Florida baseball pitcher Aidan King earns first-team freshman All-American honors

Florida baseball freshman pitcher Aidian King emerged as one of the top pitchers in college baseball at the end of the 2025 season.

King was named a first-team All-American by both Perfect Game and the College Baseball Writers Association of America on June 10.

The 6-foot-2, 195-pound King, from Bishop Snyder High in Jacksonville, finished off a stellar freshman campaign for the Florida Gators by winning his final three starts, allowing just three earned runs over 21 1/3 innings pitched during that span. Overall, King finished 7-2 with a 2.58 ERA, with 79 strikeouts and 23 walks in 73 1/3 innings pitched.

King’s 2.58 ERA was the lowest for a UF pitcher across a full season since Brady Singer posted a 2.55 ERA in 2018.

Florida freshman infielder Brendan Lawson, meanwhile, earned second-team All-American honors from Perfect Game. Lawson started 60 of 61 games for UF, primarily at first base while filling in at second base and third base on occasion.

A Toronto, Canada, native, Lawson ranked second on UF in batting average (.317) and RBIs (61) while slugging 10 home runs and 14 doubles.

Kevin Brockway is The Gainesville Sun’s Florida beat writer. Contact him at kbrockway@gannett.com. Follow him on X @KevinBrockwayG1. Read his coverage of the Gators’ national championship basketball season in “CHOMP-IONS!” — a hardcover coffee-table collector’s book from The Sun. Details at Florida.ChampsBook.com

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