Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year
Awarded forthe most outstanding college softball freshman in the Big Ten Conference
CountryUnited States
History
First award1985
Most recentTaryn Kern, Indiana

The Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year is a college softball award given to the Big Ten Conference's most outstanding freshman. The award has been given annually since 1985.

Winners

Season Player School Position Reference
1985 Tammy Connor Indiana OF [1]
1986 Ndidi Opia Northwestern OF/P
1987 Chinazo Opia Northwestern P/U
1988 Brenda Bixby Minnesota P
1989 Terri McFarland Iowa P
1990 Patti Benedict Michigan OF
1991 Karren Jackson Iowa P
1992 Kelly Kovach Michigan P
1993 Tracy Carr Michigan U
1994 Kari Knopf Iowa IF
1995 Sara Griffin Michigan U
1996 Traci Conrad Michigan 1B
1997 Melissa Gentile Michigan 3B
1998 Brooke Siebel Northwestern U
1999 Kelsey Kollen Michigan 2B
2000 Jessica Bashor Iowa C
2001 Wendy Allen Ohio State U
2002 Nicole Motycka Michigan P
2003 Stacy May Iowa P/3B
2004 Eileen Canney Northwestern P [2]
2005 Samantha Findlay Michigan 1B [3]
2006 Tammy Williams Northwestern SS [4]
2007 Nicole Pauly Northwestern 2B [5]
2008 Jordan Taylor Michigan P [6]
2009 Adrienne Monka Northwestern 1B [7]
2010 Melanie Nichols Ohio State P [8]
2011 Sara Moulton (softball) Minnesota P [9]
2012 Haylie Wagner Michigan P [10]
2013 Sierra Romero Michigan SS [11]
2014 Sara Groenewegen Minnesota P [12]
2015 Sabrina Rabin Northwestern OF [13]
2016 Maddie Houlihan Minnesota U [14]
2017 Kendyl Lindaman Minnesota C [15]
2018 Meghan Beaubien Michigan P [16]
2019 Danielle Williams Northwestern P [17]
2021 Jaeda McFarland Maryland OF [18]
2022 Ava Bredwell Nebraska C [19]
2023 Taryn Kern Indiana 2B [20]

Winners by school

School Winners Years
Michigan 13 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2018
Northwestern 9 1986, 1987, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2015, 2019
Iowa 5 1989, 1991, 1994, 2000, 2003
Minnesota 5 1988, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017
Indiana 2 1985, 2023
Ohio State 2 2001, 2010
Maryland 1 2021
Nebraska 1 2022
Illinois 0 —
Michigan State 0 —
Penn State 0 —
Purdue 0 —
Rutgers 0 —
Wisconsin 0 —

References

  1. ↑ "Big Ten Conference Softball Record Book" (PDF). BigTen.org. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Michigan's Jessica Merchant Named 2004 Big Ten Player Of The Year". BigTen.org. May 12, 2004. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Northwestern's Cooper Named Big Ten Softball Player of the Year". BigTen.org. May 12, 2005. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Northwestern Sweeps 2006 Softball Postseason Awards". BigTen.org. May 11, 2006. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Northwestern's Cooper Named Big Ten's First Three-Time Player Of The Year". BigTen.org. May 10, 2007. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Big Ten co-champions Michigan and Northwestern Split Top Softball Individual Honors". BigTen.org. May 8, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Michigan and Northwestern Split Top Softball Individual Honors". BigTen.org. May 13, 2009. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Illinois, Michigan and Ohio State Share Top Softball Honors". BigTen.org. May 19, 2010. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Big Ten Announces Softball All-Big Ten Teams and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. May 18, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Big Ten Announces Softball All-Big Ten Teams and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. May 16, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Big Ten Honors Softball All-Conference Teams and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. May 8, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Big Ten Honors Softball All-Conference Teams and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. May 7, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Softball Award Winners Named". BigTen.org. May 6, 2015. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Softball All-Conference and Award Winners". BigTen.org. May 11, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Big Ten Announces Softball Postseason Honors". BigTen.org. May 10, 2017. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  16. ↑ "Big Ten Announces 2018 Softball Postseason Honors". BigTen.org. May 9, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  17. ↑ "Big Ten Announces 2019 Softball Postseason Honors". BigTen.org. May 8, 2019. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  18. ↑ "Big Ten Announces 2021 Softball Postseason Honors". BigTen.org. May 19, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  19. ↑ "Big Ten Conference Announces 2022 Softball Postseason Honors". BigTen.org. May 11, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  20. ↑ "Big Ten Conference Announces 2023 Softball Postseason Honors". BigTen.org. May 10, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
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