LINCOLN - Nebraska softball junior pitcher and utility player Jordyn Bahl was named the NFCA DI Player of the Year on Wednesday. Bahl is the Huskers’ first NFCA Player of the Year honoree. She was also a unanimous NFCA First -Team All-America selection. 

 Bahl is the 29th player and the ninth pitcher to be named a three-time NFCA First-Team All-American after she earned the honor in 2022 and 2023 at Oklahoma. She is NU’s first NFCA First-Team All-American since MJ Knighten in 2016 and grabbed the Red Team’s 31st NFCA All-America honor.

The award adds to a long list of accolades for Bahl this season – she was named both the Big Ten Player of the Year and the Big Ten Pitcher of the Year, the first player in the conference’s history to earn both awards in the same year. The junior was also named to the All-Big Ten and NFCA All-Mountain Region first teams. She was a five-time Big Ten Pitcher of the Week, a one-time Big Ten Player of the Week and a two-time NFCA National Player of the Week. 

Bahl also set numerous records for the Huskers this season. She owns the top season marks in program history in extra-base hits (41), home runs (23), runs scored (72), total bases (167), batting average (.462) and slugging percentage (.988). She became the first player in NCAA history with more than 20 wins in the circle and more than 20 home runs at the plate in the same season. She was also the second Husker ever to record 60+ hits, runs and RBIs in the same season and the first Husker with 15+ doubles and home runs in a season. Bahl is the first player since 2017 to score more runs (72) than she allowed (68) with a minimum of 130 innings pitched.

The Papillion, Neb., native finished the season with a .462 batting average and 72 runs, 78 hits, 16 doubles, two triples, 23 home runs and 66 RBIs. She logged a slugging percentage of .988 and an on-base percentage of .555. In the circle, Bahl compiled a record of 26-8 with a 1.56 ERA. She threw eight shutouts with 34 starts and 24 complete games and notched 286 strikeouts and only 46 earned runs across 206.1 innings pitched.

Bahl is ranked in the top 15 nationally in numerous categories – opponent batting average (3rd), strikeouts (3rd), hits allowed per seven innings (3rd), runs per game (4th), shutouts (4th), total bases (4th), complete games (5th), runs (5th), victories (5th), batting average (6th), strikeouts per seven innings (6th), WHIP (6th),  slugging percentage (6th), games started (7th), home runs (7th), ERA (8th), home runs per game (9th), innings pitched (10th) and on-base percentage (13th).

Huskers Announce 2025 Volleyball Schedule

The Nebraska volleyball program and the Big Ten Conference announced the 2025 schedule on Wednesday. The Huskers will play 30 matches – 20 against Big Ten opponents and 10 against non-conference foes.

The schedule features eight matches against teams that finished in the top 10 of the 2024 AVCA Coaches Poll.

Before the season officially gets underway, Nebraska will have its annual Red-White Scrimmage on Saturday, Aug. 9 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. The Huskers will also hold an Alumni Match at the Devaney Center on Saturday, Aug. 16. 

Nebraska's season begins with the AVCA First Serve Showcase at Pinnacle Bank Arena, where the Huskers will play Pittsburgh on Aug. 22 and Stanford on Aug. 24. NU will head to Nashville the following week for a road match at Lipscomb on Aug. 29 and a neutral-site match against Kentucky on Aug. 31 at Bridgestone Arena as part of the Broadway Block Party. 

NU returns home for the Ameritas Players Challenge against Wright State (Sept. 5) and California (Sept. 7), and the Big Red will host the Husker Invitational the following weekend, facing Utah (Sept. 12) and Grand Canyon (Sept. 13). 

In the final week of non-conference action, the Huskers will travel to Omaha to play Creighton at the CHI Health Center on Sept. 16 and will host Arizona on Sept. 20. 

The Huskers open conference play at home with matches against Michigan (Sept. 24) and Maryland (Sept. 27). NU begins a stretch of six of nine matches on the road in October at Penn State (Oct. 3) and Rutgers (Oct. 4). After an Oct. 10 home match against Washington, Nebraska will travel to Purdue (Oct. 12), Michigan State (Oct. 17) and Michigan (Oct. 19). 

The Big Red faces Northwestern (Oct. 24) and Michigan State (Oct. 25) at the Devaney Center before a road match at Wisconsin on Oct. 31. NU begins November at home against Oregon (Nov. 2) and Illinois (Nov. 6), then heads into a stretch of three straight road matches at Minnesota (Nov. 8), UCLA (Nov. 14) and USC (Nov. 15). 

A home tilt against Iowa on Nov. 20 precedes a road match at Indiana on Nov. 22. And Nebraska will end the regular season at home with a Black Friday showdown against Penn State (Nov. 28) and the regular-season finale against Ohio State (Nov. 29). 

Start times and TV information will be added to the Huskers.com schedule page as they become known.