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Jordan Woolery Headlines All-Big Ten Picks as Player of the Year
May 08, 2026 | Softball
ROSEMONT, Ill. โ UCLA softball senior infielder Jordan Woolery has been named the 2026 Big Ten Player of the Year, as announced by the conference office on Friday.
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Senior Jordan Woolery earned UCLA's 20th conference Player of the Year award and the program's first since Maya Brady won the honor in 2024 as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. Woolery joins Stacey Nuveman and Rachel Garcia as the third Bruin in program history to be named both a conference Freshman of the Year and Player of the Year.
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UCLA led the conference with five All-Big Ten First Team selections. Joining Woolery on the first team were freshman Bri Alejandre, redshirt freshman Aleena Garcia, senior Megan Grant and sophomore Rylee Slimp. Grant, Slimp and Woolery were unanimous selections.
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Three Bruins earned All-Big Ten Second Team honors: sophomore Kaniya Bragg, redshirt junior Alexis Ramirez and senior Taylor Tinsley.
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UCLA also paced the conference with three Big Ten All-Freshman Team selections: Alejandre, Garcia and Jolyna Lamar.
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Garcia and Ramirez were named to the league's nine-player All-Defensive Team.
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The Big Ten recognizes 19 players on both the first and second teams, along with 11 players on the all-freshman team. Woolery and Grant became the 10th and 11th players in program history to earn first-team all-conference honors in all four seasons of their careers. Additionally, Tinsley received all-conference recognition for the third time in her career.
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About UCLA's All-Conference Picks
Jordan Woolery
With a .509 batting average, 33 home runs and 106 RBIs, Woolery is on pace to become the first player in NCAA history to hit better than .500 while recording at least 30 home runs and 100 RBIs in a single season. Her 106 RBIs lead the nation, rank third in NCAA history and set a new UCLA single-season record.
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Megan Grant
Grant leads the nation with a 1.336 slugging percentage and .648 on-base percentage and is tied for the national lead with 36 home runs. She and Woolery are the first teammates in NCAA history to each hit 30 or more home runs in the same season. Grant is also batting .478 with 76 RBIs in her final campaign. Her 36 home runs set a new UCLA single-season record. She is one shy of tying the NCAA single-season record of 37.
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Rylee Slimp
Slimp leads the nation and set a new program record with 85 runs scored. The Bruins' leadoff hitter in all 53 games this season, Slimp is batting .450 with a .807 slugging percentage, 13 home runs, 14 doubles and four triples. She has opened five games this season with a leadoff home run.
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Aleena Garcia
Garcia has enjoyed a breakout season after her true freshman campaign was cut short by injury. UCLA's everyday shortstop leads the Big Ten with 97 assists. At the plate, Garcia is batting .369 with a .792 slugging percentage and 17 home runs.
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Bri Alejandre
Alejandre ranks second nationally among freshmen with 73 RBIs and fourth with 21 home runs. Her 21 homers broke the UCLA freshman single-season record previously held by Stacey Nuveman in 1997. Alejandre has started all 53 games at third base.
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Taylor Tinsley
Tinsley ranks second nationally with 27 victories and leads the Big Ten with 19 complete games. She has served as UCLA's workhorse in the circle, throwing 175.2 of the team's 318.1 innings this season. Entering the Big Ten Tournament semifinals, Tinsley owns a 27-5 record with a 2.79 ERA and 149 strikeouts.
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Kaniya Bragg
Bragg, who has played three different infield positions over the last two seasons, has started all 52 games at second base this year. She is one of eight Bruins with double-digit home runs, totaling 15 on the season, and one of four UCLA players batting above .400.
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Alexis Ramirez
Ramirez, UCLA's starting catcher, has thrown out six of eight attempted base stealers this season. In 41 games and 36 starts, she is batting .387 with 13 home runs.
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Jolyna Lamar
Lamar has emerged as UCLA's everyday center fielder, making 39 starts this season. Batting ninth in the lineup in 34 of those starts, Lamar owns a .342 batting average with 12 home runs.
