Following a final round of voting by a statewide panel of high school baseball coaches and media representatives, junior pitcher Gio Rojas of Stoneman Douglas (Parkland) has been selected as the Florida Dairy Farmers 2025 Mr. Baseball and his coach, Todd Fitz-Gerald, has been named the Florida Dairy Farmers 2025 Baseball Coach of the Year

Rojas, who led his team to a 31-2 record and the Class 7A state title, was the third Stoneman Douglas player in the past four years to win the award, joining 2022 winner Roman Anthony and 2023 winner Christian Rodriguez.

Only Sarasota High School, with four Mr. Baseball honorees, has won the award more times than the Stoneman Douglas and Tampa Jesuit programs, which each have had three winners.

The University of Miami commit finished with a 12-0 record, a 0.72 ERA and 119 strikeouts in 68 innings pitched, with only 16 walks. He also had a .388 batting average with 24 runs scored and 32 runs batted in.

Previously selected as the Class 7A Player of the Year, Rojas tallied 184 points and garnered 16 of the 22 first-place votes in winning this year’s award.

Class 6A POY Zack Malvasio of St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale) was the runner-up with 110 points, while Class 1A POY Brayden Harris of St. Johns Country Day (Orange Park) was third (61). Rounding out the voting were Class 4A POY Cooper Moss of Arnold (Panama City) Beach) with 46 points, Class 2A POY Aaron Watson of Trinity Christian (Jacksonville) with 25, Class 3A POY Charlie Wilcox of South Walton (Santa Rosa Beach) with 19, Class 5A POY Danny Machado of Archbishop McCarthy (Fort Lauderdale) with 17 and Rural Class POY Bradley Garrett of Holmes County (Bonifay) with 10 points. 

Oak Hall School’s Gavin Jones and Trenton’s Jordan Marlo finished third in the voting for top overall player in their respective classification.

Jones was third in Class 1A after leading the Eagles (9-11) with a .559 batting average and a .612 on-base percentage, while Trenton’s Jordan Marlo finished third in the voting for the Rural POY. The University of West Georgia signee led the Tigers with a .513 batting average and a .652 OBP.

Meanwhile, Fitz-Gerald, who won the state’s top coaching honor in 2016, won three straight times from 2021-23 before finishing as the runner-up in 2024.

His Stoneman Douglas team finished with a 31-2 record this season and won the school’s fifth straight Class 7A title.

Previously selected as the Class 7A COY, Fitz-Gerald won the overall award with 14 first-place votes and 173 points, followed by Class 3A COY David Fanshawe of Miami Springs (122). 

Class 6A COY Joe Wardlow of St. Thomas Aquinas finished third (43) followed by Class 5A COY Humberto Bencomo of Mater Academy Charter (Hialeah) with 29 points, Rural Class COY Jeromy Powell of Holmes County (24), Class 2A COY Alan Kunkel of The First Academy (Orlando) with 20 points, Class 1A COY Frank Turco of Canterbury (Fort Myers) with 19 points and Class 4A COY Bruce Aven of American Heritage (Plantation) with 10.

State recognition was also given to area baseball players and coaches.

Buchholz baseball coach Ron Brooks finished second in the voting for the Florida Dairy Farmers Class 6A Coach of the Year.

Brooks, who stepped down as both baseball coach and athletics director, led the Bobcats to their second straight state championship game appearance, an 8-3 loss to St. Thomas Aquinas in the title game, and a school record 33 victories.

Trenton coach Chris Marlo finished third in the voting for the Rural Class Coach of the Year after the Tigers advanced to their second straight state semifinal under Marlo before losing to Lafayette, 5-1, in the state semifinals to finish the season 24-5.

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

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