Big Ten Reveals 2026 Softball Postseason Honors
Woolery, Frahm, Jensen and Revelle collect individual honors
ROSEMONT, Ill. - The Big Ten Conference announced the 2026 All-Big Ten Softball Teams and individual awards on Friday. Nebraska and UCLA earned individual accolades through a vote of the conference’s 17 head coaches.
UCLA’s Jordan Woolery was named Player of the Year, while Nebraska’s Jordy Frahm earned Pitcher of the Year honors and teammate Alexis Jensen was selected as Freshman of the Year. Nebraska head coach Rhonda Revelle was named Coach of the Year.
Woolery leads the nation in RBIs and is the fifth player in NCAA Division I history to record 100+ RBIs in a season, with a UCLA program-record 106 so far this season. Woolery is on pace to become the first player in NCAA history with a .500+ batting average, 30+ home runs and 100+ RBIs in the same year. Woolery is the first Bruin to earn a Big Ten softball individual honor.
Frahm was selected as Pitcher of the Year for the second consecutive season and becomes the fourth player in Big Ten history to earn the honor in back-to-back seasons. Frahm leads the nation with 10 saves on the year and set the Nebraska single-season saves record on March 27, surpassing a mark previously held by current head coach Rhonda Revelle. Frahm has put together a 17-4 record in the circle with a 1.25 ERA and 193 strikeouts.
Jensen becomes the second Husker to be named Big Ten Freshman of the Year (Ava Bredwell, 2022) after a regular-season campaign that featured a 21-2 record in the circle with a 2.72 ERA. Jensen struck out 185 batters while allowing only 31 walks. At the plate, Jensen is batting .333 with six home runs, four doubles and 17 RBI. Jensen was tabbed as a top-10 candidate for the NFCA Freshman of the Year award.
The Husker pitching duo of Frahm and Jensen has started 38 games for Nebraska and owns a combined 38-6 record. The two have accounted for every win the Huskers have had against a ranked opponent this season. As of May 7, in games that Jensen has started and Frahm has come in relief, the two have combined for a record of 12-0 and an ERA of 2.10 with 114 strikeouts.
In her 34th season leading the softball program at her alma mater, Revelle led the Huskers to their first-ever outright Big Ten regular season title, finishing with a 23-1 record in Big Ten competition. Revelle was named Big Ten Coach of the Year in 2014 and has been selected as the conference coach of the year three other times in her career. Revelle notched her 1,200th win at Nebraska on April 5 and is the winningest head coach in Nebraska Athletics history (male or female).
In addition to the individual award winners, the Big Ten announced its All-Big Ten First and Second Teams, nine student-athletes on the All-Defensive Team and 11 selections to the All-Freshman team.
The Big Ten also announced the 17 Sportsmanship Award honorees from each institution. The student-athletes chosen have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior. These student-athletes must also be in good academic standing and have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sport-competition setting.
The complete list of 2026 postseason awards can be found below.
2026 Big Ten Softball Postseason Awards
Player of the Year: Jordan Woolery, Sr., INF, UCLA
Pitcher of the Year: Jordy Frahm, Sr., Nebraska
Freshman of the Year: Alexis Jensen, P/UTL, Nebraska
Coach of the Year: Rhonda Revelle, Nebraska
All-Big Ten First Team*
LAUREN PUTZ, So., OF, Michigan
JORDY FRAHM, Sr., P, Nebraska
MARINA MASON, Fr., P, Northwestern
Emma Raye, Jr., C, Northwestern
AMARI HARPER, Sr., OF, Oregon
LYNDSEY GREIN, Sr., P, Oregon
Stefini Ma'ake, So., INF, Oregon
ALLISON ONEACRE, Fr., INF, Penn State
Anna Moore, Fr., INF, Purdue
Hailey Painter, Gr., DP, Purdue
Moriah Polar, Jr., OF, Purdue
Samantha Rohwer, Jr., INF, Rutgers
Bri Alejandre, Fr., INF, UCLA
Aleena Garcia, R-Fr., INF, UCLA
MEGAN GRANT, Sr., OF, UCLA
RYLEE SLIMP, So., OF, UCLA
JORDAN WOOLERY, Sr., INF, UCLA
Giselle Alvarez, Jr., INF, Washington
Alexis DeBoer, So., INF, Washington
All-Big Ten Second Team*
Alex Cooper, Jr., INF, Indiana
Madalyn Strader, So., INF, Indiana
Aly VanBrandt, Jr., INF, Indiana
Samantha Bland, Jr., INF, Nebraska
Hannah Coor, Sr., OF, Nebraska
Kacie Hoffmann, Sr., OF, Nebraska
Alexis Jensen, Fr., P, Nebraska
Ava Kuszak, Sr., INF, Nebraska
Sami Bewick, Jr., INF, Ohio State
Kiki Estrada, Sr., INF, Ohio State
Hadley Parisien, Jr., OF, Ohio State
Abbie Wilhelm, So., INF, Ohio State
Elon Butler, Sr., OF, Oregon
Breanna Hanik, Fr., OF, Penn State
Brooke Klosowicz, Jr., DP, Penn State
Kaniya Bragg, So., INF, UCLA
Alexis Ramirez, Jr., C, UCLA
Taylor Tinsley, Sr., P, UCLA
Morgan Reimer, So., P, Washington
All-Defensive Team
1B: Alexis DeBoer, So., Washington
2B: Kaylynn Jones, So., Oregon
SS: Aleena Garcia, R-Fr., UCLA
3B: Kylie Franks, Jr., Purdue
P: Jordy Frahm, Sr., Nebraska
C: Alexis Ramirez, Jr., UCLA
OF: Hannah Coor, Sr., Nebraska
OF: Moriah Polar, Jr., Purdue
OF: Khloe Banks, Sr., Purdue
All-Freshman Team
ALEXIS JENSEN, P, Nebraska
MARINA MASON, P, Northwestern
Jenna Molk, P, Ohio State
Breanna Hanik, OF, Penn State
ALLISON ONEACRE, INF, Penn State
Anna Moore, INF, Purdue
Bri Alejandre, INF, UCLA
ALEENA GARCIA, INF, UCLA
Jolyna Lamar, OF, UCLA
Melody Acevedo, INF, Washington
Kaycie Burdick, OF, Washington
Sportsmanship Honorees
Eileen Donahue, Illinois
Brianna Johnson, Iowa
Aly VanBrandt, Indiana
Sammi Woods, Maryland
Madi Ramey, Michigan
Sydney Doloszycki, Michigan State
Maggie Werner, Minnesota
Emmerson Cope, Nebraska
Abby Harvey, Northwestern
Skylar Limon, Ohio State
Remmington Hewitt, Oregon
McKenna Young, Penn State
Emma Bailey, Purdue
Bailey Briggs, Rutgers
Aleena Garcia, UCLA
Tia Durst, Washington
Kaylie Whidden, Wisconsin
NOTES: * - Additional player due to tie in voting; ALL CAPS denotes unanimous selection