Eye on Athletics Capping a High Flying Career Baseball coach Jim Morris retired after 25 winning seasons at the U. Two national titles, 44 consecutive NCAA tournaments, 13 College World Series appearances, and numerous players drafted into the Major Leagues: Jim Morris’s career at the University of Miami is over the top. As the legendary […]
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The Inside Story
Eye on Athletics The Inside Story Dominating defenses and high-powered offenses from opposing squads give college football teams enough to worry about week in and week out without the added concern of thunderstorms, lightning, and intense heat disrupting practice sessions. That’s why most of the Elite Power Five schools, including the University of Miami, either […]
ACC Champs
UM baseball ranked No. 1 for first time since 2008, ascending to the top of the college baseball polls in the April polls after winning nine straight games and 20 of its last 22 contests. After capturing the 2016 ACC Regular Season Championship vs. Florida State, the top-seeded Hurricanes opened the postseason on May 25 […]
Fraser Statue Unveiled
The Ron Fraser Statue Dedication and Unveiling took place on Friday, April 24, outside of Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field, on the DiMare Family Champions Plaza. Designed and sculpted by Zenos Frudakis, the seven-foot-tall bronze statue was majorly funded by friends and fans of the late Coach Fraser, who led the Hurricanes for […]
Cheer on Your ’Canes to Reign in Spain
Fans can join expeditions, attend games this summer Hurricanes near and far are invited to join the University of Miami men’s basketball team for its first foreign outing in 16 years—a summer tour of Spain. The ten-day trip, which lands in Madrid on August 13, is an educational excursion that will also include sightseeing and community […]
UM Dedicates Schwartz Center for Athletic Excellence
Peak Performance UM Dedicates Schwartz Center for Athletic Excellence Renderings of the Schwartz Center for Athletic Excellence were like Xs and Os on a chalkboard to Maurice Hagens when he first saw them in 2010 as a high school football recruit out of Riverview, Florida. Today, those renderings are a gleaming new reality, and Hagens, […]
‘Fraser Was College Baseball’
Miami coach revered game, revived fan base Baseball legend Ron Fraser, who died on January 20 at 79 years old, will be remembered as much for his marketing brilliance as his winning teams. When Fraser was hired as coach in 1962, America’s pastime was something of an afterthought at the University of Miami. But he […]
