Sydney Gray Season 2021

Honors & Awards

• NFCA Second-Team All-Midwest Region (2024)
• NFCA Third-Team All-Midwest Region (2022)
• Second-Team All-Big Ten (2024)
• Big Ten Player of the Week (March 11 2024)
• Co-Big Ten Player of the Week (Feb. 19, 2024)
• Co-Big Ten Player of the Week (Feb. 21, 2022) 
• CSC Academic All-District (2023, 2024)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2022, 2023, 2024)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2022, 2023, 2024)
• Nebraska Gold Academic Medallion (2022, 2023) 
• Eight-Time Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll Member
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)

Big Ten Record (as of the end of the 2024 season)

• Player of the Week Awards in a Single Season: 3 in 2024

Senior Season (2024)

• Second-team NFCA All-Midwest Region selection
• Second-team All-Big Ten selection
• Started every game at third base
• Was the only Husker to start every game in 2024
• Three-time Big Ten Player of the Week
• Tied the Big Ten record for most player-of-the-week awards in a season
• Hit .286 with 11 doubles, 12 homers and 41 RBIs
• Ranked 2nd on the team in home runs and RBIs
• Had a double, a run and an RBI against Long Beach State
• Went 5-for-16 with three homers and 10 RBIs at the Troy Cox Classic
• Averaged 1.0 hit, 1.0 run and 2.0 RBIs per game at the tournament
• Was named co-Big Ten Player of the Week for her performance
• Drove in three runs and scored twice against Montana
• Hit a pair of three-run homers against Sacramento State
• Finished with a career high six RBIs against the Hornets
• Had two hits including a double against No. 20 Utah
• Went 5-for-13 with a double, three homers and five RBIs in Arkansas
• Earned Big Ten Player of the Week honors for her performance
• Homered against Northern Iowa
• Was 3-for-4 with a double, two homers and three RBIs vs. South Alabama
• Set a career high in extra-base hits and tied her high in hits & homers
• Walked five times in two games on March 12
• Set a career high with three walks in the second game of the day vs. Maine
• Was 4-for-13 with a homer and three RBIs at the Big Red Spring Classic
• Went 2-for-5 with a double, a homer and three RBIs in the Illinois series
• Had at least one hit, run, RBI, walk and extra-base hit in both games
• Hit a game-tying two-run homer in the seventh inning in game one
• Was 8-for-12 in the Wisconsin series with a double and two home runs
• Also scored four runs and drove in seven in the series
• Went 3-for-4 with a homer, an RBI and three runs in game one
• Tied her career high in runs and her then-career high in hits
• Then set a career high with four hits in game two while going 4-for-4
• Also homered and produced five RBIs in game two at Wisconsin
• Had a hit in all three games of the Rutgers series with a double and an RBI
• Was 4-for-10 in the Michigan series with two doubles and three RBIs
• Went 2-for-3 with a walk and a two-run double in game one at Michigan
• Was 2-for-4 with a double in game one against Iowa
• Went 6-for-11 with two homers and seven RBIs in the Minnesota series
• Had at least two hits, one run and one RBI in all three games
• Was named the Big Ten Player of the Week for her performance
• Was 2-for-4 with a home run in game one
• Went 2-for-3 with another homer and five RBIs in game two
• Finished 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI in game three of the series
• Went 1-for-2 with a run and an RBI vs. Minnesota in the Big Ten Tournament

Junior Season (2023)

• Started 53 games at third base 
• Added two hits including a double and three RBI at the Houston Invitational 
• Tallied a hit and a run in the win over CSU Bakersfield (Feb. 25) 
• Had one hit with two RBI and two runs in the win over New Mexico (Feb. 25) 
• Added two hits including a double in the win over No. 16 Arizona (March 4) 
• Hit a team-best .500 at the Hillenbrand Invitational with six hits including two doubles and two RBI
• Finished .500 in the opening series against Purdue with four hits and three RBI
• Added three hits and two RBI in the Iowa series 
• Hit .500 with six hits including one double, two home runs and four RBI in the series sweep at Indiana
• Finished with four hits including a double and a home run in the series against Ohio State
• Added four hits including a double, one run and one RBI at the NCAA Stillwater Regional
• No. 14 on Extra Innings Preseason Third Base Player to Watch List 

