Commencement Weekend for Gator Student-Athletes
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Among the nearly 3,000 who earn their University of Florida degrees this weekend are more than 30 Gator student-athletes.
17 members of the 2024 summer graduation class were part of a national and/or conference championship team during their Gator careers.
30 earned Academic All-Southeastern Conference honors.
Summer commencement ceremonies begin Friday, Aug. 9 and runs through Saturday, Aug. 10.
Two spent the last couple of weeks in Paris for the 2024 Olympics:
Jevaughn Powell – Jamaica
Emma Weyant – USA (400m individual medley bronze medalist)
Three were part of NCAA title teams during their careers:
2022 & 2023 NCAA Outdoor Men’s Track & Field – Jacob Miley
2023 NCAA Golf – Joe Pagdin
2023 & 2024 NCAA Outdoor Men’s Track & Field – Jevaughn Powell
Four won NCAA Individual titles:
* Micayla Cronk and Emma Weyant – 2024 NCAA 800 free relay
* Jacob Miley – 2022 NCAA Outdoor 4x400 relay
* Jevaughn Powell – 2023 NCAA Outdoor 4x400 relay
More Summer Gator Grad Notables:
* Eleven earned All-America honors – Micayla Cronk (swimming), Charla Echols (softball), Jayla Hollis (track & field), Brian Johnson (baseball), Jacob Miley (track & field), Victoria Nguyen (gymnastics), Olivia Peoples (swimming), Jevaughn Powell (track & field), Payton Richards (gymnastics), Emma Weyant (swimming), Mabel Zavaros (swimming)
* Charla Echols (2021 & 2022) and Emma Weyant (2024) earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-America honors
* Brian Johnson, Florida’s first to win the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year award (2012), returned after his MLB career to finish his degree
* Eight receive master’s or doctorate degrees this weekend – Carly Briggs (tennis), Charla Echols (softball), Marina Escobar (golf), Sarah Falk (lacrosse), Hannah Heller (lacrosse), Jack May (basketball), Maria Pansini (lacrosse), Payton Richards (gymnastics)
* Thirteen graduate with honors.
* Magna Cum Laude: Madeline Pirrello (soccer)
* Cum Laude: Bennett Andersen (basketball), Micayla Cronk (swimming), Marina Escobar (golf), AC Fitzpatrick (volleyball), Alexa Goldberg (soccer), Tori Grambo (soccer), Jayla Hollis (track & field), Ryan Miller (track & field), Delaney Tauzel (soccer), Emma Weyant (swimming), Mabel Zavaros (swimming)
2024 University of Florida Student-Athlete Summer Graduates
Name
Sport
Degree
Brian Johnson
Baseball
Anthropology
Jack May
Men’s Basketball
Master’s - Management
Bennett Andersen
Men’s Basketball
Industrial & Systems Engineering
Ja'Quavion Fraziars
Football
Health Education & Behavior
Joe Pagdin
Men’s Golf
Education Sciences
Marina Escobar
Women’s Golf
Master’s - Management
Victoria Nguyen
Gymnastics
Education Sciences
Payton Richards
Gymnastics
Master’s - Entrepreneurship
Sarah Falk
Lacrosse
Master’s - Management
Hannah Heller
Lacrosse
Master’s - Management
Georgia Hoey
Lacrosse
Education Sciences
Maria Pansini
Lacrosse
Master’s - Management
Charla Echols
Softball
Master’s – Sport Management
Alexa Goldberg
Soccer
Geology
Tori Grambo
Soccer
Environmental Science
Madeline Pirrello
Soccer
Advertising
Maddy Rhodes
Soccer
Sport Management
Delaney Tauzel
Soccer
Applied Physiology & Kinesiology
Micayla Cronk
Women’s Swimming
Health Education and Behavior
Olivia Peoples
Women’s Swimming
Biology/Masters in Arts in Medicine
Emma Weyant
Women’s Swimming
Political Science
Mabel Zavaros
Women’s Swimming
Psychology
Carly Briggs
Women’ Tennis
Master’s - Management
Calvin Bostic
Men’s Track & Field
Education Sciences
Caleb Foster
Men’s Track & Field
Health Education Behavior
Jacob Miley
Men’s Track & Field
Education Sciences
Ryan Miller
Men’s Track & Field
Aerospace Engineering
Kurt Powdar
Men’s Track & Field
Education Sciences
Jevaughn Powell
Men’s Track & Field
Education Sciences
Osaji Skyers
Men’s Track & Field
Mechanical Engineering
Jayla Hollis
Women’s Track & Field
Health Education Behavior
Vasileia Spyrou
Women’s Track & Field
International Studies
AC Fitzpatrick
Volleyball
Health Education Behavior
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Among the nearly 3,000 who earn their University of Florida degrees this weekend are more than 30 Gator student-athletes.
