As preparations continue for the upcoming baseball season, which starts in two weeks against Charleston Southern, the high expectations for the Florida Gators continue to pile up.
Yesterday Florida had three players honored by theย National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association as preseason All-Americans for the 2023 season.
Wyatt Langford is coming off a season where he hit .355 and hit 26 home runs. He is expected to be a first round draft pick in the MLB draft.
Pitcherย Hurston Waldrep through 90 innings in 2022 and had an ERA of 3.20. Waldrep also threw for 140 strikeouts for the Gators.
Catcherย BT Riopelle rounds out the group. Riopelle had a base percentage of .447 and 55 RBIs last season.
Brandon Sproat Was not honored on this list, but has been honored an an ย All-American by other publications.
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โ Florida Gators Baseball (@GatorsBB) February 3, 2023
๐บ๐ธ @langford_wyatt
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๐บ๐ธ @BrandonSproat
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Florida Gators gymnastics stays undefeated
like all sports, doing well on the road in gymnastics is harder than doing well at home. Beyond all the normal hassles of road travel, judges, tend to magically give the home team slightly higher scores.
So it was a good sign for the Florida Gators, gymnastics squad to post their best road score of the season last night as they defeated Arkansas 197.875 to 197.400.
Leanne Wong led the way for the Gators with two perfect 10 routines, the first coming on the uneven bars.
Perfection once again โจ@leannewong03 adds another bars 10 in front of her whole family tonight! ๐งก๐
โ Gators Gymnastics (@GatorsGym) February 4, 2023
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being the road team, Florida closed out the night on the balance beam and Wong delivered her second 10 of the night on the apparatus.
What does perfection look like? Leanne Wong.
โ Gators Gymnastics (@GatorsGym) February 4, 2023
Another ๐ added to the tally for @leannewong03! ๐ฅ
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Other highlights for the Florida gators included Kayla Dicello settling a career high on the balance beam with a 9.950 and Trinity Thomas scoring, a 9.90 or above on three of her four rotations.
The Florida Gators remain ranked second in the country, behind Oklahoma, and will look to crack 198.00 for the first time this season when they take on Missouri at home next Friday.
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