Florida's NCAA champion men's golf and track & field teams both saw a record number of honorees on the Southeastern Conference Spring 2023 Academic Honor Roll. UF placed a total of 137 on the honor roll this spring. (Photo credits: C. Morgan Engel (left) and Gabriella Whisler (right).
Gators Place 137 on SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
Thursday, June 29, 2023 | General, Otis Hawkins Center
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida placed 137 student-athletes on the 2023 Southeastern Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll, announced today by league commissioner Greg Sankey.
The 2023 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll is based on grades from the 2022-23 summer, fall and spring terms. Florida placed 322 student-athletes on 2022-23 SEC Fall (113), Winter (72) and Spring Academic Honor Rolls.
Nine from the NCAA champion men's golf team earned spots on the SEC Academic Honor Roll to equal program record set in 2008. Florida men's track & field set its program record with 26 on the 2023 list while the women's team placed 24 on the Academic Honor Roll. The 2023 SEC champion and NCAA runner-up Gator baseball team placed 19 on the honor roll – the second-highest total in program history.
For the third consecutive season, Gators lacrosse raised their all-time record for SEC Academic Honor Roll, with 31 on the 2023 list. Softball's 14 honorees was one away from its record set in 2021. Other sport honoree numbers included women's golf (6), men's tennis (3) and women's tennis (5).
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.
*-also on 2022 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll for cross country
The 2023 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll is based on grades from the 2022-23 summer, fall and spring terms. Florida placed 322 student-athletes on 2022-23 SEC Fall (113), Winter (72) and Spring Academic Honor Rolls.
Nine from the NCAA champion men's golf team earned spots on the SEC Academic Honor Roll to equal program record set in 2008. Florida men's track & field set its program record with 26 on the 2023 list while the women's team placed 24 on the Academic Honor Roll. The 2023 SEC champion and NCAA runner-up Gator baseball team placed 19 on the honor roll – the second-highest total in program history.
For the third consecutive season, Gators lacrosse raised their all-time record for SEC Academic Honor Roll, with 31 on the 2023 list. Softball's 14 honorees was one away from its record set in 2021. Other sport honoree numbers included women's golf (6), men's tennis (3) and women's tennis (5).
Notes About Gator Honorees
- Three NCAA individual champions earned a spot on the SEC Academic Honor Roll. Fred Biondi became the first Gator since 2001 to win the NCAA Golf medalist title. Jasmine Moore swept long and triple jump titles in NCAA Indoor action and also won the 2023 NCAA outdoor triple jump. Jacory Patterson ran the second leg on Florida's record-setting NCAA outdoor champion 4x400 relay.
- Three Gators who picked up yearly SEC honors are on the SEC Academic Honor Roll – Talitha Diggs (SEC Indoor Runner of the Year), Jasmine Moore (SEC Indoor & Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year) and Jacory Patterson (SEC Indoor Runner of the Year). Diggs also claimed the SEC Women's Track & Field Scholar-Athlete honor for 2023 and became Florida's first track athlete to be College Sports Communicators Academic All-American of the Year.
- The SEC Academic Honor Roll includes the league's softball player of the year, Skylar Wallace. She was named the TUCCI/National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division I Player of the Year.
- Jasmine Moore swept the USTFCCCA indoor and outdoor national field athlete of the year plus was named track & field's Honda Award winner.
- Florida's two who claimed American Athletic Conference lacrosse player of the year honors earned spots on SEC Academic Honor Roll: Emily Heller (Midfielder of the Year) and Sarah Reznick (Goalkeeper).
- Track & field's Parker Valby, who was the 2022 SEC Cross Country Runner of the Year and won the NCAA Outdoor 5,000 run title, also appears on the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
- Chase Ruskin (Track & Field) receives a $10,000 post-graduate scholarship as a nominee for the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete of Year award.
- Cavan Wilson (track & field) receives a $5,000 post-graduate scholarship as a nominee for the 2023 Brad Davis SEC Community Leaders award.
- Tennis' Lukas Greif graduated magna cum laude in May. Cum laude graduates in May included Whitney Albert (lacrosse), Georgia Ceanfaglione (lacrosse), Kylee Hubiak (lacrosse), Sarah Mackey (lacrosse), Kaala Puglisi (lacrosse), Jill Quigley (lacrosse) and Tymiah Montgomery (track & field)
- Carly Briggs (tennis), Orlando Cicilioni (track & field), Jess Edwards (track & field), Elizabeth Hightower (softball), Emily Lortz (lacrosse), Jonathan Pitchford (track & field), Collin Sieffert (track & field) and Cavan Wilson (track & field) turned in 4.0 grade point averages for the 2022-23 academic 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.
