2017 Florida Hall of Fame Class Announced

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http://floridagators.com/news/2017/...f-club-announces-2017-hall-of-fame-class.aspx

GAINESVILLE, Fla.—The 2017 UF Athletic Hall of Fame class was announced Thursday by the University of Florida F Club and Gator Boosters, Inc.

The 2017 Hall of Fame class is star studded with national champions and All-America performers.

Three members of the back-to-back Men's Basketball National Champions – Corey Brewer, Al Horford and Joakim Noah – join the Hall of Fame. All-American wide receiver Jacquez Green and two-time SEC Player of the Year Matt LaPorta (Baseball) are also among the class.

Rounding out the 2017 class are All-Americans Matt Every (Golf), Alexis Gordon (Tennis) and Benavia Jenkins (Volleyball). Honorary Letterwinner Buddy Alexander (Golf), who led the Gators to two NCAA Championships and was named National Coach of the Year three times, will also be inducted.

The nine-member class will be honored at an induction ceremony, presented by Sasso & Sasso, P.A., on Friday, Sept. 15, at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.

In addition, Caeleb Dressel and Bridget Sloan will be honored as the 2016 Ben Hill Griffin Award Winners – honoring the top male and female student-athlete for the calendar year.

Each year, the F Club Committee selects members to the Hall of Fame, divided into three different categories: Gator Greats, Distinguished Letterwinners and Honorary Letterwinners.

This year's class includes eight Gator Greats and one Honorary Letterwinner.

A Gator Great is a letterwinners who has brought recognition and prominence to the University and themselves by athletic accomplishments as a student-athlete. An Honorary Letterwinner is a coach or athletic official (after retirement) who were not letterwinners or athletes at the University of Florida, yet have rendered outstanding service to the program through personal time, effort, interest.

Fans interested in attending the ceremony can contact Kyle Rogers in the Gator Boosters, Inc., office at 352-375-4683, option 3.

2017 UF ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
  • Buddy Alexander (Men's Golf Coach 1988-2014): 2-Time NCAA Champions (1993 & 2001); 8-Time SEC Champions; 3-Time National Coach of the Year (1993, 2001 & 2004)
  • Corey Brewer (Men's Basketball 2004-2007): 2007 First Team All-SEC; 2007 Final Four Most Outstanding Player; Member of the 2006 and 2007 NCAA Champion Basketball Team.
  • Matt Every (Men's Golf 2003-2006) 3-Time First Team All-American; 3-Time First Team All-SEC; 2006 Ben Hogan Award for Most Outstanding Collegiate Golfer
  • Alexis Gordon (Women's Tennis 2002-2004, 2006) 4-Time First Team All-American; 5-Time First Team All-SEC; 2004 SEC Female Tennis Player of the Year; Member of 2003 NCAA Championship Team
  • Jacquez Green (Football 1995-1997): 1997 First Team All-American; 1997 First Team All-SEC; Member of the 1996 NCAA Champion Football Team
  • Al Horford (Men's Basketball 2004-2007): 2007 First Team All-SEC; Member of the 2006 and 2007 NCAA Champion Basketball Team.
  • Benavia Jenkins (Volleyball 2000-2003): 3-Time All-American; 4-Time First Team All-SEC; 4-Time SEC Champion
  • Matt LaPorta (Baseball 2004-2007): 2-Time First Team All-American; 2-Time First Team All-SEC; 2005 & 2007 SEC Player of the Year.
  • Joakim Noah (Basketball 2004-2007): 2006 and 2007 First Team All-SEC; 2006 Final Four Most Outstanding Player; Member of the 2006 and 2007 NCAA Champion Basketball Team.
 

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The 04's were amazing! You don't see that anymore, kids jumping as soon as their stock is high enough now. So we won't have to worry about somebody else going back to back again.
 

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Everyone remembers 97 FSU, but I remember this play by Jacquez just as much.....
He barely made it over the goal line before dropping that ball.

And those S★ Uniforms. Loved the colors of the Orange and Blue then. What ever happened to S★?
 

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Great to see Horford, Brewer, and Noah going in. But, Green should be there as well. They came in together, left together, and should go in together again. Plus I think Humphrey should go in with them.
 

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Great to see Horford, Brewer, and Noah going in. But, Green should be there as well. They came in together, left together, and should go in together again. Plus I think Humphrey should go in with them.

As Billy said, they're one of the greatest TEAMS to play. They should be acknowledged by the HOF as a team!
 

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