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What Nebraska Softball’s 2026 Lineup Might Look Like
The Nebraska Cornhusker softball team returns the majority of its lineup from last year’s Super Regional roster.
Could this finally be the year the Huskers break through and return to the Women’s College World Series? It might be.
The 2026 Nebraska roster is upperclassman-heavy with 12 seniors and five juniors on the 23-woman roster.
The vacancies left in the lineup from the graduation of Ava Bredwell and Abbie Squier have been filled with transfers.
Here is a look at what the lineup could look like for head coach Rhonda Revelle.
Formally known as Jordy Bahl, the newly married Jordy Frahm was named the 2025 NFCA Player of the Year and enters 2026 as the No. 2-ranked player in the country by Softball America and D1 Softball. She has earned Preseason All-American accolades from both outlets and was also named to USA Softball’s Collegiate Player of the Year Top 50 Preseason Watch List.
The 2025 Big Ten Player and Pitcher of the Year is coming off one of the best individual seasons in Nebraska program history, setting single-season records for home runs with 23, total bases with 167, runs scored with 72, extra base hits with 41, batting average at .462, and slugging percentage at .988.
Frahm is the ace of the Nebraska pitching staff and will be in the lineup every game. When she isn’t pitching, she can play first base, outfield, or hit as the designated player.
Jesse Farrell, Junior, C/UTL
Jesse Farrell arrived in Lincoln after two seasons with Nevada Las Vegas.
With the Rebels, Farrell was one of 25 finalists for National Freshman of the Year in 2024, was a Second-Team NFCA All-West Region selection in 2024, and was named to the Second-Team All-Mountain West in 2025.
The backstop batted .318 with 39 runs scored, 48 hits and 28 runs batted in last season. Across 100 games in two seasons, she has batted .338 with 100 hits, 72 runs, 74 RBIs, 26 doubles, three triples and 19 homers.
Bella Bacon, Senior, 1B
Bella Bacon has been a key part of the Husker infield since transferring in from Purdue after the 2023 season. Her offense isn’t overwhelming but has been improving steadily since arriving in Lincoln.
Bacon’s defense is some of the best in the country and that’s what makes invaluable at first base.
Lauren Camenzind, Senior, 2B
Lauren Camenzind’s batting average wasn’t a career-high but every other offensive category for the second baseman marked a new high.
Sammy Bland, Junior, 3B
In her first season as a starting infielder, Sammy Bland played an outstanding third base. Her offense also exploded, hitting .318 and slugging .574 with 11 home runs, 47 RBis, and 53 runs scored.
Bland earned Big Ten All-Defensive Team and Second-Team All-Big Ten honors last season.
Aa Kuszak led the team in walks with 30 as a junior in 2025. She also had the second-highest batting average on the team with .412, the second-most hits with 70, the second-most runs scored with 59, the second-most RBIs with 64, and the second-most home runs with 21. She also had an on-base percentage of .507.
Kuszak was named First-Team All-Big Ten, and NFCA All-Mountain Region First Team. She enters this season as one of the top shortstops and players in the country, according to Softball America and D1 Softball.
Hannah Camenzind, Senior, LF/LHP
Hannah Camenzind had a breakout season with the Huskers in 2025, earning Second-Team All-Big Ten honors and she was also named to the NFCA All-Mountain Region Second Team.
The lefty started 11 games in the circle, 18 in right field, 15 in center field and nine in left field.
At the plate, Hannah batted .369 with 39 runs scored, 14 doubles, 10 home runs, and 44 RBIs. She walked 21 times and had an on-base percentage of .429.
Hannah Coor, Senior, CF
Hannah Coor might prove to be one of the biggest transfer pickups in the country this season. She won three national championships with Oklahoma, playing in 152 games with 25 starts in her career with the Sooners.
Known to be a defensive substitution at OU, Coor brings a flawless 1.000 fielding percentage to the Husker outfield.
Kacie Hoffmann, Senior, RF
In her first season after multiple surgeries, Kacie Hoffmann made 39 starts in right field last season and earned a spot on the NFCA All-Mountain Region Third Team.
Hoffmann recorded a career-high 44 hits in 46 games played. She hit seven home runs and 10 doubles while driving in 24 runs.
Designated Player: Emmerson Cope, Junior and Olivia DiNardo, Senior
There’s no telling who will get the majority of at-bats between junior right-handed bat Emmerson Cope and left-handed hitter Olivia DiNardo, but there will be a designated player in the lineup most of the time this season. Most likely, Hannah Coor will have someone hit for her.
