The 2025 Florida Gators softball team was an American college softball team that represents the University of Florida during the 2025 NCAA Division I softball season. The Gators, were led by head coach Tim Walton in his 20th season, and played their home games at Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium in Gainesville, Florida.

Previous season The Gators finished the 2024 season 53–14 overall, and 17–7 in the SEC, finishing in second place in their conference. They won the 2024 SEC tournament, and received an automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I softball tournament. During the NCAA tournament they advanced to the Women's College World Series before being eliminated by eventual tournament champion Oklahoma.

Roster and personnel

2025 Florida Gators roster Pitchers 00 – Ava Brown – Sophomore 7 – Keagan Rothrock – Sophomore 13 – Olivia Miller – Sophomore 18 – Kara Hammock – Senior 39 – Katelynn Oxley – Freshman

Catchers 8 – Jocelyn Erickson – Junior 51 – Makenna Bellaire – Freshman

Outfielders 2 – Kylie Shaw – Freshman 21 – Taylor Shumaker – Freshman 22 – Cassidy McLellan – Sophomore 27 – Kendra Falby – Senior 33 – Korbe Otis – Senior 44 – Townsen Thomas – Freshman Infielders 4 – Rylee Holtorf – Graduate student 9 – Alyssa Hovermale – Sophomore 10 – Gabi Comia – Freshman 11 – Mia Williams – Sophomore 15 – Reagan Walsh – Senior 31 – Kenleigh Cahalan – Junior

Utility 1 – Brooke Barnard – Senior 17 – Layla Lamar – Freshman Reference:

2025 Florida Gators coaching staff Tim Walton – Head coach Aric Thomas – Assistant coach Francesca Enea – Assistant coach Stephanie VanBrakle Prothro – Assistant coachReference:

