2026 Softball Roster

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8 Jocelyn Erickson

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Phoenix, Ariz.
  • Highschool Sandra Day O'Connor
  • Instagram joceyerickson

Biography

Major: Sport Management

Career Honors:
  • 2025 Rawlings Gold Glove Award (Catcher)
  • 2025 NFCA All-Gulf Region Third Team
  • 2025 SEC Softball Community Service Team
  • 2025 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2024 NFCA Division I Player of the Year
  • 2024 Rawlings Gold Glove Award (Catcher)
  • 2024 NFCA All-American First Team (Unanimous)
  • 2024 Women's College World Series All-Tournament Team
  • 2024 CWSA Honda Award Top 4 Finalist
  • 2024 Diamond Sports/NFCA Catcher of the Year
  • 2024 Softball America Defender of the Year
  • 2024 Softball America All-American First Team
  • 2024 NFCA All-Southeast Region First Team
  • 2024 D1Softball All-American First Team
  • 2024 USA Softball Top 25 Finalist
  • 2024 SEC Player of the Year
  • 2024 All-SEC First Team
  • 2024 SEC All-Defensive Team
  • 2024 SEC Player of the Week (Feb.19)
  • 2024 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
As a Junior (2025):
  • Honors:
    • 2025 Rawlings Gold Glove Award (Catcher)
    • 2025 NFCA All-Gulf Region Third Team
    • 2025 SEC Softball Community Service Team
  • SEC Ranks:
    • Caught Stealing By: 9 (2nd)
    • Hit By Pitch: 15 (4th)
  • Statistics:
    • One of four Gators to start all 65 games
    • Batted .303 (53-for-175) with 59 RBI, 55 runs, 15 home runs, two triples and three stolen bases
    • Tied for first on the team in triples (2), second in walks (49), doubles (14), sacrifice flies (4) and OPS (1.144) and third in slugging (.663)
      • Led the team with 15 hit py pitches
    • Threw out nine runners trying to steal
    • Had a .997 fielding percentage, committing just one error in 315 chances, recording 296 putouts, 18 assists and helping turn five double plays
    • Held a team-high .490 on-base percentage in SEC play
  • Notables:
    • Named the Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner at catcher for the second season in a row
      •  Her and teammate Kendra Falby became just the second and third pair of repeat winners in the award's history
    • Hit first career grand slam in NCAA Regional play vs. FAU (May 17), a game-ending home run that gave the Gators a 14-6 five-inning victory over the Owls
    • Drove in a season-high five runs vs. New Mexico State (Feb. 22), hitting two home runs and a two-RBI single
    • Matched career-high of four runs vs. Iowa State (Feb. 23)
    • Drew a career-high four walks at RV/No. 25 Auburn (March 28)
    • Hit a pair of doubles, matching her career-high, at No. 11 LSU (April 26)
    • Recorded 17 multi-RBI games, second-most on the team, and 14 multi-hit games
As a Sophomore (2024):
  • Honors:
    • 2024 NFCA Division I Player of the Year
    • 2024 Rawlings Gold Glove Award
    • 2024 NFCA All-American First Team (Unanimous)
    • 2024 Women's College World Series All-Tournament Team
    • 2024 CWSA Honda Award Top 4 Finalist
    • 2024 Diamond Sports/NFCA Catcher of the Year
    • 2024 Softball America Defender of the Year
    • 2024 Softball America All-American First Team
    • 2024 NFCA All-Southeast Region First Team
    • 2024 D1Softball All-American First Team
    • 2024 USA Softball Top 25 Finalist
    • 2024 SEC Player of the Year
    • 2024 All-SEC First Team
    • 2024 SEC All-Defensive Team
    • 2024 SEC Player of the Week (Feb.19)
    • 2024 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • National Ranks:
    • RBI: 86 (2nd)
    • Sacrifice Flies: 7 (5th)
    • RBI Per Game: 1.25 (6th)
  • SEC Ranks:
    • RBI: 86 (1st)
    • Sacrifice Flies: 7 (1st)
    • Caught Stealing By: 13 (2nd)
    • Runners Picked Off: 2 (2nd)
    • Batting Average: .382 (4th)
    • Walks: 44 (4th)
    • Hits: 73 (T-4th)
    • Total Plate Appearances: 247 (5th)
    • Total Bases: 133 (5th)
    • Doubles: 18 (6th)
    • Home Runs: 15 (7th)
    • Slugging Percentage: .696 (7th)
    • On-Base Percentage: .494 (7th)
    • Runs Scored: 50 (9th)
    • At-Bats: 191 (T-10th)
  • Statistics:
    • Played in all 69 games, making 68 starts
    • Batted .382 (73-for-191) with 86 RBI, 73 hits, 50 runs, 15 home runs, 15 doubles, 44 walks, seven sacrifice flies, 10 stolen bases and five hit by pitches
  • Notables:
    • Set a new program record for most RBI in a single season with 86, passing Megan Bush (2011) who held the previous record of 80
    • Became just the second Gator to earn NFCA Player of the Year Honors
    • Was the first catcher in program history to win the Rawlings Gold Glove Award. Won along with teammate Kendra Falby in 2024, becoming the second and third players overall to win the title at Florida
    • Recorded a team-best 26 multi-RBI games and 21 multi-hit games 
    • Hit a pair of home runs at No. 17 Mississippi State (March 29), a two-run and three-run home run, for a season-high five RBI
    • Delivered the game-winning RBI single over No. 8 Texas A&M (May 4) in the eighth inning to clinch the series victory over the Aggies 
    • Blasted the go-ahead three-run home run in the seventh inning at No. 11 Georgia to clinch the series victory
    • Held a team-best .994 fielding percentage, committing just two errors in 322 chances, recording 292 putouts and 28 assists. Also helped turn five double plays
As a Freshman (2023 - Oklahoma):
  • Played in 57 games, making 32 starts at first base or designated player
  • Hit .337 with seven home runs, 11 doubles and 32 RBI
  • Slugged .644 and held an on-base clip of .395, drawing eight walks and two HBP
  • Stole one base on one attempt
  • Was perfect in the field, making 124 putouts
  • Appeared in four of OU’s five WCWS games
  • Went 2-for-4 with a home run vs. Cal in the NCAA Norman Regional (May 21)
  • Helped the Sooners to a Bedlam sweep in the regular season finale, going a combined 4-for-7 with two doubles and an RBI (April 5-7)
  • Had three hits in a 3-for-4 showing with a double and RBI vs. Kentucky (3/4)
  • Hit a three-run home run vs. Texas A&M at Mary Nutter (2/24)
  • Tied a program single-game record with five hits in a 5-for-5, two double, one home run, eight RBI showing vs. Stephen F Austin (Feb.18)
  • Went on a six-game hit streak to start the season from Feb. 10 vs. Stanford to Feb. 19 at Baylor
High School/ Travel Ball:
  • 2022 Gatorade Arizona Softball Player of the Year
  • 2022 Arizona Republic All-State Team
  • 2022 6A Conference Player of the Year, Desert Valley Region Player of the Year
  • 2022 MaxPreps First Team All-American and First Team Team High School All-American by Extra Inning Softball
  • Ranked No. 2 in the nation for 2022 in total home runs
  • 2022 Season Stats: 33 games, .624AVG, .704 OBP, 25 HRs and 58 RBI
  • Played travel ball for OC Batbusters-Stith (Anaheim, Calif.)
  • Selected to 2022 All-Star Team by Alliance Fastpitch
  • 2022 Tournament MVP at both Triple Crown Nationals and Alliance Fastpitch National Championship Series
  • 2022 OC Batbusters were Champions at Top Club Nationals,Triple Crown Nationals and Alliance Fastpitch Nationals
  • Runner-Up at Boulder IDT
  • 2022 Summer Stats:  57 games, .551 AVG, .633 OBP, 25 HRs and 114 RBI
  • Selected to play with 2019 USA Softball Women's Junior National Team which won the 2019 Pan-American Championship
  • 2019 USSSA World Fastpitch Champion

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