Tim Walton

Florida Gators coaches, players react to retirement of AD Jeremy Foley

The unexpected announcement Monday that Florida Gators athletic director Jeremy Foley will retire on Oct. 1 sent shock waves throughout college athletics and the Florida program. In the hours following Foley’s announcement,...

Florida Gators softball starts three-peat bid with No. 1 seed in 2016 NCAA Tournament

Florida Gators softball has earned the No. 1 overall seed in the 2016 NCAA Tournament as the two-time defending champions look to become the first team since UCLA (1988-90) to win three...

Florida Gators pitcher Lauren Haeger named 2015 SEC Female Athlete of the Year

Florida Gators senior right-handed pitcher Lauren Haeger capped her stellar collegiate career with the top honor awarded by the Southeastern Conference after being named the league’s 2015 Female Athlete of the Year...

Billy Donovan gives Florida Gators softball team a WCWS pep talk in Oklahoma City

The distance between Billy Donovan and the Florida Gators will grow with time but circumstances have kept the two linked together since his departure from the program to take over the Oklahoma...

McElwain, White, Foley make few waves as Florida Gators reps at 2015 SEC spring meetings

A tumultuous offseason for Florida Gators athletic director Jeremy Foley, one in which he had to hire new head coaches in his two top revenue-producing sports of football and basketball, did not...

Readers’ Choice: Defending-champion Florida Gators softball off to smoking-hot 26-0 start

For five days from March 5-9, OnlyGators.com has handed a guest editor role over to you, the loyal reader. This is the second in five Readers’ Choice posts covering topics you want...

2015 Florida softball primer: Can the Gators repeat after the program’s first championship?

By Mike Brandes – OnlyGators.com Contributor No. 1 Florida Gators softball is poised to defend its crown following a 2014 campaign that saw the team go 55-12 with that last victory resulting...

Top 14 for 2014: Florida Gators best moments of the year

For as bad as things went for the Florida Gators at times in 2014 (see the Not Top 14 for 2014), there were more than a fair share of bright spots. From...

Grand slam lifts Florida over Baylor in WCWS

For the fifth time in seven 2014 NCAA Tournament games, No. 5 seed Florida Gators softball run-ruled an opponent. On Thursday afternoon in the opening game of the Women’s College World Series,...

Florida softball wins six-straight to open season

By Mike Brandes – OnlyGators.com Contributor No. 3 Florida Gators opened up the 2014 season with a clean sweep of the USF Wilson-DeMarini Tournament in Tampa, FL, winning six games over four...