Jordy Bahl named NFCA National Player of the Year
Nebraska softball star Jordy Bahl is the NFCA National Player of the Year, the organization announced on Wednesday. Bahl is the first Husker to earn the honor since the award’s creation in 2016.
Bahl was also nominated for the USA Softball Colligate Player of the Year. Arkansas first baseman Bri Ellis won the honor. Texas Tech pitcher NiJaree Canady, who was 2024 recipient while at Stanford, was also a finalists.
The Husker pitcher is a D1Softball, Softball America and NFCA First-Team All-American. Bahl is the Huskers’ eighth NFCA First-Team All-American.
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Bahl led the Huskers to finish third in the Big Ten regular season behind top-16 seed UCLA and Oregon. Nebraska went to its first Super Regional since 2014 thanks to three outstanding games by Bahl in the Baton Rouge Regional.
Nebraska’s season ended against Tennessee in the Knoxville Super Regional. They finished the season 43-15 after winning 30 games in 2024.
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A record season
Bahl became one of four NCAA softball players to have 20 home runs and 20 wins in the circle. She finished the season with 26 wins and 23 home runs. The redshirt junior is the Huskers’ single-season home run record holder.
She was the first-ever Big Ten Player and Pitcher of the Year. Bahl was also on the All-Big Ten First Team with teammate Ava Kuszak.
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The Papillion, Neb. native finished the season with a 26-8 record, a 1.56 ERA and 286 strikeouts in 206 1/3 innings. She posted the Huskers’ best single-season batting average (.462) and the best slugging percentage (.988). Bahl also set the record for the most extra-base hits with 41, beating the previous record by six. She set Nebraska’s run-scoring record with 72.
Bahl ranks sixth nationally in batting average, seventh in home runs and sixth in slugging percentage. She is the only softball player to rank in the top 10 of batting average and ERA. She ranks eighth with a .156 ERA in 2025.
