Forty-eight Gators Selected to SEC Academic Honor Roll
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 | General
Forty-eight University of Florida student-athletes were named to the 2007-08 Southeastern Conference Winter Academic Honor Roll on Wednesday by league commissioner Mike Slive. Florida's 48 SEC Academic Honor Roll recipients is second only to Kentucky's 53.
The 2007-08 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll is based on grades from the 2007 Spring, Summer and Fall terms.
The Gator women's swimming and diving team's 22 honorees was the league's highest number reported by any sport on the spring list. Florida The SEC Student-Athlete of the Year was a Gator in two sports (Rebekah Zaiser/gymnastics and Kevin Nead/men's swimming).
To be recognized to the SEC Academic Honor Roll, each student-athlete must 1) have a GPA of 3.00 for either the preceding academic year or have a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or above at the nominating institution; 2) be on scholarship, a letterwinner or have participated on a varsity team for two years if non-scholarship; 3) have completed 24 semester hours of non-remedial credit at the nominating institution; and 4) have been a member of the varsity team for the sport's entire NCAA Championship segment.
| University of Florida Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll Recipients - Winter | |||
| Name | Sport | Class | Major |
| Walter Hodge | Men's Basketball | JR | Recreation Programming |
| Jonathan Mitchell | Men's Basketball | SO | Recreation Programming |
| Daniel Werner | Men's Basketball | SO | Recreation & Event Management |
| Depree Bowden | Women's. Basketball | SR | Criminology |
| Marshae Dotson | Women's. Basketball | JR | Recreation & Event Management |
| Amanda Castillo | Gymnastics | SO | Marketing |
| Courtney Gladys | Gymnastics | SO | Journalism |
| Corey Hartung | Gymnastics | JR | Sport Management |
| Ashley Kerr | Gymnastics | SO | Finance |
| Tiffany Murry | Gymnastics | SR | Fitness/Wellness |
| Ashley Reed | Gymnastics | SR | Psychology |
| Nicola Willis | Gymnastics | SR | Heath Promotion |
| Rebekah Zaiser | Gymnastics | SO | Biology |
| Clark Burckle | Men's Swimming | SO | Finance |
| Kyle Deery | Men's Swimming | SR | Advertising |
| Brett Jones | Men's Swimming | SR | Computer Science Engineering |
| Cody Kauffman | Men's Swimming | JR | Marketing |
| Aaron Leech | Men's Diving | JR | Building Construction |
| Dustin McLarty | Men's Swimming | SR | Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering |
| Kevin Nead | Men's Swimming | SR | Zoology |
| Daniel Penniman | Men's Swimming | SR | Food & Resource Economics |
| Eric Shrestha | Men's Swimming | SO | Biochemistry Molecular Biology |
| James Smith | Men's Swimming | JR | Animal Science |
| Rexford Tullius | Men's Swimming | SR | Business Administration |
| James Walsh | Men's Swimming | SR | Exercise Physiology |
| Tobias Work | Men's Swimming | SR | Computer Information Sciences |
| Katie Ball | Women's Swimming | SR | Neurobiological Sciences |
| Jenne Ballatore | Women's Swimming | SO | Elementary Education |
| Jeana Bartell | Women's Diving | JR | Tourism & Hospitality Management |
| Kristen Beales | Women's Swimming | SO | History |
| Caroline Burckle | Women's Swimming | SR | Sociology |
| Caroline Drab | Women's Swimming | SR | Telecommunications |
| Sarah Ellerby | Women's Diving | SR | Fitness/Wellness |
| Laurabeth Guenthner | Women's Swimming | JR | Health Science Education |
| Amanda Hartley | Women's Swimming | SR | Elementary Education |
| Colleen Healy | Women's Swimming | SR | Sport Management |
| Elizabeth Kemp | Women's Swimming | SO | Sociology |
| Kimberly Larson | Women's Swimming | SR | Tourism & Hospitality Management |
| Coral Lopez | Women's Swimming | SO | Business Administration |
| Sarah Peterson | Women's Swimming | SO | Business Administration |
| Natalie Pike | Women's Swimming | SR | Zoology |
| Stephanie Proud | Women's Swimming | SO | Business Administration |
| Leah Retrum | Women's Swimming | SR | Graduate School - Health Science Education |
| Kelsy Smith | Women's Swimming | JR | Health Science Education |
| Gemma Spofforth | Women's Swimming | SO | Physics |
| Whitney Stern | Women's Diving | JR | Zoology |
| Lauren Winter | Women's Swimming | SO | Telecommunication |
| Lindsay Woodward | Women's Swimming | JR | Biological Illustration |