Behind Frahm, the Huskers will rely on junior right-hander Kylee Magee and freshman lefty Alexis Jensen.
Frahm is the ace but will hopefully not have to throw as many innings during the regular season in order to save whatever she has left in the tank for a WCWS push.
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The Nebraska State Fair is celebrating America’s 250th anniversary with a special 72-hour flash sale on Season Passes.
From July 3 through July 5, fans can purchase a 2026 Season Pass for just $50—a significant discount from its regular value of $132.
The pass includes one admission per day for all 11 days of the 2026 Nebraska State Fair, making it ideal for visitors who plan to attend multiple days.
Fair officials say the promotion is one of the biggest Season Pass discounts offered in years and will not be extended.
After July 5, Season Passes will remain available at a higher discounted price.
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – Legalizing online sports betting has met with resistance in the Nebraska Legislature for years.
Tax Relief Nebraska, a group backed by Nebraska casinos and online sports betting groups, took the issue to the people of the state through a petition drive.
Those petitions are now in, and casino officials say they expect to have enough signatures to make the November ballot — but also expect pushback through Election Day.
The case for online betting
Currently, legal sports bets cannot be placed on a phone in Nebraska. Casino operators say people who choose to wager are finding other ways to do it.
“They’re just doing it illegally through a virtual private network, or they’re driving over to the first exit between Iowa and Nebraska, placing a bet and then driving back to their home,” said Lynne McNally of Warhorse Casino.
Nebraska casino operators say the state has already collected millions of dollars in state taxes and property tax relief from casino gambling, and that online sports betting would add to that total.
A majority of Nebraskans voted for casino gambling to enter the state in 2020, and casino operators expect similar support if the online betting petition makes the November ballot.
“As you know, we got 65% on the constitutional amendment and actually got nearly 70% on the tax portion of the statute when the casinos were legalized in 2020. I think that we’ll be in that area, if not maybe a little higher than that,” McNally said.
“There’s always going to be a sector of the public that doesn’t want to gamble. They don’t want to go to our facilities and that’s just fine. I guess I have an objection with trying to tell other people what to do,” McNally said.
The opposition
The Nebraska Family Alliance stands against online gambling and plans to campaign against the initiative across the state. The nonprofit group issued a statement that reads in part: “Online sports betting has been a massive public policy failure that benefits national sportsbooks at the expense of kids, student-athletes, families and businesses. While they have more money, they don’t have the truth.”
Pat Loontjer, director of Gambling with the Good Life, has opposed expanded gambling in Nebraska for 30 years.
“They’re telling the same lie — property tax relief. Well in Nebraska you say property tax relief and everybody says where do I sign,” Loontjer said.
Loontjer also raised concerns about the impact on young people.
“Sports betting on the phone is the most addictive thing for young people, young men especially. You’ve got kids that are going to lose their scholarships, lose their future,” Loontjer said.
What comes next
If enough signatures are verified and the issue is placed on the November ballot, Warhorse Casino officials say Nebraskans could be able to make sports bets on their phones by spring of next year.
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Along with marching in the parade, the high schools will tour the U.S. Capitol, visit Mount Vernon and other monuments and museums.
Around 80 Grand Island students are making the trip. Lee said the students cover their own costs, with fundraising largely run though the school’s booster program helping offset the expense.
Bishop Neumann’s 53 students benefited from community donations, along with a holiday greenery sale and fundraisers, which Kellett said helped cover airfare and other costs.
For both directors, the trip carries extra weight tied to the nation’s 250th anniversary.
“That’s a pretty big milestone,” Lee said. “And to be able to be a part of that is pretty neat.”
Kellett said the moment will stay with students long after the parade ends.
“These kids, they’ll be around for the 300th anniversary of the country, and they’ll be able to look back and tell their grandkids, ‘you know, I was there at 250 and was able to march in the National Independence Day Parade,’” Kellett said.
Both bands have spent the summer preparing. Grand Island started working on its music after its final spring concert in May, rehearsing its marching and music together on Tuesday evenings.
Bishop Neumann has rehearsed continuously over the summer and marched in two parades to prepare, a 150th anniversary celebration in Weston and the Papillion Days parade.
Kellett said the band’s last rehearsal in Wahoo drew residents who lined the streets holding signs and cheering the students on.
“The students have come in, and they’ve worked really hard,” Kellett said. “They have their music memorized and they’ve worked on their marching skills, and so all that effort into this they’re ready to go for the parade.”
The parade starts at 9:30 a.m. CT Saturday at Third Street and Constitution Avenue.
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