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Florida Gators announce Hall of Fame inductees for 2025 class

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The latest group of Gator Greats is set to be inducted into the 2025 UF Athletic Hall of Fame class, the University of Florida F Club and Gator Boosters announced on Wednesday.
 
This year’s class is composed of seven Gator Greats and one Honorary Letterwinner. The Hall of Fame Banquet is Friday, October 17, 2025, prior to the Mississippi State home football game.

The F Club Committee chooses UF Athletic Hall of Fame inductees based on three categories: Gator Greats, Distinguished Letterwinners and Honorary Letterwinners.

The list of Florida Gators in this year’s class includes:

NameSportUF Career
Theresa AndrewsSwimming1981-83
Charlotte BrowningTrack & Field/Cross Country2008-10
Kitty CullenLacrosse2010-13
Marquis DendyTrack & Field2012-15
Lauren HaegerSoftball2012-15
Kytra HunterGymnastics2012-15
Maurkice PounceyFootball 2007-09

Gator Greats are letterwinners who brought recognition and prominence to the University of Florida and themselves by their athletic accomplishments as a student-athlete.

The seven Gator Greats in the 2025 Hall of Fame class were part of 10 national and 16 conference title teams, including former Florida offensive lineman Maurkice Pouncey. They won a combined 16 NCAA and 28 SEC individual crowns.

The group of inductees also includes four players with seven conference athlete of the year honors, one SEC female athlete of the year and three national athletes of the year.

Dendy became the first athlete in UF history to win The Bowerman Trophy in 2015, collegiate track and field’s highest individual honor. Browning was named the USTFCCCA South Region Women’s Indoor Runner of the Year following the 2010 indoor season.

Haeger became just the third in NCAA history to claim each of softball’s highest honors in a single season – Honda Award, USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Year and Women’s College World Series Most Outstanding Player. Hunter was the first Gator to repeat as a Honda Award winner as the nation’s top collegiate gymnast in 2012 and 2015.

A three-time NCAA champion and 18-time All-American, Andrews helped Florida win its first NCAA women’s swimming and diving national championship in 1982. Cullen is the first lacrosse player to join the Gators Athletics Hall of Fame.

This year’s class includes a distinguish letterwinner:

Phil PharrFootball1978-80

A distinguished letterwinner is someone who has made major contributions to the University Athletic Association and/or its sports programs through personal time, effort, interest and many years of continued service. Additionally, distinguished letterwinners must have distinguished themselves as exceptional in their career.

A veteran of over 44 years with Gator Boosters, Pharr has served as the Executive Director of Gator Boosters since 2012, where he oversees the major gift and annual giving programs for the athletic department, including capital gifts, scholarship endowment and ticket-related giving.

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