Northwestern and Wisconsin Earn Big Ten Weekly Softball Awards
Wildcats’ Cady, Badgers’ Hubbard and Schwartz garner this week’s conference honors
Player of the Week
Hannah Cady, Northwestern
So. – 3B – Clarkston, Mich. – Clarkston – Major: Biology
• Posted a .556 batting average, 1.222 slugging percentage and .714 on-base percentage in a 4-0 week for Northwestern, including a Big Ten weekend series sweep of visiting Iowa
• Collected two home runs, six RBI and scored five runs in four games last week, recording a hit, run and RBI in all three conference games over the weekend
• Homered in the final two games of the Iowa series, including her first career grand slam in Sunday’s finale
• Secures her first career Player of the Week citation
• Last Northwestern Player of the Week: Nikki Cuchran (April 25, 2022)
Pitcher of the Week
Maddie Schwartz, Wisconsin
Sr. – RHP – Chanhassen, Minn. – Chanhassen – Major: Consumer Behavior & Marketplace Studies
• Went 2-1 with a 0.34 ERA and two complete games in 20.2 innings last weekend at Penn State, registering 14 strikeouts and holding the Nittany Lions to a .099 batting average
• Tossed a complete-game, 10-inning, one-hit shutout in the April 29 series opener at PSU, carrying a perfect game through 8.2 innings while striking out eight
• Started and earned the win in the opener of an April 30 doubleheader, allowing just one hit over four innings, before going the distance in the nightcap and giving up just one earned run and fanning five in 6.2 innings
• Twice earned Academic All-Big Ten honors (2020, 2021)
• Garners her first career Pitcher of the Week plaudit
• Last Wisconsin Pitcher of the Week: Kirsten Stevens (Feb. 27, 2017)
Freshman of the Week
Ellie Hubbard, Wisconsin
2B – Wheaton, Ill. – Wheaton North – Major: Undeclared
• Batted .545 with a .727 slugging percentage and .583 on-base percentage in Wisconsin’s series win at Penn State last weekend
• Led the Badgers with six hits in the series (at least one in all three games), including a career-high three hits in the opener of an April 30 doubleheader
• Also had two hits in Wisconsin’s 1-0, 10-inning win over PSU on April 29
• Receives her first career Freshman of the Week award
• Last Wisconsin Freshman of the Week: Molly Schlosser (March 14, 2022)
2022 Big Ten Players of the Week
Feb. 14
PL: Abbie Squier, So., NEB
PL: Rachel Lewis, Grad., NU
P: Ashley Miller, So., MSU
F: Lauren Wiles, ILL
Feb. 21
PL: Jaelyn Vickery, So., ILL
PL: Sydney Gray, So., NEB
P: Alex Storako, Sr., MICH
F: Maddie Lawson, RU
March 1
PL: Mackense Greico, Sr., MD
P: Danielle Williams, Sr., NU
F: Maddie Lawson, RU
March 8
PL: Billie Andrews, So., NEB
P: Alex Storako, Sr., MICH
F: Stevie Meade, ILL
F: Brianna Copeland, IND
March 14
PL: Jaycee Ruberti, Sr., OSU
PL: Rachel Becker, Sr., PUR
P: Lexie Handley, Grad., OSU
F: Molly Schlosser, WIS
March 21
PL: Sam Hackenbracht, Jr., OSU
PL: Kyleigh Sand, So., RU
P: Danielle Williams, Sr., NU
P: Bailey Parshall, Sr., PSU
F: Kami Kortokrax, OSU
March 28
PL: Rachel Lewis, Grad., NU
PL: Gabrielle Callaway, Grad., RU
P: Danielle Williams, Sr., NU
F: Brianna Copeland, IND
April 4
PL: Ally Kurland, Sr., PSU
P: Lexie Handley, Grad., OSU
F: Brianna Copeland, IND
April 11
PL: Jordyn Rudd, Sr., NU
P: Tori McQueen, So., ILL
F: Taylor Minnick, IND
April 18
PL: Rachel Lewis, Grad., NU
P: Sydney Sickels, Grad., ILL
F: Ava Bredwell, NEB
April 25
PL: Kiley Goff, So., MD
PL: Nikki Cuchran, Sr., NU
P: Courtney Wyche, Jr., MD
P: Danielle Williams, Sr., NU
F: Melina Wilkison, OSU
May 2
PL: Hannah Cady, So., NU
P: Maddie Schwartz, Sr., WIS
F: Ellie Hubbard, WIS
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