GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The accomplishments of 31 current and former Gator student-athletes are celebrated this weekend in University of Florida virtual commencement ceremonies.
Graduate Notes:
* Five were part of Gator NCAA championship teams – Tyler Dyson (2017 baseball), Marshall Dillion, Blake Lowery and Dominic Williams (2017 outdoor, 2018 and 2019 NCAA indoor track & field) and Davis Ott (2018 and 2019 NCAA indoor track & field).
* Florida’s fall graduates includes 15 who were part of conference championship teams.
* Two claimed SEC Athlete of the Year for their sport – Savannah Jordan (2013 & 2015 SEC Offensive Soccer Player of Year) and Jessica Pascoe (2018 SEC Cross Country Runner of Year)
* Four completed master’s degrees – Jacob Tilghman and Kyle Trask (football), Savannah Jordan (soccer) and Colleen Carney (women’s track & field).
* Five will watch UF Commencement ceremonies from Atlanta – Jean Delance, Jeremiah Moon, Nick Oelrich, Kyle Trask and Michael Weir – as they are with the Gators football team for the Southeastern Conference Football Championship game.
* Seven graduates compete for the Gators in spring 2021 – Susi Espinoza (soccer), Emma Whitner (diving), Marshall Dillon and Jessica Pascoe (track & field), Holly Carlton, T’ara Ceasar and Darrielle King (volleyball).
* Drafted by Toronto Blue Jays in the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft, pitcher Danny Young completed his Anthropology degree this fall.
* A fifth-round selection by the Washington Nationals in the 2019 MLB Draft, Tyler Dyson completed his Sport Management degree this fall.
* Alejandro Tosti completed his Gators career in 2018 and finished work for his Spanish degree while playing professional golf.
* Three graduate cum laude – Holly Carlton (volleyball), Rachel Gowey (gymnastics), Jessica Pascoe (track & field).
* Among Florida’s graduates are 22 who earned Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll accolades.
2012 and 2016 Olympic triple jump gold medalist Christian Taylor, who received his degree in summer of 2019<http://hhp.ufl.edu/articles/2020/fall-commencement-advance.html>, will be a speaker for UF’s Health and Human Performance College. Hear his speech at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19<http://hhp.ufl.edu/celebrate2020/>.
University of Florida
Fall 2020 Graduating Student-Athletes
Name
Sport
Major
Tyler Dyson
Baseball
Sport Management
Danny Young
Baseball
Anthropology
Jean Delance
Football
African-American Studies
Moses Gordon
Football
Geography
Michael Hart
Football
Telecommunication
Jeremiah Moon
Football
Telecommunication
Nick Oelrich
Football
Construction Management
Will Thomas
Football
Mechanical Engineering
Jacob Tilghman
Football
Master-Sport Management
Kyle Trask
Football
Master-Sport Management
Michael Weir
Football
Anthropology
Alejandro Tosti
Men’s Golf
Spanish
Rachel Gowey
Gymnastics
Applied Physiology & Kinesiology
Jordan Stevens
Lacrosse
Advertising
Susi Espinoza
Soccer
Sociology
Savannah Jordan
Soccer
Master-Sport Management
Brooke Madden
Women’s Diving
Advertising
Emma Whitner
Women’s Diving
Finance
Kahra Williams
Women’s Swimming
Family, Youth & Community Sciences
Alfredo Perez
Men’s Tennis
International Studies- Latin America & The Caribbean
Tsveta Dimitrova
Women’s Tennis
International Studies
Marshall Dillon
Men’s Track & Field
Telecommunication
Blake Lowery
Men’s Track & Field
Food and Resource Economics
Davis Ott
Men’s Track & Field
Political Science
Dominic Williams
Men’s Track & Field
Economics
Colleen Carney
Women’s Track & Field
Master- Health Education & Behavior
Timetria Mitchell
Women’s Track & Field
Anthropology
Jessica Pascoe
Women’s Track & Field
Community and Health Promotion
Holly Carlton
Volleyball
Sport Management
T’ara Ceasar
Volleyball
Criminology
Darrielle King
Volleyball
Education Sciences
