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Chomping at the bit for Florida Athletics
Author: Brian D. Fox, Jr.
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MLB.com writer Jonathan Mayo released his initial MLB first round mock draft on Tuesday. Not surprisingly, Florida is well represented. Mayo has Gators pitcher Brady Singer as the second overall pick to San Francisco. Singer entered the season as the top prospect, but Auburn ace Casey Mize has supplanted Singer atop the draft board (although…
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Let me start by saying this, Georgia LF Cortni Emanuel is a talented athlete and a very good choice as the SEC Player of the Week. However, no player meant more to their team’s success last week than Amanda Lorenz. Let’s start with the SEC release for this week’s honor: Player of the Week Cortni…
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Florida DL Taven Bryan was selected in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars. Bryan will join a defense that also features former Gators DE Dante Fowler. This is the sixth straight year the Gators were represented in the NFL Draft’s first round. Bryan played in thirty game for the…
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FLORIDA 5, FLORIDA STATE 1 RUNS HITS ERRORS FSU 1 2 0 GATORS 5 8 1 Gainesville, FL– The #5 Florida Gators defeated #6 Florida State 5-1 thanks to a strong outing by starting pitcher, Kelly Barnhill and a sixth inning offensive explosion. Barnhill led the Gators in picking up her 22nd win of the…
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The Florida Gators are tweaking their weekend rotation. Head coach Kevin O’Sullivan announced the decision after Florida’s 6-4 home loss to Mercer Tuesday night. Sophomore Tyler Dyson has been assigned to the bullpen after struggling in his last several starts. Dyson is 5-3 with a 3.83 ERA through ten starts and pitched a scorless inning…
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Former Florida Gators wide receiver Antonio Callaway just can’t seem to get out of his own way. After spending a year away from football due to his involvement in a credit card fraud case, Callaway declared for the NFL Draft. Callaway was actually a star at the combine and preached his maturity after several issues…
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On Tuesday, the Big East Conference announced their weekly honors for play last week. As Florida cruised through a 2-0 week, sophomore Cara Trombetta and freshman Shannon Kavanagh‘s performance merited weekly honors. Trobetta was named the Big East Defensive Player of the Week while Kavanagh takes home the Freshman of the Week award. Per the…
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Amanda Lorenz was named the Southeastern Conference’s Player of the Week for her performance in Florida’s four wins last week. The big week by Lorenz was just what she needed after struggling for much of the month. This is the second such honor for Lorenz this season. Lorenz finished the week with a .636 average…
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The 2018 National Pro Fastpitch Draft was held Monday night in Nashville. A pair of Florida seniors were drafted. Aleshia Ocasio was selected number ten overall by the Chicago Bandits while Nicole DeWitt was taken by the USSSA Pride with the seventeenth overall choice. Ocasio entered the 2018 season with a 48-7 record in the…
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Florida outfielder Wil Dalton was named the SEC Player of the week, the conference announced on Monday. Dalton played in all four games this week and earned the weekly honor despite only hitting .263 (5-19) for the week. What Dalton did do was make those hits count. The sophomore junior college transfer collected three home…
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