NEW YORK, NY (University of Florida Communications) -Former Gator Great Danny Wuerffel has been named as one of 12 players and two coaches that will be a part of the 2013 Class inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, the National Football Foundation (NFF) announced today. 

Wuerffel, one of Florida's three Heisman Trophy winners, led UF to four-consecutive Southeastern Conference Championships (1993-96) and one National Championship (1996). Upon graduation, Wuerffel held 48 records (4 NCAA, 12 SEC and 32 Florida). He completed 708 of 1,170 passes for 10,875 yards with 114 touchdowns in his Gator career. 

Wuerffel is the 10th Gator to be inducted in to the NFF College Football Hall of Fame.

University of Florida NFF College Football Hall of Fame Members

PLAYERS

Player
Position
Playing Years
Year Inducted

Dale Van Sickel
E
1927-29
1975

Steve Spurrier
QB
1964-66
1986

Jack Youngblood
DE
1968-70
1992

Emmitt Smith
RB
1987-89
2006

Wilber Marshall
LB
1980-83
2008

Carlos Alvarez
WR
1969-71
2011

Danny Wuerffel
QB
1993-96
2013

COACHES

Coach
Years coached
Year Inducted

Charles Bachman
1928-32
1978

Ray Graves
1960-69
1990

Doug Dickey
1970-78
2003

Wuerffel and the other inductees will be honored at the National Football Foundation's Annual Awards Dinner in New York City at the Waldorf Astoria on Tuesday, December 10th, 2013.

BIRMINGHAM, AL (University of Florida Communications) - For the fourth time in his eight-year tenure at the helm of the Florida softball program, Gator head coach Tim Walton picked up SEC Coach of the Year accolades, highlighting UF's All-SEC honors released Tuesday by the conference office in Birmingham. 

A total of five Florida student-athletes picked up All-SEC recognition following UF's fourth SEC Championship last weekend, including First Team All-SEC honorees Hannah Rogers (Lake Wales, Fla.) (P) and Lauren Haeger (Peoria, Ariz.) (DP/UT). Freshman Kelsey Stewart (Wichita, Kan.) earned Second Team All-SEC accolades in the infield, while senior Kelsey Horton (Valrico, Fla.) is a Second Team All-SEC pick in the outfield. 

Stewart and classmate Kirsti Merritt (Lake Panasoffkee, Fla.) represent the Orange and Blue and first-year Gators on the Freshman All-SEC squad. 

Walton, Florida's 10th head coach to collect conference Coach of the Year honors in 2012-13, has been named SEC Coach of the Year four times since stepping on campus in Gainesville. He picked up Coach of the Year honors in 2008 and 2009 following UF's second and third SEC titles, while also garnering SEC co-Coach of the Year accolades in 2011 after the Gators won the SEC Eastern Division for the fifth time. 

Walton reached career milestone win No. 500 at last year's SEC Tournament and guided a Gator squad that was picked seventh in the preseason, fourth in the SEC Eastern Division, to the 2013 regular-season SEC Championship. For Florida, the league title is its fourth (1998, 2008, 2009 and 2013). 

Softball's regular-season title Sunday marked the eighth SEC title for the Florida athletics program this year, tying a school and league record for most in a season as Florida previously accomplished the feat twice, along with Georgia once. 

Rogers, also a two-time All-American and top-25 finalist for USA Softball's Player of the Year, garnered All-SEC distinction for the third straight year, moving from the Second Team in 2011 and 2012 to a First Team All-SEC pick this year. Rogers paces the SEC in wins, and turned in a conference-best 1.48 ERA through league play. Haeger, who ranked second in the league in walks and third in homers through the SEC schedule, also earned her second straight annual league honor after being named to the Freshman All-SEC squad her first year as a Gator in 2012. 

As a catcher last season, Horton was distinguished a Second Team All-SEC pick for her second nod as a Gator after being an All-Freshman pick in 2010 and the senior struck again in 2013, this time as a Second Team pick in the outfield, to cap off her final year donning the Florida uniform. Horton turned in a SEC-best five sac bunts in league play, including a single-game high two versus Auburn. The Gator outfielder has a league-best 10 on the season overall and ranks 10th in the conference in walks. 

Joining Horton on the Second Team All-SEC squad, Stewart was one of three freshmen on the league's Second Team All-SEC list. An impressive addition to UF's infield, Stewart has been on base in all but four of UF's 56 games this season and ranks third in the country with her seven triples. The first-year Gator has 31 stolen bases, tying UF's single-season record, and eclipsed Florida's freshman hits record, previously 75, with her 77. Stewart checks in second in the league in hits and has turned 14 double plays, also ranking second. 

