2024 Softball Roster
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Goelz, Avery
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Jersey Number 2
Avery Goelz
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Myakka City, Fla.
- High School:
- Lakewood Ranch
Bio
MAJOR: Graduated in December 2023 with a bachelor's degree in Criminology and earned an undergraduate certificate in May 2024
Career Honors:
Career Honors:
- 3x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024)
- SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll (2021)
- 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)
- 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).
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
Tim Walton, Korbe Otis, Reagan Walsh, Kendra Falby Postgame Press Conference 5-30-25
Saturday, May 31
Tim Walton, Korbe Otis, Keagan Rothrock Postgame Press Conference 5-29-25
Thursday, May 29
Kendra Falby, Jocelyn Erickson Rawlings Gold Glove Press Conference 5-28-25
Wednesday, May 28
Tim Walton, Kendra Falby, Taylor Shumaker Pre-WCWS Press Conference 5-28-25
Wednesday, May 28
