The Florida Institute of Technology (referred to as FIT or Florida Tech is a private research institution located in Melbourne,Fla. The 130 acre primary campus is located near the Kennedy Space Center.
With a enrollment of 8,985 (5,582 undergrads) FIT was founded in 1958 as Brevard Engineering College. The current name came about in 1966.
Despite it's small size and young history Florida Tech is currently ranked among the best national doctoral-granting universities in the United States. FIT has more than 60,000 alumni, which include a National Teacher of the Year recipient, the director of Nasa Center, five astronauts, a bunch of generals, a major league pitcher, and thousands of engineers and pilot's.
The athletic teams at Florida Tech are nicknamed the Panthers. The school fields 11 men's and 11 women's teams. They of course are a DII school and members of the Sunshine State Conference. The sports include baseball, men's and woman's basketball, men's and women's crew, men's and women's cross country, football, men's and women's golf, men's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's track and field, and women's volleyball. The most famous athletic alum of Florida Tech is former Pitsburh Pirates and Boston Red Sox Pitcher Tim Wakefield. He played first base and set the school home run record as a first baseman in 1987. His number (3) was retired in 2006.
Florida Tech won two national championships in Men's Soccer (1988 and 1991.) They also won a individual Women's golf title in 2007 (Daniela Iacobelli.)
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