Thomas Haugh named Florida’s second consensus All-American in program history
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Thomas Haugh officially entered the pantheon of Florida basketball on Wednesday.
With the Gators eyeing back-to-back national championships starting Friday night, Haugh entered select company in Gainesville after leading UF to the SEC regular-season title in 2025-26. The 6-foot-9 junior forward became just the 2nd Florida men’s basketball player to earn consensus All-American honors, joining former teammate Walter Clayton Jr., who was named a first-team consensus All-American last season.
Clayton led the Gators to a national championship in 2025, and Haugh hopes to do the same thing this April. But in the middle of March, as the Gators get rolling in their repeat bid, he was honored by receiving All-American status from 2 organizations, earning a second-team selection from the National Association of Basketball Coaches and third-team status by the United States Basketball Writers Association.
Haugh was also named a second-team All-American by The Sporting News and a third-team All-American by the Associated Press.
Florida basketball’s social media account celebrated Haugh’s latest honors with this post on Wednesday afternoon:
Haugh leads a high-powered Gators team in scoring this season with 17.1 points per game. He is also averaging 6.2 rebounds and 2.0 assists, shooting 46.1% from the field.
Wednesday’s honor for Haugh is a strong follow-up to Clayton, who became the first player in Florida history to earn All-American recognition from all 4 major outlets last season as he led the Gators to that national championship.
Haugh was part of that 2025 run, and now he’s trying to lead another charge to another NCAA title. On Wednesday, while he got ready to start the pursuit of the ultimate team goal, Haugh picked up some more individual glory.
With Haugh leading the way, Florida is right in the mix of the Kalshi market’s top teams to win it all early next month, with the Gators going for the repeat. Here is what the Kalshi market currently sees as the NCAA Tournament gets rolling:
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
