Florida Gulf Coast University is vacating 82 wins across seven sports following NCAA violations related to improper certification of student-athletes.
Softball, baseball, men's basketball, men's soccer, women's basketball, men's tennis and women's golf are the seven sports being stripped of victories from the 2022-23 and 2023-24 academic years.
The most notable win vacated by FGCU was when the men's basketball team upset No. 7 Florida Atlantic 72-68 on Dec. 30, 2023. Other noteworthy wins the Eagles are vacating include two 2024 ASUN Conference championships, one from softball in the tournament and baseball in the regular season.
Softball is also vacating a 3-2 NCAA Tournament win over FAU on May 18, 2024, and baseball loses its victory over No. 16 Florida State on March 4, 2023.
This comes after the university was placed on probation and fined by the NCAA in April.
FGCU softball was hit the hardest with 31 wins vacated. Baseball had the second-most wins vacated with 22. The rest of the sports all had fewer than 10 wins vacated by the NCAA. This includes men's basketball with nine, men's soccer with seven, women's basketball with six, men's tennis with five and women's golf with two.
Men's tennis was forced to vacate all of its wins in the 2024 season.
According to the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions, FGCU had 18 certification irregularities across 10 sports in 2022-23 and 2023-24. The university reported the errors immediately and cooperated with the NCAA during a 16-month review, which led to a negotiated resolution.
The infractions were classified as Level II violations because of the university's cooperation with the investigation. It's considered a lower severity category under the NCAA's rules.
Along with these vacated wins, other penalties include a $25,000 fine, a two-year probation period and a 15-day recruiting restriction for the men’s tennis program in January.
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