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Mirabel Ting is the first-ever FSU recipient of the ANNIKA Award
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Golf
Florida State pulled off the rare feat of having both the top men and women’s golfer in the country, with Mirabel Ting becoming the first-ever FSU recipient of the ANNIKA Award — joining Luke Clanton who was named as the Ben Hogan Award winner:
Ting is currently the No. 1 ranked player in the NCAA by Scoreboard by Clippd and the No. 2 ranked player in the world as ranked by the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR).
Ting finished as the runner-up in stroke play at the NCAA Division I Championships on Monday. She finished in second place in the individual standings with scores of 70-71-69-68 for a four-round total of 10 under par 278. Her score of 278 and her score vs. par of -10 are both school records for stroke play in the NCAA Tournament. Ting’s second place finish ties teammate Lottie Woad for the best individual finish in the NCAA Championship; Woad finished second in the 2024 NCAA Championship. Ting’s score of 278 and 10 strokes under par also established new school records – besting Woad’s scores of 279 and 9 strokes under par in 2024.
Ting was named the 2025 ACC Golfer of the Year and to the All-ACC team after leading the Seminoles to the first ACC Championship in school history on April 19 at the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C. Ting is the second consecutive Florida State player and the fourth Seminole to be named the ACC Golfer of the Year. Woad was named as the ACC Golfer of the Year in 2024. Beatrice Wallin won the award in 2021 and Frida Kinhult shared the award in 2019.
Ting earned five individual championships this season with wins at the Folds of Honor Collegiate, the Schooner Fall Classic, the Collegiate Invitational at the Guadalajara Country Club, the Briar’s Creek Invitational, and the Florida State Match Up. In eight collegiate events, Ting finished first five times, second twice (at the NCAA Lexington Regional Championships and NCAA Championship Finals) and third once (at the ACC Championship). Ting finished lower than third only once (tied for sixth at the Moon Invitational) and finished her junior season 80 strokes under par – for the entire year.
Ting is the second golfer from the ACC to win the award joining Leona Maguire from Duke who won the nation’s premier individual award for a collegiate golfer in both 2015 and 2017. A total of four players from current ACC schools have now won the award six times including Stanford’s Rachel Heck in 2021 and Rose Zhang in 2022 and 2023.
Clanton is the second player in Florida State history to capture the award after John Pak was the winner in 2021.
The Ben Hogan Award annually awards the top men’s NCAA Division I, II or III, NAIA or NJCAA college golfer based on all collegiate, amateur, and professional events over the previous 12 months. The joint announcement was made by the Hogan Trophy Award Foundation, the Friends of Golf (FOG) and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA).
As the top-ranked amateur in the world, Clanton earned his PGA TOUR Card after securing his 20th accelerated point through PGA TOUR University at the Cognizant Classic by making the cut.
In 13 career PGA TOUR starts, Clanton became the first amateur to record top 10 finishes in back-to-back starts since Bill Joe Patton in 1957 after placing second at the 2024 John Deere Classic and 10th at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
At age 20, he became the youngest player to finish second on TOUR since Jordan Spieth at the 2014 Masters Tournament.
Clanton has led the Seminoles to four victories in 2024-25, while topping the leaderboard in each win. Clanton became the first two-time NCAA Regional champion, after winning the Tallahassee Regional at 15-under, 201, setting a new course record for a three-round low at Seminole Legacy.
Best Women's Collegiate Golfer ✅
Best Men's Collegiate Golfer ✅#GoNoles | @FSUGolf pic.twitter.com/jzUmVs8fBY— FSU Seminoles (@Seminoles) May 20, 2025
From one @benhoganaward winner to another
Luke Clanton became FSU’s second Ben Hogan Award winner in program history after John Pak took home the in 2021.#NoleFamily | #Driven pic.twitter.com/VGiZ5ak60z— FSU Golf (@FSUGolf) May 20, 2025
Ting and the Florida State women’s golf team saw their season fall short of a national title, however, beating USC to advance to the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championships semifinals for the first time in program history but losing to Stanford:
Senior captain Kaylah Williams put the first point of the day on the board for the Seminoles as she gained a 5&4 win over USC’s Cindy Kou. After the players tied the first three holes, Williams won five of the next eight holes to take a five hole lead. The pair tied the next three holes to give Florida State’s fourth-year player a five hole lead with four holes to play and the first victory of the day.
