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CREDITS: The 2018 Husker IMG Sports Marketing Spring Sports Guide was produced by the staff of the Husker Sports Network. Editorial content provided by HAIL VARSITY MAGAZINE and hailvarsity.com.

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2018 FOOTBALL SEASON

A familiar face back home

BY BRANDON VOGEL

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y the end of the 2017 season there was no hotter coach in the country than Scott Frost. The secondyear coach led Central Florida to a 13-0 record, an American Athletic Conference championship and a Peach Bowl win over seventh-ranked Auburn.

Frost took home six national coach-ofthe-year awards, and could have had his pick of just about any job opening in the country.

He chose his alma mater, and was introduced as Nebraska’s next head coach on Dec. 2, 2017. “Words can’t describe how much it means to me to be back here in a place that I love, a place that I understand, a place that I want to represent,” Frost said a day later at his introductory press conference.

The Knights’ remarkable run in 2017 is just half of the story of Frost’s time in Orlando. Inheriting a program that went 0-12 and averaged 14.9 points per game while allowing 37.7, Frost and his staff, which accompanied him to Lincoln, engineered an immediate turnaround. Central Florida improved to 6-7 in 2016 behind a defense that led the AAC in five statistical categories and improved from 117th in scoring defense to 42nd at 24.6 points per game.

In year two, Frost’s innovative offense took center stage. Central Florida led the country in scoring at 48.2 points per game, ranked second in yards per play, second in pass efficiency and 21st in rushing yards per attempt.

COACH SCOTT FROST AARON BABCOCK

The Knights scored at least 40 points in eight games and never fewer than 31.

Prior to taking the Central Florida job Frost spent seven seasons at Oregon, the last three as the offensive coordinator for a Duck attack that ranked in the top five nationally in scoring each season. He was a finalist for the Broyles Award as the nation’s top assistant in 2014 as the Ducks went 13-2, beating Florida State in the College Football Playoff semifinal before losing to Ohio State in the championship game.

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Frost took his first full-time coaching job at Northern Iowa in 2007 as the linebackers coach, also serving as co-defensive coordinator in 2008.

The Panthers went 24-4 during Frost’s two seasons as an assistant and tallied 71 takeaways, ranking in the top 15 nationally both seasons in turnover margin.

Frost’s first taste of college coaching came in 2002 when he served as a graduate assistant at Nebraska, helping

the Huskers’ secondary prepare for the Independence Bowl. He also spent a season as a graduate assistant at Kansas State in 2006.

A native of Wood River, Frost quarterbacked the Huskers in 1996 and 1997, leading the Huskers to a 13-0 record and a national championship as a senior. He spent his first two collegiate seasons at Stanford, seeing time as a quarterback and safety under hall-of-fame Coach Bill Walsh.

2018 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Sat, Apr 21

Spring Game

Memorial Stadium

11 a.m.

Sat, Sep 1

Akron

Memorial Stadium

TBA

Sat, Sep 8

Colorado

Memorial Stadium

TBA

Sat, Sep 15

Troy

Memorial Stadium

TBA

Sat, Sep 22

Michigan *

at Ann Arbor, Mich.

TBA

Sat, Sep 29

Purdue *

Memorial Stadium

TBA

Sat, Oct 6

Wisconsin *

at Madison, Wis.

TBA

Sat, Oct 13

Northwestern *

at Evanston, Ill.

TBA

Sat, Oct 20

Minnesota *

Memorial Stadium

TBA

Sat, Nov 03

Ohio State *

at Columbus, Ohio

TBA

Sat, Nov 10

Illinois *

Memorial Stadium

TBA

Sat, Nov 17

Michigan State *

Memorial Stadium

TBA

Fri, Nov 23

Iowa *

at Iowa City, Iowa

TBA

FINAL 2017 FOOTBALL STANDINGS EAST DIVISION Conf. Div. Overall Ohio State 8-1 6-0 12-2 Michigan State 7-2 5-1 10-3 Penn State 7-2 4-2 11-2 Michigan 5-4 3-3 8-5 Rutgers 3-6 1-5 4-8 Indiana 2-7 1-5 5-7 Maryland 2-7 1-5 4-8

WEST DIVISION Conf. Div. Overall Wisconsin 9-0 6-0 13-1 Northwestern 7-2 5-1 10-3 Iowa 4-5 3-3 8-5 Purdue 4-5 3-3 7-6 Nebraska 3-6 2-4 4-8 Minnesota 2-7 2-4 5-7 Illinois 0-9 0-6 2-10

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Who takes the helm at QB?

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ebraska entered spring football in 2017 with a legitimate quarterback competition for the first time in recent memory. Plenty has changed around the program since, but one thing hasn’t: there will be an open quarterback competition again this spring.

Who exactly fits new head coach Scott Frost’s offense the best? Is it 6-foot-4 sophomore Patrick O’Brien, who brings with him the most in-game experience of the group? Is it redshirt freshman Tristan Gebbia, whose skillset seems tailor-made for the new spreadit-out style? Or, is it true freshman and early enrollee Adrian Martinez, handpicked by the new coaching staff?

Martinez was the staff’s first call after Frost took the Nebraska job, and there’s plenty of excitement over his future as a Husker — a future that could begin immediately — but none of the quarterbacks will be handed the job. They’ll have to earn it.

“Every single one of these kids is going to have an opportunity to compete, we’re going to play the best players,” Frost said during the early signing period in December. “But every one of them is going to have to earn it, and everyone’s going to have to come in and outperform the other people on campus. Competition is healthy. At every single position, the competition is going to start over.”

It’s a competition that might not have an outcome by the time spring ball concludes. It’s very likely the Huskers give all three quarterbacks as much time as possible to win the job. But one thing is certain, whoever takes the helm of the Husker offense will take on those same qualities that Frost played the position with when he captured the program’s last national championship.

“Coach (Tom) Osborne used to run me if I ran out of bounds instead of lowering my shoulder,” Frost said. “I don’t know if I’ll

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ask the guys to do that, but I want everyone on the team to know they’re tough.”

AN INFUSION OF SPEED Under Frost, Nebraska will play fast and furious.

“I’m hoping the Big Ten has to modify their system to us,” Frost said when asked if he would tweak his offensive for a new conference.

Once his team is up-to-speed on what needs to be done on any given play, speed will be the name of the game. And Nebraska has the perfect blend of talent to make that approach potentially explosive.

The Huskers return All-Big Ten wideouts Stanley Morgan Jr. and JD Spielman, promising youngsters in Tyjon Lindsey and Jaevon McQuitty and a collection of experienced running backs with seniors Devine Ozigbo and Mikale Wilbon and junior Tre Bryant.

Now add in this year’s recruiting class — including versatile athletes like Miles Jones, Katerina Legrone and Justin McGriff; home-run hitters like Jaron Woodyard and Maurice Washington; and junior college products like Greg Bell and Mike Williams — and the cupboard looks stocked for an offensive renaissance in Lincoln.

McGriff, Williams and Bell are already on campus and will take part in spring ball. All should benefit because of it.

RETURN OF THE BLACKSHIRTS The vaunted Husker defense sputtered in 2017 while transitioning to a new scheme, but new defensive coordinator Erik Chinander is hoping to revive the greatest tradition in college football.

“In talking with some of these guys on defense, it kind of feels like that’s become a slogan in that building and that’s not what it’s going to be anymore, it’s going to be back to the Blackshirts,” Chinander said on a visit to Grand Island

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after national signing day. “That’s going to be something that’s going to be held accountable and that’s going to be an honor and a privilege to wear that Blackshirt. You guys are going to be proud of those guys again.”

Chinander and the rest of the staff has said time and again that the Huskers have more talent than what the 4-8 record indicated last season, and he likes what he has on the defensive side of the ball.

The Huskers will return nine starters from a season ago on the defense alone and 18 players that saw significant snaps. Two of the unit’s top-four leading tacklers return, including 93 percent of last season’s sacks. Defensive back Deontai Williams and inside linebacker Will Honas — the top-ranked junior college inside linebacker — will also join the team for spring ball as early enrollees.

For the defense this spring, it will be about growth and comfort with a full year in the 3-4 — the same base defense Chinander runs — now under their belts.

“We’ll run the 3-4, we’ll run the 4-3, you can call it whatever you want, we’re going to put the kids in the best possible positions each week so you’re going to see a little bit different defense

every week,” Chinander said. “What we are is Nebraska’s defense and we’ll be multiple and we’ll put these kids in a good position. I learned a long time ago that coaching defense is a lot of times creating an environment where these kids can be successful and then getting out of the way.”

