Florida Gators

Florida's Top-10 Finishes:
Two team titles by Florida men's golf and outdoor track & field led the Gators' 12 top-10 team finishes in 2022-23. This is the ninth time since 2009-10 season Florida claimed two or more NCAA team tiles.
 
This is the 14th consecutive complete season with a Gators team winning a national team title. Florida is one of two programs with a national title each complete season since the 2008-09 campaign. UF has 26 championships in that span.
 
In 2022-23, 12 Gators teams placed among the nation's final top 10 – including seven among the top three. This is the 21^st consecutive complete season 10 or more Gators teams were among the nation's top 10.
 

• No. 1 Men's Golf
• No. 1 Men's Outdoor Track & Field
• No. 2 Baseball
• No. 2 Gymnastics
• No. 2 Women's Outdoor Track & Field
• No. 3 Men's Indoor Track & Field
• No. 3 Women's Indoor Track & Field
• No. 6 Men's Swimming & Diving
• No. 9 Women's Swimming
• No. T-9 Lacrosse
• No. T-9 Women's Tennis
• No. T-9 Volleyball

 

2022-23 LEARFIELD Directors' Cup Standings
Rank	School	Points
1.	Stanford	1412.00
2.	Texas	1370.00
3.	Ohio State	1170.75
4.	Virginia	1105.50
5.	FLORIDA	1091.50
6.	Tennessee	1078.75
7.	Georgia	1072.50
8.	North Carolina	1068.00
9.	LSU	1062.25
10.	Southern California	1048.00

 
 
  
LEARFIELD Directors' Cup
The LEARFIELD Directors' Cup, presented annually by the nation's athletics directors, recognizes the schools with the best overall sports performances in an academic year. The scoring system uses finishes in NCAA Division I men's and women's basketball, baseball and women's volleyball championship action. Additionally, a program can receive points in up to 15 other sports toward its final score. Stanford claimed its 26^th Directors' Cup this season.
 
In the last 14 seasons, 15 different programs appeared among the Directors' Cup final top five. Only Florida and Stanford appear in each top five since 2008-09, with Michigan, Ohio State and Southern California (6) earning the next-highest number of top-five finishes in that span.
 
UF Athletic Director Scott Stricklin says:
"Two NCAA titles by men's golf and men's outdoor track & field in this season's final month led 12 top-10 finishes for the Gators. This season certainly kept Gator fans on the edge of their seats as seven teams finished among the top three. We celebrate the effort and accomplishments of these many Gator teams as we know it takes much determination and preparation by our student-athletes, coaches and staff to compete on the national stage." – UF Athletic Director Scott Stricklin
 
2023 Individual NCAA Champions for the Gators:
13 Gators claimed 11 NCAA individual titles in 2023.
 

2023 NCAA Individual National Champions
Sport	Name	Event
Men's Golf	Fred Biondi	Individual Medalist
Men's Swimming	Josh Liendo	100 freestyle
	Josh Liendo, Adam Chaney, Eric Friese, Macguire McDuff	200 Freestyle Relay
	Josh Liendo, Adam Chaney, Julian Smith, Macguire McDuff	400 Freestyle Relay
	Adam Chaney, Dillon Hillis, Josh Liendo, Macguire McDuff	400 Medley Relay
Track & Field (indoor)	Jasmine Moore	Long Jump & Triple Jump
Track & Field (outdoor)	Emmanuel Bamidele	400 Meters
	Emmanuel Bamidele, Jacory Patterson, Jevaughn Powell, Ryan Willie	4x400 Relay
	Jasmine Moore	Triple Jump
	Parker Valby	5,000 Meters

 
 Other Gators successes:
Florida's league-leading six Southeastern Conference titles (baseball, men's golf, gymnastics, men's and women's swimming & diving, volleyball) pushed Gators' league-leading total of 261 titles all-time.
 
Two Gator teams won 2023 conference tournament titles. Gymnastics swept SEC regular-season and championship meet titles in 2023. Lacrosse won its ninth consecutive conference tournament title and 10^th overall after a come-from-behind victory against then No. 6 James Madison in the American Athletic Conference Tournament final.
 
National athlete of the year honors went to four Gators in 2023:

• Jac Caglianone                 American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings National Position Player of the Year 
• Jasmine Moore                 Honda Award, USTFCCCA Indoor & Outdoor Women's Field Athlete of the Year
• Trinity Thomas                 Honda Award
• Skylar Wallace                  TUCCI/NFCA Division I Player of the Year Award  

Nine Gators picked up 10 conference athlete of the year honors in 2023. This is the 46^th consecutive season at least one Gator claimed league athlete of the year accolades.
 

• Talitha Diggs                    SEC Indoor Runner of the Year
• Emily Heller                      AAC Midfielder of the Year
• Jasmine Moore                SEC Indoor & Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year
• Jacory Patterson             SEC Indoor Runner of the Year
• Sarah Reznick                  AAC Goalkeeper of the Year
• Trinity Thomas                SEC Gymnast of the Year
• Parker Valby                     SEC Cross Country Runner of the Year
• Skylar Wallace                 SEC Softball Player of the Year
• Ryan Willie                       SEC Outdoor Runner of the Year

 
Gators by the Numbers

• 2 NCAA team titles (men's golf, men's outdoor track & field) marks the 14th straight complete season a Gator team won a national team title. Florida has won 26 national team titles since the 2008-09 season.
• 12 top-10 national team finishes. 21^st consecutive complete season 10 or more Gator teams among final top 10.
• 6 conference titles by the Gators in 2022-23 led the SEC.
• 94 percent Graduation Success Rate, as reported last fall in the 2022 NCAA Federal Graduation Rate Date, set UF's all-time high.
• 3.28 grade point average by Gator student-athletes in 2022-23 academic year – an all-time high. A record 402 Gators earned 2021-22 SEC Academic Honor Roll recognition.
• 1 named SEC Scholar-Athletes of Year for their sport – Talitha Diggs (women's track & field).
• 4 College Sports Communicators Academic All-Americans – Maha Amer (diving), Claire Bryant (track & field), Talitha Diggs (track & field's Academic All-American of the Year) and Alfonso Mestre (swimming)
• 2 picked up 3 conference coach of the year honors, marking 28^th consecutive season at least one UF coach was recognized. 2 national coaches of the year - J.C. Deacon (Golf Coaches Association of America) and Michael Holloway (USTFCCCA National Men's Outdoor Coach of the Year).