Good Morning, FAU Family. Have you started repping the Owls in EA Sports College Football 26 yet?

What else do we have mixed into today’s Brew? Check it out below!

⛳️ Coach gets to play
🏖 Svozilova makes history
🦉 And much, much more

Number of the Day: 5️⃣2️⃣

We’re counting down the days to the return of Florida Atlantic football on August 30 at Maryland! In honor of the countdown being down to 52 days, we take a look at incoming sure-to-be-contributor Logan Husband. A three-star high school recruit who was also a multi-sport athlete (lacrosse), Husband played for St. Thomas Aquinas, a team that finished first in 5A District 15. He also chose FAU over Colorado, Illinois, and Indiana.

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🔼 Court To Classroom. Florida Atlantic beach volleyball’s Marketa Svozilova has made history, becoming the first player in program history to earn College Sports Communicators Academic All-American status!

Svozilova excelled both on the beach and in the classroom, earning Second Team honors from the CSC thanks to a sterling 3.97 GPA.

🔼 Teeing It Up. This time, it’s Heather Bowie Young’s turn to grab driver and let it fly!

Florida Atlantic’s women’s golf head coach will compete at the US Women’s Senior Open from August 21-24 at San Diego Country Club in Chula Vista, Calif., qualifying for the event after finishing top-10 at the LPGA Legends Championship back in May. Bowie Young played 14 seasons on the LPGA Tour, competing on the 2003 United States Solheim Cup team during her time as a touring professional.

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🤓 ICYMI! The Florida Atlantic men's basketball team will take on Boston College in a home-and-away series starting in the upcoming 2025-26 season. It will be the Owls' first time hosting an ACC opponent at Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena since November of 2021, when FAU faced which team?

Got a guess? Scroll to the bottom to find out!

🦉 ONE BIG THING

In The Game. If you need us, we will be playing EA Sports College Football 26 until the Owls kick off the season in real life against Maryland on August 30 — the Launch Party was a success on Tuesday!

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*All Times Are in ET

Saturday, Aug. 30
🏈 Football @ Maryland - Season Opener @ Noon TV: Big Ten Network | Radio: Fox Sports 640 South Florida

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The Answer: Miami!

The Florida Atlantic MBB team will take on Boston College in a home-and-away series starting in the upcoming 2025-26 season on Monday, Nov. 3.

It will be the Owls' first time hosting an ACC opponent at Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena since November of 2021, when FAU faced Miami. Florida Atlantic will go up against Boston College in Paradise for game one of the two-game series on November 3. The Owls will then take a trip to Boston during the 2026-27 season. 

The 2025 matchup will mark the first ACC opponent for second-year head coach John Jakus and his first opportunity to host a power conference school at the Elly.

🦉 It’s time to get over the hump, Owl Fam!