On June 4, Newberry junior shortstop Tavis Honeycutt was named the Florida Dairy Farmers Class 2A Player of the Year.

On Friday, the University of Florida commit finished fourth in the voting for the overall award recognizing the top baseball player in the Sunshine State.

Senior pitcher Gio Rojas of Stoneman Douglas High School (Parkland) has been selected as the Florida Dairy Farmers 2026 Mr. Baseball following a final round of voting by a statewide panel of high school baseball coaches and media representatives.

Rojas, who led his Eagles to a 28-6 record and the Class 7A state title, is the first repeat winner in the 34-year history of the Mr. Baseball award and it marked the fourth time in the past five years a Stoneman Douglas player has won the award.

The University of Miami signee finished the season with an 11-1 record, a 0.58 ERA and 124 strikeouts in 73 innings pitched, with only 17 walks. He also had a .312 batting average with five home runs and 25 runs batted in.

Over the past two years, he has had a combined record of 24-1 with a 0.77 ERA and 244 strikeouts in 141 innings pitched with 33 walks.

The Class 7A Player of the Year tallied 152 points and garnered 10 of the 21 first-place votes in winning this year’s award.

Class 3A POY Coleman Borthwick of 3A state champion South Walton (Santa Rosa Beach) was the runner-up with 130 points and nine first-place votes, followed by Class 1A POY Brayden Harris of 1A state champion St. Johns Country Day (69).

Honeycutt, who finished top 10 in the country with 16 home runs, received one first-place vote and was next with 43 points, followed by Class 6A POY Nick Sabatino of St. Thomas Aquinas (31), Class 5A POY Ryan Harless of Mosley (17), Class 4A POY Samir Mohammed of Tampa Jesuit (10), and Rural Class POY Jeffrey Brugh of Union County (Lake Butler) (10). 

Brugh’s coach, Jiwan James, finished seventh in the voting for the overall coach of the year.

James was previously selected the Rural Coach of the Year after leading the Tigers (24-7) to the school’s first state title since 2012

Nick Borthwick of South Walton High School was named the Florida Dairy Farmers 2026 Baseball Coach of the Year after leading his team to a 30-4 record and its first state championship in school history.

In 16 years at South Walton, he has a 213-86 record, including a 106-23 mark the past four years with state runner-up finishes in 2024 and 2025.

Previously selected as the Class 3A COY, Borthwick won the overall award with seven first-place votes and 128 points, followed by Class 7A COY Todd Fitz-Gerald of Stoneman Douglas with seven first-place votes and 109 points.

Class 6A COY Joe Wardlow of St. Thomas Aquinas finished third (49), followed in the voting by Class 2A COY Jon Murphy of Trinity Christian (46), Class 5A COY Mike Gauger of Tallahassee Lincoln and Class 4A COY Miguel Menendez of Tampa Jesuit (43), James (34) and Class 1A COY Tom Lucas of St. Johns Country Day (5).

2026 FINAL VOTING RESULTS: (Points awarded on a 10-7-5 basis)

Player                                                                              Total Points       1st-Place Votes

Gio Rojas, Stoneman Douglas                               152                               10

Coleman Borthwick, South Walton                      130                                9

Brayden Harris, St. Johns Country Day                69                                  1

Tavis Honeycutt, Newberry                                  43                                  1

Nick Sabatino, St. Thomas Aquinas                     31                                 0

Ryan Harless, Mosley                                                17                                  0

Samir Mohammed, Tampa Jesuit                          10                                  0

Jeffrey Brugh, Union County                                 10                                  0

Past Mr. Baseball Winners:

1993 – Alex Rodriguez, Miami Westminster

1994 – Doug Million, Sarasota

1995 – Doug Blosser, Sarasota

1996 – Nick Stocks, Tampa Jesuit

1997 – Geoff Geotz, Tampa Jesuit

1998 – Felipe Lopez, Lake Brantley

1999 – Bobby Bradley, Wellington

2000 – Tony Richie, Bishop Kenny

2001 – Casey Kotchman, Seminole

2002 – Edgar Ramirez, Miami Southridge

2003 – James Houser, Sarasota

2004 – Warren McFadden, Davie Nova

2005 – Andrew McCutchen, Fort Meade

2006 – Max Sapp, Orlando Bishop Moore

2007 – Michael Main, Deland

2008 – Casey Kelly, Sarasota

2009 – Patrick Schuster, New Port Richey Mitchell

2010 – C. T. Bradford, Pace

2011 – Jose Fernandez, Tampa Alonso

2012 – Lance McCullers, Jr., Tampa Jesuit

2013 – Tyler Danish, Plant City

2014 – Brian Gonzalez, Archbishop McCarthy

2015 – Dillon Brown, Mosley

2016—Bo Bichette, Lakewood

2017—Logan Allen, Orange City University

2018 – Caleb Roberts, St. Thomas Aquinas      

2019 – Parker Messick, Plant City

2020—No Winner Named

2021 – Deric Fabian, North Marion       

2022 – Roman Anthony, Stoneman Douglas

2023 – Christian Rodriguez, Stoneman Douglas

2024 – Johnny King, Naples

2025—Gio Rojas, Stoneman Douglas

2026 FINAL VOTING RESULTS: (Points awarded on a 10-7-5 basis)

Coach                                                              Total Points       1st-Place Votes

Nick Borthwick, South Walton                128                       7          

Todd Fitz-gerald, Stoneman Douglas    109                        7

Joe Wardlow, St. Thomas Aquinas         49                         3

Jon Murphy, Trinity Christian                      46                        2

Miguel Menendez, Tampa Jesuit             43                         0

Mike Gauger, Tallahassee Lincoln          43                         1

Jiwan James, Union County                   34                         1

Tom Lucas, St,. Johns Country Day        5                             0

Past Baseball Coach Winners:

1993 – Clyde Metcalf, Sarasota

1994 – John Crumbley, Tampa Jesuit

1995 – John Carpenter, Lakeland Santa Fe

1996 – Rich Hoffman, Miami Westminster

1997 – John Crumbley, Tampa Jesuit

1998 – Howard May, Terry Parker

1999 – Scott Benedict, Wellington

2000 – Bob West, Bishop Kenny

2001 – Fred Burnside, Miami Southridge

2002 – Fred Burnside, Miami Southridge

2003 – John Crumbley, Tampa Jesuit

2004 – Pat McQuaid, Davie Nova

2005 – Ralph Henriquez, Key West

2006 – Scott Benedict, Palm Beach Central

2007 – Dave Wheeler, Orlando Bishop Moore

2008 – Tom Hilbert, Dunedin

2009 – Rick Turner, Naples

2010 – Charlie Warner, Pace

2011 – Landy Faedo, Tampa Alonso

2012 – Johnny Goodrich, Spruce Creek

2013 – Richard Labounty, Pensacola Catholic

2014 – Fred Burnside, South Dade

2015 – Craig Faulkner, Venice

2016—Todd Fitz-Gerald, Stoneman Douglas

2017—Greg Olsen, Calvary Christian

2018 – Troy Cameron, St. Thomas Aquinas

2019 – Michael Fryrear, Plant City

2020 – No Winner Named

2021—Todd Fitz-Gerald, Stoneman Douglas

2022—Todd Fitz-Gerald, Stoneman Douglas

2023—Todd Fitz-Gerald, Stoneman Douglas

2024— Jordan Yamamoto, Dwyer

2025—Todd Fitz-Gerald, Stoneman Douglas