Major: Nutritional Sciences

Career Honors:

2012 NFCA All-Southeast Region Second Team

2012 All-SEC Second Team

2010 SEC All-Freshman Team

2012 SEC Community Service Team

2012-13 UF SAAC Vice President

2011-12 SAAC Softball Representative

2012 Capital One Academic All-American

2012 Capital One Academic All-District 4 First Team

2012 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete

2012 SEC Academic Honor Roll

2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll

2011 Capital One Academic All-District 3 First Team

2010 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll

Career Highlights:

• : Made top 10 in 3 single season lists: 9 hit by pitches (9^th), 50 strikeouts (5^th), and tied for 6^th with 12 sacrifice hits….Also made 3 top 10 lists for UF career: .618 slugging percentage (6^th), 10^th for on base percentage with .424, and 36 homeruns (tied for 5^th)

As a Senior (2013):

• Second Team All-SEC OF, NFCA All-Southeast Region Second Team
• Top-10 Finalist for the 2013 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, named to the SEC Community Service Team, one of the SEC’s Brad Davis Community Service Scholarship Nominees ($5K post-grad scholarship) and a NCAA Postgrad Scholarship recipient ($7,500)
• One of UF’s two graduating seniors & a team captain
• Had a team-best three outfield assists in right field and knocked the game-tying two-run homer in the SEC Championship Game as the Gators went on to claim the SEC Tournament title
• Tied a single-game record with two sac bunts versus Auburn in UF’s SEC-opening series
• Ranked second in the SEC with her 12 sac bunts in 2013
• Batted .262 her senior season, including .222 in postseason play, and ranked third for Florida with 10 home runs
• Had 11 multiple-hit games for the Gators, six game-winning RBI and one grand slam
• Finished her career at UF with a 211-45 (.824) overall record, an 80-24 (.769) mark in SEC play and ranks fifth in Florida’s career record book for homers (36)

• A 2012 Capital One Academic All-District 4 First Team pick, then named a Capital One Academic All-America second-team pick
• Named to the 2012 All-Southeast Region second team
• An All-SEC second team selection at catcher
• Named to the 2012 Softball SEC Community Service team
• Led UF and the SEC in doubles through league play, with her seven and ranked second for UF with nine
• Also smashed 13 round-trippers to rank second for the Gators
• Took over primary catching duties for the Orange and Blue after starter Brittany Schutte exited for a majority of the season with an injury
• Smashed her first career grand slam against Tennessee State, one of 14 players in the SEC to have one, and finished with a school-record tying two homers that game
• Strung together a seven-game RBI streak from Feb. 25-March 4, accounting for 15 RBI through the seven games, nearly a third of her season total
• Ranked sixth in the SEC in slugging percentage (.645), seventh in home runs (13)
• Checked in third for UF in batting clip (.329), tossed out 12 runners on the base paths during the 2012 season
• Had 12 multi-hit and multi-RBI games for the Gators, ranking second in multiple-RBI contests

• One of just two players to record a perfect fielding percentage for UF in 2011
• Named a Capital One Academic All-District III first team selection for her work in the classroom and also named to the 2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• Played in 52 games with 41 starts, primarily in the designated player spot
• Tallied career highs in at-bats, hits, RBI, walks, putouts and assists this season

• Named to the SEC All-Freshman Team
• First hit in a Gator uniform was a home run against Campbell (Feb. 19)
• Tallied five home runs in a span of nine games at the end of the regular season, recording 11 hits and 13 RBIs

High School / Travel Ball:

• A 2009 graduate of Durant High School in Plant City, Fla… .Team was district champions for three years and was in the Class 6A Championship game in 2008… Set school records for hits and home runs in a season… Earned all-state honors as a junior… Also played for the Gold Coast Hurricanes, coached by Marty Cooper… Team was the 2008 Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA) 18-and-Under Gold Nationals Champions and runner-up in 2009… Also was captain of the volleyball team in 2009… An All-Academic Athlete in volleyball and softball for three years.

Horton’s Career Statistics