Valby Named USTFCCCA Women’s Scholar Athlete of the Year, 29 Gators Named to 2023 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll

Valby Named USTFCCCA Women’s Scholar Athlete of the Year, 29 Gators Named to 2023 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll

Thursday, February 1, 2024 | Cross Country

By: Arik Morton

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida's Men's and Women's Cross Country teams backed an impressive season on the course with an equally impressive semester in the classroom.

Parker Valby, the NCAA Cross Country Division I National Champion, coupled her success on the course with academic prowess in the classroom as she was named the USTFCCCA Women's Cross Country National Scholar Athlete of the Year. The senior from Tampa, Florida majors in Sport Management becomes the first woman in program history to be named the Women's Scholar Athlete of the Year for the cross country season.

USTFCCCA ACADEMIC AWARDS
Both the Men's and Women's teams were named as All-Academic Teams by the USTFCCCA by earning cumulative GPAs of 3.46 and 3.43, respectively. While no individuals from the Men's team were named All-Academic Athletes, Flomena Asekol, Parker Valby and Allison Wilson were named to the list for both their performance at the NCAA South Regional as well as in the classroom during the fall semester.

SEC ACADEMIC AWARDS
Men's cross country placed a league-leading 15 on the SEC Academic Honor Roll, while the women had 14 make the list. Additionally, of the four Gators across all fall sports that earned a 4.0 GPA, the Cross Country program boasts three of them: Orlando Cicilioni, Jonathan Pitchford and Breanna Stuart.

Florida Men's Cross Country SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
Name	Major
Orlando Cicilioni	Applied Physiology and Kinesiology
Michael Fiore	Sport Management
Ethan Geiger	Civil Engineering
Josh King	Applied Physiology and Kinesiology
Reed Legg	Mechanical Engineering
Adam Magoulas	Applied Physiology and Kinesiology
Eoin McNally	Economics
Ryan Miller	Aerospace Engineering
Matt Mule'	Business Administration – General Studies
Jonathan Pitchford	Information Systems
Josh Stern	Architecture
Matthew Stratton	Finance
Javi Vento	Biomedical Engineering
Aiden Villasuso	Biology
Mac Wright	Computer Science

Florida Women's Cross Country SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
Name	Major
Allison Drummond	Construction Management
Ashley Klingenberg	Sport Management
Jordan Shapiro	Sport Management
Parker Valby	Sport Management
Liina Winborn	Sport Management
Olivia Jones	Nutritional Sciences
Lucinda Rourkee	Journalism
Vasileia Spyrou	International Studies
Annie Loehle	Health Science
Breanna Stuart	Chemistry
Caroline Bauer	Applied Physiology and Kinesiology
Stephy Ormsby	Applied Physiology and Kinesiology
Rylee Pustilnik	Animal Sciences
Keleigh Scallon	Animal Sciences

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 letter winner 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.

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