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

VolleyballYEAR IN REVIEW 2012–201330The Florida volleyball team captured its 20thSoutheastern Conference title, led by AmericanVolleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) First TeamAll-American and SEC Player of the Year ChloeMann, who turned in the top hitting percentagein the country with a .443 clip.The Gators made their 22nd consecutive NCAATournament appearance in 2012 and reached theSweet 16 for the 21st time in program history.AOverall Record: 27-5NCAA Finish: T-9thSEC Record: 19-1SEC Finish: 1stAll-Americans: 4 athletes, 7 honorsAll-SEC: 5 athletes, 7 honorsSEC Academic Honor Roll: 10BCDEA. The Gators took home their 20thSEC title in 22 years under MaryWise, continuing their streak as thewinningest program in the nationsince 1991.B. Junior Chloe Mann reachednew heights in 2012, going fromthe third option at middle blockerat the beginning of the 2011 seasonto a First Team All-American andSoutheastern Conference Playerof the Year in 2012.C. Živa Recek had a phenomenalfreshman campaign, earningAmerican Volleyball CoachesAssociation (AVCA) NationalFreshman of the Year honors,as well as AVCA South RegionFreshman of the Year andSoutheastern Conference Freshmanof the Year. Recek was a VolleyballMagazine Third Team All-Americanand AVCA Honorable MentionAll-American, while leading Floridawith 440 kills on the year (4.00/set).D. Senior Tangerine Wiggs, aFirst-Team All-SoutheasternConference and American VolleyballCoaches Association (AVCA)Honorable Mention All-Americaselection, broke the program’ssingle-match hitting percentagerecord with a .929 performanceagainst Mississippi State. Wiggshad 13 kills on 14 swings to etchher name in the record books.E. Junior Taylor Brauneis proved tobe a solid addition to the Gators aftera two-year stint at Louisville beforetransferring to Florida. Brauneisearned American Volleyball CoachesAssociation (AVCA) HonorableMention All-America honors andwas a First Team All-SoutheasternConference honoree. She led Floridato one of the top hitting percentagesin the country and dished out 1,247assists on the year.It’s Great to bea Florida Gator“If you look at the program at the time,there was no established tradition. Wedidn’t come to UF because it was great.We came to start something. I don’t thinkwe realized at the time what a big deal itwas for the university, for the program.It’s what started a tradition that becamegreat.”–Aycan (Gokberk) KaraThree-time All-American1993 and 1995 Southeastern Conference Playerof the YearGator Athletics Hall of Fame class of 2011The Gators captured their third American LacrosseConference regular-season championship in justfour seasons of play and received a spot in theNCAA Championships’ field for the third-straightseason. Florida finished 18-3 overall and 4-1 inALC action.Florida finished the season in the nation’s top 10 offour major statistical categories, including scoringmargin (2nd, 7.95), scoring defense (2nd, 6.81),scoring offense (5th, 14.76) and points (6th, 430).They also earned the most Intercollegiate Women’sLacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) All-Americahonors with five Gators appearing on thepostseason list.AOverall Record: 18-3NCAA Finish: T-5thALC Record: 4-1ALC Finish: T-1stALC Tournament Finish: 2ndAll-Americans: 5 athletes, 13 honorsAll-ALC: 7 athletes, 7 honorsSEC Academic Honor Roll: 17BCA. Senior attacker Kitty Cullen ledthe Gators in points (69) for the thirdstraight year, as she scored 50 goalsand chipped in 19 assists in her finalcollegiate season. Cullen, theAmerican Lacrosse ConferenceOffensive Player of the Year, earnedAll-America first-team honors fromthree outlets.B. Senior midfielder Brittany Dashiellwon the first-ever American LacrosseConference Midfielder of the Yearaward as she led the 2013 Gators inassists (22) and was second in drawcontrols (58). Dashiell also had 31goals and 24 ground balls as threeoutlets named her to their All-America first team.DC. Senior Mikey Meagher made historyas she became the first ever femalegoalie to be a Tewaaraton Awardfinalist, which recognizes the nation’stop lacrosse player. She also earnedthe American Lacrosse ConferenceGoalie of the Year award and sweptthe national Goalie of the Year honorsfrom the IWLCA, SynapseSports.comand WomensLax.com.D. American Lacrosse ConferenceDefender of the Year Sam Farrell seta single-season high 24 causedturnovers, helping establish a prolificoffense that finished second in thenation in scoring defense (6.81 goalsallowed per game). Farrell alsoscooped up 26 ground balls andpicked up 11 draw controls.It’s Great to be aFlorida Gator“This has been the best experience of my life.If I had to do it all over again, I would 100percent pick Florida. It’s changed my lifeforever with the people I have met and thethings I’ve learned. I wish I had another fouryears here. We had to buy into a dream and Idon’t think it could have been any better. It wasmore than what (Head Coach) Amanda O’Learysaid it would be and we couldn’t thank her andJeremy Foley enough for what they’ve done.”–Emily DohonyMember of the initial recruiting class at Florida2013 All-American Lacrosse Conference second teamThree-time ALC and SEC Academic Honor RollEE. An IWLCA Second-Team All-American and All-American LacrosseConference first-team selection,sophomore midfielder Shannon Gilroyled the Gators in goals (52) whilefinishing with 65 points for 2013. ATewaaraton Award nominee, she alsoled the Gators in draw controls (59).LacrosseYEAR IN REVIEW 2012–201331