2026 Florida Gators softball team

2026 Florida Gators softball
2026 Florida Gators softball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	29–1 (6–0 SEC)
Head coach	Tim Walton (21st season);
Assistant coaches	Aric Thomas (9th season); Francesca Enea (3rd season); Stephanie VanBrakle Prothro (2nd season);
Home stadium	Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium

2026 Southeastern Conference softball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 Florida ‍‍‍	6	–	0	1.000	29	–	1	.967
No. 2 Texas ‍‍‍	6	–	0	1.000	26	–	1	.963
No. 6 Oklahoma ‍‍‍	3	–	0	1.000	29	–	2	.935
No. 4 Alabama ‍‍‍	5	–	1	.833	27	–	1	.964
No. 1 Tennessee ‍‍‍	5	–	1	.833	27	–	1	.964
No. 16 Texas A&M ‍‍‍	2	–	1	.667	19	–	9	.679
No. 10 Arkansas ‍‍‍	3	–	3	.500	24	–	4	.857
Auburn ‍‍‍	2	–	4	.333	21	–	10	.677
No. 11 Mississippi State ‍‍‍	1	–	2	.333	28	–	4	.875
No. 15 Georgia ‍‍‍	1	–	2	.333	21	–	7	.750
Kentucky ‍‍‍	1	–	5	.167	20	–	9	.690
No. 22 LSU ‍‍‍	1	–	5	.167	19	–	9	.679
No. 21 South Carolina ‍‍‍	0	–	3	.000	20	–	10	.667
Missouri ‍‍‍	0	–	3	.000	14	–	16	.467
Ole Miss ‍‍‍	0	–	6	.000	20	–	11	.645

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of March 16, 2026^[1] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today^[2]

The 2026 Florida Gators softball team are an American college softball team that represents the University of Florida during the 2026 NCAA Division I softball season. The Gators are led by head coach Tim Walton in his 21st season.^[3] They play their home games at Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium in Gainesville, Florida.

Previous season

The Gators finished the 2025 season 48–17 overall, and 14–10 in the SEC, finishing in sixth place during the regular season. They fell in the first game of the 2025 SEC tournament to Ole Miss.^[4] They would host the Gainesville Regional and Super Regional, eliminating Mercer, Florida Atlantic, Georgia Tech, and arch-rivals Georgia.^[5] They were eliminated from the postseason after losing their first two games in the Women's College World Series.^[6]

Roster and personnel

2026 Florida Gators roster

Pitchers

00 – Ava Brown – Junior
1 – Caroline Stanton – Freshman
7 – Keagan Rothrock – Junior
13 – Olivia Miller – Junior
16 – Allison Sparkman – Junior
32 – Leah Stevens – Freshman
39 – Katelynn Oxley – Sophomore

Catchers

8 – Jocelyn Erickson – Senior
74 – Ella Wesolowski – Junior

Outfielders

21 – Taylor Shumaker – Sophomore
22 – Cassidy McLellan – Junior
44 – Townsen Thomas – Freshman

Infielders

4 – Kalie Matsuno – Freshman
10 – Gabi Comia – Sophomore
12 – Kendall Grover – Senior
31 – Kenleigh Cahalan – Junior

Utility

2 – Giulia Desiderio – Graduate student
24 – Madison Walker – Junior

Reference:^[7]

2026 Florida Gators coaching staff
Tim Walton – Head coach Aric Thomas – Assistant coach Francesca Enea – Assistant coach Stephanie VanBrakle Prothro – Assistant coach
Reference:^[8]

Schedule and results

2026 Florida Gators Softball Game Log

Regular Season (29–1)

