For the second year in a row, Florida’s Mike Zunino has been named a semifinalist for the Johnny Bench Award which is given to the country’s top catcher each year. The Gators junior one of three finalists in 2011. He is the only SEC player among the 12 semifinalists this year. After being named the [...]
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Category: Gators News | 0 Comments »Nolan Fontana Florida sophomore Nolan Fontana was named a semifinalist for the Brooks Wallace Shortstop of the Year Award. The Winter Garden native has started 63 games for UF this season, hitting .309. He leads the Gators with 45 walks, eight sacrifice flies and five triples. Fontana has scored 52 runs and has 44 RBI, [...]
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Category: Gators News | 0 Comments »Florida sophomore catcher Mike Zunino was named one of 13 semifinalists for the Coleman Company-Johnny Bench Award on Thursday. Zunino leads the fourth-ranked Gators (39-14) in nine 0ffensive categories: batting average (.368), total bases (127), hits (70), runs scored (56), RBI (53), doubles (18), homers (13), slugging percentage (.668) and on-base percentage (.440). Defensively, he [...]
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