GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida rookie phenoms Aidan King and Brendan Lawson were honored as Freshman All-Americans for the 2025 season, as announced by Perfect Game on Tuesday afternoon.
 
King led the way with a First Team Freshman All-America nod at pitcher while Lawson was tabbed a Second Team recipient at first base. For King, the announcement marks his second Freshman All-America nod of the week after receiving the same honor from the NCBWA on June 9. Meanwhile, Lawson collects his first Freshman All-America award of the offseason.
 
Perfect Game awarded 47 NCAA Division I players Freshman All-America status across its first and second teams.
 
Making the Freshman All-SEC Team alongside King, Lawson started 60 of 61 games while hitting .317/.417/.522 for a .939 OPS. The Canadian rookie totaled 10 homers, one triple, 14 doubles, 48 runs and eight steals while ranking second on the team with 61 RBI. Lawson also finished second on the roster with 15 multi-RBI contests and 23 multi-hit games while seeing action at first, second and third base.
 
Setting a program record with four SEC weekly honors in 2025, King led Florida with a 2.58 ERA, .213 batting average against, 73 1/3 innings pitched and five quality starts. King delivered the lowest ERA by a Gator across a full season since Brady Singer in 2018 (2.55) while posting a 7-2 record, 1.11 WHIP, 9.7 K/9 and 3.4 strikeout-to-walk ratio. The SEC All-Freshman Team member was nearly untouchable across his final five starts, going 3-1 with a 0.94 ERA, .192 BAA and 29-to-10 K-to-BB ratio over 28 2/3 innings pitched.
 
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