Three Alligator alumni earned spots on a newswire service's list of America's top 100 college journalists.
Jenna Marina, Nick Zaccardi and Megan Taylor were named to the UWIRE 100 and are spring graduates of UF's College of Journalism and Communications.
The list was released Wednesday.
UWIRE officials spent three months sorting through 500 nominations of students from 134 different schools, said Ben French, UWIRE's vice president and general manager.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill placed five students, the most of all universities, followed by Pennsylvania State University and the University of Iowa.
UF was next in the rankings, tied with Syracuse University, Indiana University and the University of Texas at Austin.
Nick Zaccardi joined the Alligator in January 2005 and worked until he graduated. He covered football and basketball, wrote weekly columns and held several editor positions during his tenure.
This summer, Zaccardi is covering the Chicago Cubs as an intern with MLB.com.
Jenna Marina started in fall 2005 and worked through her graduation covering volleyball, golf, football and the 2006 championship season of the men's basketball team.
She will intern with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution starting in June.
Megan Taylor pulled many late nights redesigning the Alligator Web site as a member of the new media staff in summer 2007.
Taylor took over as editor of all online content in fall 2007, and she will intern at The Miami Herald this summer.
