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{{Short description|Intercollegiate sports teams of Florida Atlantic University}}
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{{Infobox college athletics
| name                    = Florida Atlantic Owls
| logo                    = Florida Atlantic Owls logo.svg
| logo_width              = 200
| university              = [[Florida Atlantic University]]
| association             = NCAA
| conference              = [[American Athletic Conference|The American]] (primary)<br>[[Conference USA|C-USA]] (beach volleyball)<br>[[ASUN Conference|ASUN]] (men's swimming & diving)
| division                = [[NCAA Division I|Division I]]
| subdivision             = FBS
| director                = Brian White
| location                = [[Boca Raton, Florida]]
| first season            =
| teams                   = 19
| mens_teams              = 8
| womens_teams            = 11
| coed_teams              =
| stadium                 = [[FAU Stadium]]
| basketballarena         = [[Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena]]
| baseballfield           = [[FAU Baseball Stadium]]
| softballstadium         = FAU Softball Stadium
| soccerstadium           = [[FAU Soccer Stadium]]
| mascot                  = Owlsley and Hoot
| nickname                = [[Owls]]
| fightsong               = FAU Fight Song
| pageurl                 = https://fausports.com/
| ncaa titles             =
| indiv_relay ncaa champs =
| altlogo = [[file:Florida Atlantic Owls wordmark.svg|200px]]
}}
The '''Florida Atlantic Owls''' are the athletics teams of [[Florida Atlantic University]]. The Owls participate in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA)'s [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] as members of the [[American Athletic Conference]]. On October 21, 2021, Florida Atlantic accepted the invitation to join The American and became a full member on July 1, 2023.<ref name="AAC Invite">{{cite web|url=https://fausports.com/news/2021/10/21/general-fau-accepts-invite-to-the-american.aspx|title=FAU Accepts Invite to The American|website=FAUSports.com|date=October 21, 2021}}</ref>

Florida Atlantic has attracted high-profile coaches in the past for various sports, including [[Howard Schnellenberger]] and [[Lane Kiffin]] for [[college football|football]] and [[Mike Jarvis]] for [[college basketball|basketball]]. Other former coaches include [[Matt Doherty (basketball)|Matt Doherty]], [[Rex Walters]], and [[Sidney Green (basketball)|Sidney Green]]. As of March 2018, the Owls are led by athletic director Brian White.<ref>{{cite news|title=Florida Atlantic hires Brian White as athletic director|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/florida-atlantic-hires-brian-white-as-athletic-director/2018/03/03/d2d69e7a-1f07-11e8-98f5-ceecfa8741b6_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=March 3, 2018}}{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The 2023 men's basketball team made school history by making the Final Four of the [[2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Weinberger |first=Zach |title=FAU basketball to the Final Four: Here's how the Owls beat Kansas State in March Madness |url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/sports/college/owls/2023/03/25/fau-basketball-to-the-final-four-how-the-owls-upset-kansas-state/70046475007/ |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=The Palm Beach Post |language=en-US}}</ref>

==The Owls==
The logo and mascot of [[Florida Atlantic University]]'s athletic teams is the [[burrowing owl]]. Owlsley and Hoot are the names of the mascots for Florida Atlantic University. The presence of this bird has been popular on the land of the university, even preceding the construction of FAU. At the dedication ceremony in 1964, [[Lyndon B. Johnson|President Lyndon B. Johnson]] even made notice and reference to the popular presence of the bird.<ref name="President Johnson Dedicates Florida Atlantic University.">{{cite web|url=http://www.fau.edu/40th/alook_speech.html|title=President Johnson Dedicates Florida Atlantic University |publisher=FAU|access-date=May 18, 2006|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901215759/http://www.fau.edu/40th/alook_speech.html |archive-date=September 1, 2006}}</ref> In 1971, the [[National Audubon Society]] designated FAU's land an official owl sanctuary, honoring the tradition of the bird's presence and moving to protect the birds from attempts to expand construction of the university. Owls are still dominant in their presence on the Boca Raton campus to this day. With the addition of intercollegiate athletics in the mid-1980s, the university used the bird as its mascot - an animal that denotes wisdom, determination and cognizance.