QUICK HITTERS • Three notable names will be looking to get back on track after missing all or most of the 2017 season. McQuitty suffered a season-ending knee injury before 2017 began, but has since been medically cleared to return. Safety JoJo Domann will look to strengthen the Husker secondary as he returns from a knee injury. Bryant is also looking to get back to 100 percent after undergoing successful knee surgery last year.

• The Huskers return six of eight players that logged a start on the offensive line a season ago, including Jerald Foster. Foster looks to anchor a group that remains almost completely intact from a season ago, losing only right tackle David Knevel to graduation and left tackle Nick Gates to the NFL. 7

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2018 FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP RECRUITS NAME

POS.

HT.

WT.

HOMETOWN

David Alston

LB

6-4

220

St. Paul, MN

Willie Canty

OL

6-6

290

Belle Glade, FL

Greg Bell

RB

Braxton Clark

DB

Will Farniok

OL

Will Honas

LB

Andre Hunt

WR

Cam Jones

S

Miles Jones

Cameron Jurgens Katerian Legrone Adrian Martinez Justin McGriff*

Barret Pickering Casey Rogers C.J. Smith

ATH TE TE

QB

WR K

DE S

Caleb Tannor

LB

Cam Taylor

Maurice Washington Dominick Watt

Tate Wildeman

Deontai Williams Mike Williams

Jaron Woodyard

ATH RB

WR DE

DB

WR WR

6-0 6-3 6-3 6-2 6-0 6-0 5-9 6-3 6-3 6-2 6-6 6-0 6-5 6-3 6-3 6-0 6-0 6-1 6-6 6-1

5-10 5-11

200 180 250 225 175 200 175 225 230 205 210 175 250 190 235 186 191 200 245 185 185 180

HS/JUNIOR COLLEGE Woodbury

Chula Vista, CA

Arizona Western CC

Glades Central

Orlando, FL

Dr. Phillips

Sioux Falls, SD

Washington

Wichata, KS

Butler County CC

Palm Dale, CA

Paraclete

Mansfield, TX

Mansfield

Miramar, FL

American Heritage

Atlanta, GA

Best Academy

Beatrice, NE

Beatrice

Fresno, CA

Clovis West

Tampa, FL

Jefferson

Birmingham, AL

Hoover

Syracuse, NY

Avon Old Farms

West Palm Beach, FL

Oxbridge Academy

Stone Mountain, GA

Miller Grove

Montgomery, AL

Park Crossing

Stockton, CA

Trinity Christian

Hollywood, FL

Miramar

Parker, CO

Legend

Jacksonville, FL Lake City, FL

Gaithersburg, MD

Jones County CC

East Mississippi CC

Arizona Western CC

2018 FOOTBALL RECRUITED WALK-ONS NAME

POS.

HT.

WT.

HOMETOWN

Jake Archer Anthony Banderas Brody Belt Moses Bryant Chris Cassidy Colton Feist AJ Forbes Corbin Frederick Justin Holm Joseph Johnson Bryson Krull Wyatt Liewer Matt Masker Cade Mueller Simon Otte Cameron Pieper Ryan Schommer Collin Shefke Isaiah Stalbird

LB LB RB ATH LB DE OL DB WR LB TE WR QB LS ATH LS OLB OL DB

6-0 6-0 5-9 5-11 6-1 6-2 6-4 5-11 6-4 6-3 6-5 6-3 6-1 6-1 6-2 6-3 6-5 6-5 6-1

195 200 170 195 210 225 230 195 175 165 220 165 205 225 180 220 215 275 200

Omaha, NE Lincoln, NE Omaha, NE Elkhorn, NE Lincoln, NE Yutan, NE Bellevue, NE Mansfield, TX Lincoln, NE Gretna, NE North Platte, NE O’Neill, NE Kearney, NE Gretna, NE York, NE Lincoln, NE Norfolk, NE Lincoln, NE Kearney, NE

HS/JUNIOR COLLEGE Skutt Catholic Southwest Millard West Elkhorn South Pius X Yutan West Mansfield Southwest Gretna North Platte O’Neill Kearney Catholic Gretna York Southwest Norfolk Southwest Kearney

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2018 FOOTBALL RECRUITING BIOS DAVID ALSTON, LB Saint Paul, Minn.

Woodbury High School Height: 6-5 | Weight: 225 The consensus top recruit in Minnesota, Alston will join the Huskers as an outside linebacker. As a senior, he was named to the Minneapolis Star Tribune all-metro first team. Alston recorded 6.5 sacks, 13 tackles for loss and picked off four passes as a senior, returning one interception for a touchdown. He only visited Nebraska, but had more than a dozen scholarship offers, including Iowa State, Utah and Wisconsin.

Alston also received interest from several Ivy League programs as he is a standout in the classroom who boasts a cumulative gradepoint average of nearly 3.9.

GREG BELL, RB Chula Vista, Calif.

Arizona Western CC Height: 6-0 | Weight: 200

Class 4A regional semifinals. The big man also played basketball at Glades Central.

Canty visited Louisville and had offers from several other schools, including UCF and USF, among others. He was a consensus 3-star recruit.

BRAXTON CLARK, DB Orlando, Fla. Dr. Phillips High School Height: 6-3 | Weight: 180 Clark was a standout cornerback for Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando, which won the 2017 Florida Class 7A state title. He finished with 41 tackles, two tackles for loss, two interceptions and a team-high seven pass breakups while leading Dr. Phillips to a 13-2 record as a senior. Clark was a consensus 3-star prospect and held offers from Virginia Tech, Boston College, Ole Miss, Rutgers and UFC, among others.

WILL FARNIOK, OL

The running back will join the Huskers after being named a first-team junior college AllAmerican in each of his two seasons. Bell ran for 2,404 yards and averaged 114.5 rushing yards per game and 6.3 yards per carry. In 2017, Bell rushed for 1,217 yards and 11 touchdowns in 10 games. As a freshman, Bell averaged 6.6 yards per carry while rushing for 1,187 yards in 11 games and scoring seven touchdowns. Bell also visited Boise State, Louisville, Tennessee and Utah.

WILLIE CANTY, OL Belle Glade, Fla. Glades Central High School Height: 6-6 | Weight: 290

Sioux Falls, S.D. Washington High School Height: 6-3 | Weight: 260 Farniok is the younger brother of Nebraska sophomore offensive lineman Matt Farniok.

He was a dominant player on the offensive line and part of three state championship teams. Farniok earned a spot on the South Dakota Coaches Association all-state team as a center in each of his final three seasons. A two-time All-Metro pick, Farniok was named the Outstanding Lineman of the 2016 state championship game, an honor that his three older brothers also earned. Farniok was also a two-year basketball letterwinner and competed in track. Farniok chose Nebraska over Iowa, Iowa State, Minnesota, Virginia and Virginia Tech.

Canty helped Glades Central High School to a 7-4 record as a senior in 2017. In his senior year, he played for coach Jessie Hester, an 11-year NFL veteran. The Raiders went 6-5 in 2016 and made an appearance in the

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2018 FOOTBALL RECRUITING BIOS WILL HONAS, LB Wichita, Kan. Butler County CC Height: 6-2 | Weight: 225 Honas joins Nebraska as one of the nation’s top junior college linebackers.

In 2017, Honas totaled 96 tackles in 11 games, including three sacks and a pair of interceptions, one of which he returned for a touchdown. He averaged 8.7 tackles per game and his 96 total tackles ranked 21st nationally. Honas had more than a dozen scholarship offers and chose Nebraska after also visiting Arkansas, Iowa and Kansas State. Before enrolling at Butler, Honas played his prep ball for Bishop Carroll High School in Wichita.

ANDRE HUNT, WR Palm Dale, Calif.

Paraclete High School Height: 6-0 | Weight: 175 Hunt was one of the top receivers in California for Paraclete High School. He helped Paraclete and coach Dean Herrington to a 13-2 record as a senior in 2017. He caught 67 passes for 1,185 yards and 18 touchdowns while accounting for 21 total touchdowns. For his efforts, Hunt was one of five receivers named to the Division 5 All-CIF (California Interscholastic Federation) team. A consensus 3-star recruit he had more than a dozen scholarship offers, including USC, Colorado, Washington State and Utah, among others.

CAM’RON JONES, DB Mansfield, Texas Mansfield High School Height: 6-1 | Weight: 200 Nebraska strengthened its secondary when Jones committed to the Huskers in January.

