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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