Commencement Weekend for Gator Student-Athletes

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida Athletic Association celebrates the accomplishments of 67 Gator student-athletes who will walk across commencement stages this weekend. In addition, seven receive graduate or undergrad certificates.

35 members of the 2022 spring graduation class were part of a national and/or conference championship team during their Gator careers.

57 earned Academic All-Southeastern Conference honors.

Spring commencement ceremonies begin Thursday, April 28 and run through Monday, May 2.

Seven were part of NCAA title teams during their careers:
2021 Men’s Tennis – Andy Andrade, Josh Goodger, Sam Riffice, Duarte Vale

  *   2016, 2017 (outdoor), 2018, 2019 (indoor) NCAA Track & Field – Kunle Fasasi
  *   2018 and 2019 NCAA Indoor Track & Field – Chantz Sawyers and Edward Shelikoff

Two won NCAA Individual titles:

  *   Sam Riffice – 2021 NCAA Men’s Singles
  *   Trinity Thomas – 2022 NCAA all-around, uneven bars and floor exercise

More Spring Gator Grad Notables:

  *   19 earned All-America honors – Hannah Adams (softball), Clark Beach (swimming), Kunle Fasasi (track & field), Thayer Hall (volleyball), Abbie Harrelson (track & field), Gabrielle Hillis (swimming), McCartney Kessler (tennis), Kendyl Lindaman (softball), Katie Minnich (swimming), Ashley McCool (swimming), Nikki Miller (swimming), Sarah Reznick (lacrosse), Sam Riffice (tennis), Chantz Sawyers (track & field), Megan Skaggs (gymnastics), Trinity Thomas (gymnastics), Duarte Vale (tennis), Gabrielle Wilkinson (track & field)
  *   Sam Riffice (tennis) and Halley Taylor (gymnastics) receive $10,000 post-graduate scholarships as a H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete award nominee.
  *   Bettina Boszormenyi (swimming) receives a $5,000 postgraduate scholarships as a nominees for SEC Brad Davis Community Service Award.
  *   Kendyl Lindaman was softball’s CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year in 2020. She also was an Academic All-American in 2018 and 2021. Megan Skaggs (gymnastics) and Sam Riffice were 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large selections.
  *   Trinity Thomas was named the 2020 and 2022 Southeastern Conference Gymnast of the Year.
  *   Ashley McCool was the Diver of the Meet at the 2021 Southeastern Conference Championships
  *   16 graduate with honors.
     *   Cum Laude: Bettina Boszormenyi (Swimming), Emerson Cabrera (lacrosse), Gabby Hillis (Swimming), Katie Minnich (Swimming), Sarah Reznick (lacrosse), Sam Riffice (tennis), Lauren Snider (Swimming), Marty Stange (Swimming), Halley Taylor (gymnastics), Trinity Thomas (gymnastics), Maeson Tydings (lacrosse), Emma Wightman (lacrosse), Marlee Zein (tennis), Ellie Zweifel (Swimming)
     *   Summa Cum Laude: Nick Lydon (Swimming), Payton Capes-Davis (track & field)
  *   14 receive master’s or doctorate degrees this weekend – Madison Alexander (soccer), Jade Caraway (softball), Matt Clark (track & field), Nick Deal (track & field), Kunle Fasasi (track & field), Chanelle Hargreaves (volleyball), Abbie Harrelson (track & field), Andrew Ivie (football), Kendyl Lindaman (softball), Edward Shelikoff  (track & field), Megan Skaggs (gymnastics), Michelle Stegall (track & field), Trey Thompson (football), Lindsay Tomaini (track & field),