Jones had 106 tackles and two forced fumbles for Mansfield as a senior, helping the Tigers to an 11-2 record in 2017. In the regional round of the state playoffs, Jones registered 24 tackles. He also played running

back and receiver for Mansfield and returned two kickoffs for touchdowns. Jones was a second-team Class 6A all-state selection by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. A consensus 4-star prospect, Jones also visited Baylor and Ole Miss before choosing the Huskers, and had offers from UCLA, Colorado, Oklahoma and Utah, among others.

MILES JONES, ATH Miramar, Fla. American Heritage High School Height: 5-9 | Weight: 170 Talented athlete Miles Jones committed to Nebraska in January and joins the Huskers after lining up as an all-purpose back in high school. A key contributor on a state championship team, Jones lead the Patriots in kickoff return yards (458), punt return yards (276) and all-purpose yards (1,830), while ranking second in rushing yards (695) and receiving yards (401). On the ground, Jones scored 12 touchdowns while posting three 100-yard rushing efforts. As a receiver, Jones caught a team-high 29 passes while scoring a pair of touchdowns. Jones totaled 16 touchdowns as a senior, including a pair of kickoff returns.

CAMERON JURGENS, TE Beatrice, Neb. Beatrice High School Height: 6-4 | Weight: 245 Jurgens is regarded as the consensus top prospect in Nebraska in the 2018 class. A three-sport star at Beatrice High School, Jurgens will join the Huskers as a tight end. He rushed for 318 yards and eight touchdowns as a senior, while also catching 17 passes for 277 yards. Defensively, Jurgens recorded 57 tackles and had one interception, helping Beatrice to an 8-1 record before suffering a season-ending injury in the final game of the regular season. Jurgens was named a first-team allstate selection. A longtime Husker commit, Jurgens also took an official visit to LSU.

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“Capture every moment”

“I love dancing”

“For my best friends”

2018 FOOTBALL RECRUITING BIOS KATERIAN LEGRONE, ATH

JUSTIN MCGRIFF, ATH

Atlanta, Ga. The B.E.S.T. Academy Height: 6-3 | Weight: 230

Tampa, Fla. Jefferson High School Height: 6-6 | Weight: 220

Versatile athlete Katerian Legrone will join the Nebraska program in 2018 and could play multiple positions for the Huskers. He finished his prep career with 40 receptions for 1,928 yards, averaging 18.5 yards per reception. He also totaled 549 career kickoff return yards and 30 punt return yards.

Defensively, Legrone recorded 115 career tackles for B.E.S.T. with two interceptions, 16 pass breakups, three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. Legrone had more than a dozen scholarship offers and chose Nebraska over UCF, Colorado State, South Carolina and Syracuse, among others.

McGriff will bring a big target to the Nebraska passing game. During his senior season, McGriff caught 25 passes for 454 yards and four touchdowns, while averaging better than 18 yards per reception. McGriff first showed his big-play ability for Jefferson High in 2016, catching 27 passes for 518 yards, an average of better than 19 yards per catch. McGriff has also played basketball for the Dragons the past two seasons. He chose Nebraska over UCF and also had an offer from Illinois among others.

BARRET PICKERING, K Birmingham, Ala. Hoover High School Height: 6-0 | Weight: 180

ADRIAN MARTINEZ, QB Fresno, Calif.

Clovis West Height: 6-2 | Weight: 205 Quarterback Adrian Martinez committed to the Huskers shortly after the hiring of Head Coach Scott Frost. Martinez missed his senior season because of an injury, but excelled during his junior year. Martinez completed 220-of-366 passes for 2,562 yards and 25 touchdowns as a junior, with just four interceptions. On the ground, Martinez ran for 1,462 yards and 14 touchdowns. He was also selected to participate in the 2018 Under Armour High School All-America Game. Martinez also played basketball at Clovis West. Martinez had dozens of scholarship offers and chose Nebraska over Tennessee.

Pickering comes to the Nebraska program as one of the nation’s top specialists in the 2018 class. Pickering was the starting place-kicker for a pair of Class 7A state championship teams in 2016 and 2017. Pickering finished his career at Hoover High by connecting on 39-of-55 field goal attempts and earned all-state honors as a junior in 2016. Pickering chose Nebraska over Vanderbilt and Yale.

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2018 FOOTBALL RECRUITING BIOS CASEY ROGERS, DE Syracuse, N.Y. Old Farms Prep School Height: 6-5 | Weight: 250 A talented multi-sport athlete, Rogers spent the 2017 season at a prep school after initially planning on playing college lacrosse. Rogers was originally a standout lacrosse and football player at Westhill High School in Syracuse, N.Y. but decided to pursue football. The decision paid off, as Rogers helped Avon Old Farms to an 8-1 record in 2017 and a berth in the New England Class A state championship game. Following his season, Rogers received scholarship offers from Cal, Indiana, Ole Miss, Pittsburgh and Vanderbilt, among others. He visited Alabama and Ohio State in December before committing to Nebraska.

C.J. SMITH, DB West Palm Beach, Fla. Oxbridge Academy Height: 6-3 | Weight: 190 A consensus 4-star recruit, Smith joins Nebraska as a defensive back. Smith left Oxbridge as the ThunderWolves’ all-time interceptions leader. As a senior, he helped Oxbridge to a 10-2 record and the school’s first state title game appearance. He was named a 2017 MaxPreps small school preseason second-team All-American prior to his senior season after he earned Florida Class 3A allstate honors as a junior. Smith had numerous scholarship offers and also took official visits to Oklahoma, Ole Miss, South Carolina and UCF.

CALEB TANNOR, LB Stone Mountain, Ga. Miller Grove High School Height: 6-3 | Weight: 225 A consensus 4-star recruit, Tannor is an athletic defender who will line up at linebacker at Nebraska after starring primarily as a defensive end in High School.

Tannor was a standout pass rusher for coach Justin Larmond at Miller Grove, and he was named a first-team all-state

selection in Class AAAAA, Georgia’s largest classification, by both the Georgia Sports Writers Association and the Atlanta JournalConstitution. Originally a Georgia commit, Tannor spurned offers from several SEC schools before choosing the Huskers. He also visited Auburn and Florida and had offers from Alabama, Florida State, Georgia, LSU and Tennessee, among many others

CAM TAYLOR, DB Montgomery, Ala. Park Crossing High School Height: 6-0 | Weight: 190 Taylor will play in the secondary at Nebraska after he was one of Alabama’s most prolific quarterbacks in 2017. The versatile athlete was recruited by most programs as a defensive back or athlete. Taylor put up huge numbers for Park Crossing High School and his play helped the Thunderbirds to a 10-2 record and the second round of the Class 6A state playoffs. Following the season, Taylor was named an athlete on the Alabama Sports Writers Association Class 6A All State First Team. A 3-star recruit, he visited Auburn and held more than a dozen scholarship offers.

MAURICE WASHINGTON, RB Stockton, Calif.

Trinity Christian Academy Height: 6-1 | Weight: 190 Washington was a three-time state champion at Trinity Christian Academy in Texas. Washington amassed 2,112 allpurpose yards – an average of 192.0 yards per game – and boasted an average gain of nearly 13 yards every time he touched the ball. He finished with 24 total touchdowns his senior season. Washington competed in the Under Armour All-America Game where he was named MVP. He starred in the all-star event, totaling 159 all-purpose yards and three touchdowns. Washington also visited Arizona State and had offers from many of the nation’s top programs.

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2018 FOOTBALL RECRUITING BIOS DOMINICK WATT, WR

after also considering Florida, Ole Miss and UCF. Originally from Jacksonville, Fla., Williams played his high school ball for Trinity Christian Academy in Jacksonville.

Hollywood, Fla. Miramar High School Height: 6-1 | Weight: 200 Watt celebrated his 18th birthday by announcing his commitment to Nebraska in January. He had 26 receptions for 512 yards and eight touchdowns while earning first-team all-county accolades as a senior.

He committed to Nebraska prior to his official visit. Watt also visited Pittsburgh and had scholarship offers from Florida, Georgia, Louisville, Michigan State, Mississippi State, Oregon, Tennessee, West Virginia and Wisconsin, among others.

TATE WILDEMAN, DE Parker, Colo.

Legend High School Height: 6-6 | Weight: 250 A 4-star recruit with a Big Ten pedigree, Wildeman was a standout defensive end for Legend High School and will play the same position at Nebraska in 2018. Wildeman totaled 61 tackles in 2017, including 40 solo stops and led the Titans with six sacks and eight tackles for loss despite playing in only eight games. Wildeman also visited Colorado State and Washington State. Tate’s father, Parker, was a two-year letterman for Iowa, earning second-team All-Big Ten honors as a senior in 1994, when he led the Hawkeyes with 10.0 sacks and 17 tackles for loss.

