Congrats are to ensure that Florida A&M College! The Rattlers are formally the 2023 HBCU Soccer Nationwide Champions, after their triumphant win (30-26) over HU Bison final Saturday.
After trailing HU for 3 quarters, FAMU QB, Jeremy Moussa threw two landing passes to Kevin Dean Jr. within the fourth quarter to take the lead.
FAMU cornerback Kendall Bohler intercepted HU QB Quinton Williams to seal their lead with lower than 5 minutes left to play.
It has been a outstanding yr for the FAMU Rattlers, who broke into the Prime 100 Nationwide Public Universities at No.91 and No. 3 amongst all HBCUS, in keeping with the U.S. Information & World Report. Moreover, FAMU stays the highest ranked public HBCU for the fifth consecutive yr.
Kudos can also be to be able to Head Coach Willie Simmons on main the Rattlers to a 12-1 general document. The 2023 Celebration Bowl marked 45 years because the Rattlers gained their FCS (I-AA) Nationwide Championship in 1978.
Coach Simmons has additionally witnessed his personal share of historic wins, main the one HBCU to have each SWAC and MEAC champ titles and marking his forty fifth win at FAMU, passing Rudy Hubbard for essentially the most wins of their first 5 seasons.
“I do know Coach Hubbard is smiling proper now. I’m positive I’ve a textual content from him congratulating me. He’s been certainly one of my greatest supporters…Simply to have the ability to be talked about in the identical breath as Jake Gaither, Rudy Hubbard, Billy Joe, Ken Riley, or Joe Taylor, It’s actually particular,” Coach Simmons stated on Saturday.
“The group’s on discipline accomplishments function an exquisite coda to all the opposite nice issues that occur every single day at FAMU. It has been an important yr. Many because of our college students, college, workers, followers, and supporters who helped us in so some ways in the course of the season,” stated FAMU President Larry Robinson, Ph.D.
FAMU’s SWAC title is now acknowledged amongst their 16 Black school soccer championships, eight MEAC titles, and 29 SIAC titles.
Congratulations to the Florida A&M Rattlers for his or her excellent 2023 soccer season!
