The Nebraska Cornhuskers Jordy Bahl was named a Top 3 finalist for the USA Softball/ESPN Collegiate Player of the Year, the organization announced on Monday. Bahl is the first Husker to be a top-3 finalist for the award, and she is a top-3 finalist for the first time after three times previously being a top-10 finalist.
The other two are Arkansas’ Bri Ellis and Texas Tech’s NiJaree Canady, the reigning Collegiate Player of the Year.
Already this season, Bahl has been 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 of those awards in the same season.