Seven Florida players were selected to an SEC leading 11 conference awards including SEC Player of the Year and SEC Freshman of the Year.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Seven members of the Florida softball team were selected to receive 11 total Southeastern Conference postseason awards as announced by the league office early Friday morning.
Sophomore catcher Jocelyn Erickson and freshman pitcher Keagan Rothrock headlined the awards received for the Gators as Erickson claimed SEC Player of the Year, SEC All-Defensive Team and All-SEC First Team honors, while Rothrock was named SEC Freshman of the Year and earned All-SEC Second Team accolades.
UF has now won back-to-back SEC Player of the Year awards as Erickson follows up Skylar Wallace, who earned it after a historic 2023 campaign, and this is the first SEC Freshman of the Year award for the program since Amanda Lorenz won the first for the program in 2016.
Joining Erickson as an All-SEC First Team selection is Kendra Falby, Korbe Otis, Skylar Wallace and Reagan Walsh for a total of five first team selections. The number is tied for the most first team selections with regular season champion Tennessee, while it’s also the most first team selection for UF since the 2017 season when the Orange & Blue produced six first team members.
This is Wallace’s third All-SEC First Team honor, while it is Falby, Walsh, Otis and Erickson’s first All-SEC First Team accolade.
Rothrock is joined on the All-SEC Second Team by fellow freshman Ava Brown. The duo brought the total number of All-SEC selections this year to seven, which ties the most players selected since Florida had seven players in 2017.
Erickson completed the trifecta as she was also named to the SEC All-Defensive Team and she is the first player in program history to be earn all three awards since Kelsey Stewart in 2015 and she’s the first UF catcher to earn SEC All-Defensive honors since Janell Wheaton in 2018.
Kendra Falby also made her debut appearance on the SEC All-Defensive Team as she has excited fans since her arrival as a freshman. This season Falby has three outfield assists, which includes turning a pair of game-ending double plays from her center field position against UCLA and Florida State.
Player of the Year: Jocelyn Erickson, Florida
Pitcher of the Year: Karlyn Pickens, Tennessee
Freshman of the Year: Keagan Rothrock, Florida
Coach of the Year: Karen Weekly, Tennessee
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All-SEC First Team
Bri Ellis
Arkansas
Reagan Johnson
Arkansas
Morgan Leinstock
Arkansas
Jocelyn Erickson
Florida
Kendra Falby
Florida
Korbe Otis
Florida
Skylar Wallace
Florida
Reagan Walsh
Florida
Jayda Kearney
Georgia
Sara Mosley
Georgia
Erin Coffel
Kentucky
Sydney Berzon
LSU
Ciara Briggs
LSU
Ali Newland
LSU
Madisyn Kennedy
Mississippi State
McKenna Gibson
Tennessee
Payton Gottshall
Tennessee
Taylor Pannell
Tennessee
Karlyn Pickens
Tennessee
Rylie West
Tennessee
Emiley Kennedy
Texas A&M
All-SEC Second Team
Kayla Beaver
Alabama
Kenleigh Cahalan
Alabama
Cylie Halvorson
Arkansas
Maddie Penta
Auburn
Ava Brown
Florida
Keagan Rothrock
Florida
Dallis Goodnight
Georgia
Rylea Smith
Kentucky
Kelley Lynch
LSU
Aynslie Furbush
Ole Miss
Sierra Sacco
Mississippi State
Aspen Wesley
Mississippi State
Abby Hay
Missouri
Alex Honnold
Missouri
Jenna Laird
Missouri
Alana Vawter
South Carolina
Kiki Milloy
Tennessee
Sophia Nugent
Tennessee
Zaida Puni
Tennessee
Kramer Eschete
Texas A&M
Koko Wooley
Texas A&M
SEC All-Defensive Team
Pitcher
Laurin Krings
Missouri
Catcher
Jocelyn Erickson
Florida
First Base
Bri Ellis
Arkansas
Raeleen Gutierrez
LSU
Second Base
Rylen Wiggins
Texas A&M
Shortstop
Erin Coffel
Kentucky
Third Base
Hannah Gammill
Arkansas
Left Field
Ali Newland
LSU
Center Field
Kendra Falby
Florida
Right Field
Kayley Lenger
Missouri
Allie Enright
Texas A&M
