The Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year is a college softball award given to the Big Ten Conference's most outstanding freshman. The award has been given annually since 1985.
Winners SeasonPlayerSchoolPositionReference1985 IndianaOF1986 NorthwesternOF/P1987NorthwesternP/U1988 MinnesotaP 1989 Iowa P 1990 MichiganOF1991IowaP 1992MichiganP 1993MichiganU1994IowaIF1995MichiganU1996 Michigan1B1997 Michigan3B1998 NorthwesternU1999 Michigan2B2000 IowaC2001Ohio StateU2002MichiganP2003 IowaP/3B2004 NorthwesternP 2005 Michigan1B 2006 NorthwesternSS 2007 Northwestern2B 2008 MichiganP 2009Northwestern1B 2010 Ohio StateP 2011 MinnesotaP 2012MichiganP 2013 MichiganSS 2014 MinnesotaP 2015 NorthwesternOF 2016MinnesotaU 2017MinnesotaC 2018 MichiganP 2019NorthwesternP 2021 MarylandOF 2022 NebraskaC2023 Indiana2B2024Penn StateP2025 Washington1B2026 NebraskaP / UTL
Winners by school School Winners Years Michigan 13 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2018 Northwestern 9 1986, 1987, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2015, 2019 Iowa 5 1989, 1991, 1994, 2000, 2003 Minnesota 5 1988, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017 Indiana 2 1985, 2023 Nebraska 2 2022, 2026 Ohio State 2 2001, 2010 Maryland 1 2021 Penn State 1 2024 Washington 1 2025 Illinois 0 — Michigan State 0 — Oregon 0 — Purdue 0 — Rutgers 0 — UCLA 0 — Wisconsin 0 —
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