2024 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2024 Preseason All-SEC First Team
2023 Freshman All-American (BA, CB, D1B, PG)
2023 First Team All-SEC
2023 SEC All-Freshman Team
2023 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
2023 SEC Freshman of the Week (May 15)
2025 (Junior):
- Played in 14 games including 13 starts at second base before undergoing season-ending shoulder surgery
- Reached base safely in all 13 games with a plate appearance
- Slashed .316/.490/.605 across 38 at bats
- Produced three home runs, two doubles, 15 RBI, nine runs scored and one stolen base
- Drew as many walks (10) as strikeouts (10)
- Drove in three runs while going 2-for-4 in the Opening Night victory over Air Force on Feb. 14
- Tallied three RBI and one walk in a 1-for-3 night against Dayton on Feb. 21
- Homered twice en route to finishing 2-for-3 with a season-high four RBI and two runs in the win vs. Dayton on Feb. 23
- Drilled a homer for the second-straight game, connecting for a three-run shot in the victory at Stetson on Feb. 25
- Logged a season-high three hits (3-for-5) on top of one double and one run against North Florida on Feb. 26
- Racked up four multi-RBI performances and three multi-hit contests in his limited action
- Made one error over 33 defensive chances at second base for a .970 fielding percentage
2024 (Sophomore):
- Started 62 of a possible 66 games at the keystone for the Gators
- Batted .245/.346/.457 across 245 at bats despite playing most of the campaign with a right-hand injury
- Totaled 14 home runs, one triple, eight doubles, 51 runs, 44 RBI and five stolen bases
- Went 3-for-5 with a double and season-high four runs scored in the win at North Florida on Feb. 20
- Homered and scored three runs while going 3-for-5 in the game one victory at Miami on March 1
- Swatted a home run, drove in three and scored two runs (1-for-3) against Saint Mary’s on March 9
- Launched a grand slam in the fourth inning vs. Florida State on March 12
- Drove in two runs and homered in the series-clinching victory at LSU on March 24
- Doubled and collected two hits in back-to-back games against Mississippi State from March 29-30
- Finished 2-for-4 with one home run and three RBI in the victory over Florida A&M on April 2
- Homered and doubled while going 2-for-5 with three RBI and two runs in the win vs. Kentucky on May 11
- Blasted three home runs in the final two games of the campaign (May 17-18) to power the Gators to a season-saving series victory at Georgia, highlighted by a 2-for-4 performance with two homers, four RBI and three runs scored in the season finale
- Led off the Stillwater Regional with a solo homer for UF, finishing 2-for-5 with two RBI in the victory over Nebraska on May 31
- Scored three runs while recording one hit and one walk as Florida defeated Clemson on June 9 to earn a trip to the College World Series
- Went 1-for-4 with two RBI and one run scored in the CWS-victory over Kentucky on June 19
- Racked up 10 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI performances
- Fielded at a .958 clip across 213 defensive chances at second base, turning 22 double plays and committing just nine errors
2023 (Freshman):
- Named a Freshman All-American by Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, D1Baseball and Perfect Game in addition to earning First Team All-SEC and Freshman All-SEC honors
- Played in 68 of Florida’s 71 games including 67 starts as a true freshman
- Slashed .297/.404/.555 with 17 home runs, 17 doubles, 75 runs, 50 RBI and four stolen bases
- Launched more home runs (17) than any UF second baseman in a single season in team history while ranking second all-time in homers among Gator freshmen behind JJ Schwarz (18)
- Finished with 22 hit-by-pitches, which ranked second all-time in a season at UF behind David Eckstein’s 25 in 1997
- Opened career with multiple hits in each of his first seven starts
- Hit his first-career home run while going 2-for-3 at South Florida on Feb. 21
- Went 3-for-5 with a homer and three RBI in the win over Cincinnati on Feb. 24
- Launched a grand slam en route to going 2-for-6 with four runs scored at Jacksonville on Feb. 28
- Delivered a three-hit game in the series-clinching victory against Miami on March 5
- Finished 3-for-5 with one home run and four RBI in the win at Ole Miss on March 26
- Drove in four runs behind two hits including a home run vs. Georgia on April 14
- Recorded his first-career two-homer game at South Carolina on April 22
- Reached base in all five plate appearances against Vanderbilt on May 12, going 3-for-3 with one double and two walks
- Named SEC Co-Freshman of the Week on May 15 after batting .667/.786/1.111 with 10 total bases, one homer and six runs during UF’s three-game sweep of Vanderbilt
- Went 5-for-11 with seven runs scored featuring a home run in game three in the College World Series Finals vs. LSU
- Totaled 25 multi-hit games and 13 multi-RBI performances (second on team)
- Posted a .960 fielding percentage across 199 chances at second base
BERKELEY PREP HS:
- Five-year letterwinner and starter at shortstop under head coach Richie Warren at Berkeley Prep
- All-time leader in hits (133), runs (126), RBI (106), stolen bases (52) and home runs (18) at Berkeley Prep
- 2022 Florida Dairy Farmers Class 3A Player of the Year
- 2022 Max Preps All-American and ABCA/Rawlings High School All-American
- 2022 PBR First Team All-State
- Named All-813Preps Most Valuable Player in 2022
- Three-time All-813Preps First Team
- Three-time FACA District 15 3A Player of the Year
- 2022 Hillsborough County Most Valuable Player
- Three-time Berkeley Prep Team MVP
- Served as Berkeley Prep team captain from 2021-22
- Led Berkeley Prep to the Class 3A State Championship Game in 2022
- 2021 Prospect Wire All-American and Most Valuable Player
- Batted .382/.510/.655 with 18 home runs, eight triples, 25 doubles, 126 runs, 106 RBI and 52 stolen bases across 123 career games at Berkeley
- As a junior, slashed .468/.606/.957 with a state-leading 13 home runs and 17 steals in 32 games
- Ranked by Perfect Game as the No. 201 overall recruit nationally
- Four-time PG All-American and two-time PG Tournament All-American Team (2018-19)
- Ranked by Prep Baseball Report as the No. 3 player in Florida in the 2023 class (before reclassifying)
- Member of Cum Laude Society and National honor Society
- Made Headmaster’s List at Berkeley his entire prep career
- Six-time Top Ranking Scholar Book Award
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PERSONAL:
- Son of Brett and Blair Kurland
- Has one brother, Rivers, and one sister, Reese
- Majoring in finance at the University of Florida
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Hits: 3, nine times, last vs. North Florida, February 26, 2025
Doubles: 2, at Kentucky, May 18, 2023
Home Runs: 2, three times, last vs. Dayton, February 23, 2025
Total Bases: 8, three times, last vs. Dayton, February 23, 2025
RBI: 4, six times, last vs. Dayton, February 23, 2025
Runs Scored: 4, four times, last at North Florida, February 20, 2024
Walks: 2, 11 times, last vs. Florida State, March 25, 2025
Struck out: 5, at Miami, March 3, 2024
Sacrifice Flies: 1, three times, last vs. NC State, June 17, 2024
At bats: 6, six times, last vs. Kentucky, May 10, 2024
Stolen bases: 1, 10 times, last at Jacksonville, February 18, 2025
Assists: 8, at Clemson, June 9, 2024
Putouts: 4, five times, last vs. Stetson, April 23, 2024
