Big Ten Announces Women’s Indoor Track & Field Championship Honors

The Big Ten Conference announced the 2025 Big Ten Women’s Indoor Track and Field Championship award winners on Wednesday, as selected by the conference’s head coaches. The championship meet was held last weekend at the Fall Creek Pavilion in Indianapolis, Indiana. 

USC’s Dajaz DeFrand won Women’s Track Athlete of the Championships, while Washington’s Amanda Moll was selected as Field Athlete of the Championships and Ducks’ head coach Jerry Schumacher was tabbed as Big Ten Coach of the Year. 

DeFrand received her first championship award after successfully winning the 60 and 200 meter races. Her 60 meter time of 7.10 was a Big Ten Indoor Championship Record, which broke her own time of 7.15 in the preliminaries. 

Moll not only claimed first place on the podium in pole vault, but she also broke her own NCAA record to do so. To beat her sister, Hana, who is No. 2 in NCAA history of 15-9 ¼ feet, Moll secured a mark of 16-1 ¼ feet.  

Schumacher claimed his first coach of the year honor after leading Oregon to its first Big Ten Indoor Women’s championship in its inaugural season. 

The Big Ten Conference office recognizes one student-athlete from each team as Sportsmanship Award Honorees. The student-athletes chosen are individuals who have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior. In addition, the student-athletes must be in good academic standing and have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting. Honorees are now candidates for the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award, as the conference office will honor one male and one female student-athlete from each institution at the end of the academic year. 

The Big Ten will announce Track Athlete of the Year, Field Athlete of the Year and Freshman of the Year following the conclusion of the NCAA Championships, which are scheduled for March 14-15 at Virginia Beach Sports Center. 

Women’s Indoor Track & Field Honorees 

Track Athlete of the Championships 
Dajaz DeFrand, USC 

Field Athlete of the Championships 
Amanda Moll, Washington 

Coach of the Year 
JERRY SCHUMACHER, Oregon 

Women’s Indoor Track & Field Sportsmanship Honorees 
Halle Hill, Illinois 
Veronica Hargrave, Indiana 
Wisdom Williams, Iowa 
Sam Payne, Maryland 
Amare Harlan, Michigan 
Alexys Wilson, Michigan State 
Ella Pavlovich, Minnesota 
Brooklyn Miller, Nebraska 
Leah Bertrand, Ohio State 
Anika Thompson, Oregon 
Maddie Pitts, Penn State 
Jalen Elrod, Purdue 
Charlee Crawford, Rutgers 
Yemi John, USC 
Sonia Virk, UCLA 
Hana Moll, Washington 
Danni Langseth, Wisconsin 

Unanimous selection in ALL CAPS