The U.S. Olympic Swimming trials are underway in Omaha Nebraska and 10 Gators, past and present, have competed in preliminary rounds today.Gator great Ryan Lochte won his heat and turned in the fastest prelim time for the 200-meter individual medley this morning at 1:58.05. Lochte's time of 1:58.05 in the 200 IM …
Read More »UF Opens The Hawkins Center
The Otis P. Hawkins Center for Academic and Personal Excellence at Farrior Hall has officially opened today. The center will be utilized for advising and it will be an area where student athletes can receive tutoring. The renovation took about 21 months of planning and construction. The three floor Hawkins …
Read More »Top Seeded Gators Eliminated From CWS
OMAHA, Neb. – There wasn’t much sunshine for the sunshine state at the 2016 College World Series. The top seeded Florida baseball team’s season just did not end the way they had expected it to. The Gators quickly dropped into the losers bracket after Sunday’s loss to Coastal Carolina. Their …
Read More »Gators Face Elimination Game in CWS Against Texas Tech
OMAHA, Neb. — The No. 1 seed Gator baseball team find themselves in a must win to survive situation after dropping Sunday’s contest to Coastal Carolina. Next up, they will face the only other remaining national seed to advance to the College World Series in No. 5 Texas Tech on …
Read More »CWS Preview: Gator Baseball Returns To Omaha, First Up–Coastal Carolina
Sunday night, the Florida Gators open up their run in the 2016 College World Series against the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers, in Omaha, Nebraska. Florida, a team who is no stranger to the College World Series, is making a run for it for the 10th time in program history. Coastal Carolina is making its first ever …
Read More »UF AD Jeremy Foley to Retire
In a shocking announcement made today, University of Florida Athletic Director Jeremy Foley has announced his retirement. Foley told his staff and coaches in a meeting this morning about his decision; there is a press conference scheduled for Tuesday at 5 p.m. He will continue to be Florida’s AD until October …
Read More »Florida Baseball Bounces Back in Super Regional Elimination Game
The Florida Gator baseball team (51-14) staved off elimination with a 5-0 win over Florida State (41-21) in Sunday night’s Super Regional match up from Gainesville. Logan Shore got the win for Florida, pitching his 17th consecutive victory in his final start at McKethan Stadium. Tyler Holton shouldered the loss for …
Read More »Florida Baseball Blanked in Super Regional by In-State Rival FSU
The top-seeded Florida Gator baseball team (50-14) fell 3-0 against in-state rival Florida State (41-20) in Saturday night’s NCAA Super Regional game from McKethan Stadium. The loss marks the first time the Gators have been shut out at home in an NCAA tournament game. Drew Carlton improved to 8-3 on …
Read More »Suspended UF Wide Receiver Antonio Callaway Returns to Campus
Suspended UF wide receiver Antonio Callaway appears to be one step closer to returning to the team after news broke earlier today of his return to campus. A press release was sent out today by Callaway’s attorney, Huntley Johnson of Gainesville. It states Callaway remains suspended from the team but …
Read More »Gator Baseball Survives Connecticut in NCAA Regional Matchup
The first winner’s bracket game of the 2016 NCAA Gainesville Regional saw the Florida Gator baseball team (49-13) earn a nail-biting 6-5 victory over the University of Connecticut Huskies (38-24) on Saturday. Florida junior Dane Dunning earned the win for Florida, improving to 5-3 on the season after giving up one …
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