17 members of the 2024 summer graduation class were part of a national and/or conference championship team during their Gator careers.
30 earned Academic All-Southeastern Conference honors.
Summer commencement ceremonies begin Friday, Aug. 9 and runs through Saturday, Aug. 10.
Two spent the last couple of weeks in Paris for the 2024 Olympics:
Jevaughn Powell – Jamaica
Emma Weyant – USA (400m individual medley bronze medalist)
Three were part of NCAA title teams during their careers:
2022 & 2023 NCAA Outdoor Men’s Track & Field – Jacob Miley
2023 NCAA Golf – Joe Pagdin
2023 & 2024 NCAA Outdoor Men’s Track & Field – Jevaughn Powell
Four won NCAA Individual titles:
* Micayla Cronk and Emma Weyant – 2024 NCAA 800 free relay
* Jacob Miley – 2022 NCAA Outdoor 4x400 relay
* Jevaughn Powell – 2023 NCAA Outdoor 4x400 relay
More Summer Gator Grad Notables:
* Eleven earned All-America honors – Micayla Cronk (swimming), Charla Echols (softball), Jayla Hollis (track & field), Brian Johnson (baseball), Jacob Miley (track & field), Victoria Nguyen (gymnastics), Olivia Peoples (swimming), Jevaughn Powell (track & field), Payton Richards (gymnastics), Emma Weyant (swimming), Mabel Zavaros (swimming)
* Charla Echols (2021 & 2022) and Emma Weyant (2024) earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-America honors
* Brian Johnson, Florida’s first to win the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year award (2012), returned after his MLB career to finish his degree
* Eight receive master’s or doctorate degrees this weekend – Carly Briggs (tennis), Charla Echols (softball), Marina Escobar (golf), Sarah Falk (lacrosse), Hannah Heller (lacrosse), Jack May (basketball), Maria Pansini (lacrosse), Payton Richards (gymnastics)
* Thirteen graduate with honors.
* Magna Cum Laude: Madeline Pirrello (soccer)
* Cum Laude: Bennett Andersen (basketball), Micayla Cronk (swimming), Marina Escobar (golf), AC Fitzpatrick (volleyball), Alexa Goldberg (soccer), Tori Grambo (soccer), Jayla Hollis (track & field), Ryan Miller (track & field), Delaney Tauzel (soccer), Emma Weyant (swimming), Mabel Zavaros (swimming)
2024 University of Florida Student-Athlete Summer Graduates
Name
Sport
Degree
Brian Johnson
Baseball
Anthropology
Jack May
Men’s Basketball
Master’s - Management
Bennett Andersen
Men’s Basketball
Industrial & Systems Engineering
Ja'Quavion Fraziars
Football
Health Education & Behavior
Joe Pagdin
Men’s Golf
Education Sciences
Marina Escobar
Women’s Golf
Master’s - Management
Victoria Nguyen
Gymnastics
Education Sciences
Payton Richards
Gymnastics
Master’s - Entrepreneurship
Sarah Falk
Lacrosse
Master’s - Management
Hannah Heller
Lacrosse
Master’s - Management
Georgia Hoey
Lacrosse
Education Sciences
Maria Pansini
Lacrosse
Master’s - Management
Charla Echols
Softball
Master’s – Sport Management
Alexa Goldberg
Soccer
Geology
Tori Grambo
Soccer
Environmental Science
Madeline Pirrello
Soccer
Advertising
Maddy Rhodes
Soccer
Sport Management
Delaney Tauzel
Soccer
Applied Physiology & Kinesiology
Micayla Cronk
Women’s Swimming
Health Education and Behavior
Olivia Peoples
Women’s Swimming
Biology/Masters in Arts in Medicine
Emma Weyant
Women’s Swimming
Political Science
Mabel Zavaros
Women’s Swimming
Psychology
Carly Briggs
Women’ Tennis
Master’s - Management
Calvin Bostic
Men’s Track & Field
Education Sciences
Caleb Foster
Men’s Track & Field
Health Education Behavior
Jacob Miley
Men’s Track & Field
Education Sciences
Ryan Miller
Men’s Track & Field
Aerospace Engineering
Kurt Powdar
Men’s Track & Field
Education Sciences
Jevaughn Powell
Men’s Track & Field
Education Sciences
Osaji Skyers
Men’s Track & Field
Mechanical Engineering
Jayla Hollis
Women’s Track & Field
Health Education Behavior
Vasileia Spyrou
Women’s Track & Field
International Studies
AC Fitzpatrick
Volleyball
Health Education Behavior
