UF Athletic Hall of Fame inductees are chosen by the F Club Committee based on three categories: Gator Greats, Distinguished Letterwinners, and Honorary Letterwinners.
The 2023 class is composed of eight Gator Greats and one Honorary Letterwinner.
The list of Gator Greats on this year’s class includes Kelsey Bruder (Softball), Omar Craddock (Men’s Track and Field), Lauren Embree (Women’s Tennis), Jabar Gaffney (Football), Corey Hartung (Gymnastics), Kelly Murphy (Volleyball), Erika Tymrak (Soccer) and Marc Valdes (Baseball).
Additionally, former swimming coach and long-time UAA administrator Skip Foster will enter as an Honorary Letterwinner.
Gator Greats are Letterwinners who brought recognition and prominence to the University of Florida and themselves by their athletic accomplishments as a student-athlete.
An Honorary Letterwinner is a coach or athletic official (after retirement) who was not a letter winner or athlete at the University of Florida, yet rendered outstanding service to the program through personal time, effort, interest and through many years of continued service.
The Hall of Fame Banquet will occur Friday, October 6, 2023, prior to the Vanderbilt home game.
2023 UF Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees
Gator Greats
Kelsey Bruder | Softball, 2008-11
Bruder is the fifth softball player to be inducted into the UF Athletic Hall of Fame as she joins Chelsey Sakizzie (2008), Jenny Gladding (2014), Stacey Nelson (2019) and Michelle Moultrie (2022) among the Gator Greats to come through the program.
In 2011, she became the program’s first NCAA Top VIII Award winner, the first Collegiate Women Sports Award (CWSA) Honda Award softball winner and the third SEC Player of the Year. She also garnered a spot on the 2011 Women’s College World Series All-Tournament Team along with being named a two-time National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-American in 2009 and 2011, a two-time All-SEC First Team selection in 2009 and 2011, and finally a 2009 SEC All-Tournament Team member and 2009 SEC All-Defensive Team selection.
Academically, Bruder was a two-time Academic All-American in 2009 & 2011 and a three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll member.
Omar Craddock | Men’s Track & Field, 2010-13
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