Former Gators head basketball coach Lon Kruger was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Fame on Sunday. He joins John Beilein, Jim Calhoun, Jerry Krause and Roy Williams as this year’s inductees. Gator Days Coach Kruger made his mark on Florida basketball. He took over the program in 1990 and …
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Looking into the future of Gators soccer
The Gators ended their 2022 season with the worst record in program history. Despite a disappointing season for first-year head coach Samantha Bohon and the Gators, the team will look ahead to next season with a fresh start and new faces. Bohon welcomed her first signing class on Nov. 9, …
Read More »St. John’s Women’s Basketball Transfer Leilani Correa Embraces Her New Role at Florida
After suffering its first loss this season Wednesday in Tallahassee, Florida women’s basketball will look to bounce back at home Friday against Bethune-Cookman. Correa’s Hot Start Through the first three games, senior guard Leilani Correa leads the Gators with 19 points per game. The St. John’s transfer is shooting 40% …
Read More »FEATURE: The Story of Gator Tennis Alum Johannes Ingildsen
https://youtu.be/5nAjF4XuvhM To celebrate International Education Week, WRUF is publishing profiles of UF student-athletes all week Flashback to May 2019. The Florida Gators men’s tennis team was hungry and primed to win a national championship. Led by a senior hailing from Denmark, this group was favored in the polls, but they …
Read More »FEATURE: Oskar Lindholm: Ready since his first time in the pool
To celebrate International Education Week, WRUF is publishing profiles of UF student-athletes all week. From the first time he swam competitively, Oskar Lindholm knew he wanted to come to America to swim in college. Swimming has been the Dane’s passion his whole life. Why America? One of Lindholm’s biggest draws …
Read More »FEATURE: Elettra Neroni, A Dive Across The Ocean
To celebrate International Education Week, WRUF is publishing profiles of UF student-athletes all week. Deep breaths go in and out as Elettra Neroni makes her way up the stairs to the diving platform. She looks over down at the pool preparing herself to take the leap. A leap she has done …
Read More »FEATURE: From the German National Team to the Florida Gators
To celebrate International Education Week, WRUF is publishing profiles of UF student-athletes all week. Fresh Start True freshman Frieda Bühner’s basketball story started before she took a step on American soil. The 6-foot-3 forward hails from Osnabrück, a city of 165,000 people in South Germany. Her amateur career consists of being …
Read More »FEATURE: Alberte Rimdal’s Move from Denmark to the Gators
To celebrate International Education Week, WRUF is publishing profiles of UF student-athletes all week. When Alberte Rimdal committed to the University of Florida, the first Danish player to play for the program, she was already an accomplished scorer. But few could have predicted how large a role she would play on …
Read More »FEATURE: Living, Learning and Leading: How Faith Dut Has Found A Home With The Florida Gators
To celebrate International Education Week, WRUF is publishing profiles of UF student-athletes all week. What makes someone a good leader in basketball? Their ability to rally their teammates? Having a high basketball IQ? Leading by example on and off the court? All of these traits seem important in such a role, …
Read More »FEATURE: Brazil’s Fred Biondi – A Breakthrough Star
To celebrate International Education Week, WRUF is publishing profiles of UF student-athletes all week. Fred Biondi’s golf career started with once-a-week practice and a passion to get better. Now, he enters the 2022-23 season as the best D1 golfer in the nation in the PGA TOUR University Velocity Global Ranking. Biondi’s …
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