The excitement of college football fuels many lives of ardent fans in this country, especially fans populated in the South. Ethan Hughes is no different.
Raised roughly 30 miles outside of Gainesville, Florida, Hughes grew up near one of the most prestigious athletic (and academic) institutions in the country.
His love for the Florida Gators began at a much younger age than most people, growing up in Bradford, Florida, Hughes had many opportunities to attend the university's athletic events as a kid.
Seeing the names of Urban Meyer, Percy Harvin, and Tim Tebow come through the University of Florida generated Hughes’ passion for the Gators.
Hughes recalls the 2015 Florida versus Tennessee matchup as one of the most memorable games he has attended inside The Swamp. The game where Florida scraped back from two …show more content…
What better way than to be a writer?"
Living in a rural community with a population of about 26,000 there aren’t a plethora of activities and hobbies to choose from. You either hunt, fish, or play sports in Bradford County and for Hughes, he chose the sports route.
Playing and watching sports has been an immense part of molding Hughes into the person he is now. Instead of just being a fan of the game, Hughes inspires to be an influential writer in the sports media field. His passion to be a sports writer came early to him, reading Gainesville Sun’s Sports Columnist Pat Dooley for years as a kid.
Hughes said, “He has written for The Gainesville Sun for longer than I have been around, the work he does is really good and his job is writing about sports, there aren’t very many jobs better than that.”
The work of Gator Country's Nick Del La Torre and the Atlanta Journal Constitution's Zach Alboverdi has caught the eye of Hughes as well. Thanks to Twitter, following and reading all of our favorite writers has become much easier for
Raised roughly 30 miles outside of Gainesville, Florida, Hughes grew up near one of the most prestigious athletic (and academic) institutions in the country.
His love for the Florida Gators began at a much younger age than most people, growing up in Bradford, Florida, Hughes had many opportunities to attend the university's athletic events as a kid.
Seeing the names of Urban Meyer, Percy Harvin, and Tim Tebow come through the University of Florida generated Hughes’ passion for the Gators.
Hughes recalls the 2015 Florida versus Tennessee matchup as one of the most memorable games he has attended inside The Swamp. The game where Florida scraped back from two …show more content…
What better way than to be a writer?"
Living in a rural community with a population of about 26,000 there aren’t a plethora of activities and hobbies to choose from. You either hunt, fish, or play sports in Bradford County and for Hughes, he chose the sports route.
Playing and watching sports has been an immense part of molding Hughes into the person he is now. Instead of just being a fan of the game, Hughes inspires to be an influential writer in the sports media field. His passion to be a sports writer came early to him, reading Gainesville Sun’s Sports Columnist Pat Dooley for years as a kid.
Hughes said, “He has written for The Gainesville Sun for longer than I have been around, the work he does is really good and his job is writing about sports, there aren’t very many jobs better than that.”
The work of Gator Country's Nick Del La Torre and the Atlanta Journal Constitution's Zach Alboverdi has caught the eye of Hughes as well. Thanks to Twitter, following and reading all of our favorite writers has become much easier for