Stewart and fellow first-year Gator Merritt are UF's representatives on the Freshman All-SEC squad, as Merritt holds down center field for the Orange and Blue. Merritt was sixth in conference play in walks drawn, helping with her .420 on-base percentage, while also tying for the league lead with five sac bunts in SEC play. Her four triples on the season are fourth in the conference and second on the Gators' squad to Stewart's seven. 

The Gators will head to the 2013 SEC Softball Tournament Wednesday, hosted this year by Kentucky in Lexington, as the No. 1 overall seed. Florida will play the winner of the No. 8 vs. No. 9 seed contest between Alabama and Texas A&M on Thursday, May 9 at 11 a.m. (ET) at John Cropp Stadium. The contest between the Gators and either Alabama | Texas A&M will be broadcast live on ESPNU, as the complete 2013 SEC Tournament will once again air on the ESPN family of networks, with the Championship Game slated to be broadcast on ESPN Saturday, May 11, at 8 p.m. ESPN's softball crew of Beth Mowins, Holly Rowe, Michele Smith, Jessica Mendoza and Cara Capuano will handle coverage through the duration of the tournament. 

2013 SEC SOFTBALL AWARDS 

Player of the Year - Lauren Gibson, Tennessee
Pitcher of the Year - Chelsea Thomas, Missouri
Coach of the Year - Tim Walton, Florida
Freshmen of the Year - Bianka Bell, LSU & Geri Ann Glasco, Georgia
Scholar-Athlete of the Year - Jenna Marston, Missouri

First Team All-SEC
P - Chelsea Thomas, Missouri
P - Hannah Rogers, Florida 
IF - Lauren Gibson, Tennessee
IF - Raven Chavanne, Tennessee
IF - Madison Shipman, Tennessee
IF - Paige Wilson, Georgia
OF - Kayla Braud, Alabama
OF - Kat Dotson, Tennessee
OF - Kaylee Puailoa, Georgia
OF - A.J. Andrews, LSU
C - Jenna Marston, Missouri
DP/U - Lauren Haeger, Florida 

Second Team All-SEC 
P - Rachele Fico, LSU
P - Kimmy Beasley, Arkansas
IF - Samie Garcia, South Carolina
IF - Kelsey Stewart, Florida
IF - Bianka Bell, LSU
IF - Kaila Hunt, Alabama
F - Haylie McCleney, Alabama
OF - Kelsey Horton, Florida
OF - Branndi Melero, Auburn
OF - Jacee Blades, LSU
C - Griffin Joiner, Kentucky
DP/U - Mel Dumezich, Texas A&M 

Freshman All-SEC
P - Kelsey Nunley, Kentucky
P - Chelsea Wilkinson, Georgia
IF - Kelsey Stewart, Florida
IF - Bianka Bell, LSU
IF - Geri Ann Glasco, Georgia
IF - Emily Carosone, Auburn
OF - Haylie McCleney, Alabama
OF - Kaylee Puailoa, Georgia
OF - Kirsti Merritt, Florida
OF - Andrea Hawkins, Alabama; Tiffany Howard, Auburn
C - Kellsi Kloss, LSU
DP/U - Cali Lanphear, Texas A&M

SEC All-Defensive
P - Chelsea Thomas, Missouri
C - Griffin Joiner, Kentucky
1B - Morgan Estell, Auburn
2B - Lauren Gibson, Tennessee
SS - Madison Shipman, Tennessee
3B - Raven Chavanne, Tennessee
LF - Kayla Braud, Alabama
CF - Haylie McCleney, Alabama
RF - Kat Dotson, Tennessee

Little-used DeVon Walker is leaving the Gator basketball progarm, head coach Billy Donovan announced Monday.

"DeVon has a bright future, and we hope for the best for him wherever he choosed to go," Donovan said.

Walker scored 20 points total in 25 games of action as a freshman.

GAINESVILLE, FL (University Of Florida Media Release) - A total of 57 University of Florida student-athletes will be earning their degrees in commencement ceremonies being held Friday through Sunday at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center on the UF campus.

Many members of Gator lacrosse's first signing class will be among the graduates, as 13 from the team receive degrees this weekend. From the Gator track & field program, eight women and seven men will graduate. Six football players and five from the men's swimming & diving program receive degrees this May. A trio of baseball and men's basketball players graduate as well as a pair from volleyball, soccer, women's golf and women's swimming. Men's golf, men's tennis, softball and gymnastics will see one student-athlete apiece graduate this weekend.

Among the Gator graduates are Cameron Martin and Holly King, both who will be recognized among the University of Florida's six Outstanding Graduating Senior Leaders<http://www.ufalumni.ufl.edu/news/default.aspx/Outstanding-Leadership-Awards-Spring-2013> at this weekend's commencement. Martin is a recipient of a 2013 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and also received a $5,000 scholarship as a nominee for the 2013 Brad Davis SEC Community Service award. Softball's Kelsey Horton is a finalist for the 2013 Senior CLASS Award and also earned a $5,000 scholarship as UF's female nominee for the 2013 Brad Davis SEC Community Service award. Two swimmers - Sarra Lajnef (Tunisia) and Rodion Davelaar (Netherlands Antilles) represented their nation in Olympic action. Lajnef is graduating summa cum laude. 

