FAYETTEVILLE, NC – February 14, 2019 – Fayetteville Technical Community College (FTCC) announced today the launch of the inaugural men’s baseball and women’s softball intercollegiate teams’ seasons with the men’s home schedule beginning on March 9 and the women’s home schedule beginning on March 1. Both the men’s and women’s teams will compete in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), Division II Region 10.
The men’s baseball team will open at home with a double header on March 9 against Patrick Henry Community College (Martinsville, Virginia), beginning at 2 p.m., at Trojan Field, J.P. Riddle Stadium. The team’s head coach is Lee Troutman, a 2017 FTCC graduate and retired Army veteran. For more information and baseball team schedule, please visit https://www.faytechcc.edu/athletics/mens-baseball/.
The women’s softball team will open at home on March 1 against Paul D. Camp Community College (Suffolk, Virginia), beginning at 3 p.m. at Freedom Christian Academy softball field, 3130 Gillespie Street, Fayetteville, NC. The team’s head coach is Miguel Justiniano, a National Guard and Air Force veteran. For more information and softball team schedule, please visit https://www.faytechcc.edu/athletics/womens-softball/.
FTCC currently fields seven intercollegiate sports teams (men’s basketball, women’s basketball, men’s golf, women’s golf, women’s volleyball, men’s baseball, and women’s softball). For more information about FTCC intercollegiate sports, please contact Mike Neal, Direct of Intercollegiate Athletics, at 910.486.3630 or nealm@faytechcc.edu, or visit the FTCC Athletic website at https://www.faytechcc.edu/athletics/.
Fayetteville Technical Community College was established in 1961 and serves over 38,000 students annually by providing over 250 occupational, technical, general education, college transfer, and continuing education programs to meet students’ needs and desires as well as the community. Visit FTCC’s website at www.faytechcc.edu. Like us on Facebook / Follow us on Twitter @faytechcc.