===Conference affiliations===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Florida Atlantic Owls|Division|Years|Conference affiliation}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]] District 25 || 1979–80 to 1982–83 || rowspan="2" | Independent
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[NCAA Division II]] || 1983–84 to 1992–93
|- style="text-align:center;"
| rowspan="4" | [[NCAA Division I]] || 1993–94 to 2005–06 || Trans America Athletic Conference<br />(now [[ASUN Conference]])
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2006–07 to 2012–13 || [[Sun Belt Conference]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2013–14 to 2022–23 || [[Conference USA]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2023–24 to present || [[American Athletic Conference]]
|}

==Sports sponsored==
[[File:The American logo in Florida Atlantic colors.svg|thumb|150px|American Athletic Conference logo in Florida Atlantic's colors]]
{| class="wikitable" style=" " 
! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Florida Atlantic Owls|border=1|color=#ffffff}}"| Men's sports
! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Florida Atlantic Owls|border=1|color=#ffffff}}"| Women's sports 
|-
| [[Florida Atlantic Owls baseball|Baseball]] || [[Florida Atlantic Owls women's basketball|Basketball]]
|-
| [[Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball|Basketball]] || Beach volleyball{{sup|3}}
|-
| Cross country || Cross country
|-
| [[Florida Atlantic Owls football|Football]] || Golf
|-
| Golf || Soccer
|-
| [[Florida Atlantic Owls men's soccer|Soccer]] || [[Florida Atlantic Owls softball|Softball]]
|-
| Swimming and diving{{sup|2}}|| Swimming and diving
|-
| Tennis || Tennis
|-
| || Track and field{{sup|1}}
|-
| || Volleyball
|-
| colspan="2" style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Florida Atlantic Owls}}" | <small>{{sup|1}}includes both indoor and outdoor<br> {{sup|2}}as of the 2023–24 season, competes in the ASUN Conference.<br> {{sup|3}}remained an associate member of Conference USA after the school <br>otherwise left the conference.</small>
|}

===Football===
{{see also|FAU Stadium | Florida Atlantic Owls football}}
[[File:FAUStadium night.jpg|thumb|FAU Stadium, current home of the Owls football team]]
Florida Atlantic University fielded its first football team in 2001, coached by former Miami and Louisville coach [[Howard Schnellenberger]]. Their first game was a 40–7 loss against [[Slippery Rock University]] on September 1, 2001. After just four seasons of existence, the Owls jumped from [[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision|Division I-AA (now FCS)]] competition to [[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|Division I-A (now FBS)]], joining the [[Sun Belt Conference]]. Through the 2008 season, after eight years of competing in football, the Owls are 47–47 overall. In 2007 they competed in their first bowl game, the [[New Orleans Bowl]], where they defeated the [[2007 Memphis Tigers football team|Memphis Tigers]] 44–27. In 2008, the Owls competed in their second straight bowl game, the [[Motor City Bowl]], where they defeated the [[2008 Central Michigan Chippewas football team|Central Michigan Chippewas]] by a score of 24–21.

In 2010, quarterback [[Rusty Smith (American football)|Rusty Smith]] became the first FAU player to be drafted.

The Owls opened their new on-campus [[FAU Stadium]] on October 15, 2011, against [[2011 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|Western Kentucky]].

The Owls' natural rivals are the [[FIU Panthers football|FIU Panthers]], located just 50 miles from Florida Atlantic; FIU will remain in Conference USA after FAU's 2023 move to The American. The rivals meet annually in a conference match up named the [[Shula Bowl]], after [[Miami Dolphins]] coach [[Don Shula]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fausports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112002aaa.html|title=FAU/ FIU Football Trophy Named the Don Shula Award|work=cstv.com}}</ref>  The first Shula Bowl was played in 2002 at the Miami Dolphins' Pro Player Stadium (later Sun Life Stadium and now [[Hard Rock Stadium]]), and since alternated between FAU at Sun Life Stadium and [[Riccardo Silva Stadium]] annually; the first game in the series at the Owls' new stadium was in 2012. FAU leads the all-time series thirteen games to four.

