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 by school
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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
Ohio State
2
2001, 2010
Maryland
1
2021
Nebraska
1
2022
Penn State
1
2024
Illinois
0
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Michigan State
0
—
Purdue
0
—
Rutgers
0
—
Wisconsin
0
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References
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^ "Big Ten Conference Softball Record Book" (PDF) . BigTen.org . Retrieved August 30, 2020 .
^ "Michigan's Jessica Merchant Named 2004 Big Ten Player Of The Year" . BigTen.org . May 12, 2004. Retrieved August 30, 2020 .
^ "Northwestern's Cooper Named Big Ten Softball Player of the Year" . BigTen.org . May 12, 2005. Retrieved August 30, 2020 .
^ "Northwestern Sweeps 2006 Softball Postseason Awards" . BigTen.org . May 11, 2006. Retrieved August 30, 2020 .
^ "Northwestern's Cooper Named Big Ten's First Three-Time Player Of The Year" . BigTen.org . May 10, 2007. Retrieved August 30, 2020 .
^ "Big Ten co-champions Michigan and Northwestern Split Top Softball Individual Honors" . BigTen.org . May 8, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2020 .
^ "Michigan and Northwestern Split Top Softball Individual Honors" . BigTen.org . May 13, 2009. Retrieved August 30, 2020 .
^ "Illinois, Michigan and Ohio State Share Top Softball Honors" . BigTen.org . May 19, 2010. Retrieved August 30, 2020 .
^ "Big Ten Announces Softball All-Big Ten Teams and Individual Award Winners" . BigTen.org . May 18, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2020 .
^ "Big Ten Announces Softball All-Big Ten Teams and Individual Award Winners" . BigTen.org . May 16, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2020 .
^ "Big Ten Honors Softball All-Conference Teams and Individual Award Winners" . BigTen.org . May 8, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2020 .
^ "Big Ten Honors Softball All-Conference Teams and Individual Award Winners" . BigTen.org . May 7, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2020 .
^ "Softball Award Winners Named" . BigTen.org . May 6, 2015. Retrieved August 30, 2020 .
^ "Softball All-Conference and Award Winners" . BigTen.org . May 11, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2020 .
^ "Big Ten Announces Softball Postseason Honors" . BigTen.org . May 10, 2017. Retrieved August 30, 2020 .
^ "Big Ten Announces 2018 Softball Postseason Honors" . BigTen.org . May 9, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2020 .
^ "Big Ten Announces 2019 Softball Postseason Honors" . BigTen.org . May 8, 2019. Retrieved August 30, 2020 .
^ "Big Ten Announces 2021 Softball Postseason Honors" . BigTen.org . May 19, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2021 .
^ "Big Ten Conference Announces 2022 Softball Postseason Honors" . BigTen.org . May 11, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2022 .
^ "Big Ten Conference Announces 2023 Softball Postseason Honors" . BigTen.org . May 10, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2023 .
^ "Big Ten Conference Announces 2024 Softball Postseason Honors" . BigTen.org . May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024 .