Woad earned a 4&3 victory over USC’s Jasmine Koo to give Florida State a 2-0 advantage. The Seminole All-American win five of the nine holes on the back nine (the Seminoles started on hole No. 10) and the second hole after the turn to increase her advantage. Woad was up by four with three holes left to play to garner the point for the Seminoles.
Ting, who won the ANNIKA Award as the nation’s top collegiate player while the match was ongoing, closed out the Seminoles’ victory with a 3&1 win over Bailey Shoemaker.
No. 1 ranked and No. 1 seeded Stanford defeated No. 4 ranked and No. 4 seeded Florida State, 3.5-1.5, in an epic match that will be remembered for the fight of both teams.
Three of the five matches (including the deciding one) were forced into extra holes before the winner was decided. The three matches — including those that included Woad and Ting – were forced into extra holes as they were all tied after the regulation 18 holes.
Stanford gained victories by Paula Martin Sampedro, Kelly Xu, and Megha Ganne while Florida State’s win came from freshman Alexandra Gazzoli. Florida State’s Ting, who won the ANNIKA Award as the nation’s top golfer earlier on Tuesday, earned .5 points as she completed her match tied with Stanford’s Andrea Revuelta.
The Seminoles finished the season ranked No. 4 in the nation (its highest final ranking in program history), with seven team championships, the first ACC Championship in school history, the first No. 1 seed in an NCAA regional championship, and the third NCAA regional title in school history.
Fought until the end. A great season pic.twitter.com/xbs34iVlzZ— FSU Golf (@FSUGolf) May 21, 2025
Recruiting
2026 Florida State high school commitments
* RUNNING BACK: 4 star Amari Clemons (FL)
* WIDE RECEIVER: 4 star Efrem White (FL)
* OFFENSIVE LINEMAN: 3 star Xavier Payne (FL)
* OFFENSIVE LINEMAN: 3 star Mike Ionata (FL)
* LINEBACKER: 3 star Karon Maycock (FL)
* DEFENSIVE BACK: 4 star Darryl Bell III (FL)
* DEFENSIVE BACK: 3 star Tedarius Hughes (FL)
* DEFENSIVE BACK: 3 star Sean Johnson (MD)
* ATHLETE: 4 star Darryon Williams (FL)
Football
Bobby Bowden Field is back ❤️ #GoNoles | #OneTribe pic.twitter.com/7HO87IwkRh— Seminole Boosters (@SeminoleBooster) May 20, 2025
THE STANDARD is THE STANDARD.
How you do anything is how you do everything.
Proud of the WORK our UNIT put in this past semester in the classroom, led by @Brysonestes77’s 4.0 GPA.
Our UNIT, comprised of 16 players, had an overall semester GPA of 3.45 & 7 earning Dean’s list. pic.twitter.com/NUvbwGMnSt— Herb Hand (@CoachHand) May 20, 2025
Spring 2025 produced the BEST semester GPA in program history!#NoleFamily | #KeepCLIMBing pic.twitter.com/CpbnfIMXB8— FSU Football (@FSUFootball) May 20, 2025
Florida State's Entrance Is ELECTRIC @FSUFootball | @Seminoles | #NoleFamily | #KeepCLIMBing pic.twitter.com/wxelP3np8L— ACC Digital Network (@theACCDN) May 21, 2025
Sharpen the Point, which runs weekly during the football season on the Tomahawk Nation podcast network, has launched a YouTube channel breaking down the entirety of college football this offseason:
Baseball
Ahead of Florida State’s first game in the ACC Tournament, Jordan Silversmith took a look at a couple of x-factors for the Seminoles in addition to a quick preview of the tournament and a rooting guide for FSU to get back into national seed conversation:
Every college baseball team goes through peaks and valleys, inconsistencies and rough patches. The best example this season would be in College Station, where the preseason No. 1 team in the country, Texas A&M, seems primed to miss the NCAA tournament after getting swept by Missouri, who came into that series 0-24, after the Aggies defeated LSU a week before.
However, if A&M is the high-water mark for up-and-down play, Florida State would not be far behind.
