And it wasn’t even close, BUD!

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May
19

It’s a sweep!

And it’s not even close. (BUD!)

The Florida athletic program has won the SEC All-Sports Trophy for the 19th time in the past 22 years. The New York Times Regional Newspaper Group has awarded trophies to the men’s, women’s and overall champions since 1995 when the league decided to stop presenting an award.

Florida easily outdistanced second-place Georgia in the overall standings, compiling 162.50 points to Georgia’s 133.50 in 16 sports. The Gators won six SEC titles in the 2008-09 school year — football, soccer, women’s outdoor track and field, women’s swimming and diving, volleyball and softball.

Points are awarded based on each sports’ finish in conference play with 12 going to the first-place team. Each school’s total points are divided by the number of sports. This is Florida’s ninth sweep of the three categories — overall, men’s and women’s.

It’s the 16th win for the women’s program and 13th for the men’s.

“I’m very, very proud of our coaches and student-athletes,” said Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley. “It was a very, very good year for the Gators. Again, that’s a testimony to our coaches and their athletes.

“It’s something we take a lot of pride in. Everybody knows what a good league the SEC is. To win that trophy, it’s something all our athletes and coaches are trilled about, and so am I.”

LSU finished third in the overall competition with Tennessee fourth and Auburn fifth.

Florida’s men scored 70 points in seven sports for a 10.0 average while LSU was second at 8.21. In the women’s sports, Florida had an average of 10.28 compared to second-place Tennessee’s 9.06 average.

Florida is the only SEC school to win all three titles in one season.