Southeastern Fire

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Southeastern Fire
University Southeastern University
Association NAIA
Conference The Sun Conference
Mid-South Conference
Athletic director Drew Watson
Location Lakeland, Florida
Football stadium Victory Field
Basketball arena The Furnace
Baseball stadium Ted A. Broer Stadium
Mascot Scorch[1]
Nickname Fire
Colors
     Red       Black
Website fire.seu.edu

The Southeastern Fire are the athletic teams for Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida. The university is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in The Sun Conference, formerly known as the Florida Sun Conference (FSC). The Fire are associate members of the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) after competing in both Division II and, more recently, Division I.[2] In the spring of 2016, the Fire joined the Mid-South Conference for football.[3] Southeastern University has won NCCAA Division II championships in all four men's sports and a NCCAA Division I championship in men's golf. In 2014, Senior Dwayne Johnson was named an NAIA All-American after leading the fire to the final four of the NAIA Division II basketball championship in Point Lookout, Missouri, while Junior Timothy Mitchell was named to the second team.[4] Johnson signed a professional contract with the Liepajas Lauvas of Latvia,[5] while senior Mitchell Wiggins Jr was one of seven players drafted by the Harlem Globetrotters.[6] The university added women's softball, men's tennis, and men's & women's cross country in 2012. Southeastern currently competes in seven men's and seven women's sports, after the addition of football in the 2014-15 academic year. The addition of men's wrestling, the first collegiate program in the state, is planned for the 2015-16 academic year[7]

The team mascot was Maniac until 2014, when a new mascot, Scorch, was introduced along with the unveiling of the new football stadium.[8]

Achievements

In 2006, the men's soccer team won the NCCAA DII National Championship and coach Drew Stacey was named NCCAA coach of the year.[9] In 2015, the men's soccer team won The Sun Conference championship. Freshman Jake van der Luit was named the tournament mvp.[10]

In 2007, the men's golf team won the NCCAA National Championship.[11]

Professional players

Several Fire players have continued their athletic careers professionally, including Dee Gordon who played shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers and second base for the Miami Marlins in Major League Baseball.

Many basketball players have gone on to play professionally, including Ali Hosni (2013), Jacob Blankenship[12] (2012), Povilas Gaidys (2012), Amir Royal (2013),[13] Malcolm Pollock (2013),[14] Dwayne Johnson (2014),[15] and Tim Mitchell (2015) [16]

Justin Michel plays soccer for the Bonaire national football team. Gerritson Craane has played for the Curaçao national football team.

References

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