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Big Ten Year-End Awards
Player of the Year: Jordan Woolery, Sr., INF, UCLA
Pitcher of the Year: Jordy Frahm, Sr., Nebraska
Freshman of the Year: Alexis Jensen, P/UTL, Nebraska
Coach of the Year: Rhonda Revelle, Nebraska
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All-Big Ten First Team*
LAUREN PUTZ, So., OF, Michigan
JORDY FRAHM, Sr., P, Nebraska
MARINA MASON, Fr., P, Northwestern
Emma Raye, Jr., C, Northwestern
AMARI HARPER, Sr., OF, Oregon
LYNDSEY GREIN, Sr., P, Oregon
Stefini Ma'ake, So., INF, Oregon
ALLISON ONEACRE, Fr., INF, Penn State
Anna Moore, Fr., INF, Purdue
Hailey Painter, Gr., DP, Purdue
Moriah Polar, Jr., OF, Purdue
Samantha Rohwer, Jr., INF, Rutgers
Bri Alejandre, Fr., INF, UCLA
Aleena Garcia, R-Fr., INF, UCLA
MEGAN GRANT, Sr., OF, UCLA
RYLEE SLIMP, So., OF, UCLA
JORDAN WOOLERY, Sr., INF, UCLA
Giselle Alvarez, Jr., INF, Washington
Alexis DeBoer, So., INF, Washington
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All-Big Ten Second Team*
Alex Cooper, Jr., INF, Indiana
Madalyn Strader, So., INF, Indiana
Aly VanBrandt, Jr., INF, Indiana
Samantha Bland, Jr., INF, Nebraska
Hannah Coor, Sr., OF, Nebraska
Kacie Hoffmann, Sr., OF, Nebraska
Alexis Jensen, Fr., P, Nebraska
Ava Kuszak, Sr., INF, Nebraska
Sami Bewick, Jr., INF, Ohio State
Kiki Estrada, Sr., INF, Ohio State
Hadley Parisien, Jr., OF, Ohio State
Abbie Wilhelm, So., INF, Ohio State
Elon Butler, Sr., OF, Oregon
Breanna Hanik, Fr., OF, Penn State
Brooke Klosowicz, Jr., DP, Penn State
Kaniya Bragg, So., INF, UCLA
Alexis Ramirez, Jr., C, UCLA
Taylor Tinsley, Sr., P, UCLA
Morgan Reimer, So., P, Washington
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Big Ten All-Defensive Team
1B: Alexis DeBoer, So., Washington
2B: Kaylynn Jones, So., Oregon
SS: Aleena Garcia, R-Fr., UCLA
3B: Kylie Franks, Jr., Purdue
P: Jordy Frahm, Sr., Nebraska
C: Alexis Ramirez, Jr., UCLA
OF: Hannah Coor, Sr., Nebraska
OF: Moriah Polar, Jr., Purdue
OF: Khloe Banks, Sr., Purdue
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Big Ten All-Freshman Team
ALEXIS JENSEN, P, Nebraska
MARINA MASON, P, Northwestern
Jenna Molk, P, Ohio State
Breanna Hanik, OF, Penn State
Allison Oneacre, INF, Penn State
Anna Moore, INF, Purdue
Bri Alejandre, INF, UCLA
ALEENA GARCIA, INF, UCLA
Jolyna Lamar, OF, UCLA
Melody Acevedo, INF, Washington
Kaycie Burdick, OF, Washington
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Big Ten Sportsmanship Honorees
Eileen Donahue, Illinois
Brianna Johnson, Iowa
Aly VanBrandt, Indiana
Sammi Woods, Maryland
Madi Ramey, Michigan
Sydney Doloszycki, Michigan State
Maggie Werner, Minnesota
Emmerson Cope, Nebraska A
bby Harvey, Northwestern
Skylar Limon, Ohio State
Remmington Hewitt, Oregon
McKenna Young, Penn State
Emma Bailey, Purdue
Bailey Briggs, Rutgers
Aleena Garcia, UCLA
Tia Durst, Washington
Kaylie Whidden, Wisconsin
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NOTES: * - Additional player due to tie in voting; ALL CAPS denotes unanimous selection
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Senior Jordan Woolery earned UCLA's 20th conference Player of the Year award and the program's first since Maya Brady won the honor in 2024 as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. Woolery joins Stacey Nuveman and Rachel Garcia as the third Bruin in program history to be named both a conference Freshman of the Year and Player of the Year.
