Past Glory - The (Late) Twentieth Century

1993-1994

In 1993-4, Valencia won its first Florida Community College Activities Association (FCCAA) state championship, beating Broward Community College (which had won the previous six titles). That team, consisting of captain Laura Quinton, Stephen Weichsel, Cory Edwards, Kim Gessner, and John Varner, was viciously competitive with other teams and each other, which drove them to improve rapidly throughout the year. They capped the year by winning the Berry Invitational at Berry College in Rome, Georgia, beating teams from around the southeast, and showing their ability to handle longer four-year college questions as well as the shorter state of Florida questions.