LOUISVILLE, Ky. – UCLA’s Jordan Woolery and Belmont’s Maya Johnson collected the first weekly awards of 2026, earning Division I Louisville Slugger/NFCA Player and Wilson/NFCA Pitcher of the Week honors for contests played Feb. 5-8.
Woolery powered her way to the first award of the season, batting .667 with five home runs, including a grand slam, 14 RBI and a 1.800 slugging percentage. She also doubled twice, drew three walks and scored eight runs. The senior first baseman recorded multiple hits and homered at least once in four of UCLA’s five games. In her first two games, Woolery was a combined 6-for-7 with nine RBI, two long balls, one of which was a grand slam against Northern Colorado. She closed out the weekend with her fourth career multi-homer game, helping UCLA set the program’s single-game record for home runs (8).
Johnson was dominant in her opening weekend in the circle. The redshirt-senior hurler was 2-0 with a 0.50 ERA, 27 strikeouts and one walk. She twirled a perfect game against Missouri State and followed up with a complete-game 12-strikeout performance in a 2-1 win over No. 20 Georgia in Athens. Johnson fanned 15 Missouri State batters, including the side in the first and ended the complete game with just 83 pitches. In the program’s first-ever win over a nationally-ranked and an SEC program, Johnson scattered eight hits and walked one.
The awards are voted on by the NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll Committee, which features one member coach from each of the NCAA’s 31 conferences.
Selected Top Performances
Jalen Adams, Arizona – 2-1, CG, SHO, 2.72 ERA, win versus No. 3 Oklahoma, no-hitter versus Southern Utah; Bella Atkinson, Illinois State - .375, 2B, HR, 7 RBI, 4 R, .625 SLG; Reese Atwood, Texas - .500, 8 H, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 7 R, 3 BB, SB, 1.063 SLG, .600 OBP; Shelby Barbee, North Carolina - .714, 2 HR, 5 RBI, .778 OBP, 1.714 SLG; Reagan Bartholomew, Iowa State - .625, 4 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 1.250 SLG; Tianna Bell, Arkansas - .611, 2 2B, 4 RBI, 11 H, 8 R; Taylor Biehl, Arizona - .333, 5 H, 2B, HR, 6 RBI, 3 R, grand slam versus Oklahoma; Kenzie Brown, Arizona State – 1-1, 1.05 ERA, 2 CG, SHO, SV, 13.1 IP, 6 H, 26 K, .130 opp. BA; Kenleigh Cahalan, Florida - .500, 3 2B, HR, 6 RBI, 4 R, .875 SLG, .579 OBP; Mya Clark, Memphis - .444, 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 1.944 OPS, 1-0, 2.25 ERA, 3 K, 0 BB; Ariel Davis, Memphis - .471, 8 H, 2B, 2 3B, HR, 4 RBI, 7 R, .941 SLG; Bella Dean, North Dakota State - .500, 9 H, 4 HR, 2 2B, 9 RBI, 6 R, BB, SB, 1.278 SLG, .526 OBP; Bella Douglas, Purdue - .467, 7 H, 3 2B, 2 HR, 11 RBI, 8 R, 1.067 SLG, 5 BB, .600 OBP; Bella Duncan, Western Michigan - .462, 6 H, 2B, 2 3B, HR, 8 RBI, 1.077 SLG; Jazzy Francik, Florida State – 2-0, 0.00 ERA, 13 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 17 K, 3 BB, .070 opp. BA, 0 XBH; Kirsten Finarelli, Penn State - .368, 7 H, 5 R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI; Gabbie Garcia, Oklahoma - .429, 4 HR, 6 RBI; Caroline Grimes, UC Davis – 3-1, 3.00 ERA, 12 K, 3 BB; Ryley Harrison, South Alabama – 2-0, 1.19 ERA, 14 K, 17.2 IP, .191 OBP, 2 XBH; Sakora Harvell, Loyola Marymount - .444, 8 H, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, SB; Salen Hawkins, Alabama - .533, 8 H, 4 R, 3 HR, 7 RBI; Robyn Herron, Arkansas – 2-0, 1.68 ERA, 15 K, 0 BB, 4 H, 2 ER, 8.1 IP; Kelsey Hoekstra, Rutgers – 2-0, 0.60 ERA, 13 K, BB, 11.2 IP, no-hitter versus North Carolina Central; Belle Hummel, Ohio - .765, 13 H, 2 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 4 BB, 0 K, 1.235 SLG, .810 OBP, 3-3 SB; Laney Jennings, USC Upstate - .563, 4 HR, 9 H, 6 R, 8 RBI, 1.313 SLG; Taryn Kern, Stanford - .733, 4 2B, 3B, HR, 5 RBI, 1.333 SLG, .778 OBP; Audrey Lowry, Oklahoma – 3-0, 0.47 ERA, 9 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 6 K, BB; Hailey Maestretti, Utah – 2-0, 2.05 ERA, 10 K; Jocelyn McClary, North Dakota State – 1-0, SV, 0.00 ERA, 14.2 IP, 14 K, 0 R, BB, SHO; Lindsay O’Dell, Loyola Marymount – 2-0, 0.00 ERA, SV, SHO, 6 H, 0 R, 0.55 WHIP, 0 XBH, .111 opp BA; Sidne Peters, Texas A&M – 1-0 0.62 ERA, 20 K, BB, 11.1 IP, 5 H, BB; Karlyn Pickens, Tennessee – 2-0, 0.00 ERA, 22 K, 7 BB, 14 IP, 7 H, R, 0 ER, 0 XBH; Moriah Polar, Purdue - .667, 12 H, 12 R, 5 RBI, 3B, HR, .944 SLG, .700 OBP, 3-3 SB; Sydney Potter, Southern Illinois - .471, 5 HR, 11 RBI, 1.938 OPS, 2B, 2BB, 1.412 SLG; Hannah Potts, Western Michigan – 2-0, 1.45 ERA, 13 K, 5 BB, 9.2 IP; Ariel Redmond, Houston - .545, 6 H, 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 6 R, .909 SLG, 2 SB; Kasey Ricard, Boston University – 3-1, 2.63 ERA, 29 K, 4 BB, 24 IP; Keagan Rothrock, Florida – 3-0, 1.19 ERA, 6 H, 22 K, 5 BB, .105 opp. BA; Gigi Solis, Houston - 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 4 K, 2 BB, 9 IP; Brianna Stanley, Wofford - .706, 12 H, 8 RBI, 6 R, 4 2B, 2 HR, 1.294 SLG, .737 OBP; Morgan Stiles, Mississippi State - .500, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 3 BB, 1.517 OPS; Gracyn Tucker, Georgia Tech - .353, 2B, 3B, 4 HR, 8 R, 11 RBI, 1.235 SLG; Micaela Wark, Texas A&M - .533, 8 H, 5 R, 8 RBI, 4 HR, 2BB, .588 OBP, 1.333 SLG; Hailee White, Utah - .500 2 3B, 2 RBI, 5 R, .900 SLG; Mia Williams Texas Tech - .688, 11 H, 6 2B, 3 HR, 13 RBI, 1.625 SLG.
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