Nebraska, Minnesota and Oregon Earn Big Ten Softball Weekly Awards

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 15^th 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