Ava Bredwell Season 2025

Honors & Awards

• NFCA Third-Team All-Midwest Region (2024)
• Big Ten Freshman of the Year (2022)
• Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2022)
• Big Ten Freshman of the Week (4/18/22)
• CSC Academic All-District (2023, 2024)
• Nebraska Silver Academic Medallion (2023)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2023, 2024)
• Six-Time Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll Member
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2022, 2023, 2024)

Junior Season (2024) 

• Third-Team NFCA All-Midwest Region selection
• Started 50 of Nebraska’s 53 games at catcher
• Has also started one game as the designated player
• Hit .329 with 14 doubles, three triples, eight homers and 29 RBIs
• Led NU in doubles, triples and walks (22)
• Ranked 2nd in hits (48) and slugging percentage (.630)
• Was 3rd in runs and home runs
• Her 14 doubles and 10 hit-by-pitches both ranked eighth in school history
• Opened the year going 2-for-2 against No. 7 Washington
• Had another two-hit game against Montana
• Went 2-for-4 with a double, a homer, two runs and two RBIs vs. the Griz
• Was 3-for-6 with two runs and two RBIs in two games vs. Sacramento State
• Went 5-for-15 with three doubles and two RBIs at the Mary Nutter Classic
• Was 1-for-3 with a double vs. No. 20 UCLA
• Went 2-for-2 with a career-high-tying two doubles vs. No. 23 Oregon
• Had a walk and an RBI double against Wichita State
• Had four hits and four RBIs in four games at the Razorback Rumble
• Drew a walk in five consecutive games from March 8 to March 12
• Went 8-for-15 (.533) in four games at the Big Red Spring Classic
• Added two doubles, one triple, one homer, five RBIs and five runs
• Went 3-for-5 with a double against Northern Colorado on March 14
• Was 2-for-4 with two runs against North Dakota
• Went 1-for-3 with a triple against Creighton
• Was 2-for-3 with a double, a homer and two RBIs vs. UNC on March 17
• Went 3-for-3 with a home run against Omaha
• Was 2-for-6 with a double, a homer and three RBIs in the Illinois series
• Had a hit, run and an RBI in seven consecutive games from March 14-23
• Scored a run in eight straight games from March 14-23
• Produced an RBI in eight straight games from March 14-23
• Had an extra-base hit in five straight games from March 16-23
• Had three doubles in the three-game series at Wisconsin
• Had a double, an RBI and scored twice in game two
• Had two doubles as part of a 2-for-4 day in game three
• Drew two walks against Kansas
• Went 1-for-2 with a walk and two runs in game two against Penn State
• Was 3-for-4 with two runs and three RBIs in game two at Rutgers
• Finished a single shy of the cycle with a double, triple and home run
• Hit a walk-off two-run homer in game two against Iowa
• Her homer came with NU trailing by one with two outs in the seventh
• Was 3-for-5 in the Northwestern series with a double and a walk
• Went 6-for-9 in the Minnesota series
• Had two hits in all three games of the series
• Had two runs and two RBIs in two games at the Big Ten Tournament
• Hit a solo home run against Indiana in a semifinal game

Sophomore Season (2023) 

• Started 56 games as the catcher 
• Set career-highs in runs (36), hits (43), doubles (9), home runs (3), RBI (19) and starts (56)
• Had four starts behind the plate at the Houston Invitational while hitting .357 with five hits and three RBIs 
• Recorded three hits including a double at the TaxAct Clearwater Invitational 
• Added three hits including a double and two RBI at the Troy Cox Classic 
• Smashed a home run in the win over No. 16 Arizona (March 4) 
• Hit .467 with seven hits including a double and a home run at the Hillenbrand Invitational
• Finished the Shocker Classic 3-for-7 with one double 
• Added four hits and six RBI in the Purdue series including a triple
• Hit .400 at the NCAA Stillwater Regional with four hits including two doubles and a homer 
• Smashed a homer against UMBC in game two of NCAA Regionals to score the winning run 
• Hit the game-tying double against No. 21 Wichita State in game three of NCAA Regionals 
• Was hit by a career-high two pitches in game one at Michigan

Freshman Season (2022) 

• Started 36 games including 32 as the catcher and four as the designated player 
• First Husker to receive conference Freshman of the Year since 1995 
• Only third catcher to be named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year 
• Made her first career start behind the plate against New Mexico State 
• Started all five games as the catcher at the Troy Cox Classic 
• Tallied four hits, five runs, a double and an RBI at the Cal State Fullerton/Long Beach State Tournament
• Smashed her first career homer and three RBIs against Tulsa at the Rock Chalk Challenge
• Went 3-for-8 at the Rock Chalk Challenge
• Hit a two-run homer in game one against No. 19 Michigan to help the Huskers to a 3-2 win 
• Was 2-for-8 with a double and one RBI in the Rutgers series
• Tallied a double and a triple and finished 4-for-11 at the Michigan State series 
• Had a personal best 5 RBIs in game one against Iowa
• Went 4-for-5 in the Iowa doubleheader with a triple 
• Was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week after going 5-for-9 in the Minnesota series with one RBI and starting all three games as the catcher

Before Nebraska (Mill Valley HS)

• Three-year letterwinner at Mill Valley High School in Shawnee, Kansas
• Kansas 5A first-team all-state selection as a senior 
• Earned all-state honors as a freshman (second team) and sophomore (honorable mention) before the pandemic disrupted her junior season
• Played club ball for Aces Fastpitch under Head Coach Ryan Taylor
• Named to the honor roll all three years of high school 
• Was a volunteer coach with Strike Zone, a youth softball organization 

Personal

• Born of Jan. 7, 2003
• Daughter of Jeremy Bredwell and Jennifer Draskovich
• Stepfather's name is David Draskovich 
• Has one stepsister, Katie Draskovich
• Majoring in psychology