Redshirt-junior Skylar Wallace was named SEC Player of the Week after batting .545 (6-for-11) and playing a pivotal role in the Gators series securing win over Missouri this past Sunday.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Redshirt-junior Skylar Wallace of the Florida softball team was named the Southeastern Conference Player of the Week after a series of standout performances against Bucknell and Missouri last week.
The Gators (22-5) defeated Bucknell in a midweek bout and then secured their first SEC series, 2-1, over Missouri to conclude the week. Wallace batted .545 (6-for-11) with six runs scored and six RBI, which included a double, a triple, two home runs and four stolen bases.
The do-it-all infielder played a pivotal role in Florida’s series securing victory over Missouri this past Sunday. The Woodstock, Ga. native drove in the game-tying run in the bottom of the 7th inning with a two-out RBI single up the middle and then worked her way into scoring position via her 16th stolen base of the year.
The Missouri catcher’s throw went wide and allowed Wallace to advance to third, which then prompted back-to-back intentional walks to Charla Echols and Reagan Walsh. The Tigers made a pitching change and the fourth pitch thrown went into the dirt, which allowed Wallace to score the game-winning run in walk-off fashion.
Wallace also tallied a season-high five assists in the series finale against the Tigers and finished the week with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage from the shortstop position and turned the game-ending double play that evened the series 1-1 in game two of the series Friday evening.
This is Wallace’s second SEC Player of the Week award of the season and it’s the first time a Florida player has received two SEC Player of the Week awards during the same season since Charla Echols during the 2021 season.
The Gators head to DeLand, Fla. to take on Stetson in a midweek contest Wednesday, March 22, at 6 p.m. on ESPN+.
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