FSU Panama City will compete in the 2016 NIRSA National Flag Football tournament Jan. 6-8, 2017, at Ashton Brosnaham Park in Pensacola. Teams from colleges and universities, such as University of Central Florida, Dixie State University in St. George, Utah, and Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, are scheduled to play in the tournament.

The event will be a three- or four-team pool play tournament with the top two teams out of each pool advancing to a single elimination playoff. Each team will play at least two games.

FSU Panama City formed its flag football team in fall 2016 with Student Government Council advisor Mike Smith coaching.

“Team sports, such as flag football, are essential to a thriving campus life for students,” Dean Randy Hanna said. “This is just the beginning of sports for Florida State University Panama City.”

The team includes the following players:

• Wiatt Lewis, a civil engineering major from Panama City, Florida, who transferred from Rutherford High School;
• Lando Brown, an electrical engineering major from Bristol, Florida, who transferred from Chipola College and Liberty county High School;
• Lee Lowery, electrical engineering major from Hosford, Florida, who transferred from Chipola College;
• Will Parker, a business administration major from Panama City, Florida, who transferred from Gulf Coast State College;
• Joseph Mixon, a civil engineering major from Dothan, Alabama, who transferred from Wallace Community College;
• Haden McCaskill, a civil engineering major Jay, Florida, who transferred from Pensacola State College;
• Stephen Dollar, a civil engineering major from Eufaula, Alabama, who transferred from Wallace Community College;
• Andy Feria, a civil engineering major from Marianna, Florida, who transferred from Chipola College and Marianna High School.