All three are first-time NFCA All-American selections.
OKLAHOMA CITY – The National Fastpitch Coaches Association announced on Wednesday afternoon that Florida softball players Taylor Shumaker, Kendra Falby and Mia Williams each earned NFCA All-American honors.
Shumaker was named an NFCA First Team All-American, while Williams and Falby were each NFCA All-American Second Team selections.
All three Gators are first-time NFCA All-America honorees.
Shumaker, the 2025 NFCA Freshman of the Year, is the only freshman in the NCAA to earn First Team honors this season.
The NFCA All-America teams are voted on by the Association’s All-America Committees.
In Division I, the committee is composed of one elected member head coach from each of the NFCA’s 10 regions.
Taylor Shumaker | Freshman | NFCA First Team All-America At-Large-Outfield
2025 Honors & Awards:
* 2025 NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year
* 2025 All-SEC First Team
* 2025 NFCA All-Gulf Region First Team
* 2025 USA Softball Division I Collegiate Player of the Year Top 25 Finalist
* 2025 D1 Softball Freshman of the Year
* 2025 D1 Softball First Team All-American
* 2025 D1 Softball Freshman All-American
* 2025 Softball America Freshman of the Year
* 2025 Softball America Second Team All-American
* 2025 Softball America All-Freshman Team
* 4x SEC Freshman of the Week (Feb. 10, March 10, April 22, & May 5, 2025)
* NFCA Player of the Week (Feb. 11, 2025)
* D1 Softball’s National Player of the Week (Feb. 11, 2025)
* 4x SEC Freshman of the Week (Feb. 10, March 10, April 22, & May 5, 2025)
* NFCA Player of the Week (Feb. 11, 2025)
* D1 Softball’s National Player of the Week (Feb. 11, 2025)
* Softball America ‘Star of the Week’ (Feb. 11, 2025)
Notables:
* Tied for first in the NCAA with 86 RBI on the season
* Ranks fifth in the nation in runs scored (5) and 11th in the nation in home runs (22)
* Tied for the Florida single-season record in both home runs and RBI
* Through first six career NCAA games, is batting a team-best .500 (7-for-14) with four home runs, 10 RBI, eight runs, 10 walks and a 1.357 slugging percentage
* Recorded a team-high 23 multi-RBI, 24 multi-hit and five multi-home run games
* Swiped 18 bases in 19 attempts, second-most on the team
Kendra Falby | Senior | NFCA Second Team All-America Outfield
2025 Honors & Awards:
* 2025 Rawlings Gold Glove Award
* 2025 All-SEC First Team
* 2025 SEC All-Defensive Team
* 2025 NFCA All-Gulf Region First Team
* 2025 Softball America Defender of the Year
* 2025 Softball America First Team All-American
* 2025 D1 Softball First Team All-America
* 2025 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 10 Finalist
Notables:
* Ranks fifth in the NCAA and leads the SEC in hits (90)
* Ranks seventh in the nation in runs scored (71) and 11th in stolen bases (36)
* Led the SEC in both hits (35) and triples (2) and ranked in the top-10 in batting average (.393) and runs (23) in conference play
* Reached base in all but two of Florida’s 63 games and recorded a hit in 57 games
* Held a 48-game on-base streak this season from Feb. 6 to April 19
* Recorded a team-high 25 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games
* In the outfield, robbed over-the-wall home runs against Texas A&M, Texas and Oklahoma
* Holds career-bests in batting average (.433), runs (71), hits (90), RBI (34), slugging percentage (.524) and on-base percentage (.502)
* Holds a team-best fielding percentage, committing zero errors in 109 chances with 105 putouts and four assists from center field
Mia Williams | Sophomore | NFCA Second Team All-America Second Base
2025 Honors & Awards:
* 2025 All-SEC Second Team
* 2025 NFCA All-Gulf Region First Team
* 2025 SEC Player of the Week (April 15, 2025)
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