(SB) High School Softball Recruits

Could you list the commits for 26

 

2026 Florida Gators Softball Commits

 

I love the separate thread for recruiting....thank you for your info and effort!

 

One way i keep reading from posters is who the coaches are following on social media.

 

Please do not take this as criticism.
For me, it just shows the cyclical nature of recruiting.
CTW told me that sometimes you must take a chance on a recruit you hope will pan out.
That is certainly not the case in the last two years and next year. He did not have to bet on any of these ladies; they were surefire.
The uploaded file is old, but it is interesting to me, and I hope it will be to you.
Recruiting

Many of us have wondered about recruiting over the last several years, and I thought I would look back and see what I could find.

Please know that this is not a denigration of these players as people but just statistics. Many of these ladies I have spoken to personally, and they are outstanding representatives of this University. And, I think all had academic awards while here.

The statistics shown are through the last year they played.

Editorial-There are two players whom I think need comments.

1. Kinsey Goelz-Her statistics could be better. But she is such an asset in the dugout that team chemistry would have been affected if she had been let go. And she is my absolute favorite.
2. Bryn Thomas-I did list her statistics, and they could be much better. But, like Kinsey, she is one of the most positive players on the team. Plus, she hit that gapper into left-center against Team USA. That knocked out Rachel Garcia, and they had to bring Monica Abbott back in. Ken Eriksen had lost too many times to UF, and he would have been humiliated if Team USA did. There is a video that shows CTW calling that shot 2 batters before. If you have yet to see it, it is worth the search.

Year Player. Pertinent Statistics. Comment

2014 Lindsey Spatola Did not play 1Year Ring



2015 Becca Shipper 4GP 3AB 0H 1Year Ring

Megan Reed 2GP 2AB 1H 1Year Ring



2016 Theresa Swertfager 21GP 14AB 4H. 4Years

Brooke Clemons 31GP 29AB 4H. 2Years

Lily Mann. 123GP 17AB 30R 5SB 4Years Pinch Run



2017. Jacqui Switzer. 41GP 8AB 2H 18SB 1Year Pinch Run



2018. Josie Page 3GP 2AB 1H. 2Years

Danielle Romanello 79GP 130AB 24H. 2Years SDSU

Haven Sampson 64GP 8AB 1H 1SB. 2Years



2019 *Ordalys Cordova. No Stats

Danni Farley. 3.89 2-0 13App 27IP. 2Years

Amanda Beane. 34GP 4AB 1H 13R. 1Year Pinch Run

Hannah Sipos. .165BA 121AB 20H. 2Years Great 3B

Bryn Thomas. .061BA 33AB 2H 4Years ExTeamMate



2020 EC Taylor. 16GP 3AB 0H 9R. 1Year Starts UPitt

Mia Buffano. 59GP 4AB 0H 4R. 3Years



2021 Haley Pittman. 3.61 2-0 21.1IP 25H. 2Years Troy

Kali Reis. 32GP 16AB 0H 8R. Less Than 1Year

Christina Wellen. 19GP 0AB 9R. 2ndYear Pinch Run

*Ordalys redshirted at UF during her freshman year due to an injury.
She transferred and played 2 years at CCF in Ocala.
To finish her career, she transferred to South Alabama.

 

Great stuff Scrappy. Even some who seem like "sure bet stars" coming out out high school don't pan out to be as good as projected because either they hit their potential young or don't put in the extra work needed to develop their skills. I can think of several Gator players in the past who fit that description. Others exceed what people thought their ceiling would be.
By the way, Christina Wellen is at Charlotte. Last year she appeared in 50 games, primarily as a pinch-runner and defensive specialist in the OF. Had 3 starts.

 

2019-2021 definetley were a little bit of a struggle. I'm glad most of them were able to find playing time elsewhere. Sipos was a terrific 3b though. Just no offense. I think Reis might've been in the same boat. Theresa Swertfeger... the designated bunter.

 

Buford lost today in the final 4-3 to East Coweta. Not sure on stats. Maybe rick will post them. Didn't mean to run him off when i started the conversation about 2 threads. Sorry to everyone.

 

From what I've read, Danni Farley stayed at Florida and got her degree.
Kali Reis, also got her degree from UF and is now a successful sales rep for Milwaukee Tool in Atlanta.
Mia Buffano got her UF degree in Events Management and currently works here: https://www.rutheckerdhall.com/
Haven Sampson has degree from UF & UGA, and is a realtor in Madison, Georgia

 

I don't think there's any need to delete this thread over it. I just don't understand how it because such a big deal. I was just trying to be helpful and information as simple as possible and to me separation helps. But maybe that jsut how my brain works.

 

You did not do anything wrong. I love rick and his info, but if he thinks he owns threads, he is mistaken.
Just post on the other thread, as that is what seems to be the majority opinion.

 

Hey Guys. Just got over here and this is great stuff! I especially liked Scrappy’s detail as I had just gone through every roster under CTWn to look at Freshman retention rate.
So great that everyone needs to see it. Everything posted here so far IMO fits perfectly into the thread you just left to post here. Please think about closing this and only posting on main thread. It will save time and insure everyone get to see your valuable information and much easier than skipping back in forth.

 

I actually like this separate thread. It separates the information nicely…but I’ll go with either.

 

Separate is nice for sorting out information... if that was randomly posted in the other thread like during one of our fall games...it would likely die out quickly and interrupt other conversation. IMO it takes no longer to come to a separate thread than to have to sift through multiple conversations in one. Just my opinion.. I understand everyone doesn't agree.

 

Here's the link to an article where Caroline Stanton committed in September.
No. 1 overall 2026 recruit Caroline Stanton commits to Florida

 

Caroline Stanton is the Gwinett Diamind Club pitcher of the year and is up for the Georgia female athlete of the month.
Vote for her here:
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