UF SEC Academic Honor Roll Recipients - Spring
| Name | Sport | CL | Major |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Abner | Baseball | SO | Geography |
| Jac Caglianone | Baseball | SO | History |
| Pierce Coppola | Baseball | SO | Media Production, Management & Technology |
| Ty Evans | Baseball | SO | Education Sciences |
| Deric Fabian | Baseball | SO | Education Sciences |
| Nick Ficarrotta | Baseball | SR | Applied Physiology & Kinesiology |
| Carsten Finnvold | Baseball | SO | Geography |
| Colby Halter | Baseball | JR | Advertising |
| Fisher Jameson | Baseball | SO | Anthropology |
| Wyatt Langford | Baseball | JR | Sport Management |
| Rene Lastres | Baseball | SO | Education Sciences |
| Matt Prevesk | Baseball | SO | Sport Management |
| Blake Purnell | Baseball | JR | Sport Management |
| BT Riopelle | Baseball | SR | Sport Management |
| Josh Rivera | Baseball | SR | Family, Youth & Community Sciences |
| Michael Robertson | Baseball | SO | Business Administration |
| Brandon Sproat | Baseball | SR | Food and Resource Economics |
| Tucker Talbott | Baseball | SR | Telecommunication |
| Anthony Ursitti | Baseball | SO | Geography |
| Fred Biondi | Men's Golf | SR | Health & Human Performance Undergraduate Certificate |
| Quentin Debove | Men's Golf | SR | International Studies |
| John DuBois | Men's Golf | SR | Economics |
| Ryan Hart | Men's Golf | SO | Education Sciences |
| Matthew Kress | Men's Golf | SO | Economics |
| Miguel Leal | Men's Golf | SO | Economics |
| Giovanni Manzoni | Men's Golf | SR | Sport Management |
| Joe Pagdin | Men's Golf | JR | Education Sciences |
| Tyler Wilkes | Men's Golf | JR | Education Sciences |
| Marina Escobar | Women's Golf | SR | Economics |
| Maisie Filler | Women's Golf | JR | Political Science |
| Annabell Fuller | Women's Golf | SR | English |
| Jenny Kim | Women's Golf | GR | Real Estate |
| Jackie Lucena | Women's Golf | JR | Sociology |
| Taylor Roberts | Women's Golf | JR | Education Sciences |
| Whitney Albert | Lacrosse | SR | Biology |
| Becky Browndorf | Lacrosse | SR | Finance |
| Emerson Cabrera | Lacrosse | GR | Management |
| Brie Catts | Lacrosse | SO | Advertising |
| Georgia Ceanfaglione | Lacrosse | SR | Telecommunication |
| Paisley Eagan | Lacrosse | SR | Health & Human Performance Undergraduate Certificate |
| Catherine Flaherty | Lacrosse | SR | Education Sciences |
| Celeste Forte | Lacrosse | SO | Health Science |
| Ashley Gonzalez | Lacrosse | JR | Advertising |
| Sara Grove | Lacrosse | SO | Economics |
| Josie Hahn | Lacrosse | SO | Health Education and Behavior |
| Maggi Hall | Lacrosse | JR | Sociology |
| Liz Harrison | Lacrosse | JR | Marketing |
| Emily Heller | Lacrosse | SR | Advertising |
| Kylee Hubiak | Lacrosse | SR | Public Health |
| Emma LoPinto | Lacrosse | SO | Education Sciences |
| Emily Lortz | Lacrosse | JR | Applied Physiology & Kinesiology |
| Sarah Mackey | Lacrosse | SR | Advertising |
| Jackie Norsworthy | Lacrosse | JR | Telecommunication |
| Bella Palagonia | Lacrosse | JR | Advertising |
| Emma Panciocco | Lacrosse | JR | Public Health |
| Danielle Pavinelli | Lacrosse | JR | Health Education and Behavior |
| Kaala Puglisi | Lacrosse | SR | Advertising |
| Jill Quigley | Lacrosse | SR | Sport Management |
| Sarah Reznick | Lacrosse | GR | Health Education and Behavior |
| Madison Rielly | Lacrosse | SR | Psychology |
| Shelton Sawers | Lacrosse | SR | Public Relations |
| Kelly Schluederberg | Lacrosse | JR | Political Science |
| Janine Suris | Lacrosse | SR | Marketing |
| Alexa Waters | Lacrosse | SO | Health Education and Behavior |
| Macy Zaban | Lacrosse | SO | Media Production, Management, & Technology |
| Charla Echols | Softball | GR | Sport Management |
| Baylee Goddard | Softball | SR | Advertising |
| Avery Goelz | Softball | JR | Criminology |
| Kinsey Goelz | Softball | GR | Management |
| Elizabeth Hightower | Softball | GR | Health & Human Performance Undergraduate Certificate |
| Katie Kistler | Softball | JR | Education Sciences |
| Sarah Longley | Softball | SR | Education Sciences |
| Sam Roe | Softball | SO | Education Sciences |
| Bryn Thomas | Softball | SR | Education Sciences |
| Rylee Trlicek | Softball | SR | Applied Physiology & Kinesiology |
