Gainesville, FL

Santa Fe Athletics celebrated 42 of 44 student-athletes who graduated or will be graduating this summer during the college wide ceremony on Friday, May 1st. The Athletic Department earned an average GPA of 3.26 for the 2025-26 school year! All 44 student-athletes, however, will be matriculating to four year institutions for a department success rate of 100%!

Santa Fe Softball ended their season with 48 wins, their most in a season since 2008! They received a bid to the NJCAA DI Softball World Series held in Oxford, Alabama, where they rattled off three elimination games in a row and finished as one of the last six teams remaining in the country. This was softball's first trip to the national tournament since 2013, and the first trip to a national tournament for any Santa Fe Athletics program since 2016.

In the 25/26 academic year, Santa Fe athletics posted a departent GPA over a 3.0; including 70 student-athletes over a 3.0 GPA! In addition, all five sports at Santa Fe posted a GPA above a 3.25 in the Fall!

Below is a list of student-athletes who will be continuing their sport at four-year institutions! The list will be updated regularly with an individual story for each student-athlete.

Santa Fe Saints who have signed to play at the next level:

Aniyah Anderson (Women's Basketball) – Saint Leo University

Shawn Andrade (Baseball) – Mercer University

Ryan Chase (Baseball) – Kansas University

McKenzie Cox (Softball) - University of West Florida

Malanie Francis (Women's Basketball) – University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff 

Emily Geaquinto (Volleyball) - UT Chattanooga

Mariana Haas (Volleyball) – University of Tennessee at Martin

Kailyn Howard (Volleyball) – Carson-Newman University

Madison Howard (Volleyball) – Roosevelt University

Stephen Joyce (Baseball) – Lynn University

Kolten Leach (Baseball) – Florida A&M University

Dylan Lovelace (Baseball) – University of New Orleans

Belle Mancillas (Softball) - Florida Atlantic University

Jessica McKee (Volleyball) – New College of Florida

Alex Nokes (Men's Basketball) – Radford University

Matthew Pagan (Baseball) – Virginia Commonwealth University

Linnea Preston (Volleyball) – Saint Leo University

Nathalia Vasquez (Volleyball) - Baptist University of Florida

Brady Wright (Baseball) – University of Tampa