Calling all FAMU Alumni and Fans to CELEBRATE and DONATE! ๐ฅณThank you for your support of
@FAMU_FB
all season! Your support fueled the teamโs victory. Keep the celebration alive by donating to the Rattler Athletic Fund to support our athletes!
While yโall were sleeping, SportsCenter dropped the wrong video after the Kawhi announcement. I screenrecorded it for yโall since yโall were sleep.
This week Megan Thee Stallion graduated from Texas Southern University, J.R. Smith earned a 4.0 GPA at North Carolina A&T and Deion Sanders landed the
#1
recruit at Jackson State University. My
#HBCU
heart is so full.
Bethune-Cookmanโs administration started telling scripted jokes at the Florida Classic luncheon, but I was able to stand on business about FAMUโฆquickly. ๐คท๐พโโ๏ธ
I chose to play volleyball at VSU b/c I wanted to play with people who looked like me for the first time in my life; I chose to get an M.S. in Sport Administration from GSU b/c it was the ONLY
#HBCU
with that major. Being the AD at FAMU has been the ONLY AD job Iโve ever wanted.
Honestly, this is surreal.
1. Only woman AD to win a
@CelebrationBowl
.
2. The only other
@theswac
AD to win one was my grad school advisor, Obadiah Simmons.
3. Iโve worked with FOUR head coaches who have won, Rod Broadway, Sam Washington,
@CoachTOliver
and
@HCWillieSimmons
.
One on my favorite moments of tonightโs game was watching Ken Griffey Jr. looking through the photos he took of his son getting a homecoming pick 6!
#FAMU
#HBCU
Ok. This made me super emotional. So, whenever it would snow (and it ALWAYS snowed ) Coach Teevens would go to the field and shovel the snow so that the logo wouldnโt be covered. He loved his alma mater and being the head football coach SO MUCH. God bless the person who shoveled.
On time departure to the
@orangeblossomfc
with
@FAMU_FB
! All players eligible and accounted for! Great work by our student-athletes, FAMUโs NCAA Certification Team and various campus stakeholders!
#BeatJacksonState
One of my goals is for every
@FAMUAthletics
student-athlete to leave with a ring on one hand and a degree in the other.
@FAMU_Tennis
is halfway there! Congratulations on winning
@theswac
Championship! My first ring as FAMUโs athletics director.
HBCUs ARE the โgreener pastures,โ to me. Always my first choice, never my second. I hope the athletes at FAMU know that they are the โapple of my eye,โ and that they are my second to NO ONE. โค๏ธ
@J_Highsmith1922
@ImTheReasonWhy
Showed up at my last job interview with blonde braids after HR at my last job told me I should get rid of them. Got a job at an Ivy League school...with blonde box braids!
Congratulations to
@GSU_TIGERS
VP of Student Affairs & Director of Athletics, Dr. David Ponton & his wife (my Soror) DeVaria Hudson on tying the knot today! ๐ป
This is my mother (
@Mom2SportsGirls
). This is the church that she pastors. It was vandalized 4 times earlier this year and last night, burned to the ground. It was over 150 years old and built by enslaved people who were freed. I am devastated.
This is just heartbreaking. Listen as the pastor of Gabriel Chapel in Chesapeake describes the loss from this morning's fire. So much history in this place, now gone.
#Breaking
@samantha_german
@WTKR3
An alumni couple brought me a wrapped birthday gift to last nightโs basketball game. I waited until today to open it and it is absolutely beautiful!
#FAMU
#HBCU
Itโs Throwback Night at
@LSUbaseball
and the GSU_TIGERS have joined in the fun! GSU will wear jerseys from different Negro League Teams in the contest, including the Memphis Red Sox, St. Louis Stars, Detroit Stars, Atlanta Black Crackers & the New York Black Yankees!