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UCLA led the conference with five All-Big Ten First Team selections. Joining Woolery on the first team were freshman Bri Alejandre, redshirt freshman Aleena Garcia, senior Megan Grant and sophomore Rylee Slimp. Grant, Slimp and Woolery were unanimous selections.
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Three Bruins earned All-Big Ten Second Team honors: sophomore Kaniya Bragg, redshirt junior Alexis Ramirez and senior Taylor Tinsley.
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UCLA also paced the conference with three Big Ten All-Freshman Team selections: Alejandre, Garcia and Jolyna Lamar.
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Garcia and Ramirez were named to the league's nine-player All-Defensive Team.
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The Big Ten recognizes 19 players on both the first and second teams, along with 11 players on the all-freshman team. Woolery and Grant became the 10th and 11th players in program history to earn first-team all-conference honors in all four seasons of their careers. Additionally, Tinsley received all-conference recognition for the third time in her career.
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About UCLA's All-Conference Picks
Jordan Woolery
With a .509 batting average, 33 home runs and 106 RBIs, Woolery is on pace to become the first player in NCAA history to hit better than .500 while recording at least 30 home runs and 100 RBIs in a single season. Her 106 RBIs lead the nation, rank third in NCAA history and set a new UCLA single-season record.
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Megan Grant
Grant leads the nation with a 1.336 slugging percentage and .648 on-base percentage and is tied for the national lead with 36 home runs. She and Woolery are the first teammates in NCAA history to each hit 30 or more home runs in the same season. Grant is also batting .478 with 76 RBIs in her final campaign. Her 36 home runs set a new UCLA single-season record. She is one shy of tying the NCAA single-season record of 37.
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Rylee Slimp
Slimp leads the nation and set a new program record with 85 runs scored. The Bruins' leadoff hitter in all 53 games this season, Slimp is batting .450 with a .807 slugging percentage, 13 home runs, 14 doubles and four triples. She has opened five games this season with a leadoff home run.
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Aleena Garcia
Garcia has enjoyed a breakout season after her true freshman campaign was cut short by injury. UCLA's everyday shortstop leads the Big Ten with 97 assists. At the plate, Garcia is batting .369 with a .792 slugging percentage and 17 home runs.
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Bri Alejandre
Alejandre ranks second nationally among freshmen with 73 RBIs and fourth with 21 home runs. Her 21 homers broke the UCLA freshman single-season record previously held by Stacey Nuveman in 1997. Alejandre has started all 53 games at third base.
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Taylor Tinsley
Tinsley ranks second nationally with 27 victories and leads the Big Ten with 19 complete games. She has served as UCLA's workhorse in the circle, throwing 175.2 of the team's 318.1 innings this season. Entering the Big Ten Tournament semifinals, Tinsley owns a 27-5 record with a 2.79 ERA and 149 strikeouts.
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Kaniya Bragg
Bragg, who has played three different infield positions over the last two seasons, has started all 52 games at second base this year. She is one of eight Bruins with double-digit home runs, totaling 15 on the season, and one of four UCLA players batting above .400.
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Alexis Ramirez
Ramirez, UCLA's starting catcher, has thrown out six of eight attempted base stealers this season. In 41 games and 36 starts, she is batting .387 with 13 home runs.
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Jolyna Lamar
Lamar has emerged as UCLA's everyday center fielder, making 39 starts this season. Batting ninth in the lineup in 34 of those starts, Lamar owns a .342 batting average with 12 home runs.