DEONTAI WILLIAMS, DB Jacksonville, Fla Jones County CC Height: 6-1 | Weight: 200 Williams will join Nebraska as a defensive back after starring at Jones County Community College in Ellisville, Miss.

Williams totaled 26 tackles and recorded two interceptions and two forced fumbles for Jones County in 2017, helping the Bobcats to an 8-2 record and an appearance in the Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges playoffs. He chose Nebraska

MIKE WILLIAMS, WR Lake City, Fla. East Mississippi CC Height: 5-10 | Weight: 175 Williams joined Nebraska in January and has two seasons of eligibility beginning this season. Williams was the leading receiver for East Mississippi, the 2017 National Junior College Athletic Association national champion. Williams caught 30 passes for 669 yards and seven touchdowns in 2017 to help the Lions to an 11-1 record under NJCAA Coach of the Year Buddy Stephens. Williams’ seven touchdown receptions ranked 16th nationally, and he averaged 23.2 yards per catch. Originally from Lake City, Fla., Williams attended Columbia High School.

JARON WOODYARD, WR Gaithersburg, Md. Arizona Western CC Height: 5-11 | Weight: 180 Woodyard is an explosive playmaker who will join the Nebraska program after two seasons at Arizona Western Community College. In 2017, Woodyard caught 36 passes for 522 yards and six touchdowns and also had 304 yards on kickoff returns. Woodyard played high school ball at the Avalon School in Gaithersburg, Md., where he was also a member of the basketball team and a track standout. In high school, Woodyard showed his speed with a 10.68 in the 100 meters and a 21.50 in the 200. Woodyard also visited UCF, Tennessee, Syracuse and Maryland and had dozens of additional offers.

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2018 FOOTBALL WALK-ON BIOS JAKE ARCHER, LB

with 5,454. Bryant also accumulated 1,025 receiving yards and was a stand-out at defensive back as well.

Omaha, Neb. Skutt Catholic Height: 6-0 | Weight: 195 Archer helped lead the Skutt SkyHawks to back-to-back Class B state runner-up finishes as a junior and senior and ended his high school career as Skutt’s all-time leading tackler with 371. He also holds the record for most tackles in a game with 23 in a state semifinal. Archer recorded 131 tackles as a senior including 11 in the state championship game.

ANTHONY BANDERAS, LB Lincoln, Neb. Southwest Height: 6-0 | Weight: 200

CHRIS CASSIDY, LB

Lincoln, Neb. Pius X Height: 6-1 | Weight: 210 Cassidy led the Thunderbolts to the state playoffs in 2015, 2016 and 2017 while contributing on both sides of the ball. At linebacker, Cassidy made 71 tackles and recorded an interception as a senior. He also rushed for 858 yards and 10 touchdowns as a fullback.

COLTON FEIST, DL

The brother of former Husker linebacker Josh Banderas and the son of former Husker tight end Tom Banderas, Anthony is a Nebraska legacy. Banderas recorded 83 tackles, four interceptions, one sack, one pass break-up and one blocked punt as a senior. He is also a star in track and field for the Silver Hawks as he holds the school record in the discus.

BRODY BELT, RB

Omaha, Neb. Millard West Height: 5-9 | Weight: 170

Yutan, Neb. Yutan Height: 6-2 | Weight: 225 Feist was one of the most disruptive players in Nebraska playing at defensive tackle for the Chieftains, but he will shift outside to end for Nebraska. He recorded 110 tackles including 22 for loss as he led Yutan to the Class C-2 state championship as a senior.

He also recorded 13 sacks, six quarterback hurries, three forced fumbles and one recovered fumble.

AJ FORBES, OL

As a senior, Belt finished in the top five in Class A for both rushing yards with 1,567 and total touchdowns with 26 as he led the Wildcats to the second round of the Class A state playoffs. He chipped in 214 yards receiving as well. One of two walk-ons to enroll early, Belt is listed as a running back but could also play slot receiver for the Huskers.

MOSES BRYANT, RB

Elkhorn, Neb. Elkhorn South Height: 5-11 | Weight: 195

Bellevue, Neb. Bellevue West Height: 6-4 | Weight: 280 Forbes was a difference-maker on both the offensive and defensive lines during his career as a Thunderbird. During his senior year, the T-Birds racked up over 2,000 rushing yards and over 3,000 passing yards on their way to the Class A quarterfinals. As a junior, Forbes helped Bellevue West to the state championship while blocking for Nebraska sophomore running back Jaylin Bradley, who rushed for 2,915 yards as a high school senior.

Bryant received high-level Division I interest but chose to walk on at Nebraska with a chance to earn a scholarship down the road.

One of the most prolific players in Nebraska history, Bryant holds the Nebraska 11-man record for career touchdowns with 105 and the Class B record for rushing yards

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2018 FOOTBALL WALK-ON BIOS CORBIN FREDERICK, DB

BRYSON KRULL, TE

Frederick turned down scholarship offers from Army and San Diego to walk on at Nebraska after a standout career at Mansfield High. He recorded 39 tackles including 1.5 sacks as a senior after racking up 65 tackles and two interceptions as a junior. He played in the same defensive backfield as 2018 scholarship signee Cam Jones.

Krull caught 54 passes for 1,032 yards and 11 touchdowns as a senior playing wide receiver.

As a junior, he snagged 36 passes for 505 yards and five touchdowns. Krull also punted for the Bulldogs, averaging 40.7 yards per punt with six punts inside the 20-yard line.

With his 6-foot-5 and 220-pound frame, Krull will move to tight end at Nebraska.

JUSTIN HOLM, WR

WYATT LIEWER, WR

Holm set five school records as a senior after catching 44 passes for 795 yards and six touchdowns. He set the single-season records for receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns and the single-game record for catches (nine) and receiving yards (204).

Holm was the first player to join the 2018 walk-on class and was one of two players to enroll early.

A Husker legacy, Liewer is the son of former Nebraska defensive tackle Jamie Liewer.

Liewer did a bit of everything for the Eagles, lining up at wide receiver, defensive back, kick returner and punt returner, but he will start at wideout for the Huskers. He caught 62 passes for 787 yards and five touchdowns as a senior. He also racked up 3,258 total return yards and 102 tackles including 7.5 for loss.

He helped lead O’Neill to the Class C-1 state championship as a junior.

Mansfield, Tex. Mansfield Height: 5-11 | Weight: 195

North Platte, Neb. North Platte Height: 6-5 | Weight: 205

Lincoln, Neb. Southwest Height: 6-4 | Weight: 175

O’Neill, Neb. O’Neill Height: 6-4 | Weight: 175

JOSEPH JOHNSON, LB Gretna, Neb. Gretna Height: 6-3 | Weight: 220

MATT MASKER, QB

Johnson finished his career with 288 total tackles in three varsity seasons. As a senior, he caused all kinds of havoc with three sacks, three interceptions and two fumble recoveries, one of which he returned for a touchdown. Johnson was also part of back-to-back Class B basketball state championships and hit the game-winner in the title game as a junior.

Kearney, Neb. Kearney Catholic Height: 6-1 | Weight: 205 Masker broke Scott Frost’s Class C-1 record for career passing touchdowns with 86 scores over his four-year varsity career. He accumulated 7,050 passing yards for his career while completing passes at a 63.4 percent clip. As a senior, Masker threw for 2,506 yards and 25 touchdowns while also rushing for 341 yards and six touchdowns.

As a junior, he led the Stars to the state semifinals while throwing for 2,717 yards and 36 touchdowns.

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2018 FOOTBALL WALK-ON BIOS CADE MUELLER, LS

RYAN SCHOMMER, OLB

As a senior, Mueller recorded 40 tackles including three sacks on defense for the Dragons as they made it to the Class B state semifinals. His calling card is on special teams, however, as he will join Nebraska as a long snapper. Mueller worked with former Nebraska long snapper Gabe Miller while in high school.

Schommer played both defensive end and linebacker for the Panthers and will play outside linebacker for the Huskers. He recorded 61 tackles, 2.5 sacks, one fumble recovery and one quarterback hurry for Norfolk as a senior.

SIMON OTTE, ATH

Lincoln, Neb. Lincoln Southwest Height: 6-5 | Weight: 275

Gretna, Neb. Gretna Height: 6-1 | Weight: 225

Norfolk, Neb. Norfolk Height: 6-5 | Weight: 230

York, Neb. York Height: 6-2 | Weight: 180 Otte joins the Huskers as an athlete after starring on both sides of the ball for the Dukes. Otte led York to the Class B state championship as a senior after rushing for 1,453 yards and 14 touchdowns on offense and racking up 101 tackles and three forced fumbles on defense despite missing three games with an injury. He ran the ball 23 times for 161 yards in the state final.

