2026 Florida Gators softball team

2026 Florida Gators softball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	24–1 (1–0 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
Seasons ←  2025 2027 →

2026 Southeastern Conference softball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Alabama  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			20	–	0		1.000
No. 1 Tennessee  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			19	–	0		1.000
No. 5 Florida  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			23	–	1		.958
No. 7 Arkansas  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			19	–	1		.950
No. 3 Texas  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			19	–	1		.950
No. 6 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			19	–	2		.905
No. 12 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			18	–	2		.900
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			17	–	4		.810
No. 17 LSU  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			17	–	4		.810
No. 15 Georgia  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			17	–	5		.773
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			16	–	5		.762
Auburn  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			17	–	6		.739
No. 23 South Carolina  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			15	–	6		.714
No. 14 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			15	–	7		.682
Missouri  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			7	–	13		.350
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of March 1, 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 (24–1)
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 (1–0) Date Opponent Rank Stadium Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record March 7 Missouri No. 9 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL 5–4 Rothrock (12–1) Donahue (0–1) — 2,029 24–1 1–0 March 8 Missouri No. 9 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL March 9 Missouri Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL March 13 at Kentucky John Cropp Stadium Lexington, KY March 14 at Kentucky John Cropp Stadium Lexington, KY March 15 at Kentucky John Cropp Stadium Lexington, KY March 20 Tennessee Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL March 21 Tennessee Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL March 22 Tennessee 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

Main article: 2026 NCAA Division I softball 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
Softball America	10	7	8	6	8
ESPN.com/USA Softball	6	5	5	6	8
D1Softball	5	5	5	4	9

References

1. "Softball Standings". SEC. February 24, 2026. Retrieved February 24, 2026.
2. "2026 NFCA/GoRout Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll". National Fastpitch Coaches Association. February 24, 2026. Retrieved February 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.
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