On December 5, 2011, the football program hired its second coach in its history; former University of Nebraska Defensive Coordinator, [[Carl Pelini]]. In 2013, the Owls joined [[Conference USA]]. On December 16, 2013, the program hired its third coach in its history; Charlie Partridge.

On December 12, 2016, the program hired the fourth coach in program history; [[Lane Kiffin]]. Kiffin was formerly the head coach for the Oakland Raiders of the NFL, the University of Tennessee Volunteers, and the University of Southern California as well as the former Offensive Coordinator for the University of Alabama under [[Nick Saban]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/report-florida-atlantic-to-hire-lane-kiffin-155950741.html|title = Report: Florida Atlantic to hire Lane Kiffin| date=December 12, 2016 }}</ref> He led the Owls to two conference championships in 2017 and 2019, as well as a 2017 [[Boca Raton Bowl]] victory, where the Owls defeated the [[2017 Akron Zips football team|Akron Zips]] by a score of 50–3.

On December 11, 2019, FAU announced the hiring of former Florida State University head coach [[Willie Taggart]] as the next head coach.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/28276883/willie-taggart-lands-fau-following-fsu-firing|title=FAU turns to Taggart to replace Kiffin as coach|date=2019-12-11|website=ESPN.com|language=en|access-date=2019-12-12}}</ref> On December 21, 2019, former interim head coach and current University of South Florida defensive coordinator Glenn Spencer led the Owls to their fourth bowl victory in the Boca Raton Bowl, where the Owls defeated the [[2019 SMU Mustangs football team|SMU Mustangs]] by a score of 52–28.

===Baseball===
{{main|Florida Atlantic Owls baseball}}
Florida Atlantic Baseball fielded its first squad in 1981. Since inception FAU has had only three coaches. [[Kevin Cooney (baseball)|Kevin Cooney]], the most successful coach in school history, was the Florida Atlantic head baseball coach from 1988 through 2008. By many accounts, Cooney built a mid-major dynasty in the baseball world. [[University of Cincinnati]] head coach Brian Cleary called FAU "one of the country's best baseball programs," and added, "it's been an incredibly successful program over the last several years."<ref name="UC Head Coach Brian Clearly on FAU">{{cite web | url = http://media.www.newsrecord.org/media/storage/paper693/news/2007/02/08/Sports/Baseball.To.Kick.Off.Season.Friday-2704760.shtml?sourcedomain=www.newsrecord.org&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com | title = Baseball to kick off season Friday - Sports | publisher = The News Record | access-date = February 10, 2007 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928042504/http://media.www.newsrecord.org/media/storage/paper693/news/2007/02/08/Sports/Baseball.To.Kick.Off.Season.Friday-2704760.shtml?sourcedomain=www.newsrecord.org&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com | archive-date = September 28, 2007 }}</ref> Coach Cooney won his 800th career game on March 15, 2006, when FAU played [[Columbia University|Columbia]]. At FAU, Cooney won more than 700 games.

The Owls baseball team plays its home games at [[FAU Baseball Stadium]].<ref name="facil">[http://www.fausports.com/facilities/baseballstadium.html FAU Baseball Stadium] at fausports.com, URL accessed June 28, 2010. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110604141903/http://www.fausports.com/facilities/baseballstadium.html Archived] 06-28-10</ref>

Currently the Owls are coached by long-time assistant for Cooney, [[John McCormack (baseball)|John McCormack]]. McCormack was an assistant under Cooney at FAU for 18 seasons.