#HBCU
Your favorite college ADsโฆ
1. Are Black women;
2. VA natives;
3. Played college volleyball;
4. Completed the
@ncaa
Leadership Institute;
5. Worked at
@NSUSpartans
;
6. Are legacy Deltas๐บ;
7. Lead HBCUs (
@FAMUAthletics
&
@EWU_Athletics
) in Florida;
8. Are friendsโฃ๏ธ
My vision for
@FAMUAthletics
is for every student-athlete to graduate with a degree in one hand and a championship ring on the other. THIS is what itโs all about! Congratulations
@IsaiahMajor2
! ๐ซก
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James Colzie III has been named the 19th head football coach at Florida A&M.
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#FAMU
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#Rattlers
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#OurTime
Rattlers! We are excited to host the SWAC Championship game on December 2nd at 4 p.m. This week we will have a Championship game operations meeting in conjunction with the SWAC Office. We will release all game day information as quickly as we can AFTER that meeting. Stay tuned!
A few hours before our game yesterday, I rode through the community that sits behind our stadium to give away my game tickets. (Iโm an Investing In Champions member, but had no guests.) I stumbled upon a church and they invited me to service today. Look at what was inside!
#FAMU
A year ago, I was selected to participate in the
@NCAA
Pathway Program, which is designed to elevate senior-level athletics admins to the next step as ADs or Commissioners. Yesterday, I graduated from the program. Today, Iโm headed to my 1st
@theswac
meeting as
@FAMUAthletics
AD.
How lucky am I that college students chose to spend their Friday night with me? Last night I treated our SWAC Indoor Track & Field Individual Champions to dinner at their place of choice to celebrate their accomplishments! Congrats again to Kiara (PV) & Dajon (LJ)!๐ฅ
#1887Strikes
Congratulations
@ochocinco
on your
@Bengals
Ring of Honor Induction! A well-deserved honor for one of the greatest players of all time, with a heart and personality to match! ๐งก
โThe Dark Clouds gatheredโ and those Rattlers still filled the stands! Rattler Nation, thank you so much for your unwavering support of our student-athletes. See you in ATL! Fangs up! ๐
Current or former college athletics directors (any division or classification) my first day is tomorrow.
Iโd love if youโd send me one piece of advice by replying to this tweet!
Just found this credential from when I worked at Norfolk State. Ten years later, I have my dream job as the AD at FAMU and canโt wait for this matchup to kick off the 2024 season! Fangs up! ๐
Yesterday, I spoke with Sarah Hill-Yates, who was the first woman to serve as an athletics director (womenโs AD) at
#FAMU
. She said sheโs been telling people all week that she feels like Iโm her daughter, even though weโd never spoken to each other until yesterday. ๐งก๐
5 years ago I was in Aruba, met some people from my hometown & took a pic. Yesterday, my iPhone memories highlighted the pic. I WAS STUNNED. It is
@hanchey_ty
, who was the starting catcher at FAMU this year. Here we are as strangers in 2018, then as AD & student-athlete in 2023.
If youโre an alumnus of
@FAMU_1887
and work in the sports industry, reply to this tweet with details. If you work in media, administration, parks and recreation, coaching, etc. at any level, I want to know! ๐
#FAMU
I first connected with
@HCWillieSimmons
a few years ago when participating on
@RealCoachCarter
โs Zoom clinics. Then, we met in 2022 (a full year before I got this job) when I presented at the
@WeAreAFCA
convention on a panel hosted by
@CoachMickeyG
and itโs been up ever since!
I want my followers to know that during the FAMU Day of Giving,
@Shinetime_863
was one of the first people to make a donation to
@FAMUAthletics
. He deserves everything thatโs coming to him! Heโs special. ๐
#FAMU
#HBCU
When 5 student-athletes in a row walk across the stage, you get out of your seat and make them pause for a pic like a proud mom! ๐ ๐จ๐พโ๐๐
#FAMU
#HBCU
Drove past the
@FAMU_1887
Cooperative Extension Community Garden and saw this man (Glover) relaxing in the garden. I hit a u-turn, pulled in (disturbed him ๐ฅด) and he told me all about what he was growing. He was so generous with his time and knowledge.
