The Lynn Fighting Knights are the athletic teams that represent

Lynn University Lynn University is a private university in Boca Raton, Florida, United States. Founded in 1962, the university awards Associate degree, associate, Bachelor's degree, baccalaureate, Master's degree, master's, and Doctorate, doctoral Academic degr ...

, located in

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, in

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Division II intercollegiate sports. The Fighting Knights compete as members of the

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for all 14 varsity sports. Lynn has been a member of the SSC since 1997.

Varsity teams

Lynn University added men's

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for the 2014 season. The sport was the third addition in recent years, after the university added women's cross country and swimming in 2012.

National championships

Lynn University teams have won a total of 24 NCAA and NAIA national championships, and 30

championships.

Team

Notable athletes

* Jean Alexandre

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Tal Erel Tal Erel (; born June 16, 1996) is an Israeli baseball player for the Israel national baseball team, Israel National Baseball Team. He has played college baseball at Lynn University. He played for Team Israel at the Baseball at the 2020 Summer ...

Baseball catcher for the

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* Scott Gordon Defender,

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* Svetlana Gounkina Russian golfer; multiple Russian national champion; bronze medalist in the World Golfers Championship * Tommy KahnlePitcher for the Detroit Tigers. *

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* Jared MontzFormer Defender, Chicago Fire, and founder of Online Soccer Academy *

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Former player for Colombia's Women's National Soccer Team

NCAA sanctions

On July 17, 2007, NCAA vacated Lynn's 2005 Women's Division II Softball Championship due to extra benefits given to two players. The NCAA found that former coach Thomas Macera gave two Lynn softball players cash payments totaling more than $3,000. Lynn was also placed on probation for two years."NCAA vacates Lynn's 2005 softball title", Palm Beach Post Staff, ''Palm Beach Post'', July 17, 2007

References

External links

* {{Florida College Sports