TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida A&M baseball team, which is coming off its’ first MEAC Baseball Championship since 1994, continues to work through its’ fall practice schedule, but released the 2016 spring schedule on Wednesday.
FAMU returns 21 players, including nine pitchers, from a 2015 team that was a part of a historic season that saw the Rattlers advance to the programs first-ever NCAA Regional as Florida A&M reached the Gainesville Regional.
Florida A&M’s roster will have 13 newcomers, including six freshmen, five junior college transfers and one collegiate transfer.
Of those 13 newcomers, five are additions to the pitching staff that only lost one senior from 2015. Last year’s staff posted the first-ever sub-5.00 team ERA in program history.
Rattlers head coach Jamey Shouppe announced the 2016 Florida A&M baseball schedule as the Rattlers will see 16 games against in-state opponents. On top of the home MEAC schedule, FAMU will host games against Marshall, Western Michigan, Toledo, Florida Gulf Coast, North Florida, Jacksonville, Alabama State and Mercer. Florida A&M also has a mid-week game at Auburn (Feb. 24) and a three-game weekend series at Miami (April 29-May 1) for a very strong 51-game schedule.
Under Shouppe the Rattlers have won 29 regular season games against MEAC opponents (29-19), which is the most conference wins over any two-year period in program history.
The 2016 season will open on Friday, February 19 against Marshall for a three-game series at Moore-Kittles Field.
2016 Florida A&M Schedule (PDF)
