FCSAA Notebook: March 31

Florida College System Activities Association
Posted: Mar 31, 2026

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Florida College System Activities Association has announced its Weekly Awards in baseball, softball and beach volleyball.

FCSAA Weekly Awards (for all events March 23-29)

Congratulations to the following student-athletes who excelled in competition during the previous week:

  • FCSAA DI Baseball Player of the Week: Jose Correa, Central Florida
  • FCSAA DI Baseball Pitcher of the Week: Colton Sampson, Seminole State
  • FCSAA DI Softball Player of the Week: Caroline Mito, Miami Dade
  • FCSAA DI Softball Pitcher of the Week: Alexandra Solo, Florida SouthWestern 
  • FCSAA DII Baseball Player of the Week: Sebastian Berrios, Pasco-Hernando State
  • FCSAA DII Baseball Pitcher of the Week: Gavin Zassenbraker, Pasco-Hernando State
  • FCSAA DII Softball Player of the Week: Bree Urban, State College of Florida
  • FCSAA DII Softball Pitcher of the Week: Mittie O'Brien, Lake-Sumter State
  • FCSAA Beach Volleyball Pair of the Week: Emma Grace Blevins/Brooke Fintak, Lake-Sumter State

Visit the Weekly Awards HQ to read more about this week's honorees. 

FCSAA Sports Roundup

  • The FCSAA extends its deepest sympathy to the family and friends of longtime College of Central Florida Director of Athletics Bob Zelinski, who passed away Thursday, March 26.
  • The FCSAA Team Store has re-opened, courtesy of BSN Sports, and will remain open for the rest of the spring semester, providing access to FCSAA-branded gear throughout the winter and spring championship seasons.
  • Baseball
    • DI rankings: (3) Chipola, (9) Florida SouthWestern, (20) Central Florida, (23) Northwest Florida State, (RV) State College of Florida
    • DII rankings: (4) Pasco-Hernando State, (13) St. Johns River State, (14) Lake-Sumter State
  • Softball
    • DI rankings: (2) Northwest Florida State, (3) Florida SouthWestern, (6) Santa Fe, (9) Indian River State, (10) Eastern Florida State, (14) Miami Dade, (15) Seminole State, (20) Daytona State, (24) Gulf Coast State
    • DII rankings: (8) State College of Florida, (10) St. Johns River State, (RV) Florida State College at Jacksonville
  • Men's Golf
    • DI rankings: (8) Eastern Florida State
      • Top individual ranking: (4) Jamie Smith, Eastern Florida State
    • DII rankings: (35) Lake-Sumter State
      • Top individual ranking: (24) Tripp Watkins, Lake-Sumter State
  • Women's Golf
    • DI rankings: (2) Daytona State, (3) Seminole State, (5) Eastern Florida State, (8) Palm Beach State
      • Top individual ranking: (2) Alana Kutt, Daytona State
    • DII rankings: (3) Florida Gateway
      • Top individual ranking: (1) Karlee Gainey, Florida Gateway
  • Beach Volleyball
    • Palm Beach State clinched the No. 1 seed in the upcoming FCSAA Beach Volleyball Championship with wins over St. Johns River State (5-0) and State College of Florida (4-1) to finish FCSAA regular season play with a perfect 8-0 record. Lake-Sumter State (6-2) will be the No. 2 seed followed by St. Johns River State, State College of Florida and Florida State College at Jacksonville.
  • Tennis
    • Women: In the most recent ITA rankings, defending national champion Hillsborough sits atop the NJCAA poll while St. Petersburg is ranked No. 5. Those teams will play a head-to-head match for the FCSAA Championship on Friday, April 17 in Tampa, Fla. 
    • Men: In the most recent ITA rankings, Eastern Florida State is ranked No. 3. 
  • Flag Football
    • Florida Gateway returned from a two-week break on Saturday, defeating the College of DuPage, 74-0, and Lagrange College, 66-0. The Timberwolves are 10-1 and riding a four-game winning streak heading into Wednesday's rematch with FCSAA foe Daytona State. The Falcons lost their lone game last week, falling 13-12 to UCF, but rebounded to beat the College of DuPage, 46-14, on Monday afternoon. 
  • Track & Field
    • Lake-Sumter State's 4x800 men's relay team of Issa Issaku, Elijah Palmer, Spencer Palmer and Noah Kaegi qualified for the NJCAA Track & Field Championships during Saturday's UCF Knights Invite.

 

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