UCLA and Purdue Claim Big Ten Softball Weekly Awards
Bruins’ Woolery and Boilermakers’ Gossett and Moore collect weekly awards
Player of the Week
Jordan Woolery, UCLA
Sr. – INF – Walnut Creek, Calif. – Clayton Valley Charter High School
- Led UCLA in hits (9), home runs (3), RBI (9), runs scored (7), doubles (3), total bases (21) and slugging percentage (1.750) in its sweep of Wisconsin to open Big Ten play
- In game one on Friday, Woolery went 4-for-4 with a pair of three-run home runs to match her career high in RBI with six. Her second home run was a run-rule walk-off
- Added her third three-run home run of the weekend in the second inning of game two on Saturday
- Capped the weekend with a 4-for-5 performance that featured three doubles, tying a UCLA single-game record that was last accomplished seven seasons ago
- Collects third Player of the Week honor of the season
- Last UCLA Player of the Week: Jordan Woolery (Feb. 23, 2026)
Pitcher of the Week
Julia Gossett, Purdue
Jr. – P – Massillon, Ohio – Jackson
- Picked up three victories in a four-game week for the Boilermakers
- Pitched 12.0 innings with a 0.58 ERA, with 22 strikeouts, surrendering six hits with a .146 BAA
- Earned a shutout victory over Green Bay, striking out 11 batters, including five of the first six batters she faced and made the sixth out on a line drive back to the mound
- Earns second consecutive Pitcher of the Week honor
- Last Purdue Pitcher of the Week: Julia Gossett (March 2, 2025)
Freshman of the Week
Anna Moore, Purdue
INF – Indianapolis, Ind. – Cathedral
- Hit .667 with six hits, six RBI, including two doubles, one triple and a home run in home debut as a Boilermaker
- Slugged 1.444 with a .750 OB%, while also stealing a base and scoring three runs
- In the field, she was a perfect 4-for-4 in putouts for a 1.000 fielding percentage
- Last Purdue Freshman of the Week: Ashlynn Campbell (March 4, 2024)
2026 Big Ten Softball Honorees
Feb. 9
PL: Jordan Woolery, Sr., UCLA
P: Kelsey Hoekstra, So., RU
F: Bella Douglas, PUR
Feb. 16
PL: Lauren Putz, So., MICH
P: Sydney Schwartz, Sr., MINN
F: Allison Oneacre, PSU
Feb. 23
PL: Jordan Woolery, Sr., UCLA
P: Hannah Camenzind, Sr., NEB
F: Allison Oneacre, PSU
March 2
PL: Aly VanBrandt, Jr., IND
P: Julia Gossett, Jr., PUR
F: Bri Alejandre, UCLA
March 9
PL: Jordan Woolery, Sr., UCLA
P: Julia Gossett, Jr., PUR
F: Anna Moore, PUR