The Gators have had 13 players earn 26 academic all-district accolades under head coach Tim Walton.
Kvistad, Barnhill Earn Academic All-District Honors
Monday, May 14, 2018 | Softball
This is the second consecutive year that both Kvistad and Barnhill earned academic all-district accolades.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Kayli Kvistad and Kelly Barnhill of the Florida softball team were recently named to the Google Cloud Academic All-District Softball Team as selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
This is the second consecutive year that both Kvistad and Barnhill have been selected to the Academic All-District First Team. This is Kvistad's third-straight selection to the Academic All-District team.
The duo will now be placed on the Academic All-America ballot with the results scheduled to be announced in June.
Barnhill's 2018 Accolades & Highlights
- Major | Public Relations
- SEC Pitcher of the Year
- All-SEC First Team
- SEC Pitcher of the Week (4x)
- Team USA Selection
- USA Softball Player of the Year Top 10 Finalist
- SEC Community Service Team
- Louisville Slugger/NFCA Pitcher of the Week
- USA Softball Player of the Week
- SEC Leader | strikeouts (281), wins (26) & strikeouts Looking (79)
- UF Career Records | 6th - Wins (67) | 4th - Shutouts (30) | 3rd - Strikeouts (807
- Graduated this May with her Bachelor's in Communication Science and Disorders
- Senior CLASS Award Top 10 Finalist – Vote Here
- Hit her first walk-off of the season against No. 23/22 Kentucky (3/10)
- Tallied game-winning RBI eight times and scored the winning run three times
- Accounted for three of the four RBI in the 4-1 victory against Missouri to clinch the Gators fourth consecutive SEC Regular Season Championship
- Hit the go-ahead three-run home run in the final game against Missouri to secure the series sweep
- NCAA Active Leader Ranks | Games Played - 4th – 246 | Walks - 4th – 176
- UF Career Ranks | RBI - 5th – 181 | Walks - 1st – 176 | SAC flies - 2nd – 11 | On base % - 2nd - .495
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