2024 Softball Roster
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Falby, Kendra
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Jersey Number 27
Kendra Falby
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Odessa, Fla.
- High School:
- Sunlake
Bio
Major: Event Management
Career Honors:
Career Honors:
- 2025 NFCA Second Team All-American
- 2025 Rawlings Gold Glove Award (Center Field)
- 2025 All-SEC First Team
- 2025 SEC All-Defensive Team
- 2025 NFCA All-Gulf Region First Team
- 2025 Softball America Defender of the Year
- 2025 Softball America First Team All-American
- 2025 D1 Softball First Team All-American
- 2025 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 10 Finalist
- 2025 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 53 Watch List
- 2024 Rawlings Gold Glove Award (Center Field)
- 2024 NFCA All-Southeast Region Second Team
- 2024 All-SEC First Team
- 2024 SEC All-Defensive Team
- 2024 USA Softball Top 50 Watch List
- 2023 NFCA All-Southeast Region Second Team
- 2023 All-SEC Second Team
- 2023 USA Softball Top 50 Watch List
- 2022 Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I Freshman of the Year Top 25 Finalist
- 2022 NFCA All-Southeast Region First Team
- 2022 SEC All-Tournament Team
- 2x SEC Freshman of the Week (Feb. 21 & 28, 2022)
- Honors:
- 2025 NFCA Second Team All-American
- 2025 Rawlings Gold Glove Award (Center Field)
- 2025 All-SEC First Team
- 2025 SEC All-Defensive Team
- 2025 NFCA All-Gulf Region First Team
- 2025 Softball America Defender of the Year
- 2025 Softball America First Team All-American
- 2025 D1 Softball First Team All-American
- 2025 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 10 Finalist
- 2025 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 53 Watch List
- UF Career Ranks:
- Runs: 259 (T-1st)
- Hits: 337 (2nd)
- Stolen Bases: 118 (2nd)
- Batting Average: .393 (3rd)
- Triples: 11 (6th)
- Total Bases: 417 (8th)
- National Ranks:
- Hits: 90 (7th)
- Runs: 71 (8th)
- Stolen Bases: 36 (11th)
- SEC Ranks:
- Hits: 90 (2nd)
- Stolen Bases: 36 (2nd)
- Stolen Base Percentage: .900 (2nd)
- Stolen Bases Per Game: .55 (2nd)
- Runs: 71 (3rd)
- Batting Average: .423 (6th)
- Toughest To Strike Out: 16.4 (6th)
- UF Single Season Ranks:
- Fielding Percentage: 1.000 (T-1st)
- Stolen Bases: 36 (T-3rd)
- Hits: 90 (T-4th)
- Batting Average: .423 (6th)
- Runs: 71 (T-9th)
- Statistics:
- One of just four Gators to start all 65 games, all in center field
- Batted .423 (90-for-213) with 71 runs, nine doubles, two triples, two home runs, 34 RBI, 30 walks and a hit by pitch
- Led the team in batting average, hits, stolen bases, triples, at bat, and sacrifice bunts (6)
- Tallied 35 hits in SEC play, the most in the league, and batted a team-best .393, sixth-highest in the conference
- Swiped 36 bases in 40 attempts
- Notables:
- Named the Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner in center field for the second season in a row
- Her and teammate Jocelyn Erickson became just the second and third pair of repeat winners in the award's history
- Led the Gators in hits for four-straight seasons and in batting average in three of four seasons
- Reached base in all but three of Florida's 65 games and recorded at least one hit in 57 games
- Tallied a team-best 25 multi-hit and eight multi-RBI games
- Only player to record two triples in conference play
- Had single-season career-bests in batting average, hits, runs, RBI, walks, slugging percentage (.512), on-base percentage (.494)
- Hit a pair of home runs: at USF (Feb. 9) and vs. UCF (March 12)
- In the outfield, robbed over-the-wall home runs at No. 5/4 Texas A&M (March 7), vs. No. 2 Texas (March 15) and No. 1 Oklahoma (May 2)
- Robbed a grand slam at No. 5/4 Texas A&M (March 15) and picked up one of her four assists on the season, turning the double play for the out at home
- Opened the season on a 48-game on-base streak (Feb. 6-April 19)
- Swiped three stolen bases vs. Stetson (Feb. 12), matching a career-high
- Held a team-best 18-game hitting streak (Feb. 21-March 17), the second-longest hit streak by a Gator senior in program history
- Went 4-for-4 at the plate twice: vs. Iowa State (Feb. 23) and at No. 17 Ole Miss (April 11)
- Named the Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner in center field for the second season in a row
As a Junior (2024):
- Honors:
- 2024 Rawlings Gold Glove Award
- 2024 NFCA All-Southeast Region Second Team
- 2024 All-SEC First Team
- 2024 SEC All-Defensive Team
- National Ranks:
- Hits: 87 (3rd)
- Runs Per Game: 1.00 (T-28th)
- SEC Ranks:
- Hits: 87 (1st)
- Plate Appearances: 263 (1st)
- At-Bats: 241 (1st)
- Batting Average: .361 (10th)
- Runs Scored: 69 (3rd)
- Doubles: 16 (5th)
- Stolen Bases: 19 (T-5th)
- Triples: 4 (T-5th)
- Total Bases: 117 (7th)
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- At-Bats: 241 (2nd)