COLLIN SHEFKE, OL

Shefke played on both lines for the Silver Hawks but will focus on offense at Nebraska.

As a defensive tackle, Shefke recorded 63 stops and eight sacks in his career. Five of those sacks came as a senior. On offense, Shefke helped pave the way for 1,560 rushing yards and also helped keep his quarterback upright to throw for another 1,573 yards during his senior year.

ISAIAH STALBIRD, DB Kearney, Neb. Kearney Height: 6-1 | Weight: 200

CAMERON PIEPER, LS Lincoln, Neb. Southwest Height: 6-3 | Weight: 220

Pieper will play long snapper at Nebraska, but he made big impact on defense for the Silver Hawks in high school. He played two seasons of varsity football and finished with 68 tackles, four sacks, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.

Stalbird made an impact for the Bearcats at both wide receiver and defensive back as Kearney finished as the Class A state runnerup. He recorded 77 tackles, four fumble recoveries, two sacks and two interceptions on defense as a senior. On offense, he had 22 catches for 393 yards and six touchdowns. He will start out at safety for the Huskers.

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2018 BASEBALL SEASON

Looking for 3rd straight Regional trip

P/1B/DH LUIS ALVARADO ERIC FRANCIS

BY MIKE BABCOCK

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s with last season, Nebraska was slated to open with eight games over two weekends in Arizona, four each in the Husker Classic and the Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge, not necessarily a bad way to begin. “You want to get them that experience out of the gate,” Coach Darin Erstad said.

“You don’t want to play too many double mid-week games during the season, especially in conference. So I like to do that early and get a lot of guys on the field and get them ready to play. Is it ideal? No. But it’s kind of how we need to set it up.”

The Huskers, defending Big Ten regular-season champions, are trying to earn a third consecutive NCAA Regional trip, and fourth in five seasons, but with more post-season success. They went two-and-out in the last two regionals, faltering in the conference tournament as well.

But first things first. “Out of the gate we’ve typically pitched OK, played

decent defense for being inside, but we just haven’t held up our end of the bargain on the offensive side,” said Erstad.

“So we’ve gotta find a way.”

STARTING OFF THE STAFF Luis Alvarado will start the season as the Huskers’ No. 1 starting pitcher.

The senior from Salinas, Puerto Rico, led the staff with 10 saves in addition to starting 57 games in the outfield and batting .283 with 25 runs-battedin. “I feel very strongly about that,” Erstad said of Alvarado’s getting firstcrack at being the Friday-night starter, “with him being a power pitcher.

“I want him to be as fresh as we can (have him).”

The departed Jake Meyers, who led Nebraska with an 8-2 record and 3.42 ERA, played center field and started on Sundays during Big Ten play; he wasn’t a power pitcher.

Matt Warren, a graduate transfer from Creighton, will be another of the starters, while Jake Hohensee, a starter

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last season, will be among those in the bullpen to begin this season. As a reliever, he “can climb through the minor leagues in a hurry when he’s at his best,” said Erstad.

“He’s a bullpen arm with his fastball, change-up, that mix. Late in a game, where teams are overly aggressive, he’s going to use that to his advantage.”

The starting rotation took a significant hit when Chad Luensmann underwent Tommy John surgery.

Luensmann, a closer his first two years, was set to become a starter. Robbie Palkert and Matt Waldron are among others expected to pitch out of the bullpen to start the season.

Nebraska lost only three who pitched last season: Meyers, Derek Burkamper and Ben Miller, who pitched only eight innings in three starts.

HE’S BACK Like Alvarado, Scott Schreiber opted to return for his senior season at Nebraska after being drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 26th round (Alvarado was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the 13th round). “I think that tells you when a guy like him and ‘Louie’ (Alvarado) come back that this place meant something to them, and this family means something to them,” Erstad said.

Schreiber, a two-time All-Big Ten selection, is 20 pounds lighter this season.

“I feel quicker, have more energy, so that’s always a plus,” said the 6-foot-3 Schreiber, who weighed as much as 250 pounds a year ago. “So I’ve just got to keep on top of that.”

Even though he was lighter as a sophomore, Schreiber led the Big Ten with 16 home runs and had a .629 slugging percentage. He hit just seven home runs last season, while also leading the team with a .330 batting average, a .494 slugging percentage and 51 runs-batted-in.

Dropping weight could also help in playing the outfield, where he

played in only 20 games last season.

He was the designated hitter in 36 games and played first base once.

Schreiber is expecting to be a regular in right field. Mojo Hagge, who started 49 games in the outfield as a true freshman walk-on, is back. Ben Klenke is “going to get the first shot out of the gate” replacing Meyers in center field, according to Erstad. “Ben’s done a very nice job, very athletic, can run, just understands the game out there, and he’s earned the right to start.”

RETURNING Angelo Altavilla, Luke Roskam and Jesse Wilkening provide experience in the infield. Altavilla, a third-team All-Big Ten selection, started 57 games, 45 of them at shortstop, and was second to Schreiber with a .316 batting average. He also tied Miller for second on the team with 39 RBIs. Roskam, like Altavilla a versatile defender who can play multiple positions, had 35 starts, including 28 at third base and earned Big Ten All-Freshman recognition, while Wilkening was the regular catcher.

In addition to Meyers, Nebraska lost only two other position starters: Miller at first base and Jake Schleppenbach, a three-year starter at second base.

YOUNG AND OLD Nebraska’s roster of 37 includes 12 freshmen, redshirt freshmen and sophomores and only six seniors. “This is like the first year where I wouldn’t say 1’s and 2’s, but we definitely have an advanced group that we’ve taken to that next level of ‘what if’ type of drills, and then the very basic stuff that we have to get in for our younger guys,” Erstad said of his seventh Husker team.

“So it’s just fascinating to me how the identity and, each year, the teams shape up differently. What’s the identity of this team? I don’t know.

We’re going to find out. They think they’re pretty good.”

Time will tell.

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DARIN ERSTAD, HEAD COACH

N U AT H L E T I C S

BY MIKE BABCOCK

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rstad loves baseball, of that there can be no doubt. “I love watching baseball,” he said at the news conference to introduce him as the Huskers’ head coach in June of 2011. “I love watching kids get their jerseys dirty, you know, sliding into bases, diving for balls, the passion they have. You just kind of feed off that.”

Truth be told, Erstad was describing himself, how he played the game at Nebraska and during 14 seasons in the big leagues. His jersey was dirty. He slid into bases and dived for balls. He played with passion.

“The grind; that’s what I’ve always done,” he said. “I’ve never done anything that looked pretty. Grinding is kind of fun to me. That part of it, the work side of it, had absolutely no bearing on this decision.”

He was eager to accept the challenge. “We’re all-in,” he said.

It was all-in or nothing for Erstad, who came home, so to speak. “If this was for any other school, there’s no chance that I would do this,” he said. “But

for Nebraska, totally different story.

“I have no interest to coach professionally. Like I said, we’re here.”

He affirmed that two years ago when he withdrew his name from consideration for the job as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, an unexpected opportunity “never anything even remotely on my radar,” he said.

Though the possibility “was pretty exciting,” Erstad opted for family first.

“I just looked in my kids’ eyes, and that’s all I needed to do,” he said.

He and wife Jessica have a daughter Jordan and sons Zack and Adam.

Husker baseball is his extended family. “It’s the power of the ‘N.’ It’s the community,” he said. “It’s got to mean something to me, and Nebraska means a lot to me.”

He and Jessica made Lincoln their home before the opportunity to coach at Nebraska. “I was asked to serve the university and (am) doing that to the best of my ability. We still have unfinished business,” he said, business that includes the Huskers’ getting back to the College World Series.

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ASSISTANT COACHES

TED SILVA, ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH-RECRUITING COORDINATOR Darin Erstad made lots of phone calls after being hired as head coach, evaluating potential assistants, one of whom had to be a “slam-dunk great” pitching coach.

“The guy has to be credible right out of the chute,” he said.

Silva had that credibility, based on his playing career as well as his coaching. He pitched on Cal State Fullerton teams that reached the College World Series in back-toback seasons and won it in 1995, when he earned firstteam All-America honors and was the Big West Conference pitcher of the year.

Silva was the pitching coach at Fresno State, UC Irvine and Loyola Marymount for a combined five seasons, after two seasons as a volunteer assistant at Cal State Fullerton.

