Jordan Jones to Participate in Spring Commencement
Friday, April 29, 2011 | Women's Basketball
Among the University of Florida graduates walking across the stage this weekend to receive their diplomas are 32 current and former Gator student-athletes, including current women's basketball co-captain Jordan Jones (Suwanee, Ga.).
UF's spring commencement ceremonies, which will take place Friday, April 29 through Sunday, May 1, according to college assignment.
Jones, who transferred from South Carolina to UF following her freshman year, will have one season of collegiate ball remaining and plans to enroll in master's degree coursework in 2011-12. It will be the third consecutive season that a current member of the women's basketball team will have earned their undergraduate degree before completing their athletic ability and suit up while pursuing a master's degree.
A Business Administration bachelor's degree major, Jones has already made a huge impact on the Gator record book with still one season to go. In the career charts, Jones ranks No. 6 three-pointers made (127), No. 8 three-pointers attempted (389), tied-6th three-point field goal percentage (32.6%, 127-389) and No. 5 free throw percentage (78.9%, 105-133). She has compiled 1,045 career points, with 626 coming at UF and 419 at South Carolina (2007-08 season). Last season, the 5-foot-9 guard set her sights on the season record book, where she is listed No. 2 three-point field goal percentage (38.7%, 72-186 in 2010-11), tied-No. 7 three-pointers made (72 in 2010-11) and No. 11 three-pointers attempted (186 in 2010-11). Jones has compiled 49 career double-figure scoring games, including in six of the final seven games in 2010-11.
Among the other Gator graduates are three who claimed NCAA event titles while wearing the orange & blue. Mariam Kevkhishvili claimed the 2008, 2009, 2010 indoor and 2009, 2010 outdoor shot put titles, making her the second in NCAA history to earn five women's shot put wins. Calvin Smith, whose 18 All-America honors is the highest in Florida men's track & field history, anchored the Gators' 2009 NCAA 4x100-meter champion relay team. Stephanie Napier swam the third leg of Florida's 2010 NCAA 200-freestyle relay team.
Also among the Gators' spring graduates are two reigning Southeastern Conference players of the year – Chandler Parsons (men's basketball) and Bank Vongvanij (men's golf). Vongvanij also holds the distinction of earning the 2010 and 2011 SEC men's golf scholar-athlete award. Ali Crabb (track & field) and Michael Yuan (swimming) both will receive $7,500 from the SEC as Florida's nominees for the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship. Another graduate, Riley Cooper, receives his degree after playing his first season with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL) last fall.
Did You Know…
84% of the 2011 spring graduates were part of a national and/or Southeastern Conference championship team during their Gator careers.
| University of Florida's Spring 2011 Graduating Student-Athletes | ||
| Name | Sport | Major |
| Matt Campbell | Baseball | Civil Engineering |
| Justin Poovey | Baseball | Economics |
| Paul Wilson | Baseball | Sociology |
| Adam Allen | Men's Basketball | Telecommunication |
| Vernon Macklin | Men's Basketball | Sociology |
| Chandler Parsons | Men's Basketball | Telecommunication |
| Brandon Antwine | Football | Family, Youth And Community Science |
| Miguel Carodine | Football | Recreation, Parks And Tourism |
| Riley Cooper | Football | Family, Youth And Community Science |
| Terron Sanders | Football | Family, Youth And Community Science |
| Shawn Schmieder | Football | Biology |
| Justin Trattou | Football | Sport Management |
| Justin Williams | Football | Family, Youth And Community Science |
| Andres Echavarria | Men's Golf | Economics |
| Bank Vongvanij | Men's Golf | Business Administration-Finance |
| Roberto Gomez Perez | Men's Swimming | Physics |
| Roland Rudolf | Men's Swimming | Food & Resource Economics |
| Michael Yuan | Men's Swimming | Food Science & Human Nutrition |
| Eric Foran | Men's Track & Field | Food & Resource Economics |
| Douglas Nelson | Men's Track & Field | Advertising |
| Calvin Smith | Men's Track & Field | Sociology |
| Jordan Jones | Women's Basketball | Business Administration-General Studies |
| Kristina Hilberth | Softball | Sport Management |
| Stephanie Napier | Women's Swimming | Recreation, Parks And Tourism |
| Marrit Boonstra | Women's Tennis | Business Admin-Management |
| Anastasia Revzina | Women's Tennis | Public Relations |
| Ali Crabb | Women's Track & Field | Biology |
| Daisy Glasser | Women's Track & Field | Horticultural Science |
| Mariam Kevkhishvili | Women's Track & Field | Sociology |
| Lauren Smith | Women's Track & Field | Family, Youth And Community Science |
| Danielle Williams | Women's Track & Field | Economics |
| Kristy Jaeckel | Volleyball | Sport Management |
