Honors & Awards
- NFCA Third-Team All-Midwest Region (2022)
- 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)
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2022)
- Academic All-Big Ten (2022)
- Nebraska Gold Academic Medallion (2022, 2023)
- Seven-Time Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll Member
- Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2021, 2022, 2023)
Senior Season (2024)
- Has started every game at third base
- Two-time Big Ten Player of the Week
- Ranks 2nd on the team in home runs (10) and RBIs (29)
- 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
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