Forty-eight Gator student-athletes participating in this weekend's commencement
Friday, May 2, 2014 | General
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - A total of 48 University of Florida student-athletes will participate in this weekend's commencement ceremonies in the Stephen C. O'Connell Center.
| Did You Know… |
| 29 members of the 2014 spring graduate class were part of a national and/or Southeastern Conference championship team during their Gator careers. |
The Gators recognized as the top graduating student-athletes are volleyball's Chloe Mann and men's basketball's Patric Young, as Mann receives the Tracy Caulkins Award and Young is the Doug Belden Award recipient.
Men's tennis player Bob van Overbeek and distance runner Agata Strausa receive $7,500 post-graduate scholarships as Florida's nominees for the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Award. Young, a 2014 Capital One Academic Men's Basketball All-American, receives a $5,000 scholarship as a 2014 Brad Davis SEC Community Service award nominee.
Van Overbeek is graduating summa cum laude and women's swimmer Jamie Bohunicky is graduating cum laude.
Four graduates were conference players of the year during their Gator careers: Lauren Embree (2010, 2012, 2013 SEC Women's Tennis Player of the Year), Chloe Mann (2012 SEC Volleyball Player of the Year), Taylor Unroe (2013 SEC Volleyball Libero of the Year) and Young (2014 SEC Men's Basketball Defensive Player of the Year).
A total of 35 graduates earned Academic All-Southeastern Conference honors during their Florida careers.
| 2014 University of Florida Student-Athlete Spring Commencement Participants | ||
| Name | Sport | Degree |
| Keenan Kish | Baseball | Telecommunication |
| Karsten Whitson | Baseball | Family, Youth and Community Sciences |
| Billy Donovan | Men's Basketball | Political Science |
| Jacob Kurtz | Men's Basketball | Mechanical Engineering |
| Casey Prather | Men's Basketball | Family, Youth and Community Sciences |
| Will Yeguete | Men's Basketball | International Studies |
| Patric Young | Men's Basketball | Telecommunication |
| Jaterra Bonds | Women's Basketball | Telecommunication |
| Kayla Lewis | Women's Basketball | Psychology |
| Lily Svete | Women's Basketball | Biology & Psychology |
| Cody Adams | Football | Criminology & Law |
| Neiron Ball | Football | Family, Youth and Community Sciences |
| Tim Clark | Football | Sport Management* |
| Drew Ferris | Football | Psychology |
| Darrin Kitchens | Football | Recreation, Parks and Tourism |
| Brad Phillips | Football | Nutritional Sciences |
| Christian Provancha | Football | Environmental Science |
| Michael Taylor | Football | Family, Youth and Community Sciences |
| Billy Anderson | Men's Golf | Sport Management |
| Santiago Gavino | Men's Golf | Economics |
| Alaina Johnson | Gymnastics | Sociology |
| Cara Canington | Lacrosse | Sport Management* |
| Krista Grabher | Lacrosse | English |
| Haley Reeb | Soccer | Criminology & Law |
| Maggie Rodgers | Soccer | Family, Youth and Community Sciences |
| Caroline Triglia | Soccer | Family, Youth and Community Sciences |
| Christopher Jones | Men's Diving | Visual Arts Studies |
| James Pompi | Men's Diving | Economics |
| Jason Taylor | Men's Swimming | Management |
| Jamie Bohunicky | Women's Swimming | Women's Studies |
| Florent Diep | Men's Tennis | Economics |
| Bob van Overbeek | Men's Tennis | Economics |
| Alexandra Cercone | Women's Tennis | Psychology |
| Lauren Embree | Women's Tennis | Sport Management |
| Olivia Janowicz | Women's Tennis | Political Science |
| Anthony Amodio | Men's Track & Field | Finance |
| Kyle Mailloux | Men's Track & Field | Mechanical Engineering |
| Sean Obinwa | Men's Track & Field | Family, Youth and Community Sciences |
| Leonardo Seymore | Men's Track & Field | Family, Youth and Community Sciences |
| Jovon Toppin | Men's Track & Field | Recreation, Parks and Tourism |
| Derek Wehunt | Men's Track &Field | Anthropology |
| Amani Bryant | Women's Track & Field | Recreation, Parks and Tourism |
| Darshay Davis | Women's Track & Field | Political Science |
| Katrina DeKrey | Women's Track & Field | Sociology |
| Stephanie Strasser | Women's Track & Field | Telecommunication & Political Science |
| Agata Strausa | Women's Track & Field | Art History |
| Chloe Mann | Volleyball | Information Systems & Operation Management* |
| Taylor Unroe | Volleyball | Family, Youth and Community Sciences |
| *master's degree | ||
