Florida junior forward Thomas Haugh earned more recognition on Wednesday, earning second-team All-America honors from The Sporting News and a place on the Julius Erving Award Top 5 Finalist list.
 
Haugh averages a team-high 17.2 points along with 6.1 rebounds per game, tallying 13 20-point games and four double-doubles this season. Haugh eclipsed the 1,000-point career scoring mark earlier this season and has already earned first-team All-SEC honors from both the coaches and Associated Press.
 
The New Oxford, Pa., native gives the Gators an All-American for the second straight season, following Walter Clayton Jr.’s consensus first-team All-America selection in 2025. Florida had never previously had different players earn All-America honors in back-to-back seasons, though Joakim Noah and Al Horford earned the honor in the same season (2007) and Neal Walk earned back-to-back honors on his own (1968, ’69).
 
Florida opens play at the SEC Tournament in Nashville at 1 p.m. Eastern on Friday, facing either Missouri, Kentucky or LSU on ESPN.
 
2026 Julius Erving Award
AJ Dybantsa, BYU
Thomas Haugh, Florida
Milan Momcilovic, Iowa State
Nate Ament, Tennessee
Dailyn Swain, Texas
 
Gators on All-America Teams
1st, 2nd or 3rd Team by Consensus Selectors

Thomas Haugh	2026	2nd Team TSN
Walter Clayton Jr.	2025	1st Team TSN
Scottie Wilbekin	2014	3rd Team AP, NABC, TSN
Al Horford	2007	2nd Team NABC; 3rd Team AP
Joakim Noah	2007	2nd Team AP, NABC, USBWA
Udonis Haslem	2001	3rd Team AP
Neal Walk	1969	3rd Team AP, UPI
Neal Walk	1968	2nd Team AP, UPI

 
Sporting News All-America Teams
First Team
Darius Acuff, Arkansas
Cameron Boozer, Duke
AJ Dybantsa, BYU
Joshua Jefferson, Iowa State
Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan
 
Second Team
Kingston Flemings, Houston
Thomas Haugh, Florida
Braden Smith, Purdue
JT Toppin, Texas Tech
Keaton Wagler, Illinois
 
Third Team
Christian Anderson, Texas Tech
Jaden Bradley, Arizona
Jeremy Fears, Michigan State
Labaron Philon, Alabama
Caleb Wilson, North Carolina