The Florida Gators Softball team represents the University of Florida in softball sports. Florida competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Gator play their home game at Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium on the university campus of Gainesville, Florida, and is currently headed by head coach Tim Walton. In twenty-one years of the history of the Florida Softball program, the team has won two Women's College World Series (WCWS) national championships, eight regular-season SEC championships, four SEC tournaments, and has made nine WCWS appearances.
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Era Ray: 1997-2000
On June 13, 1995, the board of directors of the University Athletics Association approved the addition of a women's softball team to the University of Florida athletics program. Larry Ray, who will train the new team for their first four seasons, agreed to become the first head coach on September 4, 1995. After the construction of their new stadium facility, the Gators played their first two matches in the doubleheader on 8 February. , 1997, against Stetson Hatters, both won.
In the first year of the Florida Softball program, Ray's team posted a 42-25 overall record and a Southeastern Conference 16-8 record, and was runner-up in the SEC Softball Tournament tournament, eventually losing to second-ranked South American Gamecocks in the title game. Florida built on the start of their first season success to win the SEC first season regular championship in 1998, and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. After the 2000 season, Ray left Florida to return to assistant coach position with the Arizona Wildcats softball team at the University of Arizona, where he previously trained.
Era Johns: 2001-2005
For the 2001 season, Ray was replaced by Karen Johns. Under Johns, Florida qualified for the NCAA Tournament four out of five seasons, and drew a 192-131 record during his tenure in Gainesville. After the Gators finished third in the East Division of the SEC for the fourth consecutive season, and suffered four consecutive defeats at the 2005 SEC Tournament and the opening round of the NCAA tournament, Johns was fired.
Walton era: 2006-present
To replace Johns, Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley hired Wichita State Shockers' head coach, Tim Walton, as Gator's new coach. Under Walton, the Florida softball team has become a consistent SEC and national title contender. In 2014, the Gators won their first national championship.
World Series 2008
In his third season as head coach of the Gators, he led the team to an NCAA record last season with seven wins and five defeats. The team also made the first appearance of Women's College World Series (WCWS) after beating California Golden Bears, two games to none, in the Gainesville Super Regional NCAA tournament. After losing the opening game of WCWS to Louisiana Lafayette, the Gators won three straight games against Virginia Tech Hokies and Texas A & amp; M Aggies. However, in the NCAA Tournament double elimination format, Gators must defeat Texas A & amp; M twice in the WCWS semifinals to move into the final series of the championship. The second semi-final went two extra rounds before one of the teams scored, and Aggies grabbed a 1-0 win in the ninth inning. Gators pitcher Stacey Nelson ended the 2008 season with a record single winning school season (47), strikeout (363), pitched inning (352.1), and averaging runs (0.75).
World Series 2009
Florida started the 2009 season it ranked No. 1 in the country in both college softball polls, but finished second only after falling 8-0 and 3-2 to the Washington Huskies in the best-of-three-match series of the 2009 Women's World Series. The Gator put together an overall record of 63-5 and completed the regular SEC season with a 26-1 record. They also broke the SEC single-season record for home runs (86), and some season team records include a grand slam (12), total shutouts (39), and successive shutouts (11). Aja Paculba set the record for a single stolen season (27), Francesca Enea broke her career home run record (41) in her junior season, and Florida pitching staff threw three no-hitters in the regular season (Stephanie Brombacher vs Coastal Carolina; Stacey Nelson vs. Ole Miss and Arkansas). Nelson was selected as the Senior CLASS Award winner of Lowe and Pitcher SEC this year for the second year in a row. Nelson was named for the first team of All-American (pitcher), and Brombacher (pitcher), Enea (outfielder), Kelsey Bruder (outfielder), and Paculba (second baseman) were named for the second team.
World Series 2010
The Florida softball team in 2010 returned to the NCAA tournament and advanced to the 2010 Women World Series. In the opening game of the Series, the fourth seeded Gators were convincingly defeated 16-3 by UCLA Bruins, who eventually won the 2010 championship. Gators recovered to get rid of sixth-seeded Missouri 5- 2, before being bowed 3-2 and marginalized by sixth seed Georgia Bulldogs.
2011 World Series
During the 2011 season, Florida experienced a series of up and down turmoil, but recovered to win the SEC Eastern Division for the fourth year in a row. After being angered by Auburn Tigers in the first round of the SEC tournament, Gators qualified for the NCAA tournament and advanced to the 2011 Women's World College Series. In the World Series semifinals, Florida twice beat SEC champions Alabama Crimson Tide, 16-2 and 9-2, to advance to the finals. The top-ranked Arizona State Sun Devils, in turn, swept the Gators, 14-4 and 7-2, in three finals of the finest championships.
NCAA 2012 Tournament
On the eve of the NCAA Tournament, three players: Cheyenne Coyle, Sami Fagan, and Kasey Fagan were dismissed from the team. No. 5 Florida lost to Florida Gulf Coast and USF in Regionals and failed to reach WCWS for the first time in Walton's tenure at UF.
World Series 2013
Despite winning the regular season SEC and the tournament title, No. 2 Florida lost to Tennessee 2-9 to open WCWS. After a thrilling 9-8 extra round victory against Nebraska, they lost 3-0 to Texas to end their season.
2014 National Champs
Florida beat Alabama rivals for their first national championship with MVP tournament Hannah Rogers inside the circle.
2015 National Champs
Led by this year's National Players at Lauren Haeger, Florida became the third team in campus softball history to win back to the national championship. They beat Michigan in the last best game of the three 4-1 series to win the title. Lauren Haeger then won the Honda Award 2015.
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Facility upgrade
In September 2016, the UAA announced a $ 100 million facility initiative that includes renovating many of Florida University's sports landscape areas. One of the improvements included in the plan was the renovation of the softball complex at the Pressular Seashole Stadium. The plan states that the bench behind the home plate will be replaced with the rear seats of the seats, with additional stools extended each rotted row to accommodate 750 to 1,000 more seats; expanded press boxes, concession and restroom areas, enhanced coaches and player facilities, as well as some shadow structures. The university hopes to complete these projects before 2021.
Results year after year
Player rewards
- Senior Class Awards
- Stacey Nelson (2009)
- USA Softball Players Collegiate of the Year
- Lauren Haeger (2015)
- Honda Sport Award
- Lauren Haeger (2015)
- USA Softball Players Collegiate of the Year
- Kelly Barnhill (2017)
- Honda Sport Award
- Kelly Barnhill (2017)
All-Americans
The Florida Gators softball program has produced 38 choices of Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-American.
Recordings
See also
- Florida Gators
- Florida Gators baseball
- The History of the University of Florida
- List of University of Florida Hall of Fame members
- The University Athletic Association
- List of NCAA Division I softball programs
References
External links
- Official website
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