Schedule and results 2025 Florida Gators Softball Game Log Regular season (43–13) February (20–1) Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record February 6 North Florida No. 3 Katie Seashole Pressly StadiumGainesville, FL 8–0 (5) Rothrock (1–0) Cook (0–1) — 1,538 1–0 — February 7 vs. Illinois StateUSF-Rawlings Invitational No. 3 USF Softball StadiumTampa, FL 10–2 (6) Brown (1–0) McLeod (0–1) — 634 2–0 — February 8 vs. DelawareUSF-Rawlings Invitational No. 3 USF Softball StadiumTampa, FL 10–5 Hammock (1–0) Kerwood (2–2) — 989 3–0 — February 8 vs. MichiganUSF-Rawlings Invitational No. 3 USF Softball StadiumTampa, FL 11–1 (5) Rothrock (2–0) Hoehn (0–2) — 1,054 4–0 — February 9 vs. Georgia SouthernUSF-Rawlings Invitational No. 3 USF Softball StadiumTampa, FL 4–0 Brown (2–0) Holland (1–1) — 768 5–0 — February 9 at USFUSF-Rawlings Invitational No. 3 USF Softball StadiumTampa, FL 8–0 (5) Rothrock (3–0) Sardja (1–1) — 1,814 6–0 — February 11 Jacksonville No. 2 Katie Seashole Pressly StadiumGainesville, FL 10–1 (5) Hammock (2–0) Harrelson (1–1) — 1,298 7–0 — February 12 Stetson No. 2 Katie Seashole Pressly StadiumGainesville, FL 11–1 (5) Rothrock (4–0) Arnold (2–1) — 1,180 8–0 — February 13 vs. Boston CollegeBubly Invitational No. 2 Katie Seashole Pressly StadiumGainesville, FL 12–7 Hammock (3–0) Dunning (1–1) — 1,776 9–0 — February 14 vs. ProvidenceBubly Invitational No. 2 Katie Seashole Pressly StadiumGainesville, FL 5–0 Miller (1–0) Grifone (0–3) — 2,658 10–0 — February 14 vs. No. 14 DukeBubly Invitational No. 2 Katie Seashole Pressly StadiumGainesville, FL 9–0 (5) Rothrock (5–0) Curd (2–1) — 2,658 11–0 — February 15 vs. Boston CollegeBubly Invitational No. 2 Katie Seashole Pressly StadiumGainesville, FL 3–0 Rothrock (6–0) Kendziorski (0–3) — 1,785 12–0 — February 15 vs. BinghamtonBubly Invitational No. 2 Katie Seashole Pressly StadiumGainesville, FL 10–2 (5) Brown (3–0) Kennedy (1–3) — 1,520 13–0 — February 16 vs. No. 14 DukeBubly Invitational No. 2 Katie Seashole Pressly StadiumGainesville, FL 1–8 Curd (3–1) Rothrock (6–1) — 1,721 13–1 — February 19 at North Florida No. 3 UNF Softball ComplexJacksonville, FL Postponed February 21 vs. California BaptistSun Devil Classic No. 3 Alberta B. Farrington Softball StadiumTempe, AZ 11–0 (5) Brown (4–0) McConnell (1–5) — 307 14–1 — February 21 at Arizona StateSun Devil Classic No. 3 Alberta B. Farrington Softball StadiumTempe, AZ 9–1 Rothrock (7–1) Creager (1–2) — 307 15–1 — February 22 vs. New Mexico StateSun Devil Classic No. 3 Alberta B. Farrington Softball StadiumTempe, AZ 12–1 (5) Oxley (1–0) Bennett (1–2) — 1,159 16–1 — February 22 vs. Grand CanyonSun Devil Classic No. 3 Alberta B. Farrington Softball StadiumTempe, AZ 6–4 Rothrock (8–1) Darwin (0–1) Brown (1) 1,159 17–1 — February 23 vs. Iowa StateSun Devil Classic No. 3 Alberta B. Farrington Softball StadiumTempe, AZ 24–3 (5) Miller (2–0) Schurman (2–4) — 247 18–1 — February 26 vs. FGCUFlorida Invitational No. 3 Katie Seashole Pressly StadiumGainesville, FL 8–0 (5) Oxley (2–0) Sparkman (4–5) — 1,182 19–1 — February 28 vs. SamfordFlorida Invitational No. 3 Katie Seashole Pressly StadiumGainesville, FL 9–1 (6) Hammock (4–0) Partain (4–4) — 1,372 20–1 — March (13–4) Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record March 1 vs. TroyFlorida Invitational No. 3 Katie Seashole Pressly StadiumGainesville, FL 11–2 (6) Oxley (3–0) Ames (2–2) — 1,502 21–1 — March 1 vs. Western MichiganFlorida Invitational No. 3 Katie Seashole Pressly StadiumGainesville, FL 10–2 (6) Brown (5–0) Fazzini (1–3) — 2,207 22–1 — March 2 vs. FAMUFlorida Invitational No. 3 Katie Seashole Pressly StadiumGainesville, FL 9–1 (6) Miller (3–0) Hughes (2–6) — 1,734 23–1 — March 5 at Houston No. 3 Cougar Softball StadiumHouston, TX 11–0 (5) Hammock (5–0) Solis (3–2) — 935 24–1 — March 7 at No. 5 Texas A&M No. 3 Davis DiamondCollege Station, TX 2–3 Kennedy (6–2) Oxley (3–1) — 2,362 24–2 0–1 March 8 at No. 5 Texas A&M No. 3 Davis DiamondCollege Station, TX 12–4 (6) Brown (6–0) Sparks (5–1) — 2,366 25–2 1–1 March 9 at No. 5 Texas A&M No. 3 Davis DiamondCollege Station, TX 4–2 Hammock (6–0) Kennedy (6–3) — 2,188 26–2 2–1 March 12 UCF No. 3 Katie Seashole Pressly StadiumGainesville, FL 4–2 Hammock (7–0) Lopez (2–4) Oxley (1) 1,748 27–2 — March 15 No. 2 Texas No. 3 Katie Seashole Pressly StadiumGainesville, FL 2–7 Kavan (10–1) Oxley (3–2) Mac (1) 2,499 27–3 2–2 March 15 No. 2 Texas No. 3 Katie Seashole Pressly StadiumGainesville, FL 7–13 Kavan (11–1) Hammock (7–1) — 2,150 27–4 2–3 March 17 No. 2 Texas No. 3 Katie Seashole Pressly