Gators Place 101 on SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida placed 101 student-athletes on the 2025 Southeastern Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll, announced today by league commissioner Greg Sankey.

The 2025 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll is based on grades from the 2024-25 summer, fall and spring terms. Florida placed 310 student-athletes on 2024-25 SEC Fall (137), Winter (72 ) and Spring Academic Honor Rolls.

Florida’s men’s track & field placed 25 on the SEC Academic Honor Roll. That is just one away from men’s track & field’s record which was set in 2018 and matched in the last two seasons.

The Gators’ NCAA semifinal lacrosse team saw 20 earn a spot on the SEC Academic Honor Roll.

Nine from UF’s Women’s College World Series team earned spots on the SEC Academic Honor Roll. The women’s track & field team placed 15 on the Academic Honor Roll. Florida’s baseball team saw 14 earning a spot on the team.

Other sport honoree numbers included men’s golf (6), women’s golf (5), men’s tennis (4) and women’s tennis (3).

Notes About Gator Honorees:

  *   Two Gators who picked up yearly conference athlete of the year accolades are on the SEC Academic Honor Roll – Elyse Finnelle (Big 12 Goalkeeper of the Year), Kaitlyn Davies (Big 12 Midfielder).
  *   Softball’s Korbe Otis is the fifth Gator ever across all sports to claim the NCAA Elite 90 Award<https://floridagators.com/news/2025/5/27/softball-otis-named-elite-90-winner.aspx>. The award is given to the student-athlete with the highest grade point average each year at each of the NCAA’s 90 final championship sites. She also earned Florida softball’s first SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year award in May<https://floridagators.com/news/2025/5/7/otis-named-2025-sec-softball-scholar-athlete.aspx>.
  *   Redshirt freshman Frannie Hall is the 2025 Big 12 Lacrosse Freshman of the Year.
  *   Two on SEC Academic Honor Roll graduated summa cum laude in May<https://floridagators.com/news/2025/5/1/general-commencement-weekend-for-gator-student-athletes.aspx> – Matthew Kress (Golf) and Brie Catts (Lacrosse). Magna cum laude graduates in May include Orlando Cicilioni (Track & Field), Alicia Dudeney (Tennis). Cum Laude graduates include: Jess Edwards (Track & Field), Elyse Finnelle (Lacrosse), Michael Fiore (Track & Field), Celeste Forte (Lacrosse), Ethan Geiger (Track & Field), Josie Hahn (Lacrosse), Eoin McNally (Track & Field), Korbe Otis (Softball), Jonathan Pitchford (Track & Field), Bente Spee (Tennis), Aiden Villasuso (Track & Field)
  *   Orlando Cicilioni (track & field), Jess Edwards (track & field) and Korbe Otis (softball) finish with cumulative 4.0 grade point averages.
  *   Brie Catts (lacrosse), JanMagnus Johnson (tennis), Eoin McNally (track & field) and Jonathan Pitchford (track & field) turned in 4.0 grade point averages for the 2024-25 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