February (23–1)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Stadium Site	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
February 6	Illinois State USF-Rawlings Invitational	No. 5	USF Softball Stadium Tampa, FL	7–0	Rothrock (1–0)	McLeod (0–1)	—	1,634	1–0	—
February 7	vs. RV Michigan USF-Rawlings Invitational	No. 5	USF Softball Stadium Tampa, FL	5–1	Rothrock (2–0)	Hoehn (0–1)	—	1,679	2–0	—
February 7	vs. Bethune-Cookman USF-Rawlings Invitational	No. 5	USF Softball Stadium Tampa, FL	8–0 ⁽⁶⁾	Brown (1–0)	Tohara-Yshiki (0–1)	—	—	3–0	—
February 8	vs. Kansas USF-Rawlings Invitational	No. 5	USF Softball Stadium Tampa, FL	11–2	Rothrock (3–0)	Washington (0–1)	—	2,053	4–0	—
February 8	at USF USF-Rawlings Invitational	No. 5	USF Softball Stadium Tampa, FL	6–1	Oxley (1–0)	Ernst (0–1)	Brown (1)	2,192	5–0	—
February 10	at Jacksonville	No. 5	Pruitt Softball Complex Jacksonville, FL	20–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Brown (2–0)	White (0–1)	—	201	6–0	—
February 11	Jacksonville	No. 5	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL	11–1 ⁽⁵⁾	Rothrock (4–0)	Harrelson (0–1)	—	1,189	7–0	—
February 13	Marshall Florida Classic	No. 5	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL	6–3	Brown (3–0)	King (0–1)	Rothrock (1)	2,008	8–0	—
February 13	Georgia Tech Florida Classic	No. 5	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL	8–5	Miller (1–0)	Johnson (0–1)	Brown (2)	2,008	9–0	—
February 14	FIU Florida Classic	No. 5	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL	14–6 ⁽⁶⁾	Miller (2–0)	Girigorie (0–1)	—	1,860	10–0	—
February 14	Marshall Florida Classic	No. 5	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL	14–4 ⁽⁶⁾	Rothrock (5–0)	King (0–2)	—	1,861	11–0	—
February 15	Georgia Tech Florida Classic	No. 5	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL	5–1	Stevens (1–0)	Watts (0–1)	Brown (3)	1,638	12–0	—
February 17	UNF	No. 5	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL	7–3	Rothrock (6–0)	Cook (0–1)	—	1,103	13–0	—
February 18	at UNF	No. 5	UNF Softball Complex Jacksonville, FL	10–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Brown (4–0)	Ponich (0–1)	—	523	14–0	—
February 20	Longwood Florida Tournament	No. 5	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL	10–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Rothrock (7–0)	Gawryluk (0–1)	—	1,332	15–0	—
February 20	Middle Tennessee Florida Tournament	No. 5	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL	8–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Stevens (2–0)	Klaiber (0–1)	—	1,332	16–0	—
February 21	Lindenwood Florida Tournament	No. 5	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL	8–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Brown (5–0)	Owens (0–1)	—	1,600	17–0	—
February 21	Longwood Florida Tournament	No. 5	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL	12–4 ⁽⁶⁾	Miller (3–0)	Chapin (0–1)	—	1,600	18–0	—
February 22	Middle Tennessee Florida Tournament	No. 5	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL	7–0	Rothrock (8–0)	Hall (0–1)	—	1,219	19–0	—
February 26	vs. Cal Judi Garman Classic	No. 4	Anderson Family Field Fullerton, CA	8–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Rothrock (9–0)	McGowan (0–1)	—	456	20–0	—
February 26	vs. East Texas A&M Judi Garman Classic	No. 4	Anderson Family Field Fullerton, CA	28–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Stevens (3–0)	Masters (0–1)	—	435	21–0	—
February 27	vs. No. 9 UCLA Judi Garman Classic	No. 4	Anderson Family Field Fullerton, CA	12–15	Cable (1–0)	Rothrock (9–1)	—	857	21–1	—
February 27	vs. LMU Judi Garman Classic	No. 4	Anderson Family Field Fullerton, CA	7–5	Rothrock (10–1)	O'dell (0–1)	—	560	22–1	—
February 28	vs. Oregon State Judi Garman Classic	No. 4	Anderson Family Field Fullerton, CA	21–1 ⁽⁵⁾	Rothrock (11–1)	Murray (0–1)	—	654	23–1	—