40+ years of Florida Atlantic baseball:
*12 [[NCAA Division I Baseball Championship|Regionals]] (1985, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019)
*1 [[NCAA Division I Baseball Championship|Super Regional]] (2002)
*7 Regular Season Conference Championships (1983, 1999, 2003, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2019)
*2 Conference Tournament Championships (2004, 2013)
*[[NCAA]] record of 34 consecutive wins (February 19, 1999 – March 16, 1999)
*21 [[All-America]]ns
*10 Freshmen [[All-America]]ns
*112 players sign professionally
*12 players reach the [[Major League Baseball|majors]]

===Basketball===
{{main|Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball|Florida Atlantic Owls women's basketball}}
[[File:FAU Arena 2.jpeg|thumb|The Burrow]]
FAU basketball began play in 1988 and in its 19+ seasons has experienced limited success, marred with frequent coaching changes. Along with the other FAU athletics teams, basketball entered the [[Sun Belt Conference]] in the 2006–2007 season, and has shown signs of maturing into a national competitor. The Owls competed on the [[NCAA Division II|Division II]] level from 1988 to 1993 before joining the [[Atlantic Sun Conference]] when moving to [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] in the 1993–1994 season.

*December 1, 1998: FAU played [[Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball|Oklahoma State]] in the [[Gallagher-Iba Arena]] in [[Stillwater, Oklahoma]]. The Cowboys were undefeated and ranked in the top 10 of both national polls. FAU shocked the nation and upset OSU 83–81. This is still considered the biggest upset in FAU basketball history.<ref name="2006-07 Florida Atlantic Basketball Media Guide">{{cite web | url = http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/fau/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/0607MBBMediaGuide.pdf | title = 2006-07 Florida Atlantic Basketball Media Guide - Sports | publisher = FAU Athletics, p. 31 | access-date = January 14, 2007}}</ref>
*2002 season: FAU won the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, defeating [[Georgia State Panthers men's basketball|Georgia State]] 76–75 in the Championship Game of the conference tournament. The Owls received a 15-seed in the [[2002 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|national tournament]], but fell short in a bid to upset 2nd-seeded [[Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball|Alabama]].
*December 23, 2023: FAU played [[Arizona Wildcats basketball|Arizona]] in the [[T-Mobile Arena]] in [[Las Vegas, Nevada]] as part of the Desert Holiday Classic. Both Arizona and FAU came into the game with 9 wins and ranked in the top 15 in both of the national polls. FAU beat the Wildcats 96–95 in double overtime, and this was the first time FAU had beat a top 10 team.

The Owls were coached by [[Rex Walters]] in 2006–2008, a former standout at [[Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball|Kansas]]. Walters played a major role in the Jayhawks' run to the [[1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|Final Four]] in 1993. Coach Walters became the 6th head coach of FAU basketball, after [[Matt Doherty (basketball)|Matt Doherty]] left the university a year into his tenure to coach at [[SMU Mustangs men's basketball|SMU]].

The Owls are currently coached by [[Dusty May]], in his first head coaching opportunity.

The Owls play at [[Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena]], formerly known as FAU Arena & RoofClaim.com Arena and commonly referred to as The Burrow.

In the [[2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament]], the men's basketball team has advanced to the [[2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|Final Four]].<ref name=":0" />

===Softball===
In 2007, their first year as a member in the Sun Belt Conference, the FAU women's softball team became Sun Belt Conference champions winning both the Sun Belt regular-season and the Sun Belt tournament title. Florida Atlantic University is only the second Sun Belt champion in league history, knocking off defending champions Louisiana-Lafayette, which had won the first seven Sun Belt titles.<ref>[http://www.palmbeachpost.com/sports/content/sports/epaper/2007/05/14/a10c_colleges_0514.html]{{dead link|date=May 2015}}</ref> Additionally, the Lady Owls were only one of two teams to win their final post season game.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fausports.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/051407aac.html|title=Broken Wings: Owls Left Out of NCAA Regional|work=cstv.com}}</ref> Coach Joan Joyce was named the Sun Belt's Coach of the Year after guiding the Owls to the top of the conference.<ref>[http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/sfl-spstatecol14may14,0,3680494.story?coll=sfla-sports-headlines]{{dead link|date=May 2015}}</ref> Prior to joining the Sun Belt Conference, FAU softball had won nine Atlantic Sun Conference titles in the previous 10 years.

