The Gator Nation

doubleplay
Fri, 09 Feb 2007 14:29:10 +0000

Son sent me this today. I haven’t checked out all the facts.
It’s great to be a Gator!

University of Florida - The Flagship University of the United
States. (Average Incoming GPA: 4.1, Average Incoming SAT: 1340)

UF has students from every county in Florida, every state in the
United States and over 100 countries.

2006 NCAA Football National Champions
2006 NCAA Basketball National Champions
2006 Ultimate Frisbee Champions
2006 Kiplinger Report #2 Academic Ranking
2006 Princeton Review #11 Academic Ranking (Public)
2006 US News #13 Academic Ranking (Public)
2006 Pre-Season #1 NCAA Gymnastics Team
2005 NCAA Baseball National Finalists
2004 NCAA Volleyball National Finalists
2002 Record 193 Student-Athletes on the SEC Academic Honor Roll
2001 NCAA Men’s Golf National Champions
2000 NCAA Basketball Final Four
1998 NCAA Women’s Tennis
1998 NCAA Soccer National Champions
1996 NCAA Women’s Tennis National Champions
1996 NCAA Football National Champions
1994 NCAA Basketball Final Four National Champions
1993 NCAA Men’s Golf National Champions
1992 NCAA Women’s Track and Field National Champions
1992 NCAA Women’s Tennis National Champions
1986 NCAA Women’s Golf National Champions
1985 NCAA Women’s Golf National Champions
1984 NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving National Champions
1983NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving National Champions
1982 NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving National Champions
1982 NCAA Swimming National Champions
1980 NCAA Swimming National Champions
1973 NCAA Men’s Golf National Champions
1968 NCAA Men’s Golf National Champions

Third largest University, Eighth Largest Budget ($1.9 Billion)

Second among all colleges for National Merit Scholar attendance.

First among public universities for sitting members of the U.S.
Congress. (Almanac of American Politics)

Award winning programs in Medicine, Law, Engineering, Business,
Journalism (ever heard of Erin Andrews?), Building Construction,
Chemistry (Gatorade!) and Accounting.

Fact: If UF had been a country in the 2004 Olympics, it would have
ranked 24th in the world in medals.

Sixteen Consecutive SEC Volleyball Championships

Fourteen Consecutive SEC All-Sports Trophies

Thirteen SEC Mens Golf Championships

Two Heisman Trophies

Reigning Champion…Dancing with the Stars

One Gator Nation

Oh, and for most of us…it’s free.

Go Gators!