2024 Softball Roster

2 Avery Goelz

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Myakka City, Fla.
  • Highschool Lakewood Ranch
  • Instagram avery_goelz

Biography

MAJOR: Graduated in December 2023 with a bachelor's degree in Criminology and earned an undergraduate certificate in May 2024

Career Honors:
  • 3x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024)
  • SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll (2021)
As a Senior (2024):
  • Honors:
    • SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • UF Career Ranks:
    • Double Plays: 59 (4th)
  • Statistics:
    • Appeared in 62 games, making 21 starts
    • Recorded 14 runs, seven hits, two doubles, six RBI, five walks and three stolen bases
    • Helped turn 10 double plays, second-most on the team
  • Notables:
    • Went two-for-two with two RBI and a pair of runs vs. Bethune-Cookman (Feb. 11)
As a Junior (2023):
  • Honors:
    • SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • SEC Ranks:
    • Putouts: 314 (9th)
    • Chances: 331 (10th)
    • Double Plays: 14 (T-10th)
  • UF Junior Ranks:
    • Fielding Percentage - .991 (T-10th)
  • Statistics:
    • Appeared in all 60 games, making 57 starts
    • Batted .270 (40-for-148) with 27 runs, 27 RBI, nine doubles, two triples. one home run, 15 walks and a pair of stolen bases
  • Notables:
    • Scored three runs against Illinois State (Feb. 11), matching career best
    • Tied her career-high with three RBI three times: vs. Central Michigan (Feb. 19), Rutgers (March 12) and Georgia (April 14).
    • Set a career-high for doubles with two against UConn (Feb. 18).
As a Sophomore (2022):
  • Honors:
    • SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • SEC Ranks:
    • Putouts – 342 (5th)
    • Chances – 350 (7th)
  • UF Sophomore Ranks:
    • Putouts – 342 (5th)
    • Fielding Percentage - .991 (T-10th)
  • Statistics:
    • Appeared in 67 games, making 58 starts primarily at first base
    • Batted .268 (40-for-149) with 23 runs scored, 19 RBI, four doubles, a triple and two home runs from the seven, eight and nine spots in the batting order
    • Notched 11 multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games.
  • Notables:
    • Went on a tear during the NCAA Super Regionals at Virginia Tech and Women’s College World Series as she went 5-for-14 (.357) over the six-game stretch with a team-leading six RBI
    • Hit first collegiate home run at Jacksonville (Feb. 15) when she crushed the ball over the right center field wall
    • Launched her second home run of the season with a blast to dead center field against No. 15 Tennessee to cap off her 7th multi-hit game of the year
    • Tied her single-game career-highs in back-to-back games with three RBI each against Virginia Tech (May 29) and Oregon State (June 2)
As a Freshman (2021):
  • Honors:
    • SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll
  • SEC Ranks:
    • Fielding Double Plays – 12 (T-8th)
  • UF Freshman Ranks:
    • Fielding Percentage – .995 (T-7th)
    • Putouts – 194 (10th)
  • Statistics:
    • Played in 50 games, making 41 starts between first base and the outfield
    • Batted .232 (26-of-122) with four doubles, a triple, 11 RBI and 17 runs scored
    • Drew 17 walks and was 3-for-3 on stolen base attempts
  • Notables:
    • Scored the game-winning run against Louisville (Feb. 27) and drove in the game-winning RBI at Mississippi State (March 20)
High School/Travel Ball:
  • 2020 Florida Gatorade Player of the Year
  • 2019 Miracle Sports 8A Offensive Player of the Year
  • 2019 Florida Gatorade Player of the Year Nominee
  • 2019 USA Today All-USA First Team
  • 2019 Florida Athletic Coaches Association (FACA) All-State First Team
  • 2018 Miracle Sports 8A Offensive Player of the Year
  • 2018 Sarasota Herald Tribune Player of the Year
  • 2018 Florida Athletic Coaches Association (FACA) All-State First Team
  • 2017 Miracle Sports 8A Offensive Player of the Year
  • 2017 Florida Athletic Coaches Association (FACA) All-State First Team
  • 2016 PGF National Champion

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 7

    2021Freshman

    1B/OF
    5'6"
    7
  • 7

    2022Sophomore

    1B/OF
    5'7"
    7
  • 2

    2023Junior

    1B/OF
    5'7"
    2
  • 2

    2024Senior

    1B/OF
    5'7"
    2