Erstad also was looking for someone “to run this ship as far as recruiting goes.” His first concern, “absolutely number one,” was finding a “stud recruiter,” he said.

He got one; Silva also serves as recruiting coordinator.

MIKE KIRBY, ASSISTANT HEAD COACH Kirby is in his fourth season as assistant head coach after replacing Will Bolt. He coaches the infielders and catchers as well as coaching third base and helping Darin Erstad in directing the offense.

He has “tons of experience,” Erstad said of Kirby, who was an assistant at Cal State Fullerton, his alma mater, for three years, after three years at Oregon, when the Ducks made a dramatic turnaround in 2010, going 40-24 and making their first NCAA appearance since 1964 after a 14-42 record in 2009.

Kirby also has coached at UNLV as well as working in sales for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

“His philosophy hitting-wise isn’t that much different” than Nebraska’s, Erstad said when hiring him. “That’s another reason why I liked him . . . We’re on the same page with the aggressiveness we want to use.”

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ASSISTANT COACHES

JEFF TEZAK, VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH Tezak is in his second season as the volunteer assistant after serving as a graduate manager in 2016. He’s certainly no stranger to Nebraska. The San Diego native was a three-year letterwinner with the Huskers (2007-009), though he received a medical redshirt in 2008 after suffering a season-ending injury seven starts into what would have been his senior season. He led the team with a .337 batting average in 2007 and batted .315 in 2009.

Tezak has international experience. After playing two years in the Chicago White Sox organization, he coached for five years in Austria, Australia and Spain before returning to Nebraska.

He graduated in 2008 with a degree in history and a minor in environmental studies and is now working on a master’s degree in history.

Tezak coaches first base and assists Mike Kirby in working with the infielders.

CURTIS LEDBETTER, DIRECTOR OF BASEBALL OPERATIONS The 2005 Nebraska baseball team was “a pretty special bunch of guys,” Ledbetter said in late June of that year, after the Huskers were eliminated from the College World Series.

He was a member of that team, the first in school history to win a game in Omaha. It had opened the 2005 CWS with a victory over the same Arizona State team that would eliminate it with a run-scoring single in the 11th inning of the third game. “We put our hearts and souls into it. It was a pretty darn good season,” said Ledbetter, a three-year starter who earned first-team All-Big 12 recognition at both first base and as a designated hitter after transferring from Garden City (Kan.) Community College.

He is in his 10th full year as director of operations, assisting with on-campus recruiting and business administration as well as working with the Nebraska Baseball Academy.

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BASEBALL ROSTER NO. NAME

B/T

POS.

HT.

WT.

YR.

HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL)

4 Andrew Abrahamowicz R/R

RHP

6-3

190

Fr.

Lorain, Ohio (Elyria Catholic)

5 Joe Acker

R/R

OF

6-0

192

So.

Waukesha, Wis. (Marquette)

6 Mike Addante

L/R

OF

5-9

175

Fr.

Algonquin, Ill. (Harry D. Jacobs)

7 Angelo Altavilla

S/R

INF

6-0

195

Jr.

Lakeville, Minn. (Lakeville North)

19 Luis Alvarado

R/R

RHP/OF 6-4

210

Sr.

Salinas, Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico Baseball Academy)

23 Jeff Athey

L/R

INF

6-3

220

RFr. Eden Prairie, Minn. (Eden Prairie)

21 Brison Cronenbold S/R

INF

6-2

170

Sr.

26 Carter Cross

R/R

OF

6-0

188

RFr. Fairview, Pa. (Cathedral Prep)

37 Connor Curry

R/L

LHP

6-3

211

RFr. Lincoln, Neb. (Southeast)

30 Reece Eddins

R/R

RHP

6-5

210

Jr.

Lee’s Summit, Mo. (Blue Springs South)

24 Zack Engelken

R/R

RHP

6-5

235

Jr.

Overland Park, Kan. (Blue Valley West)

18 Nate Fisher

L/L

LHP

6-1

205

Jr.

Yutan, Neb. (Yutan)

55 Ethan Frazier

R/R

RHP

6-2

200

Jr.

Lee’s Summit, Mo. (Blue Springs South)

39 Mojo Hagge

L/R

OF

5-7

174

So.

Omaha, Neb. (Skutt Catholic)

16 Nolan Hakel

L/L

OF

6-0

185

Jr.

Lincoln, Neb. (Hutchinson CC) (Pius X)

2 Jaxon Hallmark

R/R

INF/OF 5-10 175

Fr.

Midland, Texas (Midland)

31 Gunner Hellstrom

R/R

C

6-4

210

Fr.

Simi Valley, Calif. (Grace Brethren)

3 Alex Henwood

L/R

INF

5-9

168

Jr.

Appleton, Wis. (Appleton North)

38 Jake Hohensee

S/R

RHP

6-2

231

Sr.

Lincoln, Neb. (East)

48 Byron Hood

R/R

RHP

5-11 185

Jr.

Roca, Neb. (Norris)

22 Ben Klenke

L/R

UTL

6-2

So.

Seward, Neb. (Seward)

36 Zac Luckey

R/R

INF

5-11 185

Fr.

Omaha, Neb. (Creighton Prep)

13 Chad Luensmann

R/R

RHP

6-4

237

Jr.

Altoona, Pa. (Bellwood-Antis)

33 Jake McSteen

R/L

LHP

6-0

205

Jr.

Great Falls, Va. (Langley)

47 Robbie Palkert

R/R

RHP

6-3

202

Jr.

Golden Valley, Minn. (Hopkins)

1 Zac Repinski

R/R

OF

6-1

195

Sr.

Prior Lake, Minn. (Des Moines Area CC) (Prior Lake)

25 Luke Roskam

L/R

UTL

6-2

218

So.

Chaska, Minn. (Chaska)

49 Max Schreiber

R/R

RHP

6-4

191

Fr.

Cardington, Ohio (Highland)

11 Scott Schreiber

R/R

OF

6-3

225

Sr.

Menasha, Wis. (Kimberly)

14 Kennet Sorenson

L/R

C/OF

5-11 188

Fr.

Stone Mountain, Ga. (St. Pius X)

27 Mitch Steinhoff

L/L

LHP

6-1

212

Jr.

Crete, Neb. (Crete)

20 Paul Tillotson

R/R

RHP

6-2

205

RFr. Monument, Colo. (Lewis-Palmer)

10 Matt Waldron

R/R

RHP

6-2

185

Jr.

Omaha, Neb. (Westside)

32 Mike Waldron

R/R

UTL

6-2

203

Jr.

Omaha, Neb. (Westside)

34 Matt Warren

R/R

RHP

6-0

215

Sr.

Omaha, Neb. (Creighton) (Skutt Catholic)

28 Keegan Watson

R/R

OF/RHP 6-3

198

Fr.

Fountaintown, Ind. (New Palestine)

8 Jesse Wilkening

R/R

C

5-10 200

Jr.

Cedar Lake, Ind. (Hanover Central)

205

Thousand Oaks, Calif. (Ventura College) (Thousand Oaks)

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THE BEST FANS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL DESERVE A MAGAZINE (A N D C O AC H) TO MATCH THE MAGAZINE FOR THE BI G G E ST BI G R E D FAN S H A I LVA R S IT Y.C O M / S U B S C R I B E

BASEBALL RADIO NETWORK AFFILIATE CITY CALL LETTERS

DIAL

AFFILIATE CITY CALL LETTERS

DIAL

Ainsworth*

KBRB-AM

1400

Imperial*

102.9

Alliance*

KCOW-AM

1400

Lincoln KLIN-AM 1400

Broken Bow

KBBN-FM

95.3

McCook KSWN-FM 93.9

900

Nebraska City*

Columbus* KJSK-AM KTNC-AM

1230

Fairbury*

KGMT-AM

1310

Fremont* KFMT-FM 105.5 Grand Island*

KRGI-AM

1430

Hastings* KHAS-AM 1230 Holdrege* KUVR-AM 1380

KNCY-AM

1600

Norfolk* KNEN-FM 94.7

Cozad* KAMI-AM 1580 Falls City*

KADL-FM

North Platte

KODY-AM

1240

North Platte

KXNP-FM

103.5

Omaha* KXSP-AM 590 Scottsbluff* KNEB-AM

960

Sirius XM Satellite Radio* Sidney* KSID-AM 1340 Superior* KRFS-AM 103.9

Huskers.com & Husker App

Superior* KRFS-FM 1600

Kearney* KGFW-AM 1340

TuneIn.com & TuneIn App*

Lexington* KRVN-AM 880

Valentine* KVSH-AM 940 * Indicates affiliates that carry select broadcasts

N’SIDE NEBRASKA TELEVISION SHOW STATION DIAL POSITION KOLN/KGIN – Lincoln 10/11 KMTV – Omaha 3 Cox Communications – Omaha 2

KNPL – North Platte 25 Time Warner Cable TBD Great Plains Communications 2

Fox Sports Midwest 37 (Lincoln)

DAY, TIME Sunday, 11:05 p.m.