StadiumGainesville, FL 3–1 Oxley (4–2) Mac (5–1) Brown (2) 2,108 28–4 3–3 March 19 at Jacksonville No. 4 Pruitt Softball ComplexJacksonville, FL 5–2 Brown (7–0) Harwood (2–1) — 312 29–4 — March 19 at North Florida No. 4 UNF Softball ComplexJacksonville, FL 8–0 (5) Oxley (5–2) Ponich (3–2) — 726 30–4 — March 26 at UCF No. 4 UCF Softball ComplexOrlando, FL 0–4 Vega (6–2) Oxley (5–3) — 965 30–5 — March 28 at No. 25 Auburn No. 4 Jane B. Moore FieldAuburn, AL 11–7 Hammock (8–1) Rainey (3–3) — 2,068 31–5 4–3 March 29 at No. 25 Auburn No. 4 Jane B. Moore FieldAuburn, AL 10–0 Rothrock (9–1) Tresvik (0–1) — 2,124 32–5 5–3 March 30 at No. 25 Auburn No. 4 Jane B. Moore FieldAuburn, AL 4–3 Brown (8–0) Geurin (15–6) — 1,840 33–5 6–3 April (8–7) Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record April 2 at No. 8 Florida State No. 3 JoAnne Graf FieldTallahassee, FL 0–4 Danley (7–1) Rothrock (9–2) Widra (1) 1,737 33–6 — April 4 No. 12 Arkansas No. 3 Katie Seashole Pressly StadiumGainesville, FL 1–4 Herron (11–3) Oxley (5–4) — 1,890 33–7 6–4 April 5 No. 12 Arkansas No. 3 Katie Seashole Pressly StadiumGainesville, FL 10–7 (9) Brown (9–0) Herron (11–4) — 1,971 34–7 7–4 April 6 No. 12 Arkansas No. 3 Katie Seashole Pressly StadiumGainesville, FL 5–9 Harrison (4–1) Brown (9–1) Burnham (2) 1,907 34–8 7–5 April 9 at Stetson No. 6 Patricia Wilson FieldDeLand, FL 13–5 Miller (4–0) Mullen (2–3) — 425 35–8 — April 11 at No. 19 Ole Miss No. 6 Ole Miss Softball ComplexOxford, MS 8–7 Rothrock (10–2) Lopez (7–2) Oxley (3) 999 36–8 8–5 April 12 at No. 19 Ole Miss No. 6 Ole Miss Softball ComplexOxford, MS 14–3 Brown (10–1) Binford (8–1) — 1,287 37–8 9–5 April 13 at No. 19 Ole Miss No. 6 Ole Miss Softball ComplexOxford, MS 6–8 Lopez (8–2) Rothrock (10–3) — 1,204 37–9 9–6 April 17 No. 22 Alabama No. 8 Katie Seashole Pressly StadiumGainesville, FL 4–7 Briski (12–10) Rothrock (10–4) Riley (2) 1,963 37–10 9–7 April 18 No. 22 Alabama No. 8 Katie Seashole Pressly StadiumGainesville, FL 12–4 (5) Oxley (6–4) Hodges (1–1) — 2,416 38–10 10–7 April 19 No. 22 Alabama No. 8 Katie Seashole Pressly StadiumGainesville, FL 4–3 Oxley (7–4) Riley (11–1) — 2,293 39–10 11–7 April 23 USF No. 8 Katie Seashole Pressly StadiumGainesville, FL 9–1 (5) Oxley (8–4) Dixon (17–6) — 1,613 40–10 — April 26 at No. 10 LSU No. 8 Tiger ParkBaton Rouge, LA 14–4 (6) Rothrock (11–4) Heavener (11–4) — 2,905 41–10 12–7 April 27 at No. 10 LSU No. 8 Tiger ParkBaton Rouge, LA 1–2 Berzon (16–5) Oxley (8–5) — 2,213 41–11 12–8 April 28 at No. 10 LSU No. 8 Tiger ParkBaton Rouge, LA 2–10 (6) Berzon (17–5) Rothrock (11–5) — 1,924 41–12 12–9 May (2–1) Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record May 1 No. 1 Oklahoma No. 9 Katie Seashole Pressly StadiumGainesville, FL 5–6 (9) Landry (18–3) Brown (10–2) — 2,106 41–13 12–10 May 2 No. 1 Oklahoma No. 9 Katie Seashole Pressly StadiumGainesville, FL 9–4 Hammock (8–1) Deal (9–2) Brown (3) 2,505 42–13 13–10 May 3 No. 1 Oklahoma No. 9 Katie Seashole Pressly StadiumGainesville, FL 6–4 Rothrock (12–5) Landry (18–4) Brown (4) 2,653 43–13 14–10Postseason (5–4) (0–1) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord SECTRecord May 7 No. 18 Ole Miss No. 8 Jack Turner StadiumAthens, GA 3–6 (8) Binford (9–3) Brown (10–3) Lopez (2) — 43–14 0–1 (3–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Regional record May 16 vs. Mercer No. 8 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium 8–0 (5) Brown (11–3) Pitts (7–9) — 2,140 44–14 1–0 May 17 vs. Florida Atlantic No. 8 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium 14–6 (5) Rothrock (13–5) Martinez (6–5) Brown (5) 1,115 45–14 2–0 May 18 vs. Nercer No. 8 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium 8–0 (5) Rothrock (14–5) Pitts (8–10) — 1,782 46–14 3–0 (2–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Super Reg.record May 23 vs. Georgia No. 8 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium 6–1 Rothrock (15–5) Roelling (11–9) — 1,980 47–14 1–0 May 24 vs. Georgia No. 8 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium 1–2 Backes (16–10) Rothrock (15–6) Roelling (4) 2,144 47–15 1–1 May 25 vs. Georgia No. 8 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium 5–2 Rothrock (16–6) Backes (16–11) — 2,146 48–15 2–1 (0–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCWSrecord May 29 vs. No. 3 Texas No. 8 Devon ParkOklahoma City, OK 0–3 Kavan (25–5) Rothrock (16–7) — — 48–16 0–1 May 30 vs. No. 7 Tennessee No. 8 Devon Park 3–11 (5) Nuwer (6–4) Hammock (9–2) — — 48–17 0–2

Record vs. conference opponents

Rankings

References