2022 University of Florida Student-Athlete Spring Graduates

Name

Sport

Degree

Kendrick Calilao

Baseball

Geography

Tyree Appleby

Men’s Basketball

African American Studies

Keyontae Johnson

Men’s Basketball

Education Sciences

Kristina Moore

Women’s Basketball

Sport Management

Coleman Crozier

Football

Food & Resource Economics

Richard Gouraige

Football

Sociology

Andrew Ivie

Football

Doctor- Physical Therapy

Kevin Johnson

Football

Education Sciences

Emory Jones

Football

Telecommunication

Griffin McDowell

Football

Sociology

Marco Ortiz

Football

Health Education & Behavior

Jordan Pouncey

Football

African American Studies

David Reese

Football

Education Sciences

Justin Shorter

Football

Education Sciences

Will Thomas

Football

Mechanical Engineering

Trey Thompson

Football

Master- Management

Jacob Watkins

Football

Education Sciences

Manny Girona

Men’s Golf

Food & Resource Economics

Christophe Stutts

Men’s Golf

Education Sciences

Clara Manzalini

Women’s Golf

Economics

Sydney Johnson-Scharpf

Gymnastics

Digital Arts & Sciences

Megan Skaggs

Gymnastics

Master- Entrepreneurship

Halley Taylor

Gymnastics

Criminology & Psychology

Trinity Thomas

Gymnastics

Applied Physiology & Kinesiology

Emerson Cabrera

Lacrosse

Health Sciences

Maddie Ellis

Lacrosse

Advertising

Charlotte Harmon

Lacrosse

Advertising

Catherine Moriarty

Lacrosse

Marketing

Sarah Reznick

Lacrosse

Health Sciences

Maeson Tydings

Lacrosse

Dietetics

Emma Wightman

Lacrosse

Health Sciences

Hannah Adams

Softball

Education Sciences

Jade Caraway

Softball

Master- Sport Management

Kendyl Lindaman

Softball

Master- Sport Management

Madison Alexander

Soccer

Master- Health Education and Behavior

Georgia Eaton-Collins

Soccer

Sport Management

Samantha Tobar

Soccer

Psychology

Clark Beach

Men’s Swimming

Education Sciences

Ethan Beach

Men’s Swimming

Sustainability and the Built Environment

Nick Hackett

Men’s Swimming

Economics

Erik Harper

Men’s Swimming

Education Sciences

Nick Lydon

Men’s Diving

Applied Kinesiology & Physiology

Marty Stange

Men’s Swimming

Construction Management

Bettina Boszormenyi

Women’s Swimming

Psychology

Adrianna Deboer

Women’s Swimming

Mechanical Engineering

Gabby Hillis

Women’s Swimming

Natural Resource Conservation

Ashley McCool

Women’s Diving

Anthropology

Nikki Miller

Women’s Swimming

Psychology

Katie Minnich

Women’s Swimming

Psychology

Lauren Snider

Women’s Diving

Biomedical Engineering

Ellie Zweifel

Women’s Swimming

Economics

Andy Andrade

Men’s Tennis

International Studies

Josh Goodger

Men’s Tennis

Education Sciences

Sam Riffice

Men’s Tennis

Political Science

Marlee Zein

Women’s Tennis

Health Education & Behavior

Matt Clark

Men’s Track & Field

Master- Sport Management

Nick Deal

Men’s Track & Field

Master- Management

Kunle Fasasi

Men’s Track & Field

Master- French Studies

Chantz Sawyers

Men’s Track & Field

Tourism, Hospitality, and Event Management

Edward Shelikoff

Men’s Track & Field

Master-Mechanical Engineering

Payton Capes-Davis

Women’s Track & Field

History & Political Science

Abbie Harrelson

Women’s Track & Field

Master- Early Education

Pamela O’Brien

Women’s Track & Field

Psychology

Michelle Stegall

Women’s Track & Field

Master- Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Lindsay Tomaini

Women’s Track & Field

Master- Sport Management

Gabrielle Wilkinson

Women’s Track & Field

Applied Physiology & Kinesiology

Chanelle Hargreaves

Volleyball

Master- Sport Management

Certificates

Hunter McMullen

Baseball

Undergraduate Certificate-Sport Management

Nick Pogue

Baseball

Undergraduate Certificate-Sport Management

Phlandrous Fleming

Men’s Basketball

Certificate- Sport Management

Brandon McKissic

Men’s Basketball

Certificate- Sport Management

Duarte Vale

Men’s Tennis

Undergraduate Certificate-Sport Management

McCartney Kessler

Women’s Tennis

Certificate- Sport Management

Thayer Hall

Volleyball

Graduate Certificate-Sport Management