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Nebraska Cornhuskers News: Jordy Ball ‘coming home,’ shutting the door, more

By Oliver Vandervoort

Oklahoma's Jordy Bahl (98) celebrates a strike out in the second inning during the first game of the Women's College World Championship Series between the Oklahoma Sooners and Florida State at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, June, 7, 2023.
Oklahoma's Jordy Bahl (98) celebrates a strike out in the second inning during the first game of the Women's College World Championship Series between the Oklahoma Sooners and Florida State at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, June, 7, 2023. /
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Nebraska Cornhuskers fans are fired up by Jordy Ball’s talk of ‘coming home,’ but so far she hasn’t said she’s going to sign with UNL.

For those who don’t follow college softball, Jordy Bahl is one of, if not the best, player in the sport these days. She most recently led the Oklahoma Sooners to yet another national championship. A Sooners team that was about as dominant as college sports has seen.

That’s why the idea that Jordy Ball might be joining the Nebraska Cornhuskers got everyone in Nebraska both surprised and excited. The question now is whether or not she actually is going to be a Husker within the next few days.

"“I am excited to return home and be Jordy Bahl, the softball player, but more importantly, the person. I am excited thinking about growing the game that has provided me with so many opportunities for growth in my home state, a currently overlooked state for girls in softball at all ages, and I am excited to finish the softball journey right where it began.”"

Bahl is from Papillion-Lavista. The big question now is whether “coming home” means Nebraska or Omaha. Obviously, the assumption is the Huskers but this space should be watched.

Other Nebraska Cornhuskers news

  • Will Bolt has made big-time moves to improve his club from 2023 to 2024. On Monday, he also got some good news when it was announced that Maryland head coach Rob Vaughn was hired away by Alabama. Maryland, you might recall, won the Big Ten regular season and conference tournament titles.
  • The debate over whether the Huskers were slumming it in the Big Ten West can take a backseat. But as Dave Feit pointed out, the reshuffling of the Big Ten and its schedules means that the Huskers’ easy road to the playoffs is over. And they never took advantage of it being there in the first place.
  • The Athletic‘s Mitch Sherman put together a recruiting rewind that’s worth reading. He laid out the most significant gets and the biggest busts of the modern era of Nebraska Cornhuskers football.
  • Finally, we’re still months away from the season, but 247Sports is busy laying out the players that will be most important for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. On Monday, it was Thomas Fidone.
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