State College of Florida Manatees

The State College of Florida Manatees category covers State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota athletics in Florida's NJCAA / FCSAA landscape. Florida Sports Blog follows schedules, scores, recruiting, player development, state and regional tournaments, national postseason opportunities and program news across the college's varsity teams. Intercollegiate athletics at the institution dates to 1957, when teams competed under the Lancers name. The college adopted the Manatees identity in 2009 as it became State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota, while preserving a long baseball tradition that includes numerous JUCO World Series appearances. Basketball, volleyball, tennis and other sports have also helped define more than six decades of SCF athletics.