Indiana and Nebraska Earn Weekly Softball Awards

Hoosiers’ Tara Trainer and Huskers’ Tristen Edwards and Lindsey Walljasper receive Big Ten’s top honors this week
Player of the Week
Tristen Edwards, Nebraska
INF – Jr. – Murrieta, Calif. – Vista Murietta – Major: Management
Posted a .583 batting average, .667 on-base percentage and 1.917 slugging percentage with five home runs, 14 RBI and eight runs scored last weekend in Nebraska’s four-game sweep at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge
Went 4-for-4 with two home runs and a school record-tying eight RBI in Sunday’s win over Pittsburgh
Also hit two home runs with three RBI in the Huskers’ victory over series host and No. RV/23 N.C. State on Feb. 15
Named an Academic All-Big Ten honoree in 2017-18
Earns her third career Player of the Week honor
Last Nebraska Player of the Week: Tristen Edwards (Feb. 19, 2018)
Pitcher of the Week
Tara Trainer, Indiana
RHP – Sr. – Lebanon, Ohio – Lebanon – Major: Interior Design
Went 2-0 with one save and a 0.41 ERA in 17.0 innings in the circle last week, allowing one run on eight hits with 12 strikeouts and two walks as No. 24/RV/16 Indiana won all four of its games at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge to continue the Hoosiers’ best start (9-0) since 1990
Tossed two complete games last weekend, including a one-hit shutout at series host Duke on Feb. 15, taking a perfect game into the seventh inning and ending up one out shy of a no-hitter
A two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection (2016-17 and 2017-18)
Earns her third career Pitcher of the Week honor
Last Indiana Pitcher of the Week: Tara Trainer (April 23, 2018)
Freshman of the Week
Lindsey Walljasper, Nebraska
RHP/UTL – Manteca, Calif. – Sierra – Major: Undeclared
Had a .333 batting average, .455 on-base percentage and 1.111 slugging percentage with two home runs, eight RBI and four runs scored in the Huskers’ four wins at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge last weekend
Hit home runs in both of Nebraska’s victories over series host and No. RV/23 N.C. State, driving in three runs on Feb. 15 and adding two RBI on Feb. 16
Also earned a pitching win on Feb. 15 against the nationally-ranked Wolfpack, going 6.0 innings in the circle and allowing two unearned runs on five hits with nine strikeouts and one walk
Earns her first career Freshman of the Week honor
Last Nebraska Freshman of the Week: Laura Barrow (March 23, 2015)