March (6–0)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Stadium Site	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
March 7	Missouri	No. 5	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL	5–4	Rothrock (12–1)	Donahue (0–1)	—	2,029	24–1	1–0
March 8	Missouri	No. 5	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL	4–3 ⁽¹¹⁾	Rothrock (13–1)	Carr (2–3)	—	2,234	25–1	2–0
March 9	Missouri	No. 5	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL	5–2	Rothrock (14–1)	McCann (2–5)	—	1,323	26–1	3–0
March 13	at Kentucky	No. 5	John Cropp Stadium Lexington, KY	10–2 ⁽⁶⁾	Rothrock (15–1)	Haendiges (7–3)	—	1,099	27–1	4–0
March 14	at Kentucky	No. 5	John Cropp Stadium Lexington, KY	9–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Oxley (2–0)	Nutter (7–2)	—	1,277	28–1	5–0
March 15	at Kentucky	No. 5	John Cropp Stadium Lexington, KY	9–0 ⁽⁶⁾	Rothrock (16–1)	Nutter (7–3)	—	1,222	29–1	6–0
March 20	Tennessee	No. 5	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL
March 21	Tennessee	No. 5	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL
March 22	Tennessee	No. 5	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL
March 25	Stetson		Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL
March 27	at Arkansas		Bogle Park Fayetteville, AR
March 28	at Arkansas		Bogle Park Fayetteville, AR
March 29	at Arkansas		Bogle Park Fayetteville, AR

April (0–0)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Stadium Site	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
April 1	at Stetson		Stetson Softball Complex DeLand, FL
April 3	Mississippi State		Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL
April 4	Mississippi State		Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL
April 5	Mississippi State presented by Campus USA		Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL
April 8	USF		Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL
April 10	at South Carolina		South Carolina Softball Complex Columbia, SC
April 11	at South Carolina		South Carolina Softball Complex Columbia, SC
April 12	at South Carolina		South Carolina Softball Complex Columbia, SC
April 15	FGCU		Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL
April 17	Auburn presented by Florida Dairy Farmers		Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL
April 18	Auburn Senior Day presented by Southern Chevy		Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL
April 19	Auburn presented by Meldon Law		Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL
April 22	at Florida State		JoAnne Graf Field Tallahassee, FL
April 24	UCF		Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL
April 25	at UCF		UCF Softball Complex Orlando, FL
April 28	Florida State presented by UF Health		Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL
April 30	at Georgia		Jack Turner Softball Stadium Athens, GA

May (0–0)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Stadium Site	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
May 1	at Georgia		Jack Turner Softball Stadium Athens, GA
May 2	at Georgia		Jack Turner Softball Stadium Athens, GA

Win
Loss
Postponement
Bold: Gators team member
Reference:^[9]

Rankings from NFCA.
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
NFCA / USA Today	6	4	4	4	5	5
Softball America	10	7	8	6	8	7
ESPN.com/USA Softball	6	5	5	6	8	8
D1Softball	5	5	5	4	9	7

References

^ "Softball Standings". SEC. March 19, 2026. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
^ "2026 NFCA/GoRout Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll (Week 6)". NFCA. March 16, 2026. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
^ "Tim Walton". floridagators.com. Retrieved March 7, 2026.
^ "Florida Exits SEC Softball Tournament with Extra-Innings Loss to Ole Miss". floridagators.com. Retrieved March 7, 2026.
^ "2025 Softball Schedule". floridagators.com. Retrieved March 7, 2026.
^ "Florida Gators eliminated in soul-crushing matchup against Tennessee during 2025 WCWS". wreckemred.com. Retrieved March 7, 2026.
^ "2026 Softball Roster". floridagators.com. Retrieved March 7, 2026.
^ "2026 Softball Coaching Staff". floridagators.com. Retrieved March 7, 2026.
^ "2026 Softball Schedule". floridagators.com. Retrieved March 7, 2026.

[1] "Softball Standings". SEC. March 19, 2026. Retrieved March 20, 2026.

[NFCA-2] "2026 NFCA/GoRout Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll (Week 6)". NFCA. March 16, 2026. Retrieved March 19, 2026.

[3] "Tim Walton". floridagators.com. Retrieved March 7, 2026.

[4] "Florida Exits SEC Softball Tournament with Extra-Innings Loss to Ole Miss". floridagators.com. Retrieved March 7, 2026.

[5] "2025 Softball Schedule". floridagators.com. Retrieved March 7, 2026.

[6] "Florida Gators eliminated in soul-crushing matchup against Tennessee during 2025 WCWS". wreckemred.com. Retrieved March 7, 2026.

[7] "2026 Softball Roster". floridagators.com. Retrieved March 7, 2026.

[8] "2026 Softball Coaching Staff". floridagators.com. Retrieved March 7, 2026.

[9] "2026 Softball Schedule". floridagators.com. Retrieved March 7, 2026.

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Florida Gators softball
Venue	Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium (1997–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
National Championships in bold; Women's College World Series appearances in italics