Southeastern Fire
college athletic teams in Florida
The Southeastern Fire are the athletic teams that represents Southeastern University, located in Lakeland, Florida, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Sun Conference (formerly known as the Florida Sun Conference (FSC) until after the 2007–08 school year) since the 2009–10 academic year. The Fire previously competed as a member of the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA), primarily competing as an independent in the South Region of both the Division II and Division I levels. The Fire previously competed as an NAIA Independent within the Association of Independent Institutions (AII) during the 2008–09 school year.
Overview
In the spring of 2016, the Fire joined the Mid-South Conference for football. Southeastern University has won NCCAA Division II championships in all four men's sports and an 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. Johnson signed a professional contract with the Liepajas Lauvas of Latvia, while senior Mitchell Wiggins Jr was one of seven players drafted by the Harlem Globetrotters. 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.
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