Ohio State and Oregon Earn Big Ten Softball Weekly Awards

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