The 2025-26 athletics season is officially in the rear-view mirror — much like Shenese Walker's competition.

Walker won a pair of national championships and Florida State soccer won a national title, the biggest highlights for the school in a year where FSU softball also claimed an ACC title and beach volleyball won the Big 12 title.

Which athletes did we enjoy watching over the last year? There really isn't any criteria here: An athlete excelled, regardless of his or her team's performance and was fun to watch. That's it.

A large number of these Seminoles are moving on to pro sports, although a few are returning to campus this fall.

Shenese Walker: The senior sprinter won the 60-meter indoor national title and the 100-meter outdoor national title. She became the first ACC women's sprinter to sweep the 60 and 100 in the same season. Walker was also the FSU women's first national champion in track since Colleen Quigley in 2015.

But this perhaps goes beyond just national titles. Walker also has the FSU and ACC record in the 60 meters (7.8 seconds) and has the FSU and ACC record in the 100, too (10.80 seconds). Talk about leaving your mark. Walker is back home in Jamaica and will no doubt pursue a pro career as well as prepare for the 2028 Summer Olympics.

Jordynn Dudley: The junior forward had 11 goals and 14 assists and was among the top soccer players in the nation in 2025, helping lead FSU to a national title. Dudley often looked like a basketball player on grass, gracefully dribbling the ball and maneuvering through traffic to create a shot for herself or a teammate.

While she indeed was a basketball player in high school that was being recruited by top programs, Dudley enjoyed a remarkable FSU career and captured a pair of national championships. Dudley now is playing for Gotham FC of the NWSL.

Kate Ockene: FSU's keeper was phenomenal in protecting the goal, making a season-best nine saves in the national championship game victory over Stanford. Ockene allowed just four goals in six NCAA Tournament games. She wrapped up her freshman season with a 9-0-3 mark.

Ockene allowed just eight goals in more than 1,000 minutes of soccer. While that amounted to 30 saves, and FSU's defenders should receive a ton of credit, Ockene showed in her freshman season what's ahead in her future.

Duce Robinson: A lifelong FSU fan, Robinson transferred from Southern Cal to join the Seminoles last winter. Robinson turned in FSU's 14th season of 1,000 or more yards, grabbing 56 passes for 1,081 yards and six touchdowns. While he enjoyed five games of 120 or more receiving yards, he also had notable drops that could have resulted in better numbers and perhaps another win.

Robinson opted to return to FSU for his senior season and he's been praised for his leadership and mentoring younger receivers (like freshman Devin Carter). Robinson is seeking to join a select group of receivers with back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons at FSU — Ron Sellers, Rashad Greene and E.G. Green have all done it.

Myles Bailey: Few hitters were as dangerous across college baseball as Bailey, who hit .363 with 13 home runs and 33 RBI in 26 games before a season-ending ankle injury. Bailey had a very good eye at the plate but, when combined with some intentional walks, he had a .582 on-base percentage.

Maybe we've seen the last of Bailey in an FSU uniform as the sophomore is eligible for the MLB Draft on July 12-13. But if Bailey is interested, his return would deliver the Seminoles a cornerstone in the middle of the lineup for 2027.

Wes Mendes: The left-hander's ERA in 2025 was 5.42, although he had an impressive 90 strikeouts in 78 innings. But Mendes enjoyed a consistent 2026, delivering quality outings and going 9-3 with a 2.90 ERA in 16 starts.

Mendes had a nine-inning complete game in a win over Pittsburgh, FSU’s first of nine innings since Drew Parrish in May 2018. And Mendes also had a seven-inning complete game as FSU run-ruled Wake in March.

Robert McCray: The senior guard averaged 16.3 points and a career-best 6.1 assists per game. But McCray played some of his best basketball down the stretch for FSU, scoring 30 points in a win over Cal and then adding 25 points in a loss to Duke a day later in the ACC Tournament.

McCray was counted on to be a distributor for FSU and often did so quite well (12 assists in a win over SMU to close out the regular season). In FSU's last 15 games, when the Seminoles played their best basketball, McCray also was at his best by scoring 20 or more points in eight games. McCray agreed to a free agent deal with the LA Lakers.

Isa Torres: The junior shortstop hit .530, breaking her own school record, hit a career-best 16 home runs and had 56 RBI. Torres also broke the school records for on-base percentage (.591), slugging percentage (.978) and runs scored (78). She also reached base in 23 straight plate appearances.

Torres is the first Seminole to win D1Softball’s National Player of the Year and joins Lacey Waldrop, Jessica van der Linden and Darby Cottle to win a national player of the year award. After the season, Torres entered the transfer portal and will play her senior year at Texas (near her hometown of Georgetown, Texas).

Ashtyn Danley: One of the best in the ACC to hit and pitch, Danley went 13-1 with a 2.09 ERA in 100.1 innings. She added five saves and had 89 strikeouts to just 46 walks.

At the plate, Danley hit .353 and set career highs in home runs (12) and RBI (57). She also had 16 doubles and scored 50 runs.

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