Florida men’s basketball graduate guard Bennett Andersen has been named to the 2025 Southeastern Conference Men’s Basketball Community Service Team, the SEC office announced on Wednesday.
 
A native of Tampa, Fla., Andersen co-founded and serves on the executive committee for the local Gainesville chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace, an organization that builds, assembles and delivers beds to children and families in need. Since its founding in late 2023, the Gainesville chapter has built and delivered more than 100 beds to local homes.
 
Andersen oversees the fundraising portion of the chapter, and helped raise more than $50,000 for the endeavor in 2024. He also takes part in the hands-on building and delivery of the beds, assisting in build days that bring around 100 volunteers together to build the beds and helping deliver and assemble beds in homes on a regular basis.
 

Andersen graduated Cum Laude in Summer 2024 with a degree in Industrial & Systems Engineering. He served as a manager on the men’s basketball team for three seasons before being promoted to the roster in 2023.

2025 SEC Men’s Basketball Community Service Team

Houston Mallette, Alabama

Lawson Blake, Arkansas

Chris Moore, Auburn

Bennett Andersen, Florida

Somto Cyril, Georgia

Andrew Carr, Kentucky

Daimion Collins, LSU

Jaemyn Brakefield, Ole Miss

Josh Hubbard, Mississippi State

Caleb Grill, Missouri

Jalon Moore, Oklahoma

Jacobi Wright, South Carolina

Jahmai Mashack, Tennessee

Kadin Shedrick, Texas

Wade Taylor IV, Texas A&M

JaQualon Roberts, Vanderbilt

 

All-Time UF Men’s Basketball SEC Community Service Honorees

1999	Patrick O’Connor
2000	Brent Wright
2001, ’02, ’03	Matt Bonner
2004, ’05	David Lee
2006, ’07	Lee Humphrey
2008, ’09	Walter Hodge
2010	Dan Werner
2011	Chandler Parsons
2012, ’14	Will Yeguete
2013	Patric Young
2015	Jacob Kurtz
2016	DeVon Walker
2017	Chris Chiozza
2018, ’19	Kevarrius Hayes
2020, ’21, ’22	Anthony Duruji
2023	Trey Bonham
2024	Walter Clayton Jr.
2025	Bennett Andersen