Francis Marion University Athletics

FMU:  2-year returning letterman....Earned Frankie Award for Comeback Player of the Year 2024-25....Conference Carolinas Academic All-Conference Team 2025, 2024....Missed the 2024 season with an injury....Conference Carolinas 2023 All-Tournament Team....Conference Carolinas All-Defensive Team (P) 2023....Posted a 6-3 mark with a 3.44 ERA in 13 starts....70 strikeouts in 83.2 innings....Led team in innings pitched and strikeouts, and tied for team lead in wins....Conference rankings:  5th in ERA and walks allowed per nine innings (2.04), 6th in strikeouts and strikeouts-to-walk ratio (3.68), and 7th in WHIP (1.30)....Conference Carolinas Winter/Spring Academic All-Conference Team 2023....Very successful freshman year in 2022....Led the team in victories....Conference Carolinas rankings: T-4th in wins (8), 12th in innings pitched (69.1), 13th in ERA (4.93), 16th in opponents batting average against (.304), 25th in strikeouts (46)....26th nationally in games started (15) and 61st in wins....Comes from a Patriot family....His uncle, Spencer Jordan, pitched for the Patriots between 2012 and 2014, and both his coaches at FCS were players at Francis Marion....Has really come on this year.....Possesses a good speed differential, a high-velocity fastball and a really nice breaking ball and change....Expected to come in and challenge for a weekend starter position....Student-Athlete Advisory Committee 2021-22, 2022-2023, 2024-25 (President), 2025-26.....FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic Honor Roll 2022 (spring, fall), 2023 (fall), 2024 (spring, fall), 2025 (spring)....Conference Carolinas Presidential Honor Roll 2022 (spring, fall), 2023 (fall), 2024 (fall).

PERSONAL:

• Born Robbie Earl Jordan in Florence, SC
• Graduate of Florence Christian School, where he plays under the direction of coaches Scotty Keefe and Josh Guthrie, both former Patriots
• As a senior, recorded a 3-4 record in 42 innings of work with a 1.16 earned run average. He struck out 81 batters and only allowed nine bases on balls
• Holds the FCS record for strikeouts in a single game (18), and has amassed 210 career strikeouts against only 37 walks in 139 innings
• Named the 2021 Region Player of the Year and earned All-Region accolades in 2018, 2019, and 2021
• Tabbed a 2019 and 2021 North-South All-Star
• Selected to the 2019 All-State team.
• 3-sport letterwinner for the Eagles, as he also excelled on the football field and basketball court
• Also played with the Florence American Legion Post 1 squad
• Nickname is Robbie

PERSONAL FAVORITES:

• As a child what you wanted to be when you grew up:  Professional athlete
• Favorite Superhero: Ironman
• Favorite Athlete:  Chipper Jones
• Favorite Movie or TV Show: The Office  
• Favorite Food:  Spaghetti and meatballs
• Favorite Vacation Spot:  Lake
• Favorite Musical Artist: Josh Turner
• Favorite Thing About FMU:  Small classes with personable professors
• Favorite Off-Field/court Activity: Spikeball tournaments with friends
• Goals for Upcoming Season:  Win the conference championship
• Why you first chose your sport: It was the sport I felt most comfortable playing my whole life
• Biggest mental challenge in your sport: Staying calm when things don't always go your way
• Interesting Notes: I also played football and basketball in high school; won the state championship in football my sophomore year; I also played saxophone in the middle school band