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11 Kelly Barnhill

Height 5-8
Class Senior
Hometown Marietta, Ga.
Highschool Pope

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Major: Public Relations

Career Honors:

2019 No. 1 Overall NPF Draft Pick
2019 NFCA All-American Second Team
2019 NFCA All-Southeast Region First Team
2019 SEC Tournament MVP
2019 SEC Tournament Team
2019 All-SEC Second Team
2019 Google Cloud/CoSIDA Academic All-American Second Team
2019 Senior CLASS Award Top-10 Finalist
2019 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Pitcher of the Week (2/12)
2019 SEC Pitcher of the Week (2/12, 2/19, 2/25 & 4/30)
2019 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2018 USA Softball Player of the Year Top 4 Finalist
2018 CWSA Honda Sports Award Top 4 Finalist
2018 Google Cloud/CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year
2018 Google Cloud/CoSIDA Academic All-American First Team
2018 NFCA All-American First Team
2018 NFCA All-Southeast Region First Team
2018 SEC Pitcher of the Year
2018 All-SEC First Team
2018 SEC Community Service Team
2018 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
2018 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2018 SEC Pitcher of the Week – 4x (2/26, 3/5, 3/27 & 4/17)
2018 USA Softball Co-Player of the Week (2/27)
2018 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Pitcher of the Week (2/27)
2018 Team USA Member
2017 USA Softball Collegiate National Player of the Year
2017 Honda Sport Award Winner
2017 espnW Player of the Year
2017 ESPY – Best Female Collegiate Athlete
2017 SEC Pitcher of the Year
2017 All-SEC First Team
2017 NFCA First Team All-American
2017 NFCA First Team All-Southeast Region
2017 WCWS All-Tournament Team
2017 CoSIDA Academic All-American First Team
2017 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2017 SEC Pitcher of the Week – 5x (2/20, 4/11, 4/18, 4/25, 5/2)
2017 Louisville Slugger/NFCA National Pitcher of the Week (4/18)
2017 USA Softball Collegiate National Player of the Week (4/18)
2017 espnW Player of the Week (4/19)
2016 NFCA Freshman of the Year Top Three Finalist
2016 Third Team All-Southeast Region
2016 SEC All-Freshman Team
2016 SEC Freshman of the Week twice (3/21, 5/9)
2016 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll

UF Career Ranks:

Opponent Batting Average – .134 (First)
Strikeouts – 1,208 (First)
Strikeouts Looking – 328 (First)
Strikeouts Per 7.0 Innings – 10.53 (First)
Wins – 104 (Third)
Saves – 7 (T-Fifth)
Appearances – 157 (Fourth)
Starts – 137 (Third)
Complete Games – 76 (Third)
Shutouts – 44 (Second)
Combined Shutouts – 30 (First)
Innings Pitched – 803.1 (Third)
Batters Faced – 3,074 (Fifth)
Lowest Stolen Base Against Percentage – .556 (Sixth)

NCAA Active Career Ranks:

Shutouts – 44 (First)
Games Started – 137 (First)
Strikeouts – 1,208 (Second)
Strikeouts Per 7.0 Innings – 10.53 (Second)
Wins – 104 (Third)
ERA – 1.17 (Fourth)
Innings Pitched – 803.3 (Fourth)
Appearances – 157 (Sixth)
Complete Games – 76 (Eighth)

Career Highlights:

Became the only player in Florida history to be named a three-time NFCA All-American and three-time Google Cloud Academic All-American.
Earned 13 SEC Pitcher of the Week accolades over her career, which ranks second overall in SEC history behind Monica Abbott’s 16 career accolades.
2019, struck out the side 28 times throughout the season and notched 11 games with 10+ strikeouts.
2019, hurled a complete-game no-hitter against No. 19 Auburn (4/26) and a combined no-hitter with Natalie Lugo against Boise State (5/18).
- Also threw three complete-game one-hitters: No. 5 Washington (3/1), USF (4/10) & No. 10 LSU (5/9).
2019, recorded a season long 23.2 scoreless innings pitched streak.
2018, set the Gators single-season record for lowest opponent batting average (.119) for the third consecutive season.
2018, accumulated 18 wins and seven shutouts against Top 25 opponents.
2018, threw her first career perfect game against Georgia Southern (2/25) in the Aquafina Invitational.
2018, produced five complete-game no-hitters and two combined no-hitters.
- North Florida (2/14), Iowa State (2/24), Georgia Southern (2/25), Kentucky (3/9), USF (3/21) | combined with Aleshia Ocasio vs. No. 8/9 Baylor (3/3) & Bethune-Cookman (5/18).
2018, handed season-high strikeouts to Top 25 Teams: No. 16/19 Louisiana (8), No. 8/9 Baylor (13), No. 23/22 Kentucky (13), No. 8 Texas A&M (12), No. 13/14 LSU (15) and No. 6/8 Florida State (10)
2018, hurled 17 games with 10 or more strikeouts and struck out the side 33 times throughout the season.
2018, pitched her second career no-hitter against Kentucky (4/16/17).
Entered in the sixth inning of a scoreless game against Florida State (4/12/17) and struck out three to shut the door on a win over the then No. 1-ranked Seminoles.
Has 14 wins and nine shutouts over Top 25 opponents in the 2017 season.
Recorded scoreless inning streaks of 45.2 & 51.0 in the 2017 season. Both are the longest amongst any current pitcher on Florida’s staff.
Pitched a program single game record 10.1 innings and 21 strikeouts (10 looking) against Florida State (5/3/2017).
Produced 18 games with 10 or more strikeouts and handed 2017 opponent season-highs to notable programs such as: Auburn (16), Georgia (14), Kentucky 2x (15), Ole Miss (16), Tennessee (12) and Florida State (21).
First pitcher in Florida history to have earned five SEC Pitcher of the Week awards in the same season.
Has struck out the side 44 times over 22 games.
Has thrown four one-hitters in the 2017 season. USF (2/12), Northwestern State (2/18), Long Beach State (3/2) and Oklahoma State (5/20).
Currently leads the nation in ERA and strikeouts per seven innings.
2016 USA Softball National Team
- Following a USA Softball Selection Camp in January, Barnhill became the youngest athlete to be chosen for the U.S. Women's National Team's roster since Stanford's Ashley Hanson in 2009.
2015 USA Softball Women’s Junior National Team
- Assisted the Eagles to a fifth-place finish at the World Cup of Softball X.
- Helped the Stars and Stripes win gold at the 2015 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Junior Women’s World Championship (JWWC). In the circle, Barnhill was a perfect 6-0 for the Eagles as she struck out 51 batters in just 26 innings pitched. In addition, she recorded a miniscule 0.54 earned run average.
Threw Florida's fourth no hitter of the 2016 season and first of her career in UF’s regular season finale against Arkansas.
- During that contest, Barnhill walked the first hitter of the game before she retired the next 15 Razorback hitters, including 10 strikeouts, to complete UF's series sweep of Arkansas. She joined Lindsay Littlejohn (Feb. 19, 2006, Longwood) and Delanie Gourley (May 16, 2014, Florida A&M) as the only freshmen in program history to throw a no hitter.
Tied her and Delanie Gourley’s school-record 18 strikeouts on March 16 against Winthrop. On Sunday, March 6, that duo combined for 18 strikeouts against FAMU. Gourley recorded a career-high 13 strikeouts in 5.1 innings pitched, and Barnhill dealt five strikeouts to the only five Rattlers she faced.
- Barnhill holds the Florida individual-game record for strikeouts. That mark was previously held by her teammate, Aleshia Ocasio, and former Gator, Renise Landry, who each had 17. The freshman’s performance marked the second time a Gator pitcher recorded 15+ strikeouts in a regulation game since Jenny Gladding had 15 against Nebraska on Feb. 21, 2004.

