Skylar Wallace, Charla Echols, Reagan Walsh and Kendra Falby were named to various All-SEC teams, while Wallace was also named SEC Player of the Year.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Early Friday morning the Southeastern Conference announced its annual All-SEC awards that includes four members of the Florida softball team. The All-SEC Teams consist of 21 student-athletes on the First Team, 21 student-athletes on the Second Team, and a nine-member All-Defensive Team. No ties were broken.
Skylar Wallace, Charla Echols, Kendra Falby and Reagan Walsh were named to various All-SEC teams, with Wallace being named the SEC Player of the Year. The Woodstock, Ga. native is the seventh SEC Player of the Year in Florida history and the first since Amanda Lorenz won the award in 2018. This season she led conference in nine different offensive categories and ranked second in four additional ones.
“Congratulations to Skylar, Charla, Kendra and Reagan for being recognized by the SEC and its head coaches.” Head Coach Tim Walton said. “It’s truly a special accomplishment to earn any postseason award in this league. The SEC is filled with very talented players and these awards are representative of their hard work, the hard work of their teammates around them and our staff.”
Wallace, in addition to being named SEC Player of the Year, was selected as an All-SEC First Team selection for the second consecutive season along with Charla Echols. Echols, the SEC leader in RBI this year through all games played, secured her second All-SEC First Team award of her career and the first since her unanimous NFCA All-American First Team season in 2021.
Echols a mainstay at the third base position also made her second career appearance on the All-SEC Defensive Team. The Newnan, Ga. native has locked down the hot corner for the Gators all-season and has 39 putouts to along with a team-leading 121 assists.
Falby made a second consecutive appearance on the All-SEC Second Team after a successful sophomore season, while fellow sophomore Reagan Walsh earns her first All-SEC Second Team accolade. Falby leads the team with 19 multi-hit games on the season, has notched a 10-game hit-streak, a 12-game reached base safely streak and six multi-RBI games.
Walsh finished conference play tied for eighth in RBI and fourth in doubles in conference only play this season and provided walk-off hits against Auburn and Ole Miss during the regular season.
Florida SEC Player of the Year Award Winners
1998 – Chelsey Sakizzie
2006 – Kristen Butler
2011 – Kelsey Bruder
2012 – Michelle Moultrie
2015 – Kelsey Stewart
2018 – Amanda Lorenz
2023 – Skylar Wallace
Player of the Year: Skylar Wallace, Florida
Pitcher of the Year: Maddie Penta, Auburn
Freshman of the Year: Karlyn Pickens, Tennessee
Coach of the Year: Karen Weekly, Tennessee
All-SEC First Team
Montana Fouts
Alabama
Ashley Prange
Alabama
Chenise Delce
Arkansas
Maddie Penta
Auburn
Charla Echols
Florida
Skylar Wallace
Florida
Jayda Kearney
Georgia
Sydney Kuma
Georgia
Sara Mosley
Georgia
Shelby Walters
Georgia
Erin Coffel
Kentucky
Kayla Kowalik
Kentucky
Ali Kilponen
LSU
Ali Newland
LSU
Donnie Gobourne
South Carolina
McKenna Gibson
Tennessee
Kiki Milloy
Tennessee
Zaida Puni
Tennessee
Ashley Rogers
Tennessee
Julia Cottrill
Texas A&M
Rylen Wiggins
Texas A&M
All-SEC Second Team
Jenna Johnson
Alabama
Larissa Preuitt
Alabama
Hannah Camenzind
Arkansas
Kristina Foreman
Arkansas
Cylie Halvorson
Arkansas
Rylin Hedgecock
Arkansas
Reagan Johnson
Arkansas
Denver Bryant
Auburn
Nelia Peralta
Auburn
Kendra Falby
Florida
Reagan Walsh
Florida
Jaiden Fields
Georgia
Madison Kerpics
Georgia
Sydney Berzon
LSU
Ciara Briggs
LSU
Taylor Pleasants
LSU
McKenzie Redoutey
LSU
Alex Honnold
Missouri
Jenna Laird
Missouri
Karlyn Pickens
Tennessee
Koko Wooley
Texas A&M
SEC All-Defensive Team
Pitcher
Maddie Penta
Auburn
Catcher
Kayla Kowalik
Kentucky
First Base
Raeleen Gutierrez
LSU
Second Base
Sydney Kuma
Georgia
Shortstop
Taylor Pleasants
LSU
Third Base
Charla Echols
Florida
Left Field
Tate Whitley
Ole Miss
Center Field
Ciara Briggs
LSU
Right Field
McKenzie Redoutey
LSU
