GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Among the nearly 2,800 who earn their University of Florida degrees this weekend are more than 35 Gator student-athletes.
15 members of the 2025 summer graduation class were part of a national and/or conference championship team during their Gator careers.
35 earned Academic All-Southeastern Conference honors.
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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