To recap most weeks during the year, I will list out what I believe are my three highs and three lows, but I saw no purpose in doing that following the weekend against North Carolina. Sure, there were some positives in the series finale and even flashes of excellence in games one and two. But, by and large, the three-game set was a significant disappointment with the Seminoles holding a chance to lock down a top-8 national seed, only to lay back-to-back eggs and start conference championship week on the outside looking in at the Super Regional seeding bubble.
Our spots in the national rankings as postseason play begins. pic.twitter.com/G8yzA9ptam— FSU Baseball (@FSUBaseball) May 20, 2025
Florida State will host an NCAA Tournament selection show watch party at Bowden’s in CollegeTown:
The NCAA selection show is at 12 p.m. ET, followed by Inside Seminole Baseball from 1-2 p.m. For fans unable to join the team live at Bowden’s, they can watch Inside Seminole Baseball on the Seminoles Unconquered App, and on the baseball team’s Twitter/X andFacebook accounts, @FSUBaseball. Fans in Tallahassee can listen to the show on WFLA 100.7 FM as well as Seminoles.com and the Florida State Gameday App.
During the one-hour edition of Inside Seminole Athletics, Coach Jarrett and hosts Jeff Culhane and Eric Luallen will look ahead to the upcoming weekend’s NCAA Regional games, recap the previous week’s ACC Championships and look back on a memorable regular season. Select members of the 2025 team will follow Jarrett in conversations with Luallen.
Following a memorable College World Series run in 2024, the Seminoles posted a 37-13 record in the 2025 regular season and a 17-10 mark in the ACC. FSU earned the No. 2 seed at this week’s ACC Championships and secured a double bye into the quarterfinal in the single-elimination, 16-team event. With its best ACC finish since 2014, Florida State will open play on Friday, May 23, at 3 p.m. ET, at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina.
On Selection Monday, set for May 26 from 12-1 p.m. ET, on ESPN2, FSU will learn its NCAA Regional seeding and opponents as the team officially earns its 61st postseason berth. The 16 regional host sites will be announced the night before, on May 25.
Softball
Florida State softball’s sophomore shortstop Isa Torres was named a First Team All-American by Softball America while pitcher Jazzy Francik was named to the All-Freshman Team:
Torres — the Georgetown, Texas, native — has been putting together one of the top seasons in FSU history at the top of FSU’s lineup. She is hitting .448 with nine home runs and 45 RBI. More impressively, Torres is hitting .433 against top 25 opponents this season. Torres has recorded 95 hits this season which is third in the entire country and leads the ACC. Her 95 hits are the third most in FSU history. She is just five hits away from breaking the 25 year single season record for most hits by a Seminole. The sophomore has recorded a hit in 51 out of FSU’s 59 games this season and has reached base in 54 out of the 59 games this season. Torres has struck out just four times this season in 212 at bats which is tied for the lowest of any player in the Power Four. Torres has also been phenomenal at shortstop as she has made countless jaw-dropping plays at the position. She has a .963 fielding percentage, making just seven errors in 187 chances.
Francik has been nearly unstoppable in the circle as of late. In her last three starts, Francik has thrown 19 scoreless innings, allowing just five hits while striking out 21. In her last 13 appearances, Francik has allowed just four earned runs in 39.2 innings. She has posted a 1.57 ERA with a 10-3 record. Her 1.57 ERA is the lowest ERA in the ACC and the lowest ERA among freshmen in the country. Francik has come up in huge moments for FSU this season and has recorded eight saves this season which is the second-most in program history for a single season. Francik threw the first no-hitter against a ranked opponent against Virginia Tech on May 3. It was also the first no-hitter by a true freshman since Lacey Waldrop in 2012.
All Sports
It wasn’t a tough decision for AJ to stay a Nole ✊ pic.twitter.com/xGgNkbBW0F— Florida State Men’s Basketball (@FSUHoops) May 20, 2025
Malik’s season by the numbers pic.twitter.com/eyDqpzN2hY— Detroit Pistons (@DetroitPistons) May 20, 2025
Noles in the top 2️⃣5️⃣
Our men's team checks in at #19 in this week's@USTFCCCA national poll!#NoleFamily | #OneTribe pic.twitter.com/qYP318PhRw— Florida State T&F/XC (@FSU_Track) May 20, 2025