Tracy Caulkins Super Endowment
GA: support scholarship in Swimming Program, the Tracy Caulkins Award, and expenses of Ms. Caulkins to travel and make presentation. On an annual basis as Ms. Caulkins returns to the University to render a service (such as a clinic, speech, promotional appearance), the greater of 2% of the endowment market value as of the previous fiscal year end or 33% of the "net investment return" from the Fund shall be made available to cover actual and necessary travel expenses and to pay Ms. Caulkins an acceptable fee for the service rendered. This provision is personal to Tracy Caulkins and is for her lifetime.
Frank V. Campisi and Fred Fisher
To encourage athletic and academic excellence, Frank V. Campisi and Fred Fisher established this endowment honoring Tracy Caulkins, who set a distinguished standard for all student-athletes.
Over the course of her athletic career, Caulkins developed a reputation as one of the most versatile American female swimmers in history. Caulkins won a record 48 national championships, placing first in every type of stroke competition. After winning world championships in the 200-meter butterfly and both individual medleys, she became the youngest person ever to win the Sullivan Award as the nation’s outstanding amateur athlete in 1978. With a series of victories in 1981 and 1982, she broke both the male and female records for having won the most national titles. During her two appearances in the Olympics, she won three gold metals.
Caulkins graduated from UF in 1985 with a bachelor’s degree in broadcasting. As a student, she won a total of twelve NCAA championships from 1982 through 1984.
