Seniors take Gators softball to new heights

By Adam Silverstein
June 8, 2011

Five members of the Florida Gators softball team saw their collegiate careers come to an end Tuesday night in the final game of the 2011 Women’s College World Series. And while they may not have won the national title and are likely returning to Gainesville, FL on Wednesday with heavy hearts, their accomplishments as a senior class are unmatched in school history. Let’s take a look at their impact…

2011 Senior Class
– Compiled a 238-33 record (.878 winning percentage)
– Set a NCAA record with 70 wins in 2008 (freshman year)
– First SEC team to appear in four-straight WCWS
– Played in WCWS Championships Series twice in three years (2009, 2011)
– Won two SEC regular season and two SEC Tournament titles (2008, 2009)
– Won four-straight SEC East division titles (2008-11)

OF Kelsey Bruder
– Hit .357 (221/619) with 52 homers, 195 RBI, 185 runs scored and 103 walks
– School record for career batting average (.357)
– School record for total bases in a single season (152, 2011)
– School record for runs scored in single season (79, 2011)
– Only player in school history to hit two sacrifice flies in a single game
– 2011 NFCA First-Team All-American
– 2011 SEC Player of the Year
– 2011 WCWS All-Tournament Team
– 2009, 2011 All-SEC First Team
– 2009 SEC All-Tournament Team
– 2009 SEC All-Defensive Team

[EXPAND Click to expand to read the rest of this post.]RHP Stephanie Brombacher
– Compiled a 1.50 career ERA; won 97 of 108 decisions and struck out 683 batters
– School record for career winning percentage (.898)
– School record for winning percentage in a single season (1.000 in 2008, 2009)
– Only pitcher in school history to start her career 10+ wins before suffering a loss
– 2010 All-SEC First Team
– 2009 & 2010 NFCA All-Southeast Region First Team
– 2008 SEC All-Freshman Team

1B Megan Bush
– Hit .318 (225/707) with 65 homers, 217 RBI, 138 runs scored and 113 walks
– School record for career home runs (65)
– School record for RBI in a single season (80, 2011)
– 2011 NFCA First-Team All-American
– 2010, 2011 All-SEC First Team
– 2010 SEC All-Tournament Team
– 2009 WCWS All-Tournament Team
– 2009, 2010 NFCA All-Southeast Region First Team
– 2008 SEC All-Freshman Team

C Tiffany DeFelice
– Hit .280 (132/472) with 24 homers, 106 RBI, 70 runs scored and 100 walks
– School record for career fielding percentage
– One of three players in school history to record perfect fielding percentages in a single season and the only player to do so twice
– 2008 SEC All-Freshman Team

2B Aja Paculba
– Hit .340 (279/821) with 35 homers, 176 RBI, 253 runs scored and 160 walks
– School record for career hits (279)
– School record for career runs scored (253)
– School record for career walks (160)
– School record for career stolen bases (67)
– School record for walks in a single season (49, 2009)
– School record for most walks in a single game (four, 2009)
– Longest hitting streak in school history (16, 2010)
– 2009 All-SEC First Team
– 2008-10 SEC All-Defensive Team
– 2009 SEC All-Tournament Team
– 2008 SEC All-Freshman Team[/EXPAND]

3 Comments

  1. Grannie says:

    It has been a distinct privilege to watch these seniors develop – as players and as young women – over the past 4 years. Pops and I wish them the very best as they begin their new stages of life.

    AWESOME!

  2. Elvis says:

    Adam,

    Where did you get some of these stats? Are these from the UF Media Guide? The reason I ask is that some of us were noticing some that may not be correct. Like the one for Bruder that says she was the only play in school history to hit a walk off grand slam. Ali Gardnier did it back in 2009 vs Bama that I’m sure you probably remember. I also am curious about the record of being the only player in school history to have 2 sacrifice flies in one game. You would think this would be something that happened quite often. I know you aren’t keeping stats like this yourself, so I was just curious as to where they coming from. It just makes me wonder how many of these other “random stats” are accurate??? Any thoughts?

    Thanks for doing a great job with all of this…it’s really great info!

    • The only numbers I calculated were their season stats and averages. For the career/single-season records, I checked those numbers (for anything occurring in 2011) against the official media guide and record book.

      The other stuff (walk-off grand slam and two sacrifice flies in one game) are directly from Florida. You’re 100% right about the walk-off grand slam. I’m taking that down. Not sure how that slipped by UF (or me).

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