2012-13 Year in Review - Gator Boosters, Inc.

SoccerYEAR IN REVIEW 2012–201322The Gators swept the Southeastern Conferencetitles in 2012. Florida now owns 12 regular-seasontitles and the Gators hoisted the SEC Tournamenttrophy for the 10th time.Florida advanced to the NCAA Round of 16.It was the program’s 16th NCAA appearancein the program’s 18-year existence.Overall Record: 19-5-1NCAA Finish: T-9thSEC Record: 11-2SEC Finish: 1st overall, 1st EastSEC Tournament Finish: 1stAll-Americans: 2 athletes, 3 honorsThe Gators advanced to the 2013 Women’s CollegeWorld Series in Oklahoma City for the fifth time inthe last six seasons and finished the campaign tiedfor fifth in the country. UF, which had a nation-best58 wins, swept through the postseason with an8-0 record through the Southeastern ConferenceTournament, NCAA Regionals and Super Regionalsbefore advancing to the WCWS.All-SEC: 4 athletes, 4 honorsSEC Academic Honor Roll: 16ACDOverall Record: 58-9NCAA Finish: T-5thIt’s Great to be aFlorida Gator“Quite often when looking into the crowd after amatch, there is someone doing the Gator chomp.It doesn’t matter where—Olympics, World Cup,NWSL—there is evidence that The Gator Nationis everywhere. That connection with the Gatorsis something I’ll always take pride in.”–Abby Wambach2012 FIFA Ballon d’Or (FIFA World Player of the Year)All-time International Goals Leader (160 as of June 20, 2013)Gator Athletics Hall of Fame class of 2012BA. The 2012 Southeastern ConferenceOffensive Player of the Year, ErikaTymrak was Florida’s season leaderin goals (9), assists (12) and points(30). She finished tied for third on theGators’ career charts in assists (40),sixth in points (104), tied for seventhin game-winning goals (11) andeighth for goals (32). An All-Americafirst-team selection by the NationalSoccer Coaches Association ofAmerica (NSCAA), Tymrak wasselected by FC Kansas City in thesecond round of the NationalWomen’s Soccer League (NWSL)draft.B. Holly King turned in career-highsfor goals (5), assists (4) and points(14) from her defensive midfieldposition. The senior picked up theSoutheastern Conference DefensivePlayer of the Year award and alsowas a National Soccer CoachesAssociation of America (NSCAA)All-America third-team selection.King was selected by the WashingtonSpirit in the third round of theNational Women’s Soccer League(NWSL) draft.C. Christen Westphal led Gatorfield players with her average of87.2 minutes per match from hercenter back position. She was oneof only three freshmen to earn All-Southeastern Conference honors in2012, appearing on the second team.D. Jo Dragotta scored her firstcollegiate goal as a senior and thenwent on to add six more to finish tiedfor second among the 2012 Gatorswith seven goals. She earned 2012All-Southeastern Conferencefirst-team honors. Dragotta wasselected by the Boston Breakers inthe third round of the NationalWomen’s Soccer League (NWSL)draft.Under 2013 Southeastern Conference Coach ofthe Year Tim Walton, Florida swept both the SECregular-season and tournament titles for the thirdtime in program history and brought the leaguetitle back to Gainesville for the fourth time in Gatorhistory (1998, 2008, 2009, 2013). Under Walton, theGators additionally notched their fifth-ever 50-winseason.SEC Record: 18-6SEC Finish: 1stSEC Tournament Finish: 1stAll-Americans: 2 athletes, 2 honorsAll-SEC: 4 athletes, 4 honorsSEC Academic Honor Roll: 5AIt’s Great to be aFlorida Gator“My time at UF was such a blessing. It molded meinto the person and player I am today and I amforever in debt to my coaches and teammates forthe experience. I can’t begin to thank Gator Nationenough for the unwavering support. It truly is greatto be a Florida Gator.”–Kelsey Bruder2011 NCAA Top VIII Award Winner2011 Honda Sports Award Winner for SoftballProfessional Softball Player USSSA Florida PrideBA. Florida All-SoutheasternConference ace Hannah Rogerspicked up All-America honors for thethird straight year and hurled twono-hitters, a one-hitter and a combinedperfect game during her junior season.Rogers ranked fourth in the countryin wins, 10th in shutouts and pacedthe SEC in strikeouts, wins, inningspitched and starts, while rankingsecond overall in ERA. She has 97career wins at Florida and chalkedup her second 30-win season at UF(2011 and 2013) with a 33-7 record.B. Kelsey Stewart, an All-SoutheasternConference second team andFreshman All-SEC pick, led the Gatorsin 2013 in batting average, runs, hitsand triples. Her 10 triples led thenation in 2013. The Gator secondbaseman and USA Junior NationalTeam member was a NFCA All-Southeast Region second-teamselection. She eclipsed a numberof UF freshman records and set UFsingle-season records for stolenbases (36) and attempts (39). Stewartwas first in the SEC in triples, secondin hits and double plays, third in stolenbases/attempts and fourth in assists.CDC. One of UF’s two All-Americans,Lauren Haeger paced theSoutheastern Conference in RBI,ranked third in the SEC in walks andfourth in home runs. Haeger finishedthe season 17th in the nation inhomers and 37th in walks. Additionally,Haeger had six wins against top-25opponents in the circle, finishing theyear 16-2. She connected for asingle-season school-record sevenRBI against South Florida in NCAARegional play.D. Gator head coach Tim Waltonpicked up Southeastern ConferenceCoach of the Year honors for thefourth time in his eight-year tenure atthe helm of the UF program. Alreadythe winningest coach in Gator softballhistory, Walton notched win No. 400at UF on March 2. He is now 437-102(.811) at Florida, 560-166 (.771) overallin his coaching career and ranksfourth among active NCAA Division Isoftball coaches for wins.SOFTBALLYEAR IN REVIEW 2012–201323