To kick off the Big Ten Tournament week in Omaha, the Big Ten released its regular season awards and All Conference Teams on Tuesday, and the second place Nebraska Cornhuskers were well represented.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Roch Cholowsky, Jr., SS, UCLA
PITCHER OF THE YEAR
Mason Edwards, Jr., SP, USC
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Dylan Carey, Sr., SS, Nebraska
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Drew Grego, Fr., OF, Nebraska
COACH OF THE YEAR
John Savage, UCLA +
Dylan Carey wins Defensive Player of the Year
The coaches have said numerous times that Dylan Carey wasn’t expected back this year. He failed to go in the draft, and returned with a vengeance. We will get to the offense in a minute, but defensively Carey turned everything up a notch. He got eaten up by some routine play last season, with his customary fielding off to the side of his body. That changed this year, he had only 4 errors on 197 opportunities for a fielding percentage of .980. He was also involved in 27 double plays.
Carey also made 1st team All Big Ten, batting .347, with 16 doubles, on his way to becoming the school’s all time doubles leader, 2 tripes and 14 home runs. He drove in 63 runs and scored 51 on the year.
Drew Grego wins Big Ten Freshman of the Year
When asked preseason which freshman he thought could come out of nowhere and have a season like Devin Nunez did in 2025, Will Bolt wasted little time in mentioning Drew Grego. Despite being behind numerous upper class-men at his normal position of middle infield, Grego found some at bats with injuries and struggles in the outfield early on, and never let the coaches take him out.
Grego had an all time year, putting his name on a short list with some of the best offensive seasons for a freshman in program history. He’s the 6th player to win conference freshman of the year, and 3rd to win Big Ten Freshman of the Year, joining Chad Luensmann (2016) and Max Anderson (2021). Shane Komine (1999), Matt Hopper (2000) and Johnny Dorn (2005) were all Big 12 Freshmen of the Year.
Grego batted .348 with 13 doubles, 1 triple and 7 home runs. His 44 RBIs put him in the company of names like Alex Gordon and Daniel Bruce behind Matt Hopper’s insane freshman numbers.
First Team All-Big Ten
SP – Carson Jasa, R-So., Nebraska
SP – Logan Reddemann, Jr., UCLA
SP – Mason Edwards, Jr., USC +
SP – Grant Govel, So., USC
RP – Tanner Bradley, So., Oregon
RP – Easton Hawk, So., UCLA
RP – Wylan Moss, So., UCLA
C – Weber Neels, Sr., Minnesota
1B – Mulivai Levu, Jr., UCLA
2B – Colby Turner, Jr., Michigan
SS – Roch Cholowsky, Jr., UCLA
3B – Drew Smith, Sr., Oregon
OF – Hogan Denny, So., Indiana
OF – Will Gasparino, Jr., UCLA
OF – Jackson Hotchkiss, So., Washington
UTL – Michael Anderson, Sr., Penn State
At-Large – Dylan Carey, Sr., Nebraska (SS)
At-Large – Roman Martin, Jr., UCLA (3B)
Joining Carey on the 1st Team was pitcher Carson Jasa. The sophomore exploded this season, going 9-2 and making into the top ten all time chart for strikeouts in a season with 101, tied with Brett Sears for most in the Big Ten era. Jasa worked his way into the Friday night ace role and posted a 3.58 ERA and threw 2 complete games.
Second Team All Big Ten
SP – Aidan Flinn, Fr., Illinois
SP – Aidan Donovan, So., Michigan State
SP – Isaac Morton, Jr., Minnesota
SP – Will Sanford, So., Oregon
RP – J’Shawn Unger, So., Nebraska
RP – Devin Bell, Sr., Oregon
RP – Adam Troy, R-Jr., USC
C – Colton Bower, R-Jr., Washington
1B – Case Sanderson, Jr., Nebraska
2B – Gable Mitchell, Sr., Iowa
SS – Henry Kaczmar, Sr., Ohio State
3B – Sam Flores, Sr., Purdue
OF – Drew Grego, Fr., Nebraska
OF – Mac Moyer, Jr., Nebraska
OF – Jack Basseer, Sr., USC
UTL – Dane Harvey, R-So., Ohio State
At-Large – Jake Hanley, So., Indiana (1B)
At-Large – Ryan Cooney, Jr., Oregon (2B)
At-Large – Cashel Dugger, Jr., UCLA (C)
Perhaps the biggest 1st-Team snub was Mac Moyer. The center fielder led the Big Ten in hits and was 12th nationally with 83, and was 2nd in the conference in runs scored with 63, the most by a Huskers since 2005. Moyer batted .376 with 12 doubles, 2 triples and 4 home runs, all while playing elite center field, having no errors in 121 chances.
First baseman Case Sanderson also landed on the 2nd team, he batted .365 with 16 doubles, a triple and 6 home runs. He drove in 45 RBIs and had a team leading .492 on-base percentage. He has been the most consistent middle of the order bat in the potent Husker lineup.
Even with the year Moyer had, perhaps the surprise of the season was closer J’Shawn Unger. Taking over after some early closing struggles, Unger ended the year ranked 8th nationally (and 9th most in a season in Husker history) with 11 saves in 23 relief appearances. He was 6-1 on the year and struck out 35 batters in 36.1 innings of work.
Jeter Worthley on All-Big Ten Freshman Team
Joining Grego on the All-Freshman team was catcher Jeter Worthley. One of the most heralded high school recruits of recent years for the Huskers, Worthley lived up to the billing. He hit .314 with 11 doubles, a team leading 3 triples (how often do you hear that from a catcher?), and 2 home runs. He had 20 RBIs and scored 40 times, mainly out of the 2 hole in the Husker lineup. He did all that while being the main catcher for a top 5 staff in the Big Ten.
Caleb Clark is Nebraska’s Sportsman Award Winner
Senior reliever Caleb Clark was the team’s recipient of the Big Ten’s Sportsmanship Award. If you’ve ever interacted with the Canuck, this comes as no surprise.
