She’s 23 now, and much around her has changed since the last time Jordy Frahm appeared in the Women’s College World Series.Faces have come and gone in softball. An injury extended Frahm’s career by one season. She got married.But the dream remains.Last Saturday, another chapter came to life as Frahm walked to home plate, the leadoff batter in the top of the first inning with a trip to Oklahoma City on the line for Nebraska at its home park.On a sun-drenched afternoon in Game 2 of Super Regional play, a helicopter, painted red with a white “N” on the rotor mast, circled above the field that Frahm visited as a kid from her home up the highway in Papillion, Neb. Glove-carrying girls draped in Frahm jerseys watched throughout the crowd of 3,451. Fans jostled for a few inches of space on packed berms in left field.The Huskers played in front of packed crowds in the first two weekends of the NCAA Tournament. (Mitch Sherman / The Athletic)Since she opted three years ago to transfer home to Nebraska after winning two national championships at Oklahoma, every expectation for Nebraska softball, every idea, every dream has expanded.Named this week as the player of the year by USA Softball and the NFCA and a first-team NFCA All-American — the 14th player to earn the honor four times in a career — Frahm (formerly Jordy Bahl) has energized the Nebraska program as a two-way star and ignited new passion for the sport in her home state.“From the day that she stepped on this campus, she raised the level of intensity and focus,” Nebraska coach Rhonda Revelle said. “And she brings that with her wherever she goes. It’s just how she’s wired.”Riding a school-record and nation-leading 26-game winning streak, Nebraska (51-6) opens play in the WCWS Thursday night at 9:30 (ET) against Arkansas. The Huskers, in their first visit to Devon Park since 2013, rate among the favorites, with perennial power OU absent and 2025 finalists Texas and Texas Tech in the bracket opposite Nebraska.With Frahm and freshman pitching star Alexis Jensen as a 1-2 punch, Nebraska in February split two games against the Longhorns and beat the Red Raiders while playing the most difficult nonconference schedule in the country. Then the Huskers rolled to a 23-1 Big Ten mark and beat WCWS-bound UCLA for the third time in four meetings to win the conference tournament.