Ohio State and Oregon Earn Big Ten Softball Weekly Awards 

Ohio State and Oregon Earn Big Ten Softball Weekly Awards
Buckeyes’ Farley and Ducks’ Grein and McCoy earn weekly recognition

Player of the Week
Kaitlyn Farley, Ohio State
Sr. – INF – Encinitas, Calif. – La Costa Canyon – Major: Human Development & Family Science

• Hit a team-best .667 with three home runs, six RBI and a 1.333 slugging percentage as Ohio State went 4-0 on the weekend

• Had at least one hit in all four games and multiple hits in three of four games

• Went 4-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in a five-inning win over Cornell

• Hit home runs in wins versus Siena and North Florida

• Four of her 10 hits on the weekend went for extra bases, reaching base in 11 of her 16 plate appearances

• Last Ohio State Player of the Week: Jasmyn Burns (Feb. 10, 2025)

Pitcher of the Week

Lyndsey Grein, Oregon
Jr. – RHP – Mokena, Ill. – Lincoln-Way Central – Major: Psychology

• Grein threw 18.0 shutout innings and won four games to lead Oregon to a 5-0 record at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic

• Pitched in all five games and allowed five hits while striking out 24 and opposing batters hit .088 against her

• Pitched the final 3.1 innings against No. 5 Tennessee, striking out five and allowing no hits in the Ducks’ 1-0 win in eight innings

• In 4.2 innings in relief against No. 22 Missouri, Grein went 4.1 innings and gave up one hit while striking out eight

• Struck out six, walked none and allowed just one hit in the Ducks’ 2-0 win over Utah

• Grein has not allowed a run in her last seven appearances (24.1 innings) and is 9-0 on the season, leading the NCAA in victories

• Last Oregon Pitcher of the Week: Lyndsey Grein (Feb. 24, 2025)

Freshman of the Week

Rylee McCoy, Oregon

INF – Agoura Hilla, Calif. – Oaks Christian School – Major: Undeclared

• McCoy hit four home runs to lead Oregon to a 5-0 record at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic

• Hit two homers in the Ducks’ 11-3 win over No. 22 Missouri and had home runs against California and Utah

• McCoy hit .438 for the tournament (7-of-16), tallied seven RBI, a pair of extra base hits and slugged 1.313

• Last Oregon Freshman of the Week: Stefini Ma’ake (Feb. 17, 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