As a Senior (2019):

Honors
- No. 1 Overall NPF Draft Pick
- NFCA All-American Second Team
- NFCA All-Southeast Region First Team
- SEC Tournament MVP
- SEC Tournament Team
- All-SEC Second Team
- Google Cloud/CoSIDA Academic All-American Second Team
- Senior CLASS Award Top-10 Finalist
- Louisville Slugger/NFCA Pitcher of the Week (2/12)
- SEC Pitcher of the Week (2/12, 2/19, 2/25 & 4/30)
- SEC Academic Honor Roll

NCAA Ranks:
- ERA – 1.61 (31^st)
- Strikeouts Per 7.0 Innings – 8.7 (24^th)
- Wins – 34 (Second)
- Hits Allowed Per 7.0 Innings – 3.66 (Fourth)
- Strikeouts – 358 (Second)
- Shutouts – 14 (First)

SEC Ranks:
- ERA – 1.61 (Fourth)
- Opposing Batting Avg. – .152 (First)
- Innings Pitched – 287.0 (First)
- Strikeouts – 358 (First)
- Strikeouts Looking – 90 (First)
- Wins – 34 (First)
- Appearances – 52 (First)
- Starts – 45 (First)

UF Senior Records:
- ERA – 1.61 (Ninth)
- Wins – 34 (Second)
- Appearances – 52 (First)
- Starts – 45 (First)
- Complete Games – 29 (Fourth)
- Shutouts – 14 (Third)
- Saves – 3 (T-First)
- Innings Pitched – 287.0 (T-First)
- Strikeouts – 358 (First)

As a Junior (2018):

Honors:
- USA Softball Player of the Year Top 4 Finalist
- CWSA Honda Sports Award Top 4 Finalist
- Google Cloud/CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year
- Google Cloud/CoSIDA Academic All-American First Team
- NFCA All-American First Team
- NFCA All-Southeast Region First Team
- SEC Pitcher of the Year
- All-SEC First Team
- SEC Community Service Team
- Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
- SEC Pitcher of the Week – 4x (2/26, 3/5, 3/27 & 4/17)
- USA Softball Co-Player of the Week (2/27)
- Louisville Slugger/NFCA Pitcher of the Week (2/27)
- Team USA Member

Stats:
- Made 41 appearances in the circle with 38 starts and recorded a 29-3 record with a 1.08 ERA over 214.1 innings pitched.
- Limited opposing batters to a .119 average and only relinquished 85 hits and 46 runs, 35 of which were earned.
- Produced 11 complete-game shutouts and assisted in seven more.
- Tallied a 37.0 scoreless inning streak.

NCAA Ranks:
- ERA – 1.08 (Fifth)
- Wins – 29 (Fourth)
- Hits Allowed Per 7 Innings – 2.78 (First)
- Shutouts – 11 (Tenth)
- Strikeouts – 324 (Second)
- Strikeouts Per 7 Innings – 10.60 (Fifth)

SEC Ranks:
- ERA – 1.08 (Third)
- Shutouts – 11 (First)
- Opposing Batting Average – .119 (Second)
- Innings Pitched – 214.0 (Second)
- Strikeouts – 324 (First)
- Strikeouts Looking – 94 (First)
- Strikeouts Per 7 Innings – 10.60 (First)
- Wins – 29 (First)
- Starts – 38 (First)
- Appearances – 41 (Fourth)

UF Junior Records:
- ERA – 1.08 (Third)
- Wins – 29 (Fifth)
- Strikeouts – 324 (Second)
- Appearances – 41 (Seventh)
- Starts – 38 (Sixth)
- Complete Games – 23 (Sixth)
- Shutouts – 11 (Third)
- Innings Pitched – 214.0 (Seventh)

UF Career Records:
- ERA – 0.92 (First)
- Opponent Batting Average – .124 (First)
- Strikeouts Per 7 Innings – 11.52 (First)
- Wins – 70 (Seventh)
- Starts – 92 (Sixth)
- Complete Games – 47 (Eighth)
- Shutouts – 30 (Fourth)
- Combined Shutouts – 23 (Second)
- Strikeouts – 850 (Second)
- Strikeouts Looking – 238 (Second)
- Lowest Stolen Base Percentage – .419 (First)

