Aidan King warms up prior to his start against Vanderbilt on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at Hoover Met Stadium in Hoover, Ala. / UAA Communications photo by Madilyn Gemme
King, Lawson Honored as D1Baseball All-Americans
Thursday, June 25, 2026 | Baseball
Aidan King became a Unanimous All-American with a Second Team nod alongside Brendan Lawson, who earned his second All-America honor.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – D1Baseball became the final major publication to release its 2026 All-America Teams on Thursday morning, honoring a pair of Florida Gators with Second Team status in right-handed pitcher Aidan King and shortstop Brendan Lawson.
King's selection by D1Baseball officially makes him a Unanimous All-American after receiving honors from all five major publications. Meanwhile, Lawson picked up his second All-America accolade of the campaign.
Below is a final list of all Florida's All-America awards from the 2026 season.
2026 Florida Baseball All-America Honors (11)
Brendan Lawson, SS – Second Team (BA, D1B)
Aidan King, SP* – First Team (NCBWA), Second Team (ABCA, BA, D1B, PG)
Caden McDonald, UT – First Team (CBF), Second Team (BA, NCBWA, PG)
*2026 Unanimous All-American
Becoming the first Gator underclassman to collect SEC Pitcher of the Year honors including the fourth in league history, King led Florida with eight wins, a 3.21 ERA, 1.03 WHIP and 97.0 innings pitched while holding hitters to a .218 batting average. On the season, King fanned 92 batters against 19 free passes, equating to a 4.84 strikeout-to-walk ratio. In SEC action, he led all starters with a 0.89 WHIP, tied for the top spot in victories (six) and held hitters to a .184 batting average. As a true workhorse, King fired a team-high eight quality starts including six in SEC play – pitching into the seventh inning five times against SEC foes. His 62.0 SEC innings trailed only Alabama's Tyler Fay.
From April 3 through May 1, King delivered the most-dominant, five-week stretch by an SEC pitcher this spring. Facing Ole Miss, No. 3 Georgia, No. 13 Auburn, No. 7 Texas A&M and No. 15 Oklahoma, he went 4-0 with five-straight quality starts and a 1.51 ERA across 35 2/3 frames for an average of 7.1 innings per outing. As a result, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association voted him April's National Pitcher of the Month.
Known as the aircraft carrier of the UF offense, Lawson started 51 of his 56 games at shortstop and paced Florida in OPS (1.210), OBP (.511), slugging (.699), extra-base hits (32), home runs (19), runs scored (68), total bases (130), walks (53) and the second-most hit-by-pitches in program history (24). Leading the SEC with the sixth-best OBP ever by a Gator, the Canadian sophomore set career highs in nearly every offensive statistic while ranking second in the conference in hit-by-pitches, third in walks and sixth in runs scored.
Lawson tallied 58 hits, two triples and 48 RBI on the season. He homered in eight of the last 12 games of the campaign, slashing .409/.567/1.023 in that stretch with 45 total bases, 23 runs, 12 RBI and four steals. Lawson also improved defensively as the season progressed, committing just one error across 59 chances at shortstop in the final 14 games of the season for a .983 fielding percentage.
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King's selection by D1Baseball officially makes him a Unanimous All-American after receiving honors from all five major publications. Meanwhile, Lawson picked up his second All-America accolade of the campaign.
Below is a final list of all Florida's All-America awards from the 2026 season.
2026 Florida Baseball All-America Honors (11)
Brendan Lawson, SS – Second Team (BA, D1B)
Aidan King, SP* – First Team (NCBWA), Second Team (ABCA, BA, D1B, PG)
Caden McDonald, UT – First Team (CBF), Second Team (BA, NCBWA, PG)
*2026 Unanimous All-American
Becoming the first Gator underclassman to collect SEC Pitcher of the Year honors including the fourth in league history, King led Florida with eight wins, a 3.21 ERA, 1.03 WHIP and 97.0 innings pitched while holding hitters to a .218 batting average. On the season, King fanned 92 batters against 19 free passes, equating to a 4.84 strikeout-to-walk ratio. In SEC action, he led all starters with a 0.89 WHIP, tied for the top spot in victories (six) and held hitters to a .184 batting average. As a true workhorse, King fired a team-high eight quality starts including six in SEC play – pitching into the seventh inning five times against SEC foes. His 62.0 SEC innings trailed only Alabama's Tyler Fay.
From April 3 through May 1, King delivered the most-dominant, five-week stretch by an SEC pitcher this spring. Facing Ole Miss, No. 3 Georgia, No. 13 Auburn, No. 7 Texas A&M and No. 15 Oklahoma, he went 4-0 with five-straight quality starts and a 1.51 ERA across 35 2/3 frames for an average of 7.1 innings per outing. As a result, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association voted him April's National Pitcher of the Month.
Known as the aircraft carrier of the UF offense, Lawson started 51 of his 56 games at shortstop and paced Florida in OPS (1.210), OBP (.511), slugging (.699), extra-base hits (32), home runs (19), runs scored (68), total bases (130), walks (53) and the second-most hit-by-pitches in program history (24). Leading the SEC with the sixth-best OBP ever by a Gator, the Canadian sophomore set career highs in nearly every offensive statistic while ranking second in the conference in hit-by-pitches, third in walks and sixth in runs scored.
Lawson tallied 58 hits, two triples and 48 RBI on the season. He homered in eight of the last 12 games of the campaign, slashing .409/.567/1.023 in that stretch with 45 total bases, 23 runs, 12 RBI and four steals. Lawson also improved defensively as the season progressed, committing just one error across 59 chances at shortstop in the final 14 games of the season for a .983 fielding percentage.
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