Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at Florida Atlantic
NCAA Division I · AAC · FL
Florida Atlantic signed 8 athletes for 2025-26 — including 3 international signees. What follows are their real high-school marks, not a program’s published walk-on line — the honest answer to “would they recruit me?”
Florida Atlantic is a 24,614-student public campus in Boca Raton, FL and competes in the AAC. Alex Smolka leads a staff of 3.
The median below is the middle signee’s PR and the range spans the whole class, fastest to slowest. 1500m/Mile and 3000m are shown converted to 1600m/3200m. All of it comes from verified meet results.
Florida Atlantic, by the numbers
- Division
- NCAA Division I
- Conference
- AAC
- Campus
- Boca Raton, FL
- Enrollment
- 24,614 students
- T&F operating budget
- $75K men · $842K women
Public institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Women's standards
US-based signees, marks verified against American high-school meet results.
+3 more events with real signee standards — 800m, 1600m, 3200m
The complete picture is members-only: every event Florida Atlantic signed, the full class roster with marks, budgets, and coach contact info.
Unlock the full standards →Who recruits for Florida Atlantic
As listed on the program’s official coaching staff page.
- Alex SmolkaHead Coach
- Jessica CarterAssistant Coach
- Sonja Friend-UhlAssistant Coach
The full Florida Atlantic coaching staff’s contact info is in the member database.
Every mark Florida Atlantic signed — the whole 2025-26 class
8 athletes, and the high-school mark each one was signed on. Not a published standard, not an estimate, not a sample — every signing, every event. Names, hometowns and the coach who recruited each athlete are the member view.
Signed out of: CT · MA · FL · NC
+ 3 international signees in this class — their marks are in the International view of the tables above, kept separate so the American numbers above stay readable as US high-school marks.
Members see who each of these 8 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class
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This class’s marks, not a permanent standard: the range shifts every cycle as rosters and needs change. Progression, event fit, academics and open spots all factor into a real recruiting decision — fitting the range is a conversation-starter, not an offer.
Florida permits high school NIL for high school athletes. See the Florida NIL rules →
More AAC recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Florida Atlantic recruits against.
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- Memphis recruiting standards
- North Texas recruiting standards
- Rice recruiting standards
- South Florida recruiting standards
- Temple recruiting standards
- Tulane recruiting standards
- Tulsa recruiting standards
- UAB recruiting standards
- UNC Charlotte recruiting standards
- UTSA recruiting standards
- Wichita State recruiting standards
D1 standards for the events Florida Atlantic signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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