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Fifty-one Gator student-athletes participating in this weekend's commencement

Friday, May 2, 2014

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - A total of 51 University of Florida student-athletes will participate in this weekend's commencement ceremonies in the Stephen C. O'Connell Center.

 

 

 

 

Did You Know"�

30 members of the 2014 spring graduate class were part of a national and/or Southeastern Conference championship team during their Gator careers.

The Gators recognized as the top graduating student-athletes are volleyball's Chloe Mann and men's basketball's Patric Young, as Mann receives the Tracy Caulkins Award and Young is the Doug Belden Award recipient.

Men's tennis player Bob van Overbeek and distance runner Agata Strausa receive $7,500 post-graduate scholarships as Florida's nominees for the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Award. Young, a 2014 Capital One Academic Men's Basketball All-American, receives a $5,000 scholarship as a 2014 Brad Davis SEC Community Service award nominee.

Van Overbeek is graduating summa cum laude and women's swimmer Jamie Bohunicky is graduating cum laude.

Five graduates were conference players of the year during their Gator careers: Lauren Embree (2010, 2012, 2013 SEC Women's Tennis Player of the Year), Chloe Mann (2012 SEC Volleyball Player of the Year), Taylor Unroe (2013 SEC Volleyball Libero of the Year), Scottie Wilbekin (2014 SEC Men's Basketball Player of the Year) and Young (2014 SEC Men's Basketball Defensive Player of the Year).

A total of 35 graduates earned Academic All-Southeastern Conference honors during their Florida careers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2014 University of Florida Student-Athlete Spring Commencement Participants
Name	Sport	Degree
Keenan Kish	Baseball	Telecommunication
Karsten Whitson	Baseball	Family, Youth and Community Sciences
Billy Donovan	Men's Basketball	Political Science
Jacob Kurtz	Men's Basketball	Mechanical Engineering
Casey Prather	Men's Basketball	Family, Youth and Community Sciences
Scottie Wilbekin	Men's Basketball	Criminology & Law
Will Yeguete	Men's Basketball	International Studies
Patric Young	Men's Basketball	Telecommunication
Jaterra Bonds	Women's Basketball	Telecommunication
Kayla Lewis	Women's Basketball	Psychology
Lily Svete	Women's Basketball	Biology & Psychology
Cody Adams	Football	Criminology & Law
Neiron Ball	Football	Family, Youth and Community Sciences
Tim Clark	Football	Sport Management*
Drew Ferris	Football	Psychology
Darrin Kitchens	Football	Recreation, Parks and Tourism
Brad Phillips	Football	Nutritional Sciences
Christian Provancha	Football	Environmental Science
Michael Taylor	Football	Family, Youth and Community Sciences
Billy Anderson	Men's Golf	Sport Management
Santiago Gavino	Men's Golf	Economics
Liz Green	Gymnastics	Telecommunication
Alaina Johnson	Gymnastics	Sociology
Cara Canington	Lacrosse	Sport Management*
Krista Grabher	Lacrosse	English
Haley Reeb	Soccer	Criminology & Law
Maggie Rodgers	Soccer	Family, Youth and Community Sciences
Caroline Triglia	Soccer	Family, Youth and Community Sciences
Christopher Jones	Men's Diving	Visual Arts Studies
James Pompi	Men's Diving	Economics
Jason Taylor	Men's Swimming	Management
Jamie Bohunicky	Women's Swimming	Women's Studies
Florent Diep	Men's Tennis	Economics
Bob van Overbeek	Men's Tennis	Economics
Alexandra Cercone	Women's Tennis	Psychology
Lauren Embree	Women's Tennis	Sport Management
Olivia Janowicz	Women's Tennis	Political Science
Anthony Amodio	Men's Track & Field	Finance
Kyle Mailloux	Men's Track & Field	Mechanical Engineering
Sean Obinwa	Men's Track & Field	Family, Youth and Community Sciences
Leonardo Seymore	Men's Track & Field	Family, Youth and Community Sciences
Jovon Toppin	Men's Track & Field	Recreation, Parks and Tourism
Derek Wehunt	Men's Track &Field	Anthropology
Amani Bryant	Women's Track & Field	Recreation, Parks and Tourism
Darshay Davis	Women's Track & Field	Political Science
Katrina DeKrey	Women's Track & Field	Sociology
Stephanie Strasser	Women's Track & Field	Telecommunication & Political Science
Agata Strausa	Women's Track & Field	Art History
Lanie Whittaker	Women's Track & Field	Family, Youth and Community Sciences
Chloe Mann	Volleyball	Information Systems & Operation Management*
Taylor Unroe	Volleyball	Family, Youth and Community Sciences

* Master's Degree