{"id":231428,"date":"2026-04-14T16:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T16:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/231428\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T16:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T16:26:08","slug":"lee-earns-academic-all-america-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/231428\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Earns Academic All-America Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida men’s basketball senior guard Xaivian Lee<\/a> earned second-team Academic All-America honors, College Sports Communicators (CSC) announced on Tuesday.
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\nLee, who holds a 3.62 GPA in economics, is the 10th Academic All-America honoree in Florida history and the first since Canyon Barry in 2017.
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\nOn the floor, the Toronto native averaged 11.6 points and dished a team-leading 147 assists while starting all 35 games for the Southeastern Conference champion Gators.
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\nFlorida Men’s Basketball Academic All-America Honorees<\/p>\n


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\n\t\t\tName
\n\t\t\tYear\/Team
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\n\t\t\tXaivian Lee<\/a>
\n\t\t\t2026 Second Team
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\n\t\t\tCanyon Barry
\n\t\t\t2017 First Team
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\n\t\t\tPatric Young
\n\t\t\t2014 Third Team
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\n\t\t\tLee Humphrey
\n\t\t\t2006 Second Team; 2007 First Team
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\n\t\t\tMatt Bonner
\n\t\t\t2001 Second Team; 2002, 2003 First Team
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\n\t\t\tRic Clarson
\n\t\t\t1978 Sixth Team
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\n\t\t\tTony Miller
\n\t\t\t1972 Second Team
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\n\t\t\tAndy Owens
\n\t\t\t1970 Second Team
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\n\t\t\tMike Leatherwood
\n\t\t\t1969 Third Team
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\n\t\t\tBrooks Henderson
\n\t\t\t1964, 1965 Honorable Mention
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\n2025-26 Academic All-America Men’s Basketball Team
\nFirst Team
\nZuby Ejiofor, St. John’s
\nSam Hoiberg, Nebraska
\nTamin Lipsey, Iowa State
\nNick Martinelli, Northwestern
\nJT Toppin, Texas Tech
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\nSecond Team
\nTobe Awaka, Arizona
\nFlory Bidunga, Kansas
\nTyler Lundblade, Belmont
\nXaivian Lee<\/a>, Florida
\nNick Townsend, Yale
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\nThird Team
\nMason Falslev, Utah State
\nBryce Hopkins, St. John’s
\nCarson Johnson, Denver
\nLandon Lewis, Brown
\nRobert Wright III, BYU
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