Location Gainesville, Florida Reward(s) Honorary | Country United States | |
Awarded for Excellence in college sports Date March 7, 2014 (2014-03-07) (last induction) Presented by University of Florida Lettermen's Association (F Club) | ||
This List of University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame members includes over 300 former Florida Gators athletes who represented the University of Florida in one or more intercollegiate sports and were recognized as "Gator Greats" for their athletic excellence during their college sports careers. The University of Florida, located in Gainesville, Florida, is a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and fields twenty-one intercollegiate sports teams, all of which compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
Contents
- Baseball
- Mens basketball
- Womens basketball
- Boxing
- Football
- Mens golf
- Womens golf
- Womens gymnastics
- Womens soccer
- Softball
- Mens swimming and diving
- Womens swimming and diving
- Mens tennis
- Womens tennis
- Mens track and field
- Womens track and field
- Womens volleyball
- Wrestling
- Distinguished Letterwinners
- Honorary Letterwinners
- References
Gator Greats are listed below in alphabetical order within each sport. Those listed include athletes from nine men's sports and nine women's sports. This list also includes "Distinguished Letterwinners," who are former Gators athletes who achieved distinction after graduation, as athletic coaches or administrators, professional athletes, or in public service or other career activities; and "Honorary Letterwinners," who were not former Gators athletes, but who distinguished themselves by their significant contributions to the success of the Florida Gators sports teams, including former championship Gators coaches. Distinguished Letterwinners and Honorary Letterwinners are listed below in alphabetical order in separate sections near the end of this article.
The Hall of Fame's Class of 2013 included Gator Greats Jeff Davis (wrestling), Josh Fogg (baseball), Rex Grossman (football), Riko Higashio (women's golf), Heather Mitts (women's soccer), Mike Pearson (football), and Chrissy Van Fleet (women's gymnastics); Honorary Letterwinner Ernestine Weaver (women's gymnastics coach); and Distinguished Letterwinner Larry Morris (football). The Class of 2014 included Gator Greats Aury Cruz (volleyball), Jenny Gladding (softball), Justin O'Neal (men's tennis), Keiwan Ratliff (football), Colleen Rosensteel (women's track and field), Mike Stanley (baseball) and Sarah Yohe (women's soccer), and Distinguished Letterwinner Harry Wilder (men's swimming).
The Class of 2015 included seven Gator Greats: Camilo Benedetti (men's golf), Matt Bonner (men's basketball), Beth Farmer (women's cross country; women's track and field), Nicole McCray (volleyball), Candice Scott (women's track and field), Camilo Villegas (men's golf), and Stephanie Zunich Donley (women's swimming). They were inducted on April 10, 2015.
Baseball
The following Gator Greats are former members of the Florida Gators baseball team:
Men's basketball
The following Gator Greats are former members of the Florida Gators men's basketball team:
Women's basketball
The following Gator Greats are former members of the Florida Gators women's basketball team:
Boxing
The following Gator Greats are former members of the Florida Gators men's boxing team:
Football
The following Gator Greats are former members of the Florida Gators football team:
Men's golf
The following Gator Greats are former members of the Florida Gators men's golf team:
Women's golf
The following Gator Greats are former members of the Florida Gators women's golf team:
Women's gymnastics
The following Gator Greats are former members of the Florida Gators women's gymnastics team:
Women's soccer
The following Gator Greats are former members of the Florida Gators women's soccer team:
Softball
The following Gator Great is a former member of the Florida Gators softball team:
Men's swimming and diving
The following Gator Greats are former male members of the Florida Gators swimming and diving teams:
Women's swimming and diving
The following Gator Greats are former female members of the Florida Gators swimming and diving teams:
Men's tennis
The following Gator Greats are former members of the Florida Gators men's tennis team:
Women's tennis
The following Gator Greats are former members of the Florida Gators women's tennis team:
Men's track and field
The following Gator Greats are former male members of the Florida Gators track and field teams:
Women's track and field
The following Gator Greats are former female members of the Florida Gators track and field teams:
Women's volleyball
The following Gator Greats are former members of the Florida Gators volleyball team:
Wrestling
The following Gator Greats are former members of the Florida Gators wrestling team:
Distinguished Letterwinners
The following list of Distinguished Letterwinners includes former Florida Gators athletes who have achieved distinction in their careers after college; among them are notable head coaches, political officeholders, business executives, and educators.
Honorary Letterwinners
The following list of Honorary Letterwinners includes former coaches whose Florida Gators teams won national championships, one who later became the Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court, another who later served as the U.S. Army four-star general commanding United Nations armed forces during the Korean War, and the university medical researcher who formulated the sports drink Gatorade.