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Veronica Wiggins Named to 2026 NFCA Hall of Fame

12/13/2025 11:08:00 AM

LAS VEGAS -- Legendary Florida A&M head coach Veronica Wiggins let the Rattlers' softball program from 1990-2020. Wiggins led FAMU to 726 wins in in her illustrious career, including a sterling 281-90 mark in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference play.

Wiggins' teams would dominate the MEAC in the 1990s, winning six of the first seven MEAC Championships and won a total of 13 MEAC championships (1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) and made eight NCAA Tournament appearances (1999, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017).

Wiggins, a five-time MEAC Coach of the year (1993, 1997, 1998, 2006 and 2017) took over the Rattlers softball program in 1992 and coached the team to their first winning season in her second season with a 33-25 record and the program's first MEAC Championship. She coached the Rattlers to 12 30-plus win seasons and two 40-plus win seasons. The 1997 team holds the program record for most wins in a season with 43.

Inducted into Florida A&M Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006, FAMU's home field was named the Veronica Wiggins Field in 2024.
 
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