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Florida Gators softball coach named assistant coach of the year

Special Report on the Florida Gators softball team

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- After helping the University of Florida Gators softball program win its second consecutive national title, assistant coach Jennifer Rocha has been named the 2015 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division I Assistant Coach of the Year, the NFCA announced on Thursday.It is the first honor of its kind received by a UF coach in program history. Just a couple of months back, head coach Tim Walton and his staff were named 2015 NFCA National Coaching Staff of the Year<http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=30848>.Another first for the program.Florida has previously been tabbed as the NFCA Southeast Region Coaching Staff of the Year four times (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011).