- Hits: 87 (T-7th)
- Runs Scored: 69 (T-9th)
- Statistics:
- Started and played in all 69 games
- Batted .361 (87-for-241) with 69 runs, 16 doubles, four triples, two home runs and 25 RBI
- Notables:
- Led the Gators in hits (79) for the third-straight season
- Recorded 27 multi-hit games, tied for a team-high
- Turned in a career performance at FSU (May 1), going 5-for-6 with the game-winning solo home run in the top of the ninth inning and turned the game-ending double play. Also tied career-best of four RBI
- Finished the season with 247 career hits, ninth-most in program history
- Honors:
- NFCA All-Southeast Region Second Team
- All-SEC Second Team
- USA Softball Top 50 “Watch List”
- National Ranks:
- Batting Average: .403 (40th)
- Hits: 75 (18th)
- On Base Percentage: .464 (100th)
- Runs Per Game: .95 (28th)
- Stolen Bases: 27 (34th)
- SEC Ranks:
- Hits: 75 (3rd)
- Runs Scored: 56 (4th)
- Stolen Bases: 27 (4th)
- Batting Average: .403 (5th)
- At Bats: 186 (8th)
- Total Plate Appearances: 214 (12th)
- UF Career Ranks:
- Batting Average: .397 (3rd)
- Stolen Bases: 63 (7th)
- UF Single Season Ranks:
- Stolen Bases: 27 (T-7th)
- Batting Average: .403 (9th)
- UF Single Game Ranks:
- Triples: 2 (T-1st – Kentucky – May 6)
- Runs: 4 (T-1st – Mercer – March 10)
- UF Sophomore Ranks:
- Batting Average: 403 (2nd)
- Stolen Bases: 27 (T-2nd)
- Hits: 75 (T-4th)
- Runs: 56 (T-5th)
- Triples: 2 (T-7th)
- On Base Percentage: .464 (T-7th)
- Statistics:
- Batted .403 (75-for-186) and her 75 hits lead the team. Also scored 56 runs, belted five doubles, two triples and drove in 24 RBI. Went 27-for-30 on stolen bases
- Started and played in all 59 games for the Gators in either left field or center field
- Notables:
- Produced a career-high four hits and four runs scored against Mercer (3/10). The four runs tied the UF single-game record
- Ripped a career-high two triples against Kentucky (5/6), which tied the UF single-game record
- Recorded a team-leading 18 multi-hit games and tallied a 10-game hit-streak
- Honors:
- Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I Freshman of the Year Top 25 Finalist
- NFCA All-Southeast Region First Team
- SEC All-Tournament Team
- SEC Freshman of the Week – Feb. 21 & 28
- National Ranks:
- Hits – 85 (3rd)
- Stolen Bases – 36 (14th)
- Runs Per Game – 0.93 (53rd)
- Batting Average: .392 (71st)
- SEC Ranks:
- Hits – 85 (1st)
- At-Bats – 217 (1st)
- Stolen Bases – 36 (2nd)
- Plate Appearances – 243 (T-2nd)
- Runs – 63 (3rd)
- Batting Average - .392 (8th)
- Fielding Percentage – 1.000 (T-1st)
- UF Career Ranks:
- Batting Average - .392 (2nd)
- UF Single Season Ranks:
- Fielding Percentage – 1.000 (T-1st)
- Stolen Bases – 36 (T-2nd)
- Stolen Base Attempts – 41 (T-2nd)
- Batting Average - .392 (8th)
- Hits – 85 (8th)
- Runs Scored – 63 (10th)
- UF Freshman Ranks:
- Stolen Bases – 36 (T-1st)
- Runs – 63 (1st)
- Fielding Percentage – 1.000 (T-1st)
- Batting Average – .392 (2nd)
- Hits – 85 (2nd)
- At-Bats – 217 (4th)
- Triples – 3 (T-4th)
- Strikeouts – 44 (7th)
- On Base Percentage - .444 (7th)
- Statistics:
- Played in 68 games with 68 starts, played center field and left field and batted at the top of the order for the Gators
- Tallied one inside-the-park home run against Mississippi State (March 14) to break a scoreless tie in the bottom of the 6th inning of play
- Notables:
- Ranked third in the nation in total hits with 85, which was the most hits by a SEC freshman since 2013 when UF’s Kelsey Stewart produced 90 and Alabama’s Haylie McCleney notched 86 hits
- Ranked inside the top 10 in the UF single-season record book in batting average (.392 – 8th), runs (63 – 10th), hits (85 – 8th) and stolen bases (36 – 2nd)
- The 36 stolen bases are tied for the most by a freshman in a single season with Kelsey Stewart who achieved the feat in 2013
- 2021 Sunshine Athletic Conference East Softball Player of the Year
- 2021 Sunshine Athletic Conference East First Team
- 2021 The Alliance All-Star - American Team
- 2020 Miracle Sports Softball Player of the Week
- 2019 Canadian U-19 Women’s National Team
- 2019 WBSC Junior World Cup Bronze Medal
- 2019 Home Run Sports Female Fastpitch Minor Athlete of the Year
- 2019 Canadian Jr. Athlete of the Year
- 2019 All-Conference and Eastern Conference First Team – OF
- 2018 MaxPreps National Underclass All-American Freshman
- 2018 Eastern Conference Player of the Year
- 2018 All-North Teams First Team - OF
Tim Walton, Korbe Otis, Reagan Walsh, Kendra Falby Postgame Press Conference 5-30-25
Saturday, May 31
Tim Walton, Korbe Otis, Keagan Rothrock Postgame Press Conference 5-29-25
Thursday, May 29
Kendra Falby, Jocelyn Erickson Rawlings Gold Glove Press Conference 5-28-25
Wednesday, May 28
Tim Walton, Kendra Falby, Taylor Shumaker Pre-WCWS Press Conference 5-28-25
Wednesday, May 28
