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Gator Athletes Achieve Their Highest Graduation Success Rate

Gator Athletes Achieve Their Highest Graduation Success Rate

The NCAA Graduation Success Rates (GSR) published Wednesday, December 6, 2023, shows UF set its all-time high for a second consecutive year. The GSR shows 95 percent of Gator student-athletes completing their degrees in the latest cycle.
 
The GSR of 13 Gator teams are above or equal to the national average for their sport—men's & women's basketball, football, men's & women's golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, softball, women's swimming & diving, men's & women's tennis, men's track & field/cross country, and volleyball.
 
Florida set its all-time high with ten teams posting a perfect 100 GSR in this report: men's & women's basketball, men's & women's golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, softball, men's & women's tennis, and volleyball.

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Gators Earn WCGA Scholastic All-America Honors

Eleven Gators earned Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) Scholastic All-America honors. The WCGA recognizes the academic accomplishments of collegiate gymnasts each season.

Florida's Leah Clapper and Victoria Nguyen are among the 223 gymnasts across the nation who achieved a 4.0 GPA.

Florida recorded a cumulative GPA of 3.6647 for the 2022–23 academic year—the highest among the four teams that competed in the 2023 NCAA team final.

To qualify for the WCGA Scholastic All-America team, a gymnast must have a GPA of 3.50 for either the preceding academic year or a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or above at the nominating institution.

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Talitha Diggs Named 2023 SEC Women's Outdoor Track & Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Talitha Diggs Named 2023 SEC Women's Outdoor Track & Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year

On Wednesday, May 10, 2023, Florida Gator junior Talitha Diggs was named the SEC Women's Outdoor Track & Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

She holds a 3.68 GPA, double majoring in political science and international studies with a concentration in Asia. Diggs was named a 2021 and 2022 USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree and a 2021 and 2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll member.

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