Four Gators to Participate in Fall Commencement
Friday, December 19, 2014 | Men's Swimming & Diving
Fall graduation ceremonies take place on the University of Florida campus this weekend, with four Gator student-athletes participating in commencement events. UF's fall commencement ceremonies take place Saturday, Dec. 20.
Brad deBorde (Longwood, Fla.), Sebastien Rousseau (Cape Town, South Africa), Connor Signorin (East Windsor, N.J.) and Elizabeth Beisel (North Kingstown, R.I.) will participate in this tomorrow's commencement, as they finished their eligibility last spring.
Beisel was a 2008 and 2012 Olympian and was the 2012 SEC Swimmer of the Year. She also picked up the 2013 Capital One At-Large Academic All-American of the Year award. Beisel won NCAA individual titles in 2012 (200 backstroke) and 2013 (400 individual medley). Beisel and Gator Great Tim Tebow are the only Gators to earn Capital One Academic All-America first-team honors each year eligible for the honor. She was joined on the 2013 and 2014 Capital One Academic All-America teams by deBorde and they both received NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships in May.
At Saturday's commencement, deBorde will be recognized as the College of Engineering's Outstanding Senior Leader.
Rousseau, a member of South Africa's 2008 and 2012 Olympics teams, was part of Florida's NCAA champion 800 freestyle relays in 2011 and 2013. Meanwhile, Signorin was a five-time All-American during his time in the Orange & Blue.
In addition, 23 other student-athletes will be walking across the stage on Saturday. Athletically, the 2014 Fall class has had five Gators who have been a part of nine NCAA title teams and 14 on 17 SEC Championship squads.
| University of Florida | ||
| Fall 2014 Graduating Student-Athletes | ||
| Name | Sport | Major |
| Brad Wilkerson | Baseball | Sport Management |
| Mack Brown | Football | Family, Youth and Community Sciences |
| Clay Burton | Football | Criminology & Law |
| Max Garcia | Football | Family, Youth and Community Sciences |
| Hunter Joyer | Football | Family, Youth and Community Sciences |
| Michael McNeely | Football | Exercise & Sport Sciences |
| A.J. Mobley | Football | Criminology & Law |
| Ryan Parrish | Football | Biology |
| Valdez Showers | Football | Criminology & Law |
| Francisco Velez | Football | Political Science |
| Elcin Ulu | Golf | Advertising |
| Mackenzie Caquatto | Gymnastics | Elementary Education |
| Liz Green | Gymnastics | Telecommunication |
| Havana Solaun | Soccer | Psychology |
| Annie Speese | Soccer | English |
| Hannah Rogers | Softball | Tourism, Event & Recreation Management |
| Stephanie Tofft | Softball | Family, Youth and Community Sciences |
| Brad deBorde | Swimming | Industrial/Systems Engineering |
| Sebastien Rousseau | Swimming | Tourism, Event & Recreation Management |
| Connor Signorin | Swimming | Environmental Geosciences |
| Elizabeth Beisel | Swimming | Telecommunication |
| Sofie Oyen | Tennis | Tourism, Event & Recreation Management |
| Omar Craddock | Track & Field | Family, Youth and Community Sciences |
| Brian Gorwitz | Track & Field | Economics |
| Ebony Eutsey | Track & Field | Family, Youth and Community Sciences |
| Lorraine Graham | Track & Field | Tourism, Event & Recreation Management |
| Brittany Koziara | Track & Field | Family, Youth and Community Sciences |
