2021 Softball Roster

Kelly Chase
Anissa Dimilta
Piper Hansen
Courtney Culbreath
Alana Healy
Alana Healy
Marco Martinez
Dakota Williams
Chris Houston
Marco Martinez

9 Jaimie Hoover

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Suwanee, Ga.
  • Highschool Collins Hill
  • Instagram @jaihoovs_

Biography


Career Honors:
  • 2020 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2017 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

As a Senior (2020): Season Ended March 11, 2020 Due to COVID-19 After 27 Games Played
  • Honors:
    • SEC Academic Honor Roll
 
  • UF Career Records:
    • Triples – 7 (T-10th)
 
  • Notables:
    • Instrumental in the Gators 2-1 walk-off victory against Auburn on SEC Opening Weekend as she went 3-for-4 at the plate and helped set up Hannah Adams late-game heroics with a single to center field in the 11th inning.
    • Registered a five-game hit streak and notched a hit in five of the seven games during the month of March to close out the 2020 season.
    • Played in all 27 games with 13 starts in the outfield for the Gators. Finished her shortened 2020 campaign with a .325 batting average going 13-for-40 at the plate with a pair of doubles, three RBI and seven runs scored.

As a Junior (2019):
  • SEC Ranks:
    • Triples: 3 (T-8th)
    • Fielding Percentage: 1.000 (T-1st)
 
  • UF Junior Records:
    • Triples: 3 (T-7th)
    • Fielding Percentage: 1.000 (T-1st)
 
  •  Stats:
    • Played in all 67 games for the Gators and registered 57 starts primarily in the outfield.
    • Hit. 243 with 41 hits, 33 RBI, 28 runs scored, five doubles, three triples and seven home runs.
    • Also drew 23 walks and sported a .344 on base percentage.
    • Ranked second on the team with five stolen bases.
 
  • Notables:
    • Hit the game-winning RBI single to left field in bottom of the 8th inning of game three of the NCAA Super Regional against Tennessee that sent the Gators to their 10th Women’s College World Series.
    • Hit .364 in the Super Regional against Tennessee and led the team with three RBI.
    • Drove in four game-winning RBI’s and scored the game-winning run twice during the season.
    • Posted career-highs throughout 2019: At-Bats: 6 at No. 22 Ole Miss (3/29), Runs: 3 vs. Illinois State (2/23), Hits vs. Utah State (2/16), RBI: 5 at No. 19 Auburn (4/26), Putouts: 4 vs. No. 23/23 South Carolina (5/8).

As a Sophomore (2018):
  • Stats:
    • Finished the season 23-of-74 (.311) with a pair of doubles, a triple and four home runs along with 22 RBI and 30 runs scored. Also, drew 20 walks through 51 games played and 29 starts.
    • Tallied four multi-hit games, five multi-RBI games, a five-game hitting streak and a nine game reached base safely streak.
    • Finished the season with two outfield assists.
 
  • UF Sophomore Records:
    • SAC Flies – 3 (T-Fifth)
 
  • Notables:
    • Finished regional action going 4-for-5 at the plate with seven RBI, a home run, a triple, four runs scored and six walks, while she also slugged 1.800.
    • Went 1-for-5 at the Women’s College World Series with a walk, hit by pitch and a run scored.
    • Tied her career-high with five RBI against Bethune-Cookman (5/18) to open up the NCAA Gainesville Regional.
    • Notched her first career outfield assist at No. 16/19 Louisiana (2/17). Hoover threw out a racing Rodriguez at home from her position in right field in the top of the first inning to keep the Ragin’ Cajuns off the scoreboard. Florida went on to win 4-0.


As a Freshman (2017):
  • Honors:
    • SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
 
  • Stats:
    • Appeared in 61 games with 56 starts at third base
    • Tallied 34 putouts and 46 assists with a .930 fielding percentage
    • Hit .210 (30-for-143) with 38 RBI, 25 runs scored, seven doubles, three triples and three home runs
 
  • SEC Ranks:
    • Hit by Pitch – 10 (Fifth)
    • Strikeouts – 36 (Sixth)
 
  • UF Freshman Records:
    • RBI – 38 (Eighth)
    • Triples – 3 (Fourth)
 
  • Notables:
    • Hit her first career home run, a grand slam, in the bottom of the second inning against Delaware (2/12) in a 9-0 (5) victory. Hit her second career grand slam against FIU (2/19) to give UF a 4-0 lead in the first inning
    • Tied for the team lead in triples and hit the first of her career at Jacksonville (2/15)
    • Notched a career high five RBI at South Carolina (3/19) and had seven total multi RBI games that included a pair of four RBI games and four three RBI games
    • Recorded a nine game reached base safely streak from Feb. 11 to Feb. 24

Prior to Florida:
  • A 2016 graduate of Collins Hill High School
  • Plays travel ball with Georgia Elite Gold, coached by Australia Hoover
  • Was a member of the 2014 Triple Crown Nationals 16U Champions
  • Helped lead Georgia Elite to two top-10 finishes at PGF Nationals (2012-13) and two top-20 finishes (2014-15)
  • Led Collins Hill to the 2013 GHSA Class 6A State Championship
  • 2015 Gwinnett Diamond Club High School Player of the Year
  • 2015 Gwinnett Daily Post Super Six Award Winner
  • Three-time All-Region, All-County and All State first-team selection (2013, 2014, 2015)
  • Has set Collins Hill career records in home runs, RBIs, batting average.
  • Has set Collins Hill single-season home run record. 
  • In addition to softball, Hoover played on CHHS’s basketball team during her freshman year and senior year
  • Member of the National Honor Society

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Historical Player Information

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    2017Freshman

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    2018Sophomore

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    2019Junior

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    2020Senior

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    2021Fifth Year

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