Sunday, 11:05 p.m.

Monday, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, 11:00 p.m.

Wednesday, 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, 11 p.m.

Saturday, 9:30 a.m.

Sunday, 10:35 p.m.

On Demand Wednesday, 6:00 p.m.

Thursday, 6:00 p.m.

Thursday, 10:30 p.m.

Saturday, 9:00 a.m.

Tuesday, 4:00 p.m.

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Hawks Field at Haymarket Park

Since its opening in 2002, Hawks Field at Haymarket Park has been one of college baseball’s best ballparks. Set on 32 acres one-half mile west of campus near downtown, the complex combines private and public entities, giving the University of Nebraska and the City of Lincoln a one-of-a-kind facility for the Huskers and the Lincoln Saltdogs of the American Association of Independent League Professional Baseball.

The $29.53 million stadium project included construction of two new stadiums, an 8,500-seat ballpark for the Husker baseball program and the Saltdogs – marking professional baseball’s return to the Star City for the first time in 40 years – and a 2,500-seat softball stadium located next door.

The influences of parks such as the Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, Victory Field in Indianapolis and Franklin Covey Field in Salt Lake City, are evident throughout the structure. The exterior is a red-brick facade, while the spacious concourse level is highlighted by exposed ironwork. The playing surface is nestled in a bowl, allowing berm seating along both lines and throughout the outfield and a raised batter’s eye consisting of pine trees in center field. The features make Haymarket Park a first-class facility. The ballpark’s setting also allowed the designers to use Memorial Stadium and downtown Lincoln to provide a picturesque backdrop in the outfield.

The park features many fan-friendly amenities, including 4,419 chair-back seats on two levels in the main seating bowl, 16 suites, a towering video board/scoreboard in right center field, the Buck Beltzer Playground for kids down the right field line and numerous restrooms and concession stands. In 2009, the facility added seating in right field, bringing fans on the Husker Home Run Terrace closer to the action.

Hawks Field at Haymarket Park was selected as the best playing surface in each of its 15 years of existence. In November of 2007, Hawks Field received another honor, as it won the Baseball Field of the Year Award in the College/ University division by the Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) for the second time. The field earned its first honor in 2003 and is the only college park in the country to be a two-time winner.

The ballpark is more than a playing field for the Huskers. It includes medical and laundry facilities, coaches’ offices and a 1,400 square foot locker room and adjacent clubhouse, giving the Husker program one of the best baseball setups in the country. The clubhouse was completely renovated in January of 2010, with a new entryway, remodeled player lockers, new locker chairs, electronic reclining theater seating, a team dining area, two 25-inch touch-screen monitors, a new video messaging system and a gaming area.

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2018 College World Series Schedule SESSION

LOCATION

Opening Celebration TD Ameritrade Park

DATE/DATE

TIME (CST)

Friday, June 15

All Day

OPENING ROUNDS Game 1

TD Ameritrade Park

Saturday, June 16

2 p.m.

Game 2

TD Ameritrade Park

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Game 3

TD Ameritrade Park

Sunday, June 17

1 p.m.

Game 4

TD Ameritrade Park

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6 p.m.

Game 5

TD Ameritrade Park

Monday, June 18

1 p.m.

Game 6

TD Ameritrade Park

Monday, June 18

6 p.m.

Game 7

TD Ameritrade Park

Tuesday, June 19

1 p.m.

Game 8

TD Ameritrade Park

Tuesday, June 19

6 p.m.

Game 9

TD Ameritrade Park

Wednesday, June 20

6 p.m.

Game 10

TD Ameritrade Park

Thursday, June 21

7 p.m.

Game 11

TD Ameritrade Park

Friday, June 22

2 p.m.

Game 12

TD Ameritrade Park

Friday, June 22

7 p.m.

Game 13*

TD Ameritrade Park

Saturday, June 23

2 p.m.

Game 14^

TD Ameritrade Park

Saturday, June 23

7 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES Finals 1

TD Ameritrade Park

Monday, June 25

6 p.m.

Finals 2

TD Ameritrade Park

Tuesday, June 26

6 p.m.

Finals 3*

TD Ameritrade Park

Wednesday, June 27

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MARYLAND

Coach: Dan Hartlieb (13th season) 2017 Record: 23-28, Big Ten 9-15 Key Returnees: Jack Yalowitz, OF; Michael Massey, 2B; Doran Turchin, OF; Ty Weber, RHP. Key Departures: Pat McInerney, 1B; Trent Hammond, 3B; Matthew James.

Notable Newcomers: Sean Leland, RHP; Zac Taylor, OF; Andy Fisher, LHP. Noteworthy: The Illini are experienced on the mound and at the plate. They return 76 percent of their innings pitched, 83 percent of their pitching victories, and 100 percent of their saves, as well as 75 percent of their hits and 69 percent of their runsbatted-in, including a combined 80 from Yalowitz and Massey, a second-team Freshman All-American who batted .354 in Big Ten play.

Coach: Rob Vaughn (1st season) 2017 Record: 37-22, Big Ten 15-9, NCAA Regional Key Returnees: Marty Costes, OF; Nick Dunn, 2B; AJ Lee, 3B; Tyler Blohm, LHP. Key Departures: Brian Shaffer, RHP; Ryan Selmer, RHP; Brandon Gum, INF. Notable Newcomers: Richie Schiekofer, OF; Tommy Gardner, INF; Randy Bednar, OF-LHP. Noteworthy: Three of the Terrapins’ top four hitters return: Zach Jancarski, Costes and Lee. Costes hit .322 with 13 home runs and 46 runs-batted-in to earn first-team All-Big Ten recognition. Blohm was the Big Ten Freshman of the Year after posting an 8-6 record with a 3.48 earned-run-average and 71 strikeouts in 75 innings.

INDIANA

Coach: Erik Bakich (6th season) 2017 Record: 42-17, Big Ten 16-8, NCAA Regional Key Returnees: Ako Thomas, INF; Tommy Henry, LHP; Miles Lewis, OF; Alec Rennard, RHP. Key Departures: Michael Brdar, INF; Drew Lugbauer, INF; Oliver Jaskie, LHP; Jackson Lamb, RHP. Notable Newcomers: Jeff Criswell, RHP; Joe Donovan, C; Jesse Franklin, OF. Noteworthy: Michigan’s 2017 recruiting class – 13 freshmen and two junior college transfers – was ranked the best in the Big Ten and 10th nationally by both Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball, providing a much-needed boost. A program-record 11 Wolverines were selected in the 2017 MLB Draft, and all signed. Michigan’s 40-win season in 2017 was its first since 2008.

Coach: Chris Lemonis (4th season) 2017 Record: 34-24-2, Big Ten 14-9-1, NCAA Regional Key Returnees: Logan Sowers, OF; Luke Miller, INF; Matt Lloyd, UTIL; Jonathan Stiever, RHP. Key Departures: Craig Dedelow, OF; Tony Butler, 2B; Alex Krupa, OF. Notable Newcomers: Logan Kaletha, OF; Elijah Dunham, OF. Noteworthy: The Hoosiers have a veteran pitching staff, led by Stiever (4-4, 4.31). They return 100 percent of their starts, 94 percent of their wins, 91 percent of their innings pitched and 91 percent of their strikeouts. Since 2008, Indiana leads the Big Ten in victories, conference victories and NCAA Tournament appearances.

The Hoosiers were No. 24 in the NCBAA preseason poll.

IOWA

Coach: Rick Heller (5th season) 2017 Record: 39-22, Big Ten 15-9, NCAA Regional Key Returnees: Robert Neustrom, OF; Tyler Cropley, C; Zach Daniels, RHP; Kyle Shimp, LHP. Key Departures: Jake Adams, 1B; Mason McCoy, SS; Nick Gallagher, RHP. Notable Newcomers: Jack Dreyer, LHP; Lorenzo Elion, INF; Trenton Wallace LHP-OF. Noteworthy: The Hawkeyes, who return seven starters from the Big Ten Tournament champions including all-conference honorees Neustrom and Cropley, advanced to an NCAA regional for the second time in three seasons. Shimp and outfielder Ben Norman earned Freshman AllAmerica recognition from Collegiate Baseball.