==Non-varsity sports==

===Ice hockey===
The Florida Atlantic University Ice Hockey Club competes in Division II of the [[American Collegiate Hockey Association]] (ACHA), affiliated with the Collegiate Hockey Federation (CHF), and has been a member of the College Hockey South (CHS) conference since the 2019–2020 season.<ref name="original">[Original source details needed]</ref> The Owls won the ACHA Division II national championship in 2025 and competed in the ACHA National Tournament in 2005 and 2011, also qualifying for the ACHA Regional Tournament in the 2017–2018 and 2019–2020 seasons.<ref name="WFLX2025">{{Cite news |date=2025-03-24 |title=FAU Ice Hockey Club wins its first national championship |url=https://www.wflx.com/2025/03/24/florida-atlantic-university-ice-hockey-club-wins-its-first-national-championship/ |access-date=2025-05-14 |work=WFLX}}</ref><ref name="WPTV2025">{{Cite news |date=2025-03-24 |title=FAU Ice Hockey Club wins its first national championship |url=https://www.wptv.com/sports/college-sports/florida-atlantic-university-ice-hockey-club-wins-its-first-national-championship |access-date=2025-05-14 |work=WPTV}}</ref> Open tryouts are held at the beginning of the fall semester to prepare for a season of over 25 multi-conference games, the CHS Playoffs, and the CHF Federation Cup.<ref name="original" />

==Rivalries==

===Florida International===
{{main|Shula Bowl}}
The rivalry between Florida Atlantic and Florida International started in 2002 when FIU's newly formed football program signed on to an annual matchup with FAU, alternating between home fields; the game has come to be called the [[Shula Bowl]]. FAU leads the football series 16–4 as of 2022. On the basketball court, FAU leads the series 21–18 as of 2023.

==Facilities==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Florida Atlantic Owls|Sport|Facility|Capacity}}
| [[Florida Atlantic Owls football|Football]] || [[FAU Stadium]] || 29,571
|-
| [[Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball|Men's]] & [[Florida Atlantic Owls women's basketball|Women's Basketball]]/Volleyball || [[Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena]] || 3,161
|-
| [[Florida Atlantic Owls baseball|Baseball]] || [[FAU Baseball Stadium]] || 2,000
|-
| [[Florida Atlantic Owls softball|Softball]] || Joan Joyce Field || 700
|-
| [[Florida Atlantic Owls men's soccer|Soccer]] || [[FAU Soccer Stadium]] || 1,000
|-
| Swimming and diving || FAU Aquatic Center || ''None listed''
|-
| Beach volleyball || FAU Beach Volleyball Complex || ''None listed''
|-
| Tennis || Kimberly V. Strauss Tennis Center || ''None listed''
|-
| Cross country/Track and field || FAU Track and Field Complex || ''None listed''
|-
| Golf || <ref>{{cite web |title=MEN'S GOLF COURSES |url=https://fausports.com/sports/2018/5/25/facilities-mens-golf-courses-html.aspx}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=WOMEN'S GOLF COURSES |url=https://fausports.com/sports/2018/5/25/facilities-womens-golf-courses-html.aspx}}</ref> || ''varies''
|}

Source:<ref>{{cite web |title=FAU Facilities Home |url=https://fausports.com/sports/2018/5/25/facilities-facilities-html.aspx}}</ref>

==Traditions==

Owlsley and Hoot are the official mascots of Florida Atlantic.<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet Owlsley and Hoot |url=https://fausports.com/sports/2022/4/8/meet-owlsley-and-hoot.aspx}}</ref> FAU is one of three schools in the [[American Athletic Conference]] to use the owl as a mascot, alongside [[Temple University]] and [[Rice University]].

