The 2025 baseball season saw the Florida Gators reach the NCAA Tournament for the 17th-consecutive season while achieving an unprecedented Southeastern Conference turnaround.

Opening conference play with a 1-11 record before rallying to finish 15-15 and securing a No. 2 Regional seed, Florida became the first-ever SEC team to reach the NCAA Tournament after starting league play 2-10 or worse since 1992 expansion. The Gators wont 14 of their final 18 SEC tilts while claiming six-straight series victories – twice as long as the next-closest team in the conference entering the postseason.

In the final 18 SEC games, Florida pitchers more than cut their ERA in half at 3.76 while producing a .228 batting average against and 197-to-71 strikeout-to-walk ratio over 153 innings. The offense exploded in that time, slashing .296/.406/.500 with 26 homers and 32 stolen bases. The turnaround shifted the Gators from the NCAA Tournament bubble into the NCAA Regional host conversation, ultimately resulting in UF earning one of the top No. 2 seeds in the field.

Over the course of the regular season’s 14 weekends, Florida used 12 different starting pitching rotations. As for the offense, 14 Gators made multiple starts while also registering double-digit at bats. Of that contingent, 11 players came through with the game-winning RBI for Florida. This is due to the fact that the Gators saw 10 key players go down with an injury during the season. Despite this, Florida delivered a .639 winning percentage highlighted by a .704 mark in the last 27 games (19-8). The Gators simply refused to quit, boasting 15 come-from-behind victories, nine of which occurred in the last 27 games.

2025 Team Highlights

• First-ever team to reach NCAA Tournament after starting SEC play 2-10 or worse since 1992 expansion
• 645 strikeouts (fifth all-time)
• 94 home runs (seventh-most all-time)
• 17th-consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance
• 15 come-from-behind victories (nine in last 27 games)
• Won 14 of final 18 SEC games
• 11 players with a game-winning RBI
• Five All-SEC honorees
• Four All-Region recipients
• Three All-Americans

2025 Player Highlights

• Setting a program record with four SEC weekly honors during the 2025 campaign, true freshman pitcher Aidan King led Florida with a 2.58 ERA, .213 batting average against, 73 1/3 innings pitched and five quality starts. King posted 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.
• As the lone Gator to start all 61 games, infielder Bobby Boser led Florida in at bats (238), hits (80), runs (72), RBI (67), total bases (146), home runs (18), stolen bases (19) and on-base percentage (.437). Finishing with a robust .336/.437/.613 batting line, Boser nearly became the second 20-homer/20-steal player in team history (Brad Wilkerson, 1998). His 21 multi-RBI games equated to over one-third of UF’s contests while his six three-hit showings and 25 multi-hit games also paced the squad. The UF third baseman took home All-SEC Defensive Team honors while ranking top-10 in the SEC in runs (second), steals (fourth), RBI (sixth), hits (eighth), at bats (eighth) and total bases (eighth) during the regular season.
• Making the Freshman All-SEC Team alongside King, infielder Brendan 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.
• As a semifinalist for the 2025 Buster Posey Award and a First Team All-SEC honoree, catcher Luke Heyman was arguably the nation’s top catcher prior to going down with an injury vs. Alabama on May 15. Heyman batted .301/.397/.578 across 49 games backed by 13 homers, one triple, seven doubles, 44 RBI and 37 runs scored. He slashed an even better .317/.403/.673 in 28 SEC contests. The UF backstop did this while providing near-perfect defense, finishing with a .998 fielding percentage and ranking third in the SEC with 11 runners caught stealing.
• Right-hander Jake Clemente was instrumental in UF’s turnaround, taking over the closer role midseason. Logging all seven of his saves in the final 27 games, Clemente registered a team-low 1.33 ERA and .173 BAA on top of a 39-to-10 K-to-BB ratio over 27 innings in that span.
• Shortstop Colby Shelton and catcher/designated hitter Brody Donay both enjoyed career years at the plate. Shelton reached base in 44 of 45 games before suffering a season-ending hamate injury, hitting .377/.458/.606 with seven home runs, 19 doubles, 40 runs, 35 RBI and six stolen bases. The Brooks Wallace Award Semifinalist recorded 23 multi-hit games despite seeing limited action. Meanwhile, Donay slugged a career-high 18 home runs while slashing .303/.418/.646 for a 1.064. The junior finished with two triples, 10 doubles, 45 runs, 41 RBI and eight steals.
• As the top college pitcher for the 2026 MLB Draft per Baseball America, righty Liam Peterson served as staff ace from start to finish and led the Gators in victories (eight), games started (15) and strikeouts (96). Compiling 69 1/3 innings, he posted a 4.28 ERA, .250 BAA, 1.43 WHIP and four quality starts while striking out 11 or more batters in three outings. His 12.5 strikeouts per nine ranked fifth in the SEC and 20th nationally.

Complete List of Florida’s 2025 All-America Honors
3B Bobby Boser – Third Team All-American (Baseball America)
RHP Aidan King – First Team Freshman All-American (Baseball America, NCBWA, Perfect Game)
1NF Brendan Lawson – First Team Freshman All-American (Baseball America), Second Team Freshman All-American (Perfect Game)

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