Good article. I think you're right Ocala, probably not very active in the portal unless a marquee player becomes available.
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After finishing third at the WCWS, Gators coach Tim Walton now will look to shore up some spots through the transfer portal and fortify a 2025 team that will returnfloridagators.com
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Another site from a source who has connections inside the softball program says we have very good chance of getting NiJaree Canady, the Stanford Pitcher National Player of the Year, sophomore, as a portal transfer.
Erickson Named NFCA Division I Player of the Year - Florida Gators
Jocelyn Erickson joins Skylar Wallace, the 2023 recipient, as the only two Gators to win the award.
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It’s a question of what is the goal of your UA. By all accounts, Stricklin is a great fund raiser and gets a bunch of cranes moving and shovels in the ground. Whether that’s all directed at winning games/matches/meets is another question. I would say it doesn’t appear that is the priority.
Gators add a rising senior to their pitching staff. 6'2" RHP from UNC-Wilmington.
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Kara Hammock - Softball - UNC Wilmington Athletics
Kara Hammock (18) Pitcher - 2024 Season: All-Coastal Athletic Association Second-Teamer who went 17-6 with a 1.60 ERA, fourth-lowest in CAA, as a junior ... set
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My guess is that she ends up at Oklahoma simply because they have a blank check in NIL money from the owner's of the Love's truck Stop chain. Florida has no way of even coming close to an NIL offer Oklahoma can throw out there.
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Why did NiJaree Canady enter transfer portal? Postseason aspirations among reasons for Stanford star's departure | Sporting News
Stanford pitcher NiJaree Canady is heading to pastures new. Here's why.
Also, no Gator softball players entered the transfer portal.
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Walton Announces VanBrakle Prothro as Newest Assistant Coach - Florida Gators
Stephanie VanBrakle Prothro spent the past two seasons as the head coach at Memphis and will take over the development of Florida's pitching staff.
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Wow. Ocala things are looking really solid for next season.Also, no Gator softball players entered the transfer portal.
Walton Announces VanBrakle Prothro as Newest Assistant Coach - Florida Gators
Stephanie VanBrakle Prothro spent the past two seasons as the head coach at Memphis and will take over the development of Florida's pitching staff.
Alabama's Shortstop Kenleigh Cahalan, with 2 years of eligibility left, has transferred to Florida. She was the #1 ranked recruit in the 2022 class. Hasn't played up to that level, but is still a quality player and a good get for Coach Walton.
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She hit .296 last year. Not bad. Good pickupAlabama's Shortstop Kenleigh Cahalan, with 2 years of eligibility left, has transferred to Florida. She was the #1 ranked recruit in the 2022 class. Hasn't played up to that level, but is still a quality player and a good get for Coach Walton.
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Got another SS in the portal.
Have to like the trajectory Holtorf was on at UW:
2022: 42 games, .228/.344/.316, 1 HR, 29 Ks, 10 BBs
2023: 59 games, .277/.350/.475, 5 HRs, 24 Ks, 16 BBs
2024: 47 games, .336/.420/.632, 11 HRs, 18 Ks, 22 BBs
Was UW's starting shortstop each of the past two seasons. Eight errors last season for a .942 fielding percentage.
Have to like the trajectory Holtorf was on at UW:
2022: 42 games, .228/.344/.316, 1 HR, 29 Ks, 10 BBs
2023: 59 games, .277/.350/.475, 5 HRs, 24 Ks, 16 BBs
2024: 47 games, .336/.420/.632, 11 HRs, 18 Ks, 22 BBs
Was UW's starting shortstop each of the past two seasons. Eight errors last season for a .942 fielding percentage.
With the returning players, incoming freshmen and transfers, competition for playing time is going to be fierce. I hope they can keep the team cohesiveness in 2025 like they did in 2024. Tons of talent.
We seem to be putting together a very talented team...and I agree. Need for it to Jel.
So who’s playing SS next year? This one, the Bama one or Mia Williams? Nice problem to have.
My guess is that after fall practice a couple of our ladies will transfer out. They'll all want to play and the fact is there are only so many slots and too many talented players.
Holtorf Signs with Gators - Florida Gators
Rylee Holtorf will have one year of eligibility remaining and is set to compete for UF during the 2025 season.
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Her stats are the best, my guess is she will be tapped to start at SS. Do we have other spots in the infield we can move folks to?Holtorf Signs with Gators - Florida Gators
Rylee Holtorf will have one year of eligibility remaining and is set to compete for UF during the 2025 season.
We'll have 8 players competeing for 2B, SS & 3B. Plenty of options and the competition is going to be fierce.
D1Softball Coach of the Year: Florida’s Tim Walton
AWARDS D1Softball Staff - July 1, 2024
Florida head coach Tim Walton is the D1Softball Coach of the Year following the 2024 college softball season.
Walton led the Gators to an SEC tournament title, a return to the Women’s College World Series, and finished the year one win away from playing for the national championship.
