Nebraska Softball's Jordy Frahm, Ava Kuszak Earn More Preseason Recognition

Two much prestigious preseason accolades were announced connected Wednesday, and 2 Nebraska Cornhusker softball players were included.

Jordy Frahm and Ava Kuszak were some named to USA Softball's Player of nan Year Top 50 Watchlist, successful summation to earning Preseason All-American honors from D1 Softball.

Nebraska was 1 of 4 Big Ten schools to person astatine slightest 1 student-athlete connected nan USA Softball database and 1 of 3 to person astatine slightest two.

Frahm and Kuszak led nan Huskers to a Super Regional past season, wherever they mislaid successful 3 games to nan Tennessee Lady Vols successful Knoxville. They recorded nan 2 highest batting averages connected nan squad astatine .462 and .412, respectively, which rank first and seventh successful Nebraska softball history.

The 2 seniors besides vanished successful nan apical 10 successful schoolhouse history successful batting average, runs, location runs, extra-base hits, RBI, full bases and slugging percentage.

Frahm is nary alien to nan USA Softball Watchlists. Last season, she was connected nan Top 53 Watchlist and precocious to nan apical 25, apical 10 and apical 3 ballots. Bri Ellis of Arkansas was named nan Player of nan Year.

Kuszak, however, finds her sanction connected nan database for nan first clip successful her career. She was an All-Big Ten and NFCA All-Mountain Region first-team honoree past year.

D1 Softball besides named Frahm and Kuszak to its Preseason All-American Teams. The 2 were antecedently named to nan publication's Preseason D100 Overall Players List.

Frahm was named to nan First Team and Kuszak was named to nan Second Team.

Frahm was named nan No. 2 subordinate successful nan nation, nan second-ranked pitcher and two-way subordinate going into nan season, while Kuszak was nan 24th-ranked subordinate and nan fourth-ranked shortstop.

The 2026 Top 50 Watch List draws from 24 universities representing 5 diversion conferences pinch 18 players coming from Texas (five), Oklahoma (five), Texas Tech (four), and Florida State (four). Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, LSU, UCLA and Oregon each person three. Nebraska is 1 of 3 universities pinch 2 representatives and 11 schools person one.

The Top 25 Finalists for nan 2026 USA Softball Collegiate Player of nan Year grant will beryllium announced connected April 29. The Top 10 Finalists will beryllium revealed connected May 13, pinch nan Top 3 being released connected May 18. The 2026 USA Softball Collegiate Player of nan Year will beryllium announced earlier nan NCAA Women’s College World Series (WCWS).

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