Co-Player of the Week

Tristen Edwards, Nebraska

OF – Sr. – Murrieta, Calif. – Vista Murrieta – Major: Management

• Batted .500 with a .529 on-base percentage and 1.188 slugging percentage in five games last weekend, hitting three home runs with six RBI and five runs scored at the Arizona State Invitational in Tempe, Ariz.

• Homered twice in the tournament opener against Oregon State on March 6 before adding another home run later that day against Wright State

• Moved to fifth in school history with 42 career home runs and became third student in Nebraska history with 40 home runs and 40 doubles in her career

• A two-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree (2018 and 2019)

• Earns her fifth career Player of the Week honor and second this season

• Last Nebraska Player of the Week: Tristen Edwards (Feb. 10, 2020)



Co-Player of the Week

Kayla Konwent, Wisconsin

DP/1B – Sr. – Salem, Wis. – Central – Major: Retailing and Consumer Behavior

• Posted a .429 batting average, .467 on-base percentage and 1.143 slugging percentage last weekend at the USF Invitational in Tampa, hitting three home runs and scoring four times as the Badgers won the tournament with a 4-1 record

• Hit home runs in both matchups against UMass, the latter on Sunday as part of a school-record five home runs Wisconsin had in the game and a program-record 13 for the weekend

• Added two hits apiece in tournament opener vs. UMass on March 6 and game at tournament host USF on March 7

• 2019 Academic All-Big Ten selection

• Garners her third career Player of the Week accolade and first this season

• Last Wisconsin Player of the Week: Kayla Konwent (April 1, 2019)



Pitcher of the Week

Bailey Parshall, Penn State

LHP – So. – Belle Vernon, Pa. – Belle Vernon Area – Major: Health Policy and Administration

• Went 3-0 with a 0.00 ERA and three complete-game shutouts in the circle last weekend, striking out 36 and walking three in 19.0 innings as Penn State went 3-2 at the Clearwater (Fla.) Spring Break Invitational

• Recorded double-digit strikeouts in all three games she pitched, including a season-high 14 in the tournament opener against Yale on March 6 and 12 in the tournament finale against Western Michigan on Sunday

• Allowed just eight hits on the weekend, tossing a two-hitter and two three-hitters

• Collects her first career Pitcher of the Week plaudit

• Last Penn State Pitcher of the Week: Lisa Akamine (March 28, 2011)



Co-Freshman of the Week

Kalena Burns, Iowa

1B – Fr. – Corona, Calif. – Corona Centennial – Major: Elementary Education

• Registered a .563 batting average, .563 on-base percentage and 1.000 slugging percentage in a 3-1 week for Iowa at The Spring Games in Madeira Beach, Fla.

• Collected two home runs, six RBI and nine hits during the tournament, including a 4-for-4 day against South Dakota State on March 6

• Drove in six of the Hawkeyes’ 11 runs last week, including all three in a March 6 win over Loyola-Chicago, capped by a two-run walk-off home run in the eighth inning

• Receives her first career Freshman of the Week award

• Last Iowa Freshman of the Week: Nia Carter (Feb. 24, 2020)



Co-Freshman of the Week

Trinity Schlotterbeck, Maryland

RHP – Fr. – Williamsport, Md. – Saint James School – Major: Undeclared (Letters & Sciences)

• Went 3-0 with one save and a 0.97 ERA, plus three complete games and two shutouts in the circle last weekend for Maryland, striking out nine in 21.2 innings as the Terrapins went 4-1 at the FIU Panther Invitational in Miami

• Threw a one-hit shutout on March 7 against Tulsa and added a four-hit shutout in the tournament opener against Ball State on March 6

• Saved Maryland’s 5-3 win over tournament host FIU on March 7, allowing just one hit over the final 2.2 innings

• Earns her first career Player of the Week honor

• Last Maryland Freshman of the Week: None (first in program history)



2020 Big Ten Players of the Week

Feb. 10

PL: Tristen Edwards, Sr., NEB

P: Sydney Sickels, So., ILL

F: Avery Clark, OSU



Feb. 17

PL: Rachel Lewis, Jr., NU

P: Lauren Shaw, Jr., IOWA

F: Delaney Rummell, ILL

F: Avery Clark, OSU



Feb. 24

PL: Nia Carter, Fr., IOWA

P: Emily Goodin, Sr., IND

P: Amber Fiser, Sr., MINN

F: Nia Carter, IOWA



March 2

PL: Natalie DenHartog, So., MINN

P: Autumn Pease, So., MINN

F: Fiona Girardot, WIS



March 9

PL: Tristen Edwards, Sr., NEB

PL: Kayla Konwent, Sr., WIS

P: Bailey Parshall, So., PSU

F: Kalena Burns, IOWA

F: Trinity Schlotterbeck, MD

