Florida State great Veronica Wootson will be inducted to the Seminoles’ athletics Hall of Fame later this year.
Wootson starred for the Seminoles from 2004-07, helping lead the program to the 2004 ACC championship in a season that culminated in a Women’s College World Series berth. The ‘Noles reached the NCAA tournament in each of Wootson’s quartet of seasons on the squad.
The 2004 conference Rookie of the Year, Wootson also earned a trio of all-American awards during her career. She was selected to the all-American second team in 2004 and earned first-team honors in 2006 and third-team honors in 2007.
At her career’s end, Wootson boasted a career batting average of .322 with twenty-nine home runs; 282 hits; 137 RBIs; and seventy-nine stolen bases. She ranks in the program’s all-time top ten in five different statistical categories.
Wootson is the eleventh member of the Seminole softball program to be inducted into the Hall of Fame and the first since Brandi Stuart in 2015.
Joining Wootson in induction as part of the class of 2018 are Teresa Bundy (track and field); Walter Dix (track and field); Jim Gladden (coach); Odell Haggins (football); Buster Posey (baseball); Al Thornton (basketball); and Mami Yamaguchi (soccer). The group will be officially inducted in a ceremony and banquet on September 7th.
