Aidan Kim and Jeremy Jin each net both All-SEC and All-Freshman honors after a season of success atop Florida’s lineup.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida freshmen Aidan Kim and Jeremy Jin have been elected to both the 2024 All-SEC second team and SEC All-Freshman team. The accolades come after a 2024 regular season that saw the pair of first-year phenoms find success in the top two positions of Florida’s lineup. This is the first time in Florida’s program history that the Gators have had two players receive both an All-SEC team and All-Freshman team honor.
Jin, a native of Australia, slotted into the court one singles position for Florida for all 14 of the Gators’ matches against SEC opponents this season. Jin started his dual season hot, holding a 6-1 record in dual play after the opening weekend of conference play. Jin was named SEC Freshman of the Week for his efforts during that first weekend of conference play, with victories against current No. 23-ranked Raphael Perot of Texas A&M and 5th-year senior Stefan Latinovic of LSU. Jin collected five ranked wins in his first dual season, the highest of which came on March 17, when Jin defeated then-No. 46 Filip Planinsek of Alabama, who himself was named to the All-SEC first team. Jin has climbed to a season-high No. 52 ranking per ITA.
Kim manned court two singles for all but one of Florida’s SEC matches, playing to an 8-6 record in conference play, with three ranked wins in that stretch. His highest-ranked win came against No. 58 Ryan Colby of Georgia, when Kim battled back from a 1-6 first set loss to win 1-6, 6-1, 7-5. Kim was awarded SEC Freshman of the week honors for his performance in Athens. Kim and Junior Nate Bonetto became Florida’s top doubles duo, with the pairing claiming four ranked winning sets in doubles. The pair is currently ranked as the No. 26 doubles tandem in the nation.
First-team and second-team All-SEC honorees, All-Freshman team, along with Player, Coach and Freshman of the Year were chosen by the league’s 13 coaches. Coaches cannot vote for their own players and ties are not broken.
A complete list of the awards follows.
First Team All-SEC
Filip Planinsek, Alabama
Tyler Stice, Auburn
Finn Murgett, Auburn
Taha Baadi, Kentucky
Joshua Lapadat, Kentucky
JJ Mercer, Kentucky
Nikola Slavic, Ole Miss
Petar Jovanovic, Mississippi State
Toby Samuel, South Carolina
Johannus Monday, Tennessee
Shunsuke Mitsui, Tennessee
Raphael Perot, Texas A&M
JC Roddick, Texas A&M
Second Team All-SEC
Matias Ponce De Leon, Alabama
Gerard Planelles Ripoll, Arkansas
Billy Blaydes, Auburn
Jeremy Jin, Florida
Aidan Kim, Florida
Thomas Paulsell, Georgia
Charlelie Cosnet, Kentucky
Jaden Weekes, Kentucky
John Hallquist Lithen, Ole Miss
Nemanja Malesevic, Mississippi State
James Story, South Carolina
Danil Panarin, Vanderbilt
All-Freshman
Andrii Zimnokh, Alabama
Jeremy Jin, Florida
Aidan Kim, Florida
Jack Loutit, Kentucky
Eli Stephenson, Kentucky
Danil Panarin, Vanderbilt
Player of the Year
Johannus Monday, Tennessee
Freshman of the Year
Danil Panarin, Vanderbilt
Coach of the Year
Cedric Kauffmann, Kentucky