Sophomore Season (2022)

• Started all 57 games at third base 
• Finished the season with career-highs in runs (32), hits (57), doubles (8), home runs (11) and RBI (44)
• Went 3-for-3 against Drake recording one double, one home run and five RBI
• Named Co-Big Ten Player of the Week after tallying four home runs and 10 RBI at the Troy Cox Classic 
• Added four hits and one RBI in the three-game series at Kansas 
• Hit a homer in the win against South Dakota State 
• Had five hits and two RBI in the home opening weekend against South Dakota State and Wichita State
• Tallied six hits, three doubles and four RBIs at the Cal State Fullerton/Long Beach State Tournament 
• Helped the Huskers to a win over No. 19 Michigan with a homer in game two 
• Had three hits including a double and three RBIs in the Rutgers series
• Added two hits with a triple and two RBIs at the Michigan State series 
• Went 4-for-5 in the doubleheader against Iowa with a double and one RBI 
• Finished with four hits including a home run and two RBIs in the Indiana series 
• Added a hit and an RBI against Penn State at the Big Ten Tournament 

Freshman Season (2021)

• Suffered a season-ending injury in the series finale against Penn State
• Started 14 of Nebraska’s 16 games at third base prior to her injury
• At the time of her injury, led the Huskers with five multi-hit games and ranked second on the team with 13 hits and four doubles
• Went 2-for-4 with an RBI in the win vs. Michigan State
• Recorded her first career hit, run and RBI in the win
• Went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs in the win over No. 23 Michigan
• Fouled off four 0-2 pitches before delivering the walk-off two-out, two-run single with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning
• Went 4-for-6 with a pair of doubles in the final two games against Purdue
• Went 3-for-3 with a double in the series finale against the Boilermakers
• Was 7-for-12 with three doubles, a homer, six runs scored and five RBIs in the Penn State series
• Went 2-for-3 with two runs and her first career home run in game one
• Was 3-for-6 with two doubles, three RBIs and two runs the next day in a doubleheader
• Went 2-for-3 with a double, two runs and an RBI in the series finale before exiting the game in the seventh inning with an injury
• Was 13-for-25 (.520) over her final eight games with five doubles, one homer, seven runs and seven RBIs

Before Nebraska

• Played four seasons for Sabino High School in Tucson, Ariz. 
• Hit .503 and slugged .884, with 153 hits, 153 runs, 87 RBIs, 36 doubles, 16 triples and 16 homers in her prep career
• Hit a career-best .550 as a senior through 11 games before the season ended early due to the Coronavirus pandemic
• Also slugged .825 and had 15 runs, 22 hits, 13 RBIs, 6 doubles, one triple and one homer in 2020
• Helped her team claim the Arizona 3A State title as a junior
•  Batted .494 and slugged .949 with 39 hits, seven home runs and 24 RBIs in 2019
• Was a first-team all-conference and all-region honoree and was named to the Southern Arizona All-Star team as a junior
• Was a second-team all-conference honoree and a first-team all-region pick in 2018
• Batted .458, with an on-base percentage of .527 as a sophomore
•  Named a first-team all-region and all-conference honoree as a freshman
• Was named the 3A Region Player of the Year, the 3A Offensive Player of the Year and the Conference Defensive Player of the Year as a freshman
• Was also named to the Southern Arizona all-freshman team
• Played travel ball for the Arizona Desert Thunder, the same club team as former Husker Mattie Fowler and fellow Husker Caitlynn Neal
• Was coached by Kelly Fowler, Kenzie Fowler Quinn and Larry Neal
• Kenzie Fowler Quinn was a former NFCA All-American for Arizona

Personal

• Born on April 6, 2002
• Is the daughter of Lori Gray, Kory Gray and stepmother Lara Scott
• Has one sister Carly, who played softball at Regis University (Colo.) and one step-sister, Greta Abend
• Sydney’s mother Lori is from Omaha and graduated from Burke High School
• Majoring in finance