Frahm Wins Honda Award for Softball

Jordy Frahm was named the winner of the Honda Award for Softball, the Collegiate Women’s Sports Awards (CWSA) announced on Thursday. 

Frahm was a Honda Award for Softball finalist last year and now joins Denise Day (1985) as Nebraska’s two winners in program history. Frahm will become a finalist for the prestigious Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year and the Class of 2026 Honda Cup, to be presented live on Monday, July 27, at 6 p.m. CT on CBS Sports Network. 

“I would just like to thank the CWSA voters for selecting me for this award,” Frahm said. “There are so many amazing athletes and women in our sport and to be chosen to represent college softball is a huge honor. I am so grateful for the journey that God has led me on during my college career, and I am truly blessed by everyone that’s been part of it.”

The award adds to a long list of accolades for Frahm, as she was also named the National Fastpitch Coaches Association and USA Softball Player of the Year and was a first-team All-American for the fourth time in her career. She became the 14th player ever to be a four-time first-team All-American. Frahm was also the NFCA Rawlings Gold Glove pitcher and the Big Ten Pitcher of the Year. 

Frahm captained Nebraska to its eighth overall NCAA Women’s College World Series appearance and first since 2013. She became the first player in NCAA history to record 20 wins and 20 home runs in multiple seasons and 20 wins, 20 home runs and 10 saves in the same season.

In the circle, Frahm went 21-6 with a 1.37 ERA and racked up a nation-leading 12 saves, which tied a Big Ten single-season record and was Nebraska single-season record. She threw 18 complete games and struck out 251 batters while walking only 33. In addition to leading the nation in saves, Frahm ranked third nationally in strikeout-to-walk ratio, fourth in shutouts, fifth in ERA and sixth in strikeouts per seven innings.

Offensively, Frahm posted a .403 batting average with 79 hits, 60 runs and 51 RBI. She added 11 doubles, four triples and 20 homers for a .860 slugging percentage. 

The CWSA celebrates its 50th anniversary during the 2025-26 collegiate athletics season. For five decades, the Honda Sport Award has honored the nation’s top women athletes in 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports, symbolizing “the best of the best in collegiate athletics.” As the CWSA marks its 50th anniversary, the organization continues its longstanding mission to honor excellence in athletics, leadership, academics, and community service. Since 1986, Honda has contributed more than $3.4 million in institutional grants to support women’s athletics programs nationwide.