Commencement Weekend for Gator Student-Athletes
Friday, August 9, 2024 | General, Otis Hawkins Center
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Among the 3,000 who earn their University of Florida degrees this weekend are more than 30 Gator student-athletes.
Summer commencement ceremonies begin Friday, Aug. 9 and runs through Saturday, Aug. 10.
One spent the last couple of weeks in Paris for the 2024 Olympics:
One was part of a NCAA title team during his career:
Two won NCAA Individual titles:
Summer commencement ceremonies begin Friday, Aug. 9 and runs through Saturday, Aug. 10.
One spent the last couple of weeks in Paris for the 2024 Olympics:
- Emma Weyant – USA (400m individual medley bronze medalist)
One was part of a NCAA title team during his career:
- 2023 NCAA Golf – Joe Pagdin
Two won NCAA Individual titles:
- Micayla Cronk and Emma Weyant – 2024 NCAA 800 free relay
- Nine earned All-America honors – Micayla Cronk (swimming), Charla Echols (softball), Jayla Hollis (track & field), Brian Johnson (baseball), Victoria Nguyen (gymnastics), Olivia Peoples (swimming), Payton Richards (gymnastics), Emma Weyant (swimming), Mabel Zavaros (swimming)
- Charla Echols (2021 & 2022) and Emma Weyant (2024) earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-America honors
- Brian Johnson, Florida's first to win the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year award (2012), returned after his MLB career to finish his degree
- Nine receive master's or doctorate degrees this weekend – Carly Briggs (tennis), Daniel Cross (football), Charla Echols (softball), Marina Escobar (golf), Sarah Falk (lacrosse), Hannah Heller (lacrosse), Jack May (basketball), Maria Pansini (lacrosse), Payton Richards (gymnastics)
- Thirteen graduate with honors.
- Magna Cum Laude: Madeline Pirrello (soccer)
- Cum Laude: Andersen Bennett (basketball), Micayla Cronk (swimming), Marina Escobar (golf), AC Fitzpatrick (volleyball), Alexa Goldberg (soccer), Tori Grambo (soccer), Jayla Hollis (track & field), Ryan Miller (track & field), Delaney Tauzel (soccer), Emma Weyant (swimming), Mabel Zavaros (swimming)
| 2024 University of Florida Student-Athlete Summer Graduates | ||
| Name | Sport | Degree |
| Brian Johnson | Baseball | Anthropology |
| Jack May | Men's Basketball | Master's - Management |
| Bennett Andersen | Men's Basketball | Industrial & Systems Engineering |
| Daniel Cross | Football | Master's - Sport Management |
| Ja'Quavion Fraziars | Football | Health Education & Behavior |
| Joe Pagdin | Men's Golf | Education Sciences |
| Marina Escobar | Women's Golf | Master's - Management |
| Victoria Nguyen | Gymnastics | Education Sciences |
| Payton Richards | Gymnastics | Master's - Entrepreneurship |
| Sarah Falk | Lacrosse | Master's - Management |
| Hannah Heller | Lacrosse | Master's - Management |
| Georgia Hoey | Lacrosse | Education Sciences |
| Maria Pansini | Lacrosse | Master's - Management |
| Charla Echols | Softball | Master's - Sport Management |
| Alexa Goldberg | Soccer | Geology |
| Tori Grambo | Soccer | Environmental Science |
| Madeline Pirrello | Soccer | Advertising |
| Maddy Rhodes | Soccer | Sport Management |
| Delaney Tauzel | Soccer | Applied Physiology & Kinesiology |
| Micayla Cronk | Women's Swimming | Health Education and Behavior |
| Olivia Peoples | Women's Swimming | Biology/Masters in Arts in Medicine |
| Emma Weyant | Women's Swimming | Political Science |
| Mabel Zavaros | Women's Swimming | Psychology |
| Carly Briggs | Women' Tennis | Master's - Management |
| Calvin Bostic | Men's Track & Field | Education Sciences |
| Caleb Foster | Men's Track & Field | Health Education Behavior |
| Ryan Miller | Men's Track & Field | Aerospace Engineering |
| Kurt Powdar | Men's Track & Field | Education Sciences |
| Osaji Skyers | Men's Track & Field | Mechanical Engineering |
| Jayla Hollis | Women's Track & Field | Health Education Behavior |
| Vasileia Spyrou | Women's Track & Field | International Studies |
| AC Fitzpatrick | Volleyball | Health Education Behavior |
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