Nebraska, Minnesota and Oregon Earn Big Ten Softball Weekly Awards
Huskers’ Bahl, Gophers’ Schwartz and Ducks’ McCoy earn weekly recognition
Player of the Week
Jordy Bahl, Nebraska
Jr. – UTL/RHP – Papillion, Neb. – Papillion-La Vista – Major: Child, Youth and Family Studies
- Notched a team-high .625 batting average across the Huskers’ three games against Washington
- Reached based in seven of her eight trips to the plate, recording five hits, two walks, three runs and eight RBI
- Tallied three home runs, one in the 12-8 win on Friday and two in the 6-0 win on Sunday. Sunday marked the second multi-home run game of her career
- With her two home runs on Sunday, Bahl now has 34 extra-base hits on the season, one shy of tying the school record. Her 55 runs this season is tied for the seventh-highest total in school history
- On Friday, Bahl became the first player in Nebraska history to amass 15 doubles and 15 home runs in the same season
- Last Nebraska Player of the Week: Ava Kuszak (Feb. 17, 2025)
Pitcher of the Week
Sydney Schwartz, Minnesota
Jr. – RHP – Victoria, Minn. – Chanhassen
- Went 3-0 and added a save in 16.0 scoreless innings over four appearances to help Minnesota to a 4-0 weekend with a pair of wins over both Pitt and North Dakota
- Struck out 15 on the weekend with just six hits allowed and four walks issued, limiting opposing batters to a .105 batting average
- Friday against Pitt, Schwartz threw a three-hit shutout and followed the next day with a two-hit shutout against the Panthers
- Saturday, she came in relief and got the final three outs to earn the save against North Dakota
- Closed the weekend with a no-hitter against the Fighting Hawks, striking out four with one walk allowed
- Last Minnesota Pitcher of the Week: Autumn Pease (May 8, 2023)
Freshman of the Week
Rylee McCoy, Oregon
1B – Agoura Hills, Calif. – Oaks Christian School
- Hit .556 (5-for-9) with a double, a home run and eight RBI to help lead Oregon to a road sweep at Indiana, slugging 1.000 for the series
- McCoy homered in the second game against the Hoosiers to break the Oregon freshman record for home runs with her 15th of the season
- Drove in four runs in Sunday’s series finale, the last two of which in the sixth inning proved to be the difference in the Ducks’ 9-7 win
- Last Oregon Freshman of the Week: Stefini Ma’ake (April 7, 2025)
2025 Big Ten Softball Honorees
Feb. 10
PL: Jasmyn Burns, So., OSU
P: Lorin Boutte, Fr., OSU
F: Emma Cox, ORE
Feb. 17
Co-PL: Hannah Lindsay, Sr., IOWA
Co-PL: Ava Kuszak, Jr., NEB
Co-P: Jordy Bahl, Jr., NEB
Co-P: Ella Harrison, Fr., RU
F: Stefini Ma’ake, ORE
Feb. 24
PL: Kaitlyn Farley, Sr., OSU
P: Lyndsey Grein, Jr., ORE
F: Rylee McCoy, ORE
March 3
PL: Alexis DeBoer, Fr., WASH
P: Stevie Hansen, Sr., WASH
F: Kaniya Bragg, UCLA
March 10
PL: Brooke Klosowicz, So., PSU
P/F: Ella Harrison, Fr., RU
March 17
PL: Katie Flannery, So., ORE
P: Taylor Tinsley, Jr., UCLA
F: Kendra Lewis, WIS
March 24
PL: Morgan Frye, Gr., OSU
P: Jordy Bahl, Jr., NEB
F: Lauren Putz, MICH
March 31
PL: Jenissa Conway, So., MICH
P: Jordy Bahl, Jr., NEB
Co-F: Stefini Ma’ake, ORE
Co-F: Addisen Fisher, UCLA
April 7
PL: Megan Grant, Jr., UCLA
P: Elise Sokolsky, Jr., ORE
F: Stefini Ma’ake, ORE
April 14
PL: Megan Grant, Jr., UCLA
P: Jordy Bahl, Jr., NEB
F: Keirys Click, ILL
April 21
PL: Skylar Limon, Jr., OSU
Co-P: Lyndsey Grein, Jr., ORE
Co-P: Julia Gossett, So., PUR
F: Kendra Lewis, WIS
April 28
PL: Jordy Bahl, Jr., NEB
P: Sydney Schwartz, Jr., MINN
F: Rylee McCoy, ORE