Florida Gators 2024 Athletic Hall of Fame Class includes 9 inductees (2024)

Elizabeth Beisel claimed nine SEC Championships from 2011-14 in multiple events while winning the 2012 NCAA Championship in the 200 backstroke and the 2013 NCAA Championship in the 400 individual medley. She also set top-three UF all-time marks in 15 different events, earning a 2012 Capital One Academic All-America Women’s At-Large First Team Selection and a 2013 Capital One Academic Women’s At-Large All-America of the Year honor along the way.

Marcin Cieslak earned 23 All-SEC selections on top of 25 All-American selections, winning nine separate SEC championships along with NCAA Championships in the 200 IM and 100 butterfly in 2014. He remains among the school’s all-time rankings in 10 different events and is third all-time in the 200 fly and sixth in both the 100 fly and 200m IM.

Francesca Enea was a three-time NFCA All-American in 2008, 2009 and 2010 in addition to being a two-time All-SEC selection in 2009 and 2010; she was a top-25 finalist for the USA Softball Player of the Year in 2009 and top-10 finalist in 2010. She finished her career as the record holder in single-season home runs (20), single-season RBI (70), single-season sacrifice flies (6-tied), single-season hit by pitch (15), career home runs (61), career RBI (221) and career total bases (431)

Chas Henry served as the starting punter for Florida all four seasons, including the BCS National Championship team in 2008 stretching across 54 consecutive games — a program record that still holds today. He won the Ray Guy Award in his senior year in 2010 and was a finalist in 2009 and a semifinalist in 2008; Henry still holds the distinction of being the school’s only award winner. He also is the Gators’ only punter to be named a Consensus All-American (2010).

Genevieve LeCaze was the first Gator to ever break the 10-minute mark in the steeplechase, recording a time of 9:50.25 at the 2012 NCAA Outdoor Championships and was a three-time SEC Outdoor Champion and one time and one time NCAA runner-up in the event. She was also a four-time All-American and six-time All-SEC selection, earning the USTFCCCA South Region Women’s Track Athlete of the Year and SEC Women’s Co-Runner of the Year in 2012.

Hannah Rogers is a legend in the circle for the softball program as she was the first four-time NFCA All-American in program history while the program earned its first WCWS National Championship with her in 2014. She set the single-season record for saves (5) and finished inside the top 10 in in 13 different categories while also earning 2013 and 2014 SEC Academic Honor Roll selection selections.

Preston Tucker is not only Florida’s all-time hits leader, he also owns program records in at-bats (1,035), doubles (70), RBI (258) and total bases (596) while ranking second all-time in games played (265), second in starts (259), second in homers (57) and sixth in runs scored (210). Tucker was named an All-American and All-SEC selection in 2011 and 2012, finishing his collegiate career with a 329/.409/.576 slash line across 265 games.

Scottie Wilbekin became the only Gator in program history to earn SEC Player of the Year, SEC Tournament MVP and NCAA Regional Most Outstanding Player in the same season during the 2013-14 campaign, while also leading the Gators to a perfect 18-0 SEC record, SEC regular season and tournament titles, a 30-game win streak, a No. 1 national ranking and the 2014 Final Four. Wilbekin was part of three SEC championship teams (2011, 2013, 2014) and 13 NCAA Tournament wins, advancing to the Elite Eight his first three seasons before leading the Gators to the Final Four as a senior.

Becky Burleigh’s achievements include: 22 NCAA Championships’ berths (1996-2001; 2003-2017; 2019); two NCAA College Cup appearances (1998, 2001); winning the 1998 NCAA title; 14 SEC team titles (1996-2001; 2006-2010; 2012-13, 2015); 12 SEC Tournament titles (1996-01; 2004; 2007, 2010, 2012, 2015-16). Florida’s 14 team titles under her tutelage lead the SEC and the program earned NCAA Tournament berths 22 times in her 26 seasons with the Gators.

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