To properly contextualize the Gators’ 2024 season, it’s important to remember the program’s 2023 campaign. In that 2023 season, Florida finished below .500 in conference play and did not host a regional – the latter was previously unheard of during Walton’s years-long tenure at the program’s helm. Instead of being caught in a downward spiral, as so often happens, Walton led his Gators back to the top just one year later.
So many things went right along the way and Walton deserves a lot of credit for those that did. Freshmen pitchers Keagan Rothrock and Ava Brown had been committed to Florida for years, products of the once-allowed early recruiting. Both players remained loyal to the Gators through their high school years and the Gators stayed loyal to them; that faith paid off when Rothrock became an immediate star upon reaching college and Brown proved herself a viable second option in the circle and an everyday lineup piece.
Transfers are not an arena that the Gators have often lived in. Over the years, they’ve picked up valuable additions through the transfer process, to be sure – look no further than Skylar Wallace for proof – but Walton and Florida took the transfer portal by the horns and embraced it last summer. That attention and eye for talent also paid off, with catcher Jocelyn Erickson earning SEC Player of the Year honors while outfielder Korbe Otis took her own stardom to a new level.
And what would a Tim Walton-led team be without a look at the defense? The Gators posted a .975 team fielding percentage this season, with 28 double plays turned. Two players earned Rawlings Gold Gloves at as the best defensively at their respective positions, with Erickson and center fielder Kendra Falby both taking home the award for their stellar play in the field.
For his ability to build a championship-caliber team, for his eye for talent and how it paid off for the Florida program, and for his ability to lead a team in a rebound from a “down” year to a conference championship in the span of one offseason, Tim Walton is the D1Softball Coach of the Year.
AWARDS D1Softball Staff - July 1, 2024
Florida head coach Tim Walton is the D1Softball Coach of the Year following the 2024 college softball season.
Walton led the Gators to an SEC tournament title, a return to the Women’s College World Series, and finished the year one win away from playing for the national championship.
To properly contextualize the Gators’ 2024 season, it’s important to remember the program’s 2023 campaign. In that 2023 season, Florida finished below .500 in conference play and did not host a regional – the latter was previously unheard of during Walton’s years-long tenure at the program’s helm. Instead of being caught in a downward spiral, as so often happens, Walton led his Gators back to the top just one year later.
So many things went right along the way and Walton deserves a lot of credit for those that did. Freshmen pitchers Keagan Rothrock and Ava Brown had been committed to Florida for years, products of the once-allowed early recruiting. Both players remained loyal to the Gators through their high school years and the Gators stayed loyal to them; that faith paid off when Rothrock became an immediate star upon reaching college and Brown proved herself a viable second option in the circle and an everyday lineup piece.
Transfers are not an arena that the Gators have often lived in. Over the years, they’ve picked up valuable additions through the transfer process, to be sure – look no further than Skylar Wallace for proof – but Walton and Florida took the transfer portal by the horns and embraced it last summer. That attention and eye for talent also paid off, with catcher Jocelyn Erickson earning SEC Player of the Year honors while outfielder Korbe Otis took her own stardom to a new level.
And what would a Tim Walton-led team be without a look at the defense? The Gators posted a .975 team fielding percentage this season, with 28 double plays turned. Two players earned Rawlings Gold Gloves at as the best defensively at their respective positions, with Erickson and center fielder Kendra Falby both taking home the award for their stellar play in the field.
For his ability to build a championship-caliber team, for his eye for talent and how it paid off for the Florida program, and for his ability to lead a team in a rebound from a “down” year to a conference championship in the span of one offseason, Tim Walton is the D1Softball Coach of the Year.
Well deserved based on pre season expectations.
I read on another site that Patick Mahomes and billiuonaire alums John & Tracy Sellers have put up a ton of money for NIL's in women's sports at his alma mater and that Canady is getting something like $2.5 million over 2 years to go there. They hired Louisiana Rajun Cajun's coach to lead their program and have gotten numerous high level players from the portal in addition to the National POY Canady. At least she didn't go to Oklahoma!
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2023 Top 15 Softball Budgets:
Oklahoma $6.58M
Florida State $5.37M
Tennessee $4.10M
Washington $3.97M
Oklahoma State $3.48M
Alabama $3.79M
Auburn $3.50M
Oklahoma State $3.48M
Texas $3.42M
Ole Miss $3.39M
LSU $3.32M
Florida $3.18M
Arkansas $3.18M
Arizona $2.99M
Oregon $2.89M
Oklahoma $6.58M
Florida State $5.37M
Tennessee $4.10M
Washington $3.97M
Oklahoma State $3.48M
Alabama $3.79M
Auburn $3.50M
Oklahoma State $3.48M
Texas $3.42M
Ole Miss $3.39M
LSU $3.32M
Florida $3.18M
Arkansas $3.18M
Arizona $2.99M
Oregon $2.89M
Townsen Thomas Helps USA to First Place Finish in U-18 World Cup Group C - Florida Gators
Thomas hit 13-for-19 (.684) over six games to help the USA to a perfect 6-0 record.
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