37 Football Players Named to SEC Honor Roll
Thursday, January 29, 2009 | Football
Thirty-seven University of Florida football players were named to the 2008-09 Southeastern Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll on Wednesday by league commissioner Mike Slive. Florida had a total of 53 student-athletes named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll, which ranked third among the SEC schools. Kentucky led with 60 named to the list, while South Carolina was second with 59.
The 2008-09 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll is based on grades from the 2008 Spring, Summer and Fall terms.
Florida's 2008 BCS National Championship team and Vanderbilt each placed a league-record 37 on the football SEC Academic Honor Roll. The league's previous high for football was 36 by Vanderbilt's 2002 team. Florida's previous high for football came in 2004 when 26 were named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
Senior punter Bobby Kane (Coconut Creek) turned in a perfect 4.0 grade point average for the year.
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 Football Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll Recipients - Fall | |||
| Name | Sport | Class | Major |
| Lamar Abel | Football | SO | Civil Engineering |
| Jim Barrie | Football | JR | Political Science |
| Brendan Beal | Football | SO | Finance |
| John Brantley | Football | SO | Sport Management |
| Jeremy Brown | Football | SO | Social & Behavioral Sciences |
| Vincent Brown | Football | SO | Family, Youth and Community Sciences |
| Tate Casey | Football | SR | Recreation Programming |
| Jamaal Deveaux | Football | SR | Anthropology |
| John Fairbanks | Football | JR | History |
| Brandon Frazier | Football | JR | Agribusiness Management & Marketing |
| Andrew Fritze | Football | SR | Exercise Physiology |
| Marquis Hannah | Football | JR | Criminology |
| Chas Henry | Football | SO | Sport Management |
| Aaron Hernandez | Football | SO | Sociology |
| Bill Hiers | Football | SR | History |
| Corey Hobbs | Football | JR | Criminology |
| Reginald Hopkins | Football | JR | Criminology |
| Janoris Jenkins | Football | SO | Social & Behavioral Sciences |
| Moses Jenkins | Football | SO | Family, Youth & Community Sciences |
| Bobby Kane | Football | SR | Criminology |
| Levi Leigh | Football | SR | Fitness/Wellness |
| Duke Lemmens | Football | SO | Sport Management |
| Ean McQuay | Football | SO | Business Management |
| Kestahn Moore | Football | SR | Sport Management |
| Jonathan Phillips | Football | SR | Real Estate- Graduate School |
| Chris Pintado | Football | JR | Finance |
| Shawn Schmieder | Football | SO | Biology |
| James Smith | Football | SR | Entrepreneurship- Graduate School |
| Joseph Sorrentino | Football | SR | Exercise Physiology |
| Caleb Sturgis | Football | SO | Social & Behavioral Sciences |
| Tim Tebow | Football | JR | Family, Youth and Community Sciences |
| Justin Trattou | Football | SO | Sport Management |
| Phil Trautwein | Football | SR | Educational Leadership- Graduate School |
| Jason Watkins | Football | SR | Family, Youth and Community Sciences |
| Mike Williamson | Football | SR | Building Construction |
| Paul Wilson | Football | SO | Sociology |
| Major Wright | Football | SO | Social & Behavioral Sciences |
