlis Ozolins (UIUC) def. #4 Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc (FSU) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2

But we sure need our bats to dominate 1-9 in the lineup to help out our pitchers vs OK. Obviously none of us know if Reid will be available at all, or how she will do even if she is. The young pitchers sure look to have all the tools, but experience and consistency is not with them right now.

So, just outscore them. Let’s put up 15 each game and give them a lot of cushion to work with.

Go Nolea!

After a stunning one-year absence from the ACC Tournament, the Florida State baseball team is back where it belongs in the postseason.

The Seminoles (39-14, 17-12 in ACC) earned the No. 5 seed in the ACC Tournament, which is being held this week at Truist Field in Charlotte, N.C. That placed them in Pool D along with No. 4 seed Virginia (40-14, 18-12) and No. 9 seed Georgia Tech (31-21, 15-15). The winner of the pool advances to the semifinals Saturday vs. the winner of Pool A and if all three teams are 1-1, the highest seed (UVA) advances.

FSU kicks off pool play Tuesday at 3 p.m. when it takes on GT on ACC Network in a rematch of last weekend's final series of the regular season. FSU took two of three from the Yellow Jackets last weekend at Howser, nearly sweeping the Yellow Jackets before GT rallied in the final game on Saturday after it was delayed for over 21 hours.

FSU will start junior right-handed pitcher Conner Whittaker for its opening game in the ACC Tournament. Whittaker, who is still ramping his pitch count back up after missing time to an injury and moving out of the weekend rotation, has a 4-0 record and 5.27 ERA this season.

He threw two scoreless innings out of the bullpen Friday vs. GT, allowing two hits and a walk but striking out a pair.

GT will start freshman righty Tate McKee (7.07 ERA over 42 innings) vs. the Seminoles. FSU tagged him for two runs (both earned) on three hits over 1.1 innings last Friday.

FSU starting lineup


GT starting lineup


With how the ACC Tournament pool-play format works, FSU needs to beat GT Tuesday or it will not be able to advance to semifinals and Friday's 11 a.m. game vs. Virginia will not matter in those terms. If FSU wins Tuesday, the winner of Friday's game will win the pool and advance to semifinals.

There was drama at the Spring ACC Meetings on Amelia Island and the ACC v The Florida State Board of Trustees and Clemson University wasn't the half of it.
On Monday, news broke that the UNC Board of Trustees were calling an emergency closed door meeting that UNC AD Bubba Cunningham had to leave the Island to attend as the trustees were concerned about the budget and concerns about the revenue gap between the ACC and the SEC and BIG 10. But the most dramatic news was a two-page document obtained by Yahoo Sports, the parent company of TheOsceola.com, that gave details on a proposed settlement with plaintiff attorneys, the NCAA and the Power 5 conferences to resolve three pending anti-trust cases the first of which is scheduled to go before the court in January of 2025. Based on the Supreme Court's most recent 9-0 lruling against the NCAA, legal experts believe the NCAA and Conferences should accept the settlement agreement, which will cost $2.66 billion in back compensation to student-athletes and as much as $30 million per year per school in shared revenues and expanded scholarship costs.

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QB

DJ Uiagalelei - (SR)
Brock Glenn - (SO)
Luke Kromenhoek -(FR)
Trevor Jackson - (FR)
Tramell Jones - (FR) (Committed to FSU)

Comments: GRADE A- If Glenn stays for the 2025 season the Seminoles should have as good of a quarterback room as they have had in a long time. The talent level at the position has really been upgraded since Mike Norvell took over. You never know what these guys will do but Glenn showed last year in the Orange Bowl the ability to be a starter down the road for FSU. He made some nice throws even though he was put in a terrible position. Kromenhoek is one of the most gifted quarterbacks FSU has had in a long time. Jackson was a steal, getting him to walk on. Jones will have time to develop.

Options 2026 Class: Faizon Brandon - 6-4, 190 (5-Star), Brady Smigiel (Newbury Park CA) (4-Star), Romin Seymour (3-Star)

I have seen Brandon and Seymour in person. I like Brandon but am shocked at how high the kid is ranked. I would have never expected him to be ranked as the top signal caller in the country. Seymour has a ton of potential. He has some nice tools to work with.

