Eckerd Athletics was recognized for conducting events that promote student-athletes giving back and serving as leaders within their communities or on their campus.
== Notable people ==
=== Alumni ===
==== Arts ====
Dorothy Allison (1971), writer
Hank Green (2002), novelist, YouTuber, science communicator, and entrepreneur
Levi Hummon (2012, non-degreed alumnus), country music artist, singer and songwriter
Douglas Lain, novelist
Dennis Lehane (1988), writer, Mystic River and Gone Baby Gone, former writer-in-residence and co-founder/co-director of the Writers in Paradise conference.
Arto Lindsay, guitarist, singer, record producer and experimental composer
Jay Baron Nicorvo (1999), writer
==== Politics ====
Stephen Bassett, first UFO lobbyist in the United States
Jeffrey J. Berger (1978), state representative, District 73 district, Connecticut House of Representatives
Frank Farkas (1993), former Florida State Representative
James L. Gale (1969), judge, North Carolina Business Court
Bob Gualtieri (2000), …
