Barnhill set six single-season Florida pitching records in 2017.
Barnhill Up For ESPY Award: Best Female College Athlete
Thursday, June 22, 2017 | Softball
VOTE – Best Female College Athlete
LOS ANGELES – Sophomore Kelly Barnhill is one of five nominees up for a 2017 ESPY award in the category of Best Female College Athlete. The ESPYS will be held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
After having a stellar sophomore campaign, the Marietta, Ga. native joins some of the nation's best in their respective sports: Stanford's Inky Ajanaku (volleyball), West Virginia's Kadeisha Buchanan (soccer), Washington's Kelsey Plum (basketball) and Maryland's Zoe Stukenberg (lacrosse) are all on the ballot.
Barnhill helped lead the Gators back to Oklahoma City for the Women's College World Series with national leading marks of a 0.51 ERA and 13.0 strikeouts per seven innings.
Those two staggering statistics also went down as the best in a single season by a Florida pitcher but she also set records in lowest opponent batting average (.121), most combined shutouts (10), most strikeouts looking (100) and lowest stolen base percentage (.333).
The ESPYS, hosted by Peyton Manning, will air on July 12 at 8 p.m. on ABC or you can watch the broadcast live on WatchESPN. Voting will remain open until the live show starts.
Season Awards
LOS ANGELES – Sophomore Kelly Barnhill is one of five nominees up for a 2017 ESPY award in the category of Best Female College Athlete. The ESPYS will be held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
After having a stellar sophomore campaign, the Marietta, Ga. native joins some of the nation's best in their respective sports: Stanford's Inky Ajanaku (volleyball), West Virginia's Kadeisha Buchanan (soccer), Washington's Kelsey Plum (basketball) and Maryland's Zoe Stukenberg (lacrosse) are all on the ballot.
Barnhill helped lead the Gators back to Oklahoma City for the Women's College World Series with national leading marks of a 0.51 ERA and 13.0 strikeouts per seven innings.
Those two staggering statistics also went down as the best in a single season by a Florida pitcher but she also set records in lowest opponent batting average (.121), most combined shutouts (10), most strikeouts looking (100) and lowest stolen base percentage (.333).
The ESPYS, hosted by Peyton Manning, will air on July 12 at 8 p.m. on ABC or you can watch the broadcast live on WatchESPN. Voting will remain open until the live show starts.
Season Awards
- 2017 Honda Sports Award
- 2017 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year
- 2017 espnW Player of the Year
- 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-American
- NFCA All-American First Team
- SEC Pitcher of the Year
- All-SEC First Team
- SEC Pitcher of the Week – 5x (2/20, 4/11, 4/18, 4/25, 5/2)
- USA Softball Co-Player of the Week – (4/18)
- Louisville Slugger/NFCA Pitcher of the Week – (4/18)
- ESPNW Player of the Week – (4/18)
- Pitched her second career no-hitter against Kentucky (4/16/17).
- Has 16 wins and 10 shutouts over top 25 opponents this season.
- Entered in the sixth inning of a scoreless game against then No. 1-ranked Florida State (4/12) and struck out three to shut the door on a 1-0 victory.
- Recorded the two longest scoreless inning streaks (45.2 & 51.0) by any current pitcher on staff this season.
- Pitched a program single game record 10.1 innings and 21 strikeouts (10 looking) against Florida State (5/3).
- Produced 19 games with 10 or more strikeouts and handed opponent season-highs to notable programs such as: Auburn (16), Georgia (14), Kentucky 2x (15), Ole Miss (16), Tennessee (12), Florida State (21) and Oklahoma (13).
- First pitcher in Florida history to have earned five SEC Pitcher of the Week awards in the same season.
- Struck out the side 48 times over 22 games in 2017.
- Threw four one-hitters in 2017: USF (2/12), Northwestern State (2/18), Long Beach State (3/2) and Oklahoma State (5/20).
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