Notables:
- Set the Gators single-season record for lowest opponent batting average (.119) for the third consecutive season.
- Accumulated 18 wins and seven shutouts against Top 25 opponents.
- Threw her first career perfect game against Georgia Southern (2/25) in the Aquafina Invitational.
- Produced five complete-game no-hitters and two combined no-hitters.
  - North Florida (2/14), Iowa State (2/24), Georgia Southern (2/25), Kentucky (3/9), USF (3/21) | combined with Aleshia Ocasio vs. No. 8/9 Baylor (3/3) & Bethune-Cookman (5/18).
- Handed season-high strikeouts to Top 25 Teams: No. 16/19 Louisiana (8), No. 8/9 Baylor (13), No. 23/22 Kentucky (13), No. 8 Texas A&M (12), No. 13/14 LSU (15) and No. 6/8 Florida State (10)
- Hurled 17 games with 10 or more strikeouts and struck out the side 33 times throughout the season.

As a Sophomore (2017):

Honors:
- USA Softball Collegiate National Player of the Year
- Honda Sport Award Winner
- espnW Player of the Year
- ESPY – Best Female Collegiate Athlete
- SEC Pitcher of the Year
- WCWS All-Tournament Team
- All-SEC First Team
- NFCA First Team All-American
- NFCA First Team All-Southeast Region
- CoSIDA Academic All-American First Team
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
- SEC Pitcher of the Week – 5x (2/20, 4/11, 4/18, 4/25, 5/2)
- Louisville Slugger/NFCA National Pitcher of the Week (4/18)
- USA Softball Collegiate National Player of the Week (4/18)
- espnW Player of the Week (4/19)

NCAA Ranks:
- ERA – 0.51 (First)
- Hits Allowed Per Seven Innings – 2.86 (Second)
- Strikeouts – 359 (Third)
- Stikeouts Per Seven Innings – 13.0 (First)
- Shutouts – 13 (Third)
- Wins – 26 (T-14^th)
- Saves – 3 (49^th)
- Walks Allowed Per Seven Innings – 1.41 (57^th)

SEC Ranks:
- ERA – 0.51 (First)
- Stikeouts – 359 (First)
- Stikeouts Looking – 100 (First)
- Saves – 3 (T-Sixth)
- Opposing Batting Avg. – .121 (Second)
- Appearances – 37 (T-11^th)
- Innings Pitched – 193.2 (Sixth)
- Wins – 26 (T-Second)
- Games Started – 30 (Fourth)
- Wild Pitches – 15 (T-Fifth)
- Fewest Earned Runs Allowed – 14 (First)
- Fewest Runs Allowed – 22 (Second)
- Fewest Hits Allowed – 79 (Ninth)
- Fewest Walks Allowed – 39 (13^th)
- Fewest Home Runs Allowed – 5 (T-Ninth)
- Single-Game Strikeouts – 21 (First)

UF Single Season Ranks:
- ERA – 0.51 (First)
- Opposing Batting Avg. – .121 (First)
- Strikeouts Looking – 100 (First)
- Strikeouts – 359 (Second)
- Wild Pitches – 15 (Fourth)
- Lowest Stolen Base Percentage Against – .333 (First)

UF Sophomore Ranks:
- ERA – 0.51 (First)
- Wins – 26 (Third)
- Losses – 4 (T-Sixth)
- Appearances – 37 (Fifth)
- Games Started – 30 (Fourth)
- Complete Games – 17 (Fifth)
- Shutouts – 13 (Third)
- Saves – 3 (T-Sixth)
- Innings Pitched – 193.2 (Fourth)
- Walks – 40 (Sixth)
- Strikeouts – 359 (First)
- Wild Pitches – 15 (T-Second)
- Hit Batters – 9 (T-Fifth)

As a Freshman (2016):

Honors:
- NFCA Freshman of the Year Top Three Finalist
- Third Team All-Southeast Region
- SEC All-Freshman Team
- SEC Freshman of the Week twice (3/21, 5/9)
- SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

Stats:
- 27 appearances / 24 starts
- Finished the season with a 15-1 record to go along with 167 strikeouts and an opponents’ batting average of .140 in 108.1 innings pitched

