Forty-six University of
Florida student-athletes were named to the 2012 Southeastern Conference Fall Academic
Honor Roll on Thursday by league commissioner Mike Slive.
The 2012 SEC championship Gator
volleyball matched its program record for the fourth time since 2006 with 10
honorees on the 2012 list. A total of 20 Florida football players and 16 members
of the Gator soccer team earned spots on the Academic Honor Roll.
The SEC champion soccer team
actually has 17 qualified, as goalkeeper Taylor Burke spends the fall
patrolling the goal for the Gators and in the spring she high jumps for
Florida’s track & field team. She can only appear on the SEC Academic Honor
Roll once during the academic year so she’ll be on the track team’s list this
June.
The 2012 Fall SEC Academic
Honor Roll is based on grades from the 2012 Spring,
Summer and Fall terms.
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 should 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., letterwinner), 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.