MICHIGAN

MICHIGAN STATE

Coach: Jake Boss Jr. (10th season) 2017 Record: 29-23, Big Ten 10-14 Key Returnees: Bryce Kelley, OF-LHP; Riley McCauley, RHP; Jake Lowery, RHP; Chad Roskelly, 1b-C. Key Departures: Alex Troop, LHP-1B-OF; Brandon Hughes, OF; Dan Durkin, INF; Nathan Witt, RHP. Notable Newcomers: Evan Flohr, LHP; Bailey Peterson, INF-OF; Adam Proctor, C. Noteworthy: Kelley batted a team-high .353 and broke the school stolen base record (30) to lead the Big Ten and earn All-Big Ten Freshman recognition.

Roskelly, who hit .324, was among four Spartans who earned second-team all-conference honors.

Lots of offense returns, with Hughes and Durkin the main losses. Michigan State’s roster is heavily homegrown, including 23 in-state players.

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Coach: John Anderson (37th season) 2017 Record: 36-20, Big Ten 15-8 Key Returnees: Cole McDevitt, C; Micah Coffey, INF; Toby Hanson, 1B; Luke Pettersen, INF. Key Departures: Lucas Gilbreath, LHP; Brian Glowicki, RHP; Tim Shannon, RHP. Notable Newcomers: Max Meyer, RHP-INF; Easton Bertrand, OF; Bubba Horton, LHP. Noteworthy: The Gophers led the Big Ten in hitting, and the top five hitters return, led by Pettersen and Coffey. Pettersen batted .354, Coffey .340 with 46 runs-batted-in to earn second-team All-Big Ten recognition. Hanson, a third-team selection, hit .319 with five home runs and a team-high 57 RBIs. McDevitt was a first-team all-conference honoree, as was the departed Gilbreath.

NORTHWESTERN

Coach: Spencer Allen (3rd season) 2017 Record: 26-29, Big Ten 13-11 Key Returnees: Sam Lawrence, LHP; Alex Erro, INF; Hank Christie, RHP; Jack Dunn, INF. Key Departures: Joe Horscheit, CF; Cooper Wetherbee, LHP; Matt Hopfner, OF. Notable Newcomers: Quinn Lavelle, LHP; Jack Pagliarini, LHP; Ryan Bader, LHP. Noteworthy: The Wildcats ranked next-tolast in the Big Ten in hitting last season, and Horscheit, among the conference leaders (.356), is gone. Wetherbee ranked eighth in the Big Ten in earned-run-average (3.17). Lawrence’s ERA was lower (2.85) but didn’t meet qualification standards. Five of Northwestern’s eight freshmen are pitchers

OHIO STATE

Coach: Greg Beals (8th season) 2017 Record: 22-34, Big Ten 8-16 Key Returnees: Dominic Canzone, OF; Seth Kinker, RHP; Ryan Feltner, RHP; Brady Cherry, INF. Key Departures: Tre’ Gantt, OF; Jalen Washington, C; Joe Stoll, LHP. Notable Newcomers: Dillon Dingler, C; Malik Jones, OF. Noteworthy: Canzone led the Buckeyes and ranked fifth in the Big Ten, batting .343, to earn third-team all-conference and All-Big Ten Freshman recognition. Kinker was among the Big Ten leaders with a 2.95 earned-run-average, striking out 54 in 58 innings. The Buckeyes have plenty of room for improvement, ranking in the bottom half of the Big Ten in hitting, pitching and fielding in 2017.

PENN STATE

Coach: Rob Cooper (5th season) 2017 Record: 18-37, Big Ten 4-20 Key Returnees: Braxton Giavedoni, OF; Justin Hagenman, RHP; Nick Distasio, RHP; Jordan Bowersox, OF. Key Departures: Sal Biasi, RHP; Nick Riotto, OF. Notable Newcomers: Shea Sbranti, C-INF; Parker Hendershot, INF; Bailey Dees, RHP. Noteworthy: The Nittany Lions return six position starters, two starting pitchers and the top reliever, Distasio (4-1, 4.96, 4 saves).

Hagenman tied for the team lead with 14 starts (1-11, 5.49). Giavedoni led the team in hitting, with a .287 average. Penn State’s roster includes 14 newcomers, 11 of them freshmen, as well as senior catcher Matt McCutcheon, a three-time NCAA wrestling qualifier.

PURDUE

Coach: Mark Wasikowski (2nd season) 2017 Record: 29-27, Big Ten 12-12 Key Returnees: Tanner Andrews, RHP; Gareth Stroh, LHP; Jacson McGowan, 1B; Nick Dalesandro, C-OF; Ross Learnard, LHP. Key Departures: Hayden Grant, 3B; Logan Poisall, 3B; Jack Dellinger, RHP. Notable Newcomers: Braden Giroux, OF; Nick Evarts, INF; Cory Brooks, RHP. Noteworthy: The Boilermakers’ 19-victory improvement in 2017 was the best in program history. They were 10-44 in 2016. They also returned to the Big Ten Tournament for the first time since winning it in 2012. Stroh (5-4, 3.89, 15 starts), third-team All-Big Ten as a sophomore after transferring from Coffeyville (Kan.) Community College, went to high school in Gibbon, Nebraska.

RUTGERS

Coach: Joe Litterio (5th season) 2017 Record: 19-34, Big Ten 7-16 Key Returnees: John O’Reilly, RHP; Nick Matera, C; Jawuan Harris, OF; Chris Folinusz, C-1B. Key Departures: Mike Carter, 1B-OF; Tom Marcinczyk, OF; Max Herrmann, LHP. Notable Newcomers: Harry Rutkowsi, LHP; Mike Nyisztor, INF. Noteworthy: Litterio has a pair of new assistants, Phil Cundari and Jim Duffy. Cundari was the pitching coach at Seton Hall for 17 seasons; his staffs had the best ERA in the Big Eight six of the last seven seasons and he earned National Pitching Coach of the Year recognition in 2017.

Duffy was the head coach at Manhattan the last six seasons.

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2018 Baseball Schedule

DATE OPPONENT LOCATION

TIME

Husker Classic Fri, Feb 16 Sat, Feb 17 Sat, Feb 17 Sun, Feb 18

UC Riverside Washington State UC Riverside Washington State

Tempe, Ariz. (Tempe Diablo Stadium) Tempe, Ariz. (Tempe Diablo Stadium) Tempe, Ariz. (Tempe Diablo Stadium) Tempe, Ariz. (Tempe Diablo Stadium)

Thu, Feb 22 Fri, Feb 23 Sat, Feb 24 Sun, Feb 25

Oregon State Utah Oregon State Utah

Surprise, Ariz. (Surprise Stadium) Surprise, Ariz. (Surprise Stadium) Surprise, Ariz. (Surprise Stadium) Surprise, Ariz. (Royals Practice Field)

Fri, Mar 02 Sat, Mar 03 Sun, Mar 04 Thu, Mar 08 Fri, Mar 09 Sat, Mar 10 Tue, Mar 13 Wed, Mar 14 Fri, Mar 16 Sat, Mar 17 Sun, Mar 18 Tue, Mar 20 Wed, Mar 21 Fri, Mar 23 Sat, Mar 24 Sun, Mar 25 Tue, Mar 27 Fri, Mar 30 Sat, Mar 31 Sun, Apr 01 Tue, Apr 03 Fri, Apr 06 Sat, Apr 07 Sun, Apr 08 Tue, Apr 10 Fri, Apr 13 Sat, Apr 14 Sun, Apr 15 Tue, Apr 17 Wed, Apr 18 Fri, Apr 20 Sat, Apr 21 Sun, Apr 22 Tue, Apr 24 Thu, Apr 26 Fri, Apr 27 Sat, Apr 28 Fri, May 04 Sat, May 05 Sun, May 06 Tue, May 08 Fri, May 11 Sat, May 12 Sun, May 13 Thu, May 17 Fri, May 18 Sat, May 19

Wichita State Wichita State Wichita State Cal Poly Cal Poly Cal Poly (DH) Northern Colorado Northern Colorado Northwestern State Northwestern State Northwestern State Oral Roberts Oral Roberts Minnesota * Minnesota * Minnesota * Creighton Ohio State * Ohio State * Ohio State * Omaha Michigan State * Michigan State * Michigan State * Kansas State Iowa * Iowa * Iowa * Kansas State Omaha Rutgers * Rutgers * Rutgers * Creighton Nevada Nevada Nevada Maryland * Maryland * Maryland * Creighton Indiana * Indiana * Indiana * Illinois * Illinois * Illinois *

at Wichita, Kