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).
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 4×400 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<https://floridagators.com/news/2023/5/10/track-and-field-talitha-diggs-named-2023-sec-womens-outdoor-track-field-scholar-athlete-of-the-year.aspx> and became Florida’s first track athlete to be College Sports Communicators Academic All-American of the Year<https://floridagators.com/news/2023/6/28/talitha-diggs-named-womens-track-and-field-cross-country-academic-all-american-of-the-year.aspx>.
* 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<https://floridagators.com/news/2023/6/9/softball-wallace-tabbed-2023-tucci-nfca-division-i-player-of-the-year.aspx>.
* Jasmine Moore swept the USTFCCCA indoor and outdoor national field athlete of the year plus was named track & field’s Honda Award winner<https://floridagators.com/news/2023/6/26/gymnastics-jasmine-moore-and-trinity-thomas-receive-2023-honda-awards.aspx>.
* Florida’s two who claimed American Athletic Conference lacrosse player of the year honors<https://floridagators.com/news/2023/5/3/gators-claim-two-aac-major-awards-nine-named-all-conference.aspx> 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<https://floridagators.com/news/2022/11/15/cross-country-parker-valby-named-sec-womens-runner-of-the-year.aspx> 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<https://www.secsports.com/article/36174018/sec-names-florida-nominees-mcwhorter-award>.
* Cavan Wilson (track & field) receives a $5,000 post-graduate scholarship as a nominee for the 2023 Brad Davis SEC Community Leaders<https://www.secsports.com/article/37661175/sec-brad-davis-community-service-leaders-year> award.
* Tennis’ Lukas Greif graduated magna cum laude in May. Cum laude graduates in May<https://floridagators.com/news/2023/5/4/general-commencement-weekend-for-gator-student-athletes.aspx> 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.
University of Florida
Southeastern Conference 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