#FAMU
#Tallahassee
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My special guests in my suite tonight were former
@FAMU_FB
quarterback, Steve Scruggs and his lovely wife. The
#FAMU
HOFer quarterbacked Jake Gaither's 1969 team that defeated the Univ. of Tampa. It was the first regular season game in the South that an HBCU defeated a PWI.๐
So incredibly humbled to be spotlighted by
@LaTonyaStory
at todayโs Sports Power Brunch, on Natโl Girls & Women in Sports Day. Thank you, LaTonya. And thanks
@TaylorRooks
for being a part of the recognition (even though you ate me up real bad in our selfie ๐ ).
#SportsPowerBrunch
On my flight to Tallahassee today, the gentleman (wearing an FSU shirt) beside me asked if I was the new AD at FAMU. Turns out he was the SID for Bobby Bowden his first 6 years at FSU. Nice to chat with another former SID about the evolution of college sports information. โ๐พ๐ป๐
When I got a text that Coach Anderson didnโt have much time left, I responded โI hope he holds on until
Homecoming so we can visit.โ Shortly after I landed in VA, he gained his wings. Ironically, I had on the same shirt that I wore the last time I visited him when I got the news.
Thank you to everyone who came out for the naming and dedication of Veronica Wiggins Field. She is the first FAMU womenโs coach to have an athletics property named after her on campus. Thank you to the Board of Trustees for approving this recommendation.
#WomensHistoryMonth
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Any
@FAMU_1887
students or alumni want to come to
@theswac
Championship baseball game? Iโll buy up to 50 tickets for Rattlers who tweet me a picture in FAMU gear, why they love
#FAMU
and number of tickets requested (max 4 per person) First come, first served.
#FAMU
#HBCU
#SWAC
HUGE shout-out to the
@FAMUAthletics
certification team for completing eligibility evaluations for all of our student-athletes as of 10:54 p.m. tonight. Thanks for hanging in there with me! Weโve met with coaches of 11 of our 14 sports and will meet with the remaining 3 tomorrow.
A full day of meetings, but my favorite โmeetingโ was having lunch with Rudy Hubbard! Coach Hubbard led
@FAMU_FB
to a Division I-AA (now FCS) National Championship Title in 1978.
@FAMUAthletics
is the ONLY HBCU to win an NCAA D1 Football National Title.
At
@FAMU_1887
you get a first class education AND an opportunity to compete at the highest level. You donโt have to sacrifice one for the other when choosing
#FAMU
!
#HBCU
#SWAC
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Thank you John Grant, Executive Director of the
@MEAC_SWAC
Challenge, for inviting me for a site visit in preparation next yearโs contest! See you next year Rattlers! ๐
๐จ๐พโ๐: Alumnus
๐ฉ๐พโ๐: Alumna
๐ฉ๐พโ๐๐จ๐พโ๐๐จ๐พโ๐๐ฉ๐พโ๐: Alumni
๐จ๐พโ๐๐จ๐พโ๐๐จ๐พโ๐๐จ๐พโ๐: Alumni
๐ฉ๐พโ๐๐ฉ๐พโ๐๐ฉ๐พโ๐๐ฉ๐พโ๐: Alumnae
RT to save a life.
I never thought Iโd see the day that the
#1
football recruit in the country committed to an
#HBCU
. I am hyper-emotional about this and grateful to be alive to see it!
Iโve never seen an experiment in college sports be so wildly successful. Revenue, wins, recruits, etc.
#JSU
Saw a tent overlooking the FAMU baseball field, so I went to see what was going on. About 20 minutes later, me &
@IVYDOLL15
had a 3-0 lead on the spades table. โ ๏ธ๐โพ๏ธ
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Patrick Crarey II has been named the 15th head men's basketball coach at Florida A&M.
@CoachCrarey
will be officially introduced tomorrow at 2 p.m. on Rattlers+.
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#FAMU
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#FAMUly
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#Rattlers
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#FangsUp
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