RB

Lawrance Toafili (SR)
Samuel Singleton (FR)
Kam Davis (FR)
Micahi Danzy (FR)
Roydell Williams (SR)

2025 Class - Byron Louis (FR)

Comments: GRADE A- One thing Norvell has shown as head coach is the ability to scout, evaluate and develop running backs. I doubt any other program has had multiple walk-ons end up scholarship players at other schools. Danzy, Davis and if FSU lands Louis is going to be an elite room in 2025-2026. Singleton showed some promise this spring. I expect FSU to sign two backs in the 2025 class. Landing Louis would be huge. Anything above that would be icing on the cake.

Options 2026 Class: Derrek Cooper - Chaminade - FSU leads for Cooper. He is in the same class of back as Sony Michel, Dalvin Cook and Derrick Henry IMHO. He will be a five-star, elite player. If FSU lands Louis in 2025 and Cooper in 2026, they will have the best backfield in the ACC while both are in college.

TE

Kyle Morlock (SR)
Jerrale Powers (SO)
Brian Courtney (JR)
Jackson West (JR)
Landen Thomas (FR)

2025 Class - Hollis Davidson (FR)

Comments: Grade B - Under Norvell the TE position is always going to be important. They got it right with Jaheim Bell last year. It will be interesting to see how this room develops. West just did not look athletic to me in the spring game. Morlock has one year and is solid at best. We have no idea what Powers brings. Courtney is a body. So this room comes down to Landen Thomas developing into a player. I think he has very good upside. Davidson would be right up there with Thomas. If any of the other guys can develop this room is fine. Landing Elyiss Williams would be the game changer. This grade would go from B to A quickly ... especially if you are landing Davidson as well.

Options 2026 Class: None at this time

WR
Jakhi Douglas (SR)
Destyn Hill (FR-Med RS)
Kentron Poitier (SR)
Deuce Spann (SR)
Hykeem Williams (SO)
Darion Williamson (SR)
Lawayne McCoy (FR)
BJ Gibson (FR)
Camdon Frier (FR)
Elijah Moore (FR)
Malik Benson (SR)
Jalen Brown (SO)

2025 - Joshua Moore (FR)

Comments: Grade B+++ - FSU has killed it in the transfer portal at WR with Keon Coleman, Johnny Wilson and now what looks to be another star in Malik Benson. Hykeem Williams flashed at times last year. He is a great blocking receiver. He can still become a No. 1, top-rated receiver. Now it is up to him. After that the older guys have not developed. Kentron Poitier is a good No. 3. He could be a No. 2 this year. Hill is out for the season. I think FSU sits great at the slot with Frier, Gibson and McCoy. Adding Moore would be a plus. Now they need to land one of Brown, Wiley, McCutcheon or Lockett. Just land one and this grade goes to A. I feel FSU has a legit shot at Brown. He just put out his top four and FSU was one of the schools.

Options 2026 - Efrem White - Vero Beach (Committed), Calvin Russell (Miami Northwestern), Malachi Toney (American H-Committed to Miami)

OL
Julian Armella-(SO)
Jeremiah Byers-(SR)
Jaylen Early-(FR)
Bryson Estes-(JR)
Keiondre Jones-(SR)
Andre Otto -(FR)
Robert Scott-(SR)
Thomas Shrader-(SR)
Luke Simmons-(FR)
Maurice Smith-(SR)
Darius Washington-(SR)
Tye Hylton (FR)
Jayden Todd (FR)
Manassse Itete-(FR)
Jonathan Daniels (FR)
Jacob Rizy (SR)
Richie Leonard (SR)
TJ Ferguson (JR)

Solomon Thomas - OT/OG (Committed to FSU)

2025 Class - Josh Petty (OT), Ziyare Addison (OT), Peyton Joseph (OG), Max Buchanan (C)

Comments: Grade A - Under coach Alex Atkins the OL has improved its play on the field since Day 1. The high school and portal linemen have been a mixed bag so far. That is expected when you are trying to rebuild an OL that was a mess early on. It takes time and about 4-5 classes to really get the OL to where you want it as a program. Would like to see Early, Armella, Otto and Simmons take the next step. Add in Thomas, Petty, Addison, Joseph and Buchanan and what was once a major weakness will become a strength in 2025. FSU is in good shape on the OL, which outside of QB the most important position group on offense is if not the entire team.

Options 2026 OT Micah Smith - 6-5, 305 (Vero Beach)