Sophomore RHP Michael Byrne – Second-Team All-SEC (Relief Pitcher)

First All-SEC selection

Tied the school record with 13 saves on the year, 2nd most in the SEC

1.93 earned run average over 51.1 innings pitched

Team-high 27 appearances

56 strikeouts to just 10 walks

Junior RHP Alex Faedo – Second-Team All-SEC (Starting Pitcher)

First All-SEC selection

7-2 record on the season with 2.89 earned run average, 10th best in the SEC

Totaled 106 strikeouts, 2nd most in the SEC

Totaled 90.1 innings pitched, fourth-most in the conference

Junior C JJ Schwarz – Second-Team All-SEC (DH/Utility)

Second All-SEC selection after being named to the All-SEC Second Team and SEC All-Freshman Team in 2015

Finished the regular season with a .289 average and led the team with 9 home runs and 46 RBI

Hit .314 in 28 SEC games with 6 home runs and 30 RBI (5th in SEC in league games)

After hitting .200 through the first 20 games of the season, Schwarz hit .339 with 7 home runs and 37 RBI over his final 33 games

Sophomore RHP Brady Singer – Second-Team All-SEC (Starting Pitcher)

First All-SEC selection

Led the SEC with 97.2 innings pitched

Had a 2.67 earned run average, 7th best in the SEC

Totaled 89 strikeouts, 8th most in the conference

Junior SS Dalton Guthrie – SEC All-Defensive Team (SS)

Second year in a row on the SEC All-Defensive Team

Was named to the 2016 All-SEC Second Team and 2015 SEC All-Freshman Team

A defensive force in the middle of the infield; routinely made spectacular plays to take away base hits and save runs

Made just 3 errors in 28 SEC games at shortstop

Helped turn 25 double plays

Junior 2B Deacon Liput – SEC All-Defensive Team (2B)

Second time earned recognition from the league after earning 2016 SEC All-Freshman honors

Committed just one error in 54 games during the regular season, a .996 fielding percentage

Helped turn 32 of the Gators 46 double plays

2017 SEC BASEBALL AWARDS

First-Team All-SEC

C: Grant Koch, Arkansas

1B: Brent Rooker, Mississippi State

2B: Braden Shewmake, Texas A&M

3B: Jordan Rodgers, Tennessee

SS: Ryan Gridley, Mississippi State

OF: Greg Deichmann, LSU

OF: Tristan Pompey, Kentucky

OF: Jeren Kendall, Vanderbilt

DH/UT: Michael Curry, Georgia

SP: Kyle Wright, Vanderbilt

*SP: Sean Hjelle, Kentucky

*SP: Alex Lange, LSU

RP: Logan Salow, Kentucky

Second-Team All-SEC Team

C: Troy Squires, Kentucky

1B: Evan White, Kentucky

2B: Riley Mahan, Kentucky

3B: Colby Bortles, Ole Miss

*SS: Kramer Robertson, LSU

*SS: Jax Biggers, Arkansas

OF: Jonah Todd, Auburn

OF: Jake Mangum, Mississippi State

OF: Chandler Taylor, Alabama

DH/UT: JJ Schwarz , Florida

SP: Alex Faedo , Florida

SP: Brady Singer , Florida

RP: Michael Byrne , Florida Freshman All-SEC Team

C: Hunter Coleman, Texas A&M

1B: Andre Lipcius, Tennessee

2B: Braden Shewmake, Texas A&M

3B: Josh Smith, LSU

SS: Cam Shepherd, Georgia

OF: Carlos Cortes, South Carolina

OF: Zach Watson, LSU

OF: Dominic Fletcher, Arkansas

DH/UT: Logan Foster, Texas A&M

SP: Ryan Rolison, Ole Miss

SP: Eric Walker, LSU

RP: T.J. Sikkema, Missouri

SEC All-Defensive Team

C: Michael Papierski, LSU

1B: Evan White, Kentucky

2B: Deacon Liput , Florida

3B: Josh Smith, LSU

SS: Dalton Guthrie , Florida

OF: Jeren Kendall, Vanderbilt

OF: Jonah Todd, Auburn

OF: Jake Mangum, Mississippi State

P: Brigham Hill, Texas A&M



* - Denotes a tie in voting. Ties are not broken.



HOOVER, Ala.—Two days after clinching the 2017 Southeastern Conference Championship, six Florida baseball players earned recognition from the conference for their performances this season.Four players received All-SEC Second Team honors while two more players made the SEC All-Defensive Team.The Gators earned the No. 1 overall seed for this week's SEC Tournament in Hoover and will open play on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. ET against either Auburn or Ole Miss.Brent Rooker, Mississippi StateSean Hjelle, KentuckyBraden Shewmake, Texas A&M: Nick Mingione, KentuckyZach Logue, Kentucky