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The times in college athletics, they are a-changing, and so is Nebraska Athletics’ nomenclature for players’ eligibility status.

On the Huskers’ official rosters, the term “redshirt” is being phased out, thanks to the NCAA’s new age-based five-in-five model.

Any Husker who has redshirted at some point is being given a new designation.

Sometime in the last several days, redshirt freshmen on the football roster became known as sophomores. Redshirt sophomores became juniors. And so on.

But nobody’s losing eligibility. It’s just a new way of classifying things.

What about players who are truly in their final season of eligibility? They now carry the label “Fifth Year” (or “Sixth Year” in less common cases like that of Owen Stoudmire). A dozen players on the Huskers’ football roster have these post-senior designations as they head into the 2026 season.

The Nebraska softball team will host the 2027 Big Ten Tournament at Rhonda Revelle Field at Bowlin Stadium in Lincoln, Neb, the conference announced on Thursday. The Huskers also hosted the conference tournament in 2013 and are the first team to host the tournament twice since its return in 2013.

“We are honored that Nebraska and Bowlin Stadium have been selected as the host site for the 2027 Big Ten Tournament,” head coach Rhonda Revelle said. “Our staff will take pride in putting on a first-class event. The environment at Bowlin Stadium will be electric.”

Bowlin Stadium, which opened in 2002 and has been updated multiple times since, offers various amenities, including seating for over 3,000 fans, dugouts with restrooms, a video board, two bullpens, concessions, a ticket booth and a press box. The stadium has 1,158 chairback seats and bleachers along the first and third base lines, along with berm seating in the outfield. Bowlin Stadium’s clubhouse features a team locker room and lounge, coaches offices, medical facilities and more.

Each of the top 10 attendance marks in Nebraska softball history have been set in the last two years at Bowlin Stadium. In 2026, Nebraska had nine games with an attendance over 3,000 fans. The Huskers ranked third nationally with an average attendance of 2,780 fans per game in 2026.

The Big Red claimed the Big Ten Tournament title in 2022 and 2026 and reached the semifinals in 2023, 2024, 2025.

Revelle returns for her 35th year at the helm of the Nebraska softball program, which made its eighth Women’s College World Series appearance last season after sweeping the Big Ten regular-season and tournament titles.