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Butler, Ho Honored by Big Ten
04/06/26 | Softball
EUGENE, Ore. – For their performances in Oregon's sweep of Iowa, Elon Butler and Taryn Ho have been named Big Ten Player and Freshman of the Week, respectively.
Butler became the first player in program history to hit for the cycle when she accomplished that feat Saturday. She also broke a Big Ten and school single-game record with six hits in that game. Her four runs scored against the Hawkeyes tied a program record.
For the weekend, Butler hit .583 with a double, a triple, two home runs and five RBI. She slugged 1.333 and had a .583 on-base percentage.
In the series opener, Butler led off the bottom of the first with a home run as the Ducks went on to a 10-1win.
Saturday, Butler singled in the first, tripled in the second, homered in the fourth and doubled in the seventh for her cycle. It was Butler's double in the seventh that started Oregon's 4-run rally to tie the game. The Ducks trailed 13-9 entering the home half of the seventh.
She then singled with one out in bottom of the eighth before scoring the winning run on a sacrifice fly.
Ho hit .556 (5-of-9) with a triple and five RBI in the three-game sweep. She singled and scored a run in Oregon's 10-1 win in the opener.
Saturday, she helped Oregon come from behind and win, 14-13, in eight innings. Down 7-4 in the third inning, Ho hit a two-run triple to bring the Ducks within one. She then singled and scored in the fifth inning and drove in a run with her third hit of the game in the sixth inning.
Her RBI ground out in the seventh inning brought the Ducks to within 13-12, before the next batter, Stefini Ma'ake, tied the game.
She had a hit and an RBI in Oregon's 6-2 game three win and also tagged two runners out at third base on a double play that ended the top of fourth inning. She was perfect in the field with five put out, nine assists and no errors.
2026 HONORS
Elon Butler, Sr., OF
• Big Ten Player of the Week (4-6)
Lyndsey Grein, Jr., RHP
• Wilson/NFCA National Pitcher of the Week (3-24)
Taryn Ho, Fr., SS
• Big Ten Freshman of the Week (4-6)
Butler became the first player in program history to hit for the cycle when she accomplished that feat Saturday. She also broke a Big Ten and school single-game record with six hits in that game. Her four runs scored against the Hawkeyes tied a program record.
For the weekend, Butler hit .583 with a double, a triple, two home runs and five RBI. She slugged 1.333 and had a .583 on-base percentage.
In the series opener, Butler led off the bottom of the first with a home run as the Ducks went on to a 10-1win.
Saturday, Butler singled in the first, tripled in the second, homered in the fourth and doubled in the seventh for her cycle. It was Butler's double in the seventh that started Oregon's 4-run rally to tie the game. The Ducks trailed 13-9 entering the home half of the seventh.
She then singled with one out in bottom of the eighth before scoring the winning run on a sacrifice fly.
Ho hit .556 (5-of-9) with a triple and five RBI in the three-game sweep. She singled and scored a run in Oregon's 10-1 win in the opener.
Saturday, she helped Oregon come from behind and win, 14-13, in eight innings. Down 7-4 in the third inning, Ho hit a two-run triple to bring the Ducks within one. She then singled and scored in the fifth inning and drove in a run with her third hit of the game in the sixth inning.
Her RBI ground out in the seventh inning brought the Ducks to within 13-12, before the next batter, Stefini Ma'ake, tied the game.
She had a hit and an RBI in Oregon's 6-2 game three win and also tagged two runners out at third base on a double play that ended the top of fourth inning. She was perfect in the field with five put out, nine assists and no errors.
2026 HONORS
Elon Butler, Sr., OF
• Big Ten Player of the Week (4-6)
Lyndsey Grein, Jr., RHP
• Wilson/NFCA National Pitcher of the Week (3-24)
Taryn Ho, Fr., SS
• Big Ten Freshman of the Week (4-6)
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