Fight song: The Florida Atlantic University [[fight song]] was created in 2004, in response to the university's growing football program. FAU fielded its first [[marching band]] in the 2002 football season, collectively called the [[Florida Atlantic Marching Owls]].

*A growing tradition at football and basketball games is a marching band rendition of the songs "[[Move Along (song)|Move Along]]" by [[The All-American Rejects]], "[[Sugar, We're Goin Down|Sugar, We're Goin' Down]]" by [[Fall Out Boy]] and "[[Time Warp (song)|Time Warp]]" from the movie ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]''.
*During a [[free-throw]] attempt by an Owl at home basketball games, the [[student section]] holds up both arms and makes ''owl fingers'' with their fingers (in the form of the traditional [[A-ok|OK sign]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://upressonline.com/2011/10/we-have-spirit-yes-we-do-we-have-spirit%E2%80%A6wait-we-do/|title=University Press : We have spirit, yes we do, we have spirit…wait, we do?|work=upressonline.com}}</ref> When the shot is made, the students follow with: ''Stomp, stomp, clap, clap'' and yell '''F-A-U!''' This is quickly followed by a circular motion of the owl fingers of the right hand over the head to represent a flying owl.
*At the beginning and end of basketball games, a rap song titled "Represent FAU" is played. The song is rapped by a group that attended the university.
*Owl fans have traditionally worn red to support the athletics teams during rivalry games, made popular by the "Real Fans Wear Red" shirts and the "Bury the Burrow in Red" events (the Burrow is the nickname for [[Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena]]). Fans wear FAU Blue or FAU Red for non-rivalry games.

==Media==
FAU Owls home and road games for [[American football|football]] and [[basketball]] can be heard locally (the tri-county area of South Florida—[[Palm Beach County, Florida|Palm Beach]], [[Broward County, Florida|Broward]], and [[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Miami-Dade]] counties) on WMEN [[Fox Sports]] 640 AM South Florida (formerly known as "640 The Hurricane Sports Radio") on the radio, on the station's webstream, and thru their stream on the [[TuneIn]] application.<ref>{{cite web |title=640 The Hurricane is your new radio home for FAU |url=https://www.foxsports640.com/640-the-hurricane-is-your-new-radio-home-for-fau/ |website=Fox 640 AM South Florida |publisher=Hubbard Radio, Inc. |access-date=11 February 2020}}</ref> The voice of Owls football is part-time [[ESPN]] 106.3 West Palm 's Ken LaVicka. All football and basketball games can be heard live on [http://www.fausports.com FAU's website], as well.

Occasional FAU football and, as of 2019, all FAU men's basketball games are broadcast by [[ESPN+]], the streaming service from [[ESPN]]. Other networks that have broadcast FAU games in recent years include [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]], [[ESPNU]], [[NFL Network]], [[CBS Sports Network]], [[Stadium (sports network)|Stadium]], and [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].

==Hall of Fame== 
For an alphabetical list of inductees, see footnote<ref name=FloridaAtlanticHallofFame>{{cite web|title=Florida Atlantic Hall of Fame|publisher=Florida Atlantic Owls official athletics site|url=http://www.fausports.com/ot/fau-hall-of-fame.html|access-date=January 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120165430/http://www.fausports.com/ot/fau-hall-of-fame.html|archive-date=January 20, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The Florida Atlantic University Athletic [[Hall of Fame]] inducted its inaugural class of members in 2006.<ref name=FloridaAtlanticHallofFame/>

===Notable Hall of Famers===
*[[Steve Traylor]] (baseball, former head coach)
*[[Yolanda Griffith]] (women's basketball, F)
*[[Howard Schnellenberger]] (football, founding head coach)
*[[John McCormack (baseball)|John McCormack]] (baseball, head coach)
*[[Brittany Bowe]] (women's basketball, PG)
*[[Joan Joyce]] (softball, head coach)

==Footnotes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website}}

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