Florida Atlantic University men’s basketball team made a 3-0 run in the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, earning them their first National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) tournament ticket from 2001-2002. A small group of students draped in the university’s colors gathered around the team during their run. They cheered louder than any other fans in the building.
That fall, those same students returned to the stands. This time, student leaders took notice. FAU Student Government Association (SGA) Campus Governor Pablo Paez, Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity brother Will Pearson, and student government leader Michael W. Moore made the group an official club.