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Big Ten Year-End Awards
Player of the Year: Jordan Woolery, Sr., INF, UCLA
Pitcher of the Year: Jordy Frahm, Sr., Nebraska
Freshman of the Year: Alexis Jensen, P/UTL, Nebraska
Coach of the Year: Rhonda Revelle, Nebraska
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All-Big Ten First Team*
LAUREN PUTZ, So., OF, Michigan
JORDY FRAHM, Sr., P, Nebraska
MARINA MASON, Fr., P, Northwestern
Emma Raye, Jr., C, Northwestern
AMARI HARPER, Sr., OF, Oregon
LYNDSEY GREIN, Sr., P, Oregon
Stefini Ma'ake, So., INF, Oregon
ALLISON ONEACRE, Fr., INF, Penn State
Anna Moore, Fr., INF, Purdue
Hailey Painter, Gr., DP, Purdue
Moriah Polar, Jr., OF, Purdue
Samantha Rohwer, Jr., INF, Rutgers
Bri Alejandre, Fr., INF, UCLA
Aleena Garcia, R-Fr., INF, UCLA
MEGAN GRANT, Sr., OF, UCLA
RYLEE SLIMP, So., OF, UCLA
JORDAN WOOLERY, Sr., INF, UCLA
Giselle Alvarez, Jr., INF, Washington
Alexis DeBoer, So., INF, Washington
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All-Big Ten Second Team*
Alex Cooper, Jr., INF, Indiana
Madalyn Strader, So., INF, Indiana
Aly VanBrandt, Jr., INF, Indiana
Samantha Bland, Jr., INF, Nebraska
Hannah Coor, Sr., OF, Nebraska
Kacie Hoffmann, Sr., OF, Nebraska
Alexis Jensen, Fr., P, Nebraska
Ava Kuszak, Sr., INF, Nebraska
Sami Bewick, Jr., INF, Ohio State
Kiki Estrada, Sr., INF, Ohio State
Hadley Parisien, Jr., OF, Ohio State
Abbie Wilhelm, So., INF, Ohio State
Elon Butler, Sr., OF, Oregon
Breanna Hanik, Fr., OF, Penn State
Brooke Klosowicz, Jr., DP, Penn State
Kaniya Bragg, So., INF, UCLA
Alexis Ramirez, Jr., C, UCLA
Taylor Tinsley, Sr., P, UCLA
Morgan Reimer, So., P, Washington
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Big Ten All-Defensive Team
1B: Alexis DeBoer, So., Washington
2B: Kaylynn Jones, So., Oregon
SS: Aleena Garcia, R-Fr., UCLA
3B: Kylie Franks, Jr., Purdue
P: Jordy Frahm, Sr., Nebraska
C: Alexis Ramirez, Jr., UCLA
OF: Hannah Coor, Sr., Nebraska
OF: Moriah Polar, Jr., Purdue
OF: Khloe Banks, Sr., Purdue
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Big Ten All-Freshman Team
ALEXIS JENSEN, P, Nebraska
MARINA MASON, P, Northwestern
Jenna Molk, P, Ohio State
Breanna Hanik, OF, Penn State
Allison Oneacre, INF, Penn State
Anna Moore, INF, Purdue
Bri Alejandre, INF, UCLA
ALEENA GARCIA, INF, UCLA
Jolyna Lamar, OF, UCLA
Melody Acevedo, INF, Washington
Kaycie Burdick, OF, Washington
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Big Ten Sportsmanship Honorees
Eileen Donahue, Illinois
Brianna Johnson, Iowa
Aly VanBrandt, Indiana
Sammi Woods, Maryland
Madi Ramey, Michigan
Sydney Doloszycki, Michigan State
Maggie Werner, Minnesota
Emmerson Cope, Nebraska A
bby Harvey, Northwestern
Skylar Limon, Ohio State
Remmington Hewitt, Oregon
McKenna Young, Penn State
Emma Bailey, Purdue
Bailey Briggs, Rutgers
Aleena Garcia, UCLA
Tia Durst, Washington
Kaylie Whidden, Wisconsin
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NOTES: * - Additional player due to tie in voting; ALL CAPS denotes unanimous selection
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