| Skylar Wallace | Softball | SR | Sport Management |
| Reagan Walsh | Softball | SO | Education Sciences |
| Christina Wellen | Softball | JR | Business Administration |
| Emily Wilkie | Softball | JR | Health Education and Behavior |
| Nate Bonetto | Men's Tennis | SO | Economics |
| Will Grant | Men's Tennis | SR | Sport Management |
| Lukas Greif | Men's Tennis | SR | Applied Physiology & Kinesiology |
| Carly Briggs | Women's Tennis | SR | Education Sciences |
| Sara Dahlstrom | Women's Tennis | JR | Public Relations |
| Alicia Dudeney | Women's Tennis | SO | Business Administration |
| Emma Shelton | Women's Tennis | SR | Finance |
| Bente Spee | Women's Tennis | SO | Business Administration |
| Sam Austin | Men's Track & Field | SO | Economics |
| Orlando Cicilioni* | Men's Track & Field | SO | Applied Physiology & Kinesiology |
| Malcolm Clemons | Men's Track & Field | JR | International Studies |
| Deshay Fernandes | Men's Track & Field | SR | Health & Human Performance Graduate Certificate |
| Michael Fiore* | Men's Track & Field | SO | Sport Management |
| Caleb Foster | Men's Track & Field | JR | Health Education and Behavior |
| Ethan Geiger* | Men's Track & Field | JR | Civil Engineering |
| Zach Godbold | Men's Track & Field | JR | Criminology |
| Miles Green | Men's Track & Field | SR | Education Sciences |
| Josh King* | Men's Track & Field | JR | Applied Physiology & Kinesiology |
| Reed Legg* | Men's Track & Field | JR | Mechanical Engineering |
| Eoin McNally* | Men's Track & Field | SO | Economics |
| Ryan Miller* | Men's Track & Field | JR | Aerospace Engineering |
| Cade Monk* | Men's Track & Field | SR | Business Administration |
| Matt Mule'* | Men's Track & Field | SO | Business Administration |
| Jacory Patterson | Men's Track & Field | SR | Education Sciences |
| Jonathan Pitchford* | Men's Track & Field | SO | Information Systems |
| Chase Ruskin | Men's Track & Field | SR | Computer Engineering |
| Collin Sieffert | Men's Track & Field | GR | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Josh Stern* | Men's Track & Field | SO | Architecture |
| Joey Stravato | Men's Track & Field | JR | Wildlife Ecology & Conservation |
| Javi Vento* | Men's Track & Field | SO | Biomedical Engineering |
| Angel Vicioso* | Men's Track & Field | SR | Real Estate |
| Aiden Villasuso* | Men's Track & Field | SO | Biology |
| Devin Willis | Men's Track & Field | JR | Electrical Engineering |
| Cavan Wilson* | Men's Track & Field | SR | Civil Engineering |
| Imogen Barrett* | Women's Track & Field | SR | Journalism |
| Alissa Braxton | Women's Track & Field | JR | Graphic Design |
| Claire Bryant | Women's Track & Field | JR | Advertising |
| Emily Culley* | Women's Track & Field | SR | Criminology |
| Talitha Diggs | Women's Track & Field | JR | International Studies |
| Allison Drummond | Women's Track & Field | SO | Construction Management |
| Jess Edwards | Women's Track & Field | SO | Elementary Education |
| Chloe Hyde* | Women's Track & Field | SR | Journalism |
| Thea Jensen | Women's Track & Field | SR | Criminology |
| Olivia Jones | Women's Track & Field | SO | Nutritional Sciences |
| Ashley Klingenberg | Women's Track & Field | JR | Sport Management |
| Sterling Lester | Women's Track & Field | SR | Health Education and Behavior |
| Tymiah Montgomery | Women's Track & Field | SR | Sport Management |
| Jasmine Moore | Women's Track & Field | SR | Marketing |
| Stephy Ormsby* | Women's Track & Field | JR | Applied Physiology & Kinesiology |
| Rylee Pustilnik* | Women's Track & Field | JR | Animal Sciences |
| Marissa Rung | Women's Track & Field | JR | Nutritional Sciences |
| Keleigh Scallon* | Women's Track & Field | SO | Animal Sciences |
| Jordan Shapiro* | Women's Track & Field | JR | Sport Management |
| Emma Solis* | Women's Track & Field | JR | Applied Physiology & Kinesiology |
| Vasileia Spyrou* | Women's Track & Field | JR | International Studies |
| Parker Valby* | Women's Track & Field | JR | Sport Management |
| Vanessa Watson | Women's Track & Field | SR | African American Studies |
| Gabrielle Wilkinson* | Women's Track & Field | SR | Health Education and Behavior |
*-also on 2022 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll for cross country
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