GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Two legends of the Florida softball program were announced as official Gator Greats this morning as Francesca Enea and Hannah Rogers were selected to the 2024 UF Athletic Hall of Fame Class by the University of Florida F Club and Gator Boosters.
The 2024 class is composed overall of eight Gator Greats and hone Honorary Letterwinner. Enea and Rogers are the sixth and seventh softball players in program history to be inducted into the UF Athletic Hall of Fame.
Gator Greats are Letterwinners who brought recognition and prominence to the University of Florida and themselves by their athletic accomplishments as a student-athlete.
An Honorary Letterwinner is a coach or athletic official (after retirement) who was not a letter winner or athlete at the University of Florida, yet rendered outstanding service to the program through personal time, effort, interest and through many years of continued service.
The Hall of Fame Banquet will occur Friday, October 18, 2023, prior to the Kentucky home football game.
Francesca Enea | Softball, 2007-10
Enea is one of the latest softball inductees to the UF Athletic Hall of Fame along with Hannah Rogers this year. She joins Chelsey Sakizzie (2008), Jenny Gladding (2014), Stacey Nelson (2019), Michelle Moultrie (2022) and Kelsey Bruder (2023) among the Gator Greats to come through the program.
Over her storied career, Enea was tabbed a three-time National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-American in 2008, 2009 and 2010 in addition to being a two-time All-SEC selection in 2009 and 2010 and made the All-SEC Freshman Team in 2007. In 2009, Enea was a Top 25 finalist for the USA Softball Player of the Year, most prestigious awards in college softball, and was a Top 10 finalist in 2010. She also helped lead UF to a pair of SEC Regular Season and Tournament Titles in 2008 & 2009
Enea's name can be found all over the UF history books as she finished her career as the record holder in single-season home runs (20), single-season RBI (70), single-season SAC flies (6-tied), single-season hit by pitch (15), career home runs (61), career RBI (221) and career total bases (431). In addition, the Woodland Hills, Calif., native, finished her career ranked inside the Top 10 of seven other single-season categories and 10 other career categories by the time her career ended.
Academically, Enea made the SEC Academic Honor Roll (2008, 2009 and 2010) and SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll (2007), while also earning SEC Community Service Team honors in 2009 and 2010.
Hannah Rogers | Softball, 2011-14
Rogers is one of the latest softball inductees to the UF Athletic Hall of Fame along with Francesca Enea this year. She joins Chelsey Sakizzie (2008), Jenny Gladding (2014), Stacey Nelson (2019), Michelle Moultrie (2022) and Kelsey Bruder (2023) among the Gator Greats to come through the program. Overall, the softball program now has seven Hall of Fame inductees.
Rogers is a legend in the circle for the softball program as she was the first four-time National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-American in program history. The Lake Wales, Fla., native is also the first to be inducted that was a part of the program's first Women's College World Series (WCWS) National Championship in 2014. Not only did she help lead the program to its first national title, Rogers was named the 2014 WCWS Most Outstanding Player. Rogers accolades also include 2014 Southeastern Conference Female Athlete of the Year, All-SEC (2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014), All-SEC Defensive Team (2011, 2012 & 2014) in addition to being selected to the 2011 All-SEC Freshman Team.
Fans can find her name across the record books as well. She set the single-season record for saves (5) and finished inside the Top 10 in in 13 different categories. In the career categories she finished in the Top 10 in 13 different spaces and in the Top 5 in opponent batting average (.198 – 5th), walks allowed per seven innings (2.08 – 5th), wins (127 – 2nd), win percentage (.804 – 5th), save (14 – 2nd), appearances (191 – 2nd), starts (146 - 2nd), innings pitched (988.0 – 2nd) and strikeouts (833 – 2nd).
Academically, Rogers was a 2013 & 2014 SEC Academic Honor Roll selection.
2024 UF Athletic Hall of Fame Class
Elizabeth Beisel – Women's Swimming & Diving
Marcin Cieslak – Men's Swimming & Diving
Francesca Enea - Softball
Chase Henry – Football
Genevieve LaCaze – Women's Track & Field
Hannah Rogers - Softball
Preston Tucker – Baseball
Scottie Wilbekin – Men's Basketball
UF Athletic Hall of Fame – Softball
Chelsey Sakizzie – 2008
Jenny Gladding – 2014
Stacey Nelson – 2019
Michelle Moultrie – 2022
Kelsey Bruder – 2023
Francesca Enea – 2024
Hannah Rogers – 2024
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