Six graduates were conference players of the year including two last fall - Chloe Mann (2012 SEC Volleyball Player of the Year) and King (2012 SEC Soccer Defensive). Earlier this week, four Gator seniors swept the American Lacrosse Conference position player of the year awards - Kitty Cullen (2011 Player of the Year; 2013 Offensive), Sam Farrell (2013 Defensive), Brittany Dashiell (2013 Midfielder) and Mikey Meagher (2013 Goalie).

A total of 41 graduates were part of Southeastern Conference Championship teams during their Gator careers and 45 earned Academic All-SEC honors. 

2013 University of Florida Student-Athlete Spring Graduates

Cody Dent
Baseball
Sport Management

Buddy Munroe
Baseball
Anthropology

Vickash Ramjit
Baseball
Geography

Kenny Boynton
Men's Basketball
Sociology

Erik Murphy
Men's Basketball
Recreation, Parks & Tourism

Mike Rosario
Men's Basketball
Criminology

Stephen Alli
Football
Psychology

Tim Clark
Football
Sport Management

Christopher Guido
Football
Health Science

Kedric Johnson
Football
Anthropology

Scott Peek
Football
Sport Management

Jesse Schmitt
Football
Economics & Political Science

Tommy Mou
Men's Golf
Anthropology

Rodion Davelaar
Men's Swimming
Industrial & Systems Engineering

Brian Howell
Men's Swimming
Biology

Gabriel Huen
Men's Swimming
Food & Resource Economics

Cameron Martin
Men's Swimming
Zoology

Sean Saley
Men's Diving
Food & Resource Economics

Billy Federhofer
Men's Tennis
Telecommunication

Zane Breakiron
Men's Track & Field
Family, Youth & Community Sciences

Josh Izewski
Men's Track & Field
Food & Resource Economics

Max Lang
Men's Track & Field
Statistics

Kemal Mesic
Men's Track & Field
Anthropology

Jeremy Postin
Men's Track & Field
Recreation, Parks & Tourism

Bryan Turner
Men's Track & Field
Botany

Terrell Wilks
Men's Track & Field
Family, Youth & Community Sciences

Isabelle Lendl
Women's Golf
Applied Physiology & Kinesiology

Mia Piccio
Women's Golf
Psychology

Nicole Ellis
Gymnastics
Applied Physiology & Kinesiology

Ashley Bruns
Lacrosse
History

Cara Canington
Lacrosse
Sport Management

Caroline Chesterman
Lacrosse
Telecommunication

Kitty Cullen
Lacrosse
Criminology

Brittany Dashiell
Lacrosse
Health Science

Emily Dohony
Lacrosse
Criminology

Sam Farrell
Lacrosse
Family, Youth & Community Sciences

Erin Graziano
Lacrosse
Family, Youth & Community Sciences

Mikey Meagher
Lacrosse
Criminology

Jamie Reeg
Lacrosse
Health Education & Behavior

Colby Rhea
Lacrosse
Family, Youth & Community Sciences

Kayla Stolins
Lacrosse
Criminology

Gabi Wiegand
Lacrosse
Sociology

Kelsey Horton
Softball
Food Science & Human Nutrition

Jo Dragotta
Soccer
Anthropology

Holly King
Soccer
Elementary Education

Sarra Lajnef
Women's Swimming
Political Science

Sharla Milne
Women's Swimming
Health Education & Behavior

Callie Cooper
Women's Track & Field
Horticultural Sciences

Kaitlin Davis
Women's Track & Field
Psychology & Microbiology

Monique Harris
Women's Track & Field
History

Dierdre Lee
Women's Track & Field
Health Education & Behavior

Paige Morton
Women's Track & Field
Recreation, Parks & Tourism

Alexis Muniz
Women's Track & Field
Animal Sciences

Mandy Perkins
Women's Track & Field
Telecommunication

Caitlin Schuessler
Women's Track & Field
Criminology & Anthropology

Chloe Mann
Volleyball
Business Administration

Sundai Weston
Volleyball
Public Relations

Mike Rosario's transfer from Rutgers worked out pretty well, and now the Gators have gone back to the well.

Eli Carter announced Tuesday that he is transferring to Florida. Carter led Rutgers in scoring his first two seasons and is eligible to play immediately. That's due to the circumstances at Rutgers with the firing of head coach Mike Rice.

Carter, who plays guard,  broke his leg in February ending his season.