This guy along with the gymnastics coach has brought the two programs to
elite national status.
Charlie
On 5/7/2013 4:12 PM, Shane Ford wrote:
*UF's Walton SEC Coach of Year*
Special to Gainesville SUN Gatorsports.com
*Published: Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 4:03 p.m.*
*Last Modified: Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 4:03 p.m.*
For the fourth time in his eight-year tenure at the Florida softball
program, coach Tim Walton picked up SEC Coach of the Year honors,
highlighting the Gators’ All-SEC honors released Tuesday by the
conference.
Five Florida players picked up All-SEC recognition following the
school’s fourth league championship last weekend, including first-team
All-SEC honorees Hannah Rogers (P) and Lauren Haeger (DP/UT). Freshman
Kelsey Stewart earned second-team All-SEC accolades in the infield,
while senior Kelsey Horton is a second-team All-SEC pick in the outfield.
Stewart and classmate Kirsti Merritt represent the Gators on the
freshman All-SEC squad.
Walton, Florida’s 10th head coach to collect conference Coach of the
Year honors in 2012-13, has been named SEC Coach of the Year four
times. He picked up Coach of the Year honors in 2008 and 2009
following UF’s second and third SEC titles, while also garnering SEC
co-Coach of the Year accolades in 2011 after the Gators won the SEC
Eastern Division for the fifth time.
Walton reached career milestone win No. 500 at last year’s SEC
Tournament and guided a Gator squad that was picked seventh in the
preseason, fourth in the SEC Eastern Division, to the 2013
regular-season SEC championship.
Rogers, also a two-time All-American and top-25 finalist for USA
Softball’s Player of the Year, garnered All-SEC distinction for the
third straight year, moving from the second team in 2011 and to a
first team this year. Rogers paces the SEC in wins, and turned in a
conference-best 1.48 ERA through league play. Haeger, who ranked
second in the league in walks and third in homers through the SEC
schedule, also earned her second straight annual league honor after
being named to the freshman All-SEC squad her first year as a Gator in
2012.
The Gators head to the SEC Softball Tournament on Wednesday, hosted by
Kentucky in Lexington, as the No. 1 overall seed. Florida will play
the winner of the No. 8 vs. No. 9 seed contest between Alabama and
Texas A&M on Thursday at 11 a.m. (ET) at John Cropp Stadium. The
contest between the Gators and either Alabama | Texas A&M will be
broadcast live on ESPNU, as the complete 2013 SEC Tournament will once
again air on the ESPN family of networks, with the championship game
set to be broadcast on ESPN at 8 p.m. Saturday.
*_2013 SEC SOFTBALL AWARDS_*__
Player of the Year: Lauren Gibson, Tennessee
Pitcher of the Year: Chelsea Thomas, Missouri
Coach of the Year: Tim Walton, Florida
Freshmen of the Year: Bianka Bell, LSU & Geri Ann Glasco, Georgia
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Jenna Marston, Missouri
*_First Team All-SEC_*__
P - Chelsea Thomas, Missouri
P - Hannah Rogers, Florida
IF - Lauren Gibson, Tennessee
IF - Raven Chavanne, Tennessee
IF - Madison Shipman, Tennessee
IF - Paige Wilson, Georgia
OF - Kayla Braud, Alabama
OF - Kat Dotson, Tennessee
OF - Kaylee Puailoa, Georgia
OF - A.J. Andrews, LSU
C - Jenna Marston, Missouri
DP/U - Lauren Haeger, Florida
*_Second Team All-SEC_*__
P - Rachele Fico, LSU
P - Kimmy Beasley, Arkansas
IF - Samie Garcia, South Carolina
IF - Kelsey Stewart, Florida
IF - Bianka Bell, LSU
IF - Kaila Hunt, Alabama
OF - Haylie McCleney, Alabama
OF - Kelsey Horton, Florida
OF - Branndi Melero, Auburn
OF - Jacee Blades, LSU
C - Griffin Joiner, Kentucky
DP/U - Mel Dumezich, Texas A&M
*_Freshman All-SEC_*__
P - Kelsey Nunley, Kentucky
P - Chelsea Wilkinson, Georgia
IF - Kelsey Stewart, Florida
IF - Bianka Bell, LSU
IF - Geri Ann Glasco, Georgia
IF - Emily Carosone, Auburn
OF - Haylie McCleney, Alabama
OF - Kaylee Puailoa, Georgia
OF – Kirsti Merritt, Florida
OF - Andrea Hawkins, Alabama; Tiffany Howard, Auburn
C - Kellsi Kloss, LSU
DP/U - Cali Lanphear, Texas A&M
*_SEC All-Defensive_*__
P - Chelsea Thomas, Missouri
C - Griffin Joiner, Kentucky
1B - Morgan Estell, Auburn
2B - Lauren Gibson, Tennessee
SS - Madison Shipman, Tennessee
3B - Raven Chavanne, Tennessee
LF - Kayla Braud, Alabama
CF - Haylie McCleney, Alabama
RF - Kat Dotson, Tennessee
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