Five Florida Gators named All-SEC

Just days after the Florida Gators wrapped up a 40-win season with a series win over Auburn, five members of the baseball team were rewarded for their play with All-SEC honors as voted on by the 14 head coaches.

Freshman catchers Mike Rivera and JJ Schwarz, along with senior third baseman Josh Tobias were named to the All-SEC second team. Rivera, Schwarz and second baseman Dalton Guthrie were all named to the All-Freshman team and sophomore Buddy Reed was named to the All-Defensive team.

This is the third consecutive season that the Gators have had three freshman named to the All-Freshman team and Kevin O’Sullivan has now had 17 freshman earn the distinction. Mike Rivera is the first Florida Gators freshman catcher to be named All-SEC since Mike Stanley accomplished the feat in 1982.

The fact that the Gators finished a 40-win season, are ranked No. 6 in the country, finished second in the SEC East and didn’t have a single player named to the first-team is a testament to O’Sullivan and his coaching staff. Florida used a balanced attack with no one particular player shining; rather using a collective effort from the entire roster to have the kind of success they had this season.

The complete 2015 All-SEC Team follows:

SEC Player of the Year: Andrew Benintendi, Arkansas
SEC Pitcher of the Year: Carson Fulmer, Vanderbilt
SEC Freshman of the Year: Alex Lange, LSU
SEC Coach of the Year: Paul Mainieri, LSU
SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Seth Heck, Mississippi State

First-Team All-SEC
C: Kade Scivicque, LSU
1B: Kyle Martin, South Carolina
2B: JaVon Shelby, Kentucky
3B: Conner Hale, LSU
SS: Alex Bregman, LSU
OF: Andrew Benintendi, Arkansas
OF: Andrew Stevenson, LSU
OF: Christin Stewart, Tennessee
DH/UT: Mitchell Nau, Texas A&M
SP: Carson Fulmer, Vanderbilt
SP: Alex Lange, LSU
RP: Zach Jackson, Arkansas

Second-Team All-SEC Team
C: Mike Rivera, FLORIDA
1B: Chris Chinea, LSU
2B: Max Schrock, South Carolina
3B: Josh Tobias, FLORIDA
SS: Dansby Swanson, Vanderbilt
OF: Kyle Barrett, Kentucky
OF: Nick Banks, Texas A&M
OF: Logan Taylor, Texas A&M
DH/UT: JJ Schwarz, FLORIDA
SP: Grayson Long, Texas A&M
SP: Cole Lipscomb, Auburn
*RP: Breckin Williams, Missouri
*RP: Wyatt Short, Ole Miss

Freshman All-SEC Team
C: Mike Rivera, FLORIDA
1B: Evan White, Kentucky
2B: Dalton Guthrie, FLORIDA
3B: Will Toffey, Vanderbilt
SS: Ryan Gridley, Mississippi State
OF: Keegan McGovern, Georgia
OF: Trey Harris, Missouri
OF: Jeren Kendall, Vanderbilt
DH/UT: JJ Schwarz, FLORIDA
SP: Tanner Houck, Missouri
SP: Keaton McKinney, Arkansas
RP: Kyle Wright, Vanderbilt

SEC All-Defensive Team
C: Kade Scivicque, LSU
1B: Evan White, Kentucky
2B: Kyle Overstreet, Alabama
3B: Bobby Wernes, Arkansas
SS: Alex Bregman, LSU
OF: Andrew Stevenson, LSU
OF: Mark Laird, LSU
OF: Buddy Reed, FLORIDA
P: Carson Fulmer, Vanderbilt

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