Blake Brookins

Baseball

SO

Education Sciences

Jake Clemente

Baseball

JR

Sport Management

Pierce Coppola

Baseball

SR

Media Production, Management & Technology

Brody Donay

Baseball

JR

Education Sciences

Ty Evans

Baseball

SR

Education Sciences

Luke Heyman

Baseball

JR

Sport Management

Cade Kurland

Baseball

JR

Finance

Caden McDonald

Baseball

SO

Biology

Luke McNeillie

Baseball

SO

Media Production, Management & Technology

Frank Menendez

Baseball

SO

Health Education & Behavior

Liam Peterson

Baseball

SO

Sport Management

Colby Shelton

Baseball

JR

Sport Management

Ashton Wilson

Baseball

JR

Psychology

Hayden Yost

Baseball

SO

Business Administration

Parker Bell

Men’s Golf

JR

Sport Management

Ian Gilligan

Men’s Golf

SR

Education Sciences

Ryan Hart

Men’s Golf

SR

Education Sciences

Matthew Kress

Men’s Golf

SR

Economics

Luke Poulter

Men’s Golf

JR

Education Sciences

Rylan Shim

Men’s Golf

SO

Public Relations

Inés Archer

Women’s Golf

SO

Public Relations

Paula Francisco

Women’s Golf

SO

International Studies

Sarunchana Rattanasin

Women’s Golf

SR

Education Sciences

Sophie Stevens

Women’s Golf

SO

Sport Management

Karoline Tuttle

Women’s Golf

JR

Media Production, Management & Technology

Theresa Bragg

Lacrosse

JR

Economics

Brie Catts

Lacrosse

SR

Advertising

Kaitlyn Davies

Lacrosse

JR

Advertising

Alyssa Deacy

Lacrosse

SO

Sport Management

Ashley Dyer

Lacrosse

SO

Advertising

Elyse Finnelle

Lacrosse

JR

Sport Management

Lea Flobeck

Lacrosse

SO

Business Administration

Celeste Forte

Lacrosse

SR

Health Education & Behavior

Josie Hahn

Lacrosse

SR

Health Education & Behavior

Frannie Hahn

Lacrosse

SO

Sport Management

Georgia Hoey

Lacrosse

GR

Masters in Sport Management

Samantha Hughes

Lacrosse

SO

Sport Management

Cate Isaacson

Lacrosse

SO

Sociology

Gabbi Koury

Lacrosse

SO

Health Education & Behavior

Gianna Monaco

Lacrosse

JR

Criminology

Ava Tighe

Lacrosse

JR

Advertising

Carly Wilson

Lacrosse

JR

Marketing

Sydney Wilson

Lacrosse

JR

Finance

Jenny Woodings

Lacrosse

JR

Business Administration

Macy Zaban

Lacrosse

SR

Media Production, Management & Technology

Brooke Barnard

Softball

SR

Sport Management

Jocelyn Erickson

Softball

JR

Sport Management

Alyssa Hovermale

Softball

SO

Criminology

Cassidy McLellan

Softball

SO

Health Education & Behavior

Olivia Miller

Softball

SO

Sport Management

Korbe Otis

Softball

SR

Biology

Keagan Rothrock

Softball

SO

Health Education & Behavior

Reagan Walsh

Softball

SR

Education Sciences

Mia Williams

Softball

SO

Health Education & Behavior

Kevin Edengren

Men’s Tennis

SO

Sport Management

Adhithya Ganesan

Men’s Tennis

SO

Business Administration

Henry Jefferson

Men’s Tennis

SO

Sport Management

JanMagnus Johnson

Men’s Tennis

GR

Masters in Sport Management

Alicia Dudeney

Women’s Tennis

SR

Business Administration

Bente Spee

Women’s Tennis

SR

Business Administration

Qavia Lopez

Women’s Tennis

SO

Food & Resource Economics

Sam Austin

Men’s Track & Field

SR

Economics

Adrian Bichara

Men’s Track & Field

SR

Economics

Joshua Brockman

Men’s Track & Field

GR

Masters in Sport Management

Orlando Cicilioni***

Men’s Track & Field

SR

Applied Physiology & Kinesiology

Michael Fiore***

Men’s Track & Field

SR

Sport Management

Ethan Geiger***

Men’s Track & Field

SR

Civil Engineering

Reheem Hayles

Men’s Track & Field

SR

Education Sciences

Ryan Maseman

Men’s Track & Field

SR

Finance

Ryan McCloskey

Men’s Track & Field

GR

Masters in Mechanical Engineering

Jenoah McKiver

Men’s Track & Field

SR

Education Sciences

Eoin McNally***

Men’s Track & Field

SR

Economics

Emerson Miller***

Men’s Track & Field

SO

Biology

Logan Montgomery

Men’s Track & Field

SR

Journalism

Matthew Mulé***

Men’s Track & Field

SR

Business Administration

Noah Musselwhite

Men’s Track & Field

JR

Applied Physiology & Kinesiology

Gavin Nelson***

Men’s Track & Field

SO

Applied Physiology & Kinesiology

Riley Novack***

Men’s Track & Field

SO

Applied Physiology & Kinesiology

Alejandro Pena***

Men’s Track & Field

SO

Sport Management

Jonathan Pitchford***

Men’s Track & Field

SR

Information Systems

Rios Prude Jr.

Men’s Track & Field

SO

Education Sciences

Ashton Schwartzman

Men’s Track & Field

SR

Education Sciences

Matthew Stratton***

Men’s Track & Field

JR

Sport Management

Joey Stravato

Men’s Track & Field

GR

Sport Management Certificate

Aiden Villasuso***

Men’s Track & Field

SR

Biology

Joe Wester***

Men’s Track & Field

SR

Journalism

India Alix

Women’s Track & Field

SO

Applied Physiology & Kinesiology

Caroline Bauer***

Women’s Track & Field

JR

Applied Physiology & Kinesiology

Allison Drummond***

Women’s Track & Field

SR

Construction Management

Kate Drummond***

Women’s Track & Field

SO

Tourism, Hospitality & Event Management

Jess Edwards

Women’s Track & Field

SR

Education Sciences

Layla Haynes

Women’s Track & Field

SO

Journalism

Akari Isaac

Women’s Track & Field

JR

Family, Youth & Community Sciences

Da’Moni Kelly

Women’s Track & Field

SR

Foreign Language & Literature – Chinese

Ashley Klingenberg***

Women’s Track & Field

GR

Masters in Entrepreneurship

Gracelyn Leiseth

Women’s Track & Field

SO

Elementary Education

Annie Loehle***

Women’s Track & Field

JR

Applied Physiology & Kinesiology

Breanna Stuart***

Women’s Track & Field

JR

Chemical Engineering

Alida van Daalen

Women’s Track & Field

SO

Journalism

Allison Wilson***

Women’s Track & Field

SO

Tourism & Hospitality Management

Liina Winborn***

Women’s Track & Field

SR

Sport Management

*-also on 2024 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll for cross country

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