Gators Track and Field Sees 45 Athletes named to 2024 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – 111 Florida student-athletes were named to the 2024 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll, the conference announced Tuesday afternoon. Florida Track and Field athletes comprised 45 of the athletes tabbed in this year’s spring class.

The 2024 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll includes the sports of baseball, golf, softball, tennis, and track & field. It is based on grades from the 2023 Summer, 2023 Fall, and 2024 Spring terms.

Per the SEC, “Any student-athlete who participates in a Southeastern Conference championship sport or a student-athlete who participates in a sport listed on his/her institution’s NCAA Sports Sponsorship Form is eligible for nomination to the Academic Honor Roll. The following criteria will be followed: (1) A student-athlete must have a grade point average of 3.00 or above for either the preceding academic year (two semesters or three quarters) or have a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or above at the nominating institution. (2) If a student-athlete attends summer school, his/her grade point average during the summer academic term must be included in the calculation used to determine eligibility for the Academic Honor Roll. (3) Student-athletes eligible for the Honor Roll include those receiving an athletics scholarship, recipients of an athletics award (i.e., letter winner), and non-scholarship student-athletes who have been on a varsity team for two seasons. (4) Prior to being nominated, a student-athlete must have successfully completed 24 semester or 36 quarter hours of non-remedial academic credit toward a baccalaureate degree at the nominating institution. (5) The student-athlete must have been a member of a varsity team for the sport’s entire NCAA Championship segment.”

Notables

• 2024 SEC Female Athlete of the Year Parker Valby, who swept all possible cross country and track & field individual awards in 2023-24 (2023 cross country runner of year by Honda Award & USTFCCCA; 2024 track runner of year by Honda and indoor & outdoor USTFCCCA) after winning five individual titles in record times this season, appears on the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll for the third consecutive year.
• Valby also claimed the 2024 USTFCCCA Cross Country National Scholar Athlete of the Year.
• Josh King received $10,000 post-graduate scholarships as nominees for the H. Boyd…