2012-13 Year in Review - Gator Boosters, Inc.

YEAR IN REVIEW 2012–2013men’s GolfThe men’s golf team advanced to the NCAAChampionships for the 13th consecutive year,the longest active streak in the country.Seniors Tyler McCumber and T.J. Vogel both earnedAll-America accolades for the second straightseason. McCumber ended his Gator career with the14th-best career stroke average in program history.ABNCAA Finish: 25thSEC Finish: 10thAll-Americans: 2 golfers, 2 honorsAll-SEC: 2 golfers, 2 honorsSEC Academic Honor Roll: 6CDIt’s Great to be a Florida Gator“Anytime I am in Gainesville, I feel like I am home. It is great. It is truly amagnificent place. I bleed orange and blue. My brothers started going herein 1979, so I have been a Gator since then, going on 34 years. I am very proudto be from the University of Florida.“Enjoy the University of Florida. It changes so quickly. All of a sudden, it isgone and over. I ask so many people that are Florida graduates, ‘When wasthe last time you went to a game?’ They say, ‘It’s been years.’ You can’t dothat. You have got to stay with the University, come to the games and enjoy it.It just brings out the emotions and all the great things that are about this place.”–Chris DiMarcoPGA member1994 PGA Rookie of the Year1990 Southeastern Conference Player of the YearA. Senior T.J. Vogel led the teamin birdies, percentage of roundscounted and tied for the team-leadin top-10 finishes for the year. At the2013 Masters Tournament, hematched University of Californiajunior Michael Weaver for thesecond-best score among amateurs.EB. Senior Tyler McCumber puttogether one of the most memorablepostseason runs in collegiate golfover the past two years. McCumberfinished in third place or better in fourof his final six postseason events.C. Tommy Mou secured a spot in theGators’ lineup for the final two eventsof his collegiate career. He helpedthe team to a second-place finishat the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional,which advanced the Gators to theNCAA Championships.D. Freshman A.J. Crouch played innine events in his first year oncampus. Crouch was third on theteam in birdies for the 2012–13season.E. After not playing in one eventduring the fall, sophomore Eric Banksparticipated in every tournament inthe spring for the Gators. Banksowned the third-best stroke averageon the squad.A. Camilla Hedberg tied the Floridarecord for lowest 18-hole round (66)after her second round at the CougarClassic. Her 203 total at the sametournament is also the lowesttournament total in Gator history.In her first two years on campus,Hedberg holds three of the toptournament scores in Florida’s history.She also became one of 10 Gatorsall-time to win three tournaments(Cougar Classic, Betsy RawlsInvitational, Florida Challenge) intheir career and fifth to have threewins in one season.B. Isabelle Lendl closed out herGator career with two individualvictories (Dale McNamaraInvitational, Tar Heel Invitational)during her senior season as wellas being named All-SoutheasternConference for the second time.Lendl tallied the second loweststroke-average (73.5) on the teamfor the season, which also is thethird lowest in Gator history.C. Elcin Ulu, a junior transfer fromRedlands Community College, madea big impact in her first season withFlorida. Ulu carded two rounds of 68,a career-low, in the spring with oneof those instances coming in theNCAA Central Regional. Ulu hadthree top-25 finishes throughout thecourse of the year with her highest(T3) coming at the Florida Challengein January.D. Mia Piccio completed her finalyear at Florida by carding theteam’s lowest score at the NCAAChampionships. Piccio’s 10-over(298) tournament total was hersecond-lowest in three nationalchampionship trips. Piccio alsoclaimed her first and only individualvictory of her career with her win atFebruary’s Lady Bulldog IndividualChampionship.ACIt’s Great to be a Florida Gator“Once you have worn the Orange and Blue, devoted your sweatand dedication to winning championships, it doesn’t matter howfar you travel away from Gainesville or how far removed youbecome from the daily activities of UF…it runs deep in your bloodthat there is nothing quite like being a Florida Gator!”–Deb RichardLPGA player (1986-2005), winning more than $2.75 million2010 NCAA Silver Anniversary Award recipient1985 Honda Broderick Award winnerBCThe three team titles (Cougar Classic, BetsyRawls Invitational, Florida Challenge) won inthe 2012–13 season is the most titles for Floridain one year since the 2007–08 season.UF reached its third-consecutive NCAAChampionships in 2013 and it was the 24thappearance all-time in school history. It markedFlorida’s first back-to-back-to-back appearancein the championship since the 1996–98 seasons.DNCAA Finish: 17thSEC Finish: 13thAll-Americans: 1 golfer, 1 honorAll-SEC: 2 golfers, 2 honorsSEC Academic Honor Roll: 2Women’s GolfYEAR IN REVIEW 2012–20132021