FAMU baseball rising sophomore and Tallahassee native Jay Campbell is the first Rattler to win the HBCU Swingman Classic’s Most Valuable Player honor.
Have a day, Jay Campbell.
On Friday, July 11, the rising Florida A&M baseball sophomore was named the HBCU Swingman Classic’s Most Valuable Player after leading the National Team to a 7-4 victory over the American Team at the Atlanta Braves’ Truist Park.
The rising sophomore hit a two-run, game-tying homerun to left center in the seventh inning to spark the comeback for his team in the third annual Swingman Classic.
Campbell is the first Rattler to win MVP in the showcase game, part of MLB All-Star Weekend, three-year history.
FAMU’s Broedy Poppell of the National Team and Garrett Workman, American, also played in the Swingman Classic. Poppell, from Tallahassee, could get selected in the ongoing MLB Draft this week.
CAMPBELL WITH THE COMEBACK 🤯😲‼️
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Jay Campbell of FAMU crushed the game-tying home run in the 7th that sparked the National Team comeback at the HBCU Swingman Classic presented by T-Mobile and powered by MLB-MLBPA YDF‼️ pic.twitter.com/ArgRCt9JI4
Campbell and Workman from Tallahassee will return to the FAMU Rattlers baseball team in 2026. Both will be sophomores.
This past season, Campbell and Workman were both Southwestern Athletic Conference honorees. Campbell was named to the All-SWAC First Team as a third baseman, while Workman, a left-handed pitcher, earned Freshman of the Year.
FAMU baseball finished 2025 as 33-25 and a SWAC Championship runner-up to Bethune-Cookman.
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