LAKELAND - Florida Southern's Logan Browning and the Moccasin Volleyball team were honored as the Polk County Male Collegiate Athlete and the Polk County Female Collegiate Team of the Year, respectively, by the Central Florida Polk County Sports Marketing Association. The awards were presented at the 2018 Polk County All-Sports Awards Banquet Tuesday at the RP Funding Center.

GRAND LAKE, CO - Meghan O'Brien was named as the Division II Attacker of the Year as four Florida Southern College women's lacrosse players earned all-America honors from the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association, the IWLCA announced on Tuesday.

GREENWOOD, IN - The Florida Southern College athletic communications office has been recognized for its work in the areas of graphic design and video production, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced on Friday, June 8. The athletic communications staff earned three different awards in the Publications and Digital Design Contest, taking first and fifth place in the Video Feature - College category and seventh in the Infographic Athlete - College contest.

Florida Southern College Director of Athletics Pete Meyer has announced the hiring of Lee White as the Moccasins’ new head men’s golf coach. White, who has spent eight years with the program as a student-athlete and assistant coach, is being elevated to the position of head coach following the retirement of Doug Gordin.

LAKELAND, FL - Florida Southern College men's basketball head coach Mike Donnelly has announced the signing of Pierce Kiesler as the final piece of the Moccasins four-man recruiting class for the upcoming 2018-19 campaign. Kiesler will join DeAndre Campbell, Kaiyem Cleary, and E.J. Dambreville as the four new incoming Mocs. Campbell and Cleary signed with Florida Southern in April and May, respectively, while Dambreville was the first member of the class to sign back in November.

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The same day he was named the Josh Willingham Award recipient the Division II Baseball's Most Valuable Player, Florida Southern senior Logan Browning was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 24th round (730th pick overall) in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on Wednesday. The Lakeland native is the third Florida Southern picked by the Red Sox since 1999.

Florida Southern senior Logan Browning has been named the winner of the 2018 Perfect Game Josh Willingham Award as DII baseball's Most Valuable Player. The award is named for former University of North Alabama standout, Josh Willingham, and honors a player who not only excels on the diamond, but in the dugout, clubhouse and practice field as well, and leads his team to national championship caliber status. This season Browning paced the Mocs as they competed for the program's tenth baseball national title. FSC finished the season 45-11-1 with a third-place finish at the NCAA Division II Baseball Championships.

Florida Southern senior J.T. Hintzen has been named the recipient of the 2018 Perfect Game Brett Tomko Award. The annual award is bestowed to a college baseball pitcher whose on the field performance is deemed the most outstanding at the Division II level. The award is named for former Moccasin Brett Tomko who was 15-2 for the 1995 NCAA National Champion Florida Southern team. Tomko, who went on to win 100 games in the Major Leagues, was named the 1995 National Pitcher and Player of the Year.

The Milwaukee Brewers have picked senior J.T. Hintzen with their 10th round pick (305th overall) in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Hintzen is the highest Moccasin draft pick since Jhalan Jackson was tabbed in the seventh round by the New York Yankees in the 2015 draft. He is the 28th Florida Southern player to be drafted in the top ten rounds of the MLB draft.