Commencement Weekend for Gator Student-Athletes
Friday, August 8, 2025 | General
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Among the nearly 2,800 who earn their University of Florida degrees this weekend are more than 35 Gator student-athletes.
Summer commencement ceremonies begin Friday, Aug. 8 and runs through Saturday, Aug. 9.
Gator Summer Grad Notes:
One earned a medal in last summer's 2024 Summer Olympics:
Bennett Andersen is the fourth to earn the NCAA Elite 90 Award and be part of a national title men's basketball team. The award goes to the student-athlete with the highest GPA at the NCAA Championships final site.
Two were part Florida's NCAA Outdoor Track & Field title teams:
Two won NCAA Individual titles:
Trent Brown completed course work to become a Gator grad after playing in the NFL since 2015. He is currently a member of the Houston Texans.
More Summer Gator Grad Notables:
Summer commencement ceremonies begin Friday, Aug. 8 and runs through Saturday, Aug. 9.
Gator Summer Grad Notes:
One earned a medal in last summer's 2024 Summer Olympics:
- Emma Weyant – USA (400m individual medley bronze medalist)
Bennett Andersen is the fourth to earn the NCAA Elite 90 Award and be part of a national title men's basketball team. The award goes to the student-athlete with the highest GPA at the NCAA Championships final site.
Two were part Florida's NCAA Outdoor Track & Field title teams:
- Robert Gregory (2023, 2024) and Reheem Hayles (2024)
Two won NCAA Individual titles:
- Micayla Cronk and Emma Weyant – 2024 NCAA 800 free relay
Trent Brown completed course work to become a Gator grad after playing in the NFL since 2015. He is currently a member of the Houston Texans.
More Summer Gator Grad Notables:
- Eight earned All-America honors – Micayla Cronk (swimming), Joaquin Gonzalez-Pinero (swimming), Victoria Nguyen (gymnastics), Oskar Lindholm (swimming), Olivia Peoples (swimming), Alexis Stucky (volleyball), Emma Weyant (swimming), Mabel Zavaros (swimming)
- Emma Weyant (2024) earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-America honors
- 12 receive master's or doctorate degrees this weekend – Bennett Andersen (basketball), Anna Auld (swimming), Micayla Cronk (swimming), Julia Heimstead (swimming), Georgia Hoey (lacrosse), Jenny Markey (lacrosse), Victoria Nguyen (gymnastics), Olivia Peoples (swimming), Joey Slackman (football), Delaney Tauzel (soccer), Emma Weyant (swimming), Mabel Zavaros (swimming)
- Five graduate with honors.
- Cum Laude: Jenoah McKiver (track & field), Alexia Mobley (basketball), Ashton Schwartzman (track & field), Summer Smith (swimming), Karoline Tuttle (golf)
| 2025 University of Florida Student-Athlete Summer Graduates | ||
| Name | Sport | Degree |
| Billy Barlow | Baseball | Education Sciences |
| Pierce Coppola | Baseball | Media Production, Management, & Technology |
| Bennett Andersen | Men's Basketball | Master's, Management |
| Alexia Gassett | Women's Basketball | Education Sciences |
| Kenza Salgues | Women's Basketball | Master's, Sport Management |
| Trent Brown | Football | Education Sciences |
| Clay Millen | Football | Economics |
| Dakota Mitchell | Football | Education Sciences |
| Joey Slackman | Football | Master's, Sport Management |
| Treyaun Webb | Football | Education Sciences |
| Gage Wilcox | Football | Education Sciences |
| Karoline Tuttle | Women's Golf | Media Production, Management, & Technology |
| Victoria Nguyen | Gymnastics | Master's, Management |
| Georgia Hoey | Lacrosse | Master's, Sport Management |
| Jenny Markey | Lacrosse | Master's, Special Education |
| Madison Jones | Soccer | Health Education & Behavior |
| Tatum O'Coyne | Soccer | Public Relations |
| Delaney Tauzel | Soccer | Master's, Health Education Behavior |
| Madison Young | Soccer | Sustainability & the Built Environment |
| Peter Bretzmann | Men's Swimming | Management |
| Joaquin Gonzalez-Pinero | Men's Swimming | Food and Resource Economics |
| Oskar Lindholm | Men's Swimming | Applied Physiology |
| Raphael Rached Windmuller | Men's Swimming | Education Sciences |
| Anna Auld | Women's Swimming | Master's, Marketing |
| Micayla Cronk | Women's Swimming | Master's, Entrepreneurship |
| Camille DeBoer | Women's Swimming | Education Sciences |
| Julia Heimstead | Women's Swimming | Master's, Management |
| Olivia Peoples | Women's Swimming | Master's, Arts in Medicine |
| Summer Smith | Women's Swimming | Psychology |
| Emma Weyant | Women's Swimming | Master's, Management |
| Mabel Zavaros | Women's Swimming | Master's, Health Education Behavior |
| Bradley Paliska | Men's Tennis | Master's, Management |
| Robert Gregory | Men's Track & Field | Education Sciences |
| Reheem Hayles | Men's Track & Field | Education Sciences |
| Jenoah McKiver | Men's Track & Field | Education Sciences |
| Ashton Schwartzman | Men's Track & Field | Education Sciences |
| John Luke Witte | Men's Track & Field | Master's, Food & Resource Economics |
| Sharonda Richardson | Women's Track & Field | Education Sciences |
| Liina Winborn | Women's Track & Field | Sport Management |
| Alexis Stucky | Volleyball | Sport Management |
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