NCAA Ranks:
- ERA – 1.36 (11th)
- Hits Allowed per Seven Innings – 3.36 (Third)
- Strikeouts per Seven Innings – 10.8 (Second)

SEC Ranks:
- ERA – 1.36 (Sixth)
- Strikeouts – 167 (Ninth)
- Hits Allowed – 52 (Second)
- Runs Allowed – 24 (Third)
- Earned Runs Allowed – 21 (T-5th)
- Opposing Batting Average – .140 (First)

UF Single Season Ranks:
- Opposing Batting Average – .140 (First)
- Strikeouts per Seven Innings – 10.8 (First)
- Win Percentage – 15-1, .938 – (T-5th)

UF Freshman Records:
- ERA – 1.36 (First)
- Wins – 15 (T-4th)
- Appearances – 27 (T-10th)
- Games Started – 24 (T-3rd)
- Complete Games – 7 (T-10th)
- Shutouts – 6 (T-2nd)
- Innings Pitched – 108.1 (10th)
- Strikeouts – 167 (2nd)

Notables:
- Threw Florida's fourth no hitter of the 2016 season and first of her career in UF’s regular season finale against Arkansas.
  - During that contest, Barnhill walked the first hitter of the game before she retired the next 15 Razorback hitters, including 10 strikeouts, to complete UF's series sweep of Arkansas. She joined Lindsay Littlejohn (Feb. 19, 2006, Longwood) and Delanie Gourley (May 16, 2014, Florida A&M) as the only freshmen in program history to throw a no hitter.
- Tied her and Delanie Gourley’s school-record 18 strikeouts on March 16 against Winthrop. On Sunday, March 6, that duo combined for 18 strikeouts against FAMU. Gourley recorded a career-high 13 strikeouts in 5.1 innings pitched, and Barnhill dealt five strikeouts to the only five Rattlers she faced.
  - Barnhill holds the Florida individual-game record for strikeouts. That mark was previously held by her teammate, Aleshia Ocasio, and former Gator, Renise Landry, who each had 17. The freshman’s performance marked the second time a Gator pitcher recorded 15+ strikeouts in a regulation game since Jenny Gladding had 15 against Nebraska on Feb. 21, 2004.
- Became the fifth Gator freshman in six years to record 100+ strikeouts
- Named SEC Freshman of the Week after earning two wins and recording 27 strikeouts in 12.0 innings pitched against Winthrop and No. 16 Tennessee
- Tossed two one-hitters with the second coming in a run-rule win over Nebraska in late February
- Recorded her first double-digit strikeout game of her career against NC State when she notched 14 strikeouts, which ranks 10^th in Florida history for a single game
  - Became the third UF freshman pitcher to have a double-digit strikeout game in as many years and the fifth in the past six seasons
  - Recorded three 10+ strikeout games:
    - 14 vs. NC State (2/25)
    - 18 vs. Winthrop (3/16)
    - 10 vs. Arkansas (5/8)
- Tossed five shutout innings, while recording two strikeouts and not walking a batter in her collegiate debut against No. 2 Michigan.
- One save:
  - March 6 vs. Florida A&M
- Owned a 4-0 record against ranked opponents as she defeated No. 2 Michigan, No. 16 Tennessee, No. 7 LSU and No. 6 Alabama

High School / Travel Ball:

2015 graduate of Pope High School
Played travel ball with the EC Bullets Gold, coached by Greg Schnute
2015 Georgia Gatorade Player of the Year
2015 USA Today Softball Player of the Year
2015 NFCA & Louisville Slugger High School All-American
Three-time Pope High School MVP
Led Pope to the 2014 Georgia Class 6A state title, capping the run with her second championship-game no-hitter
Once struck out all 21 batters in a seven-inning perfect game, one of 22 no-hitters during her high-school career
Held the Georgia single-season strikeout record (534)
Was a candidate for Georgia’s Gatorade Player of the Year in 2013 and 2014
A four-time Pope honor roll selection who carried a 4.275 GPA
Received Pope’s 2013 Faculty Choice Award
Ranked 21st in a class of 448 students
Was a member of the National Honor Society
Served as Vice-President of her school’s Model United Nations group

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