The Florida A&M University Baseball program is a NCAA Division 1 baseball team that participates in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The SWAC consists of 12 teams that are divided into a Western and Eastern division with the Rattlers competing in the Eastern Division. 2022 will be the first year competing in the SWAC for the Rattlers.
The Rattlers make the transition from the MEAC where they won 8 MEAC Conference Championships, with their most recent coming in 2019 where they competed in the Atlanta Regional. The program’s first-ever regional appearance came in 2015 when they went to the Gainesville Regional The Rattlers have produced two MEAC Player of the Year winners, and countless all-conference selections since 2014 when Head Coach Jamey Shouppe took over. Year in and year out FAMU Baseball has a nationally ranked out of conference schedule playing teams such as the Florida Gators, Mercer Bears, Miami Hurricanes, USF Bulls, FGCU Eagles, Auburn Tigers, and Marshall Thundering Herd.