Lindaman leads CoSIDA Academic All-America Team
Florida catcher Kendyl Lindaman is the recipient of the 2020 Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year award for Division I softball and headlines the 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I softball teams.
A senior education sciences major with a 4.00 GPA, Lindaman hit .410 with 32 hits, four doubles, seven home runs, 22 RBI, a team-high 18 walks and a team-best .525 on-base percentage in 27 games for the Gators before the 2020 NCAA softball season was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Lindaman, who transferred from the University of Minnesota following the 2018 season, has played in all 94 games of her Florida career, including 93 starts. In her collegiate career, she has a .374 average with 216 hits, 34 doubles, a pair of triples, 62 homers and 207 RBI. Lindaman is a two-time NFCA All-American and was named to the All-SEC First Team in 2019. She was also a 2018 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Third Team honoree.
Despite the cancellation of spring competition during COVID-19, CoSIDA continued its sponsorship of the Academic All-America awards program. Student-athletes were selected based on career statistics.
In addition to Lindaman, the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I Softball Teams has nine more representatives from programs within the Southeastern Conference, including four SEC repeat selections from the 2018 and 2019 teams - Bailey Hemphill and Kaylee Tow of Alabama, Bailey Vick of Kentucky and Mackenzie Boesel of South Carolina.
2020 Academic All-America® Softball Teams - NCAA Division I
| Pos. | Name | School | GPA | Yr. | Major |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Kendyl Lindaman ($) | Florida | 4 | Sr. | Education Sciences |
| IF | Mackenzie Boesel (1) ($) | South Carolina | 4.00/4.00 | Gr. | Sport & Entertainment Management |
| IF | Bailey Hemphill (1) (&) | Alabama | 4 | Sr. | Early Childhood Education |
| DP | Kaylee Tow (3) | Alabama | 4 | Jr. | Marketing |
| Pos. | Name | School | GPA | Yr. | Major |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Krystal Goodman | Alabama | 3.91 | Sr. | News Media |
| P | Shelby Wickersham | LSU | 4 | So. | Psychology |
| IF | Kenzi Maguire | South Carolina | 4.00/4.00 | Gr. | Education Technology |
| OF | Bailey Vick (#) | Kentucky | 3.95 | Sr. | Finance |
| Pos. | Name | School | GPA | Yr. | Major |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IF | Alex Martens | Kentucky | 3.59 | Sr. | Integrated Strategic Communications - Marketing |
| IF | Chelsea Seggern | Tennessee | 3.89 | Sr. | Kinesiology |
Academic All-America® of the Year: Kendyl Lindaman, University of Florida
(1) - CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I first team selection in 2019
(3) - CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I third team selection in 2019
(#) - CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I first team selection in 2018
(&) - CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I second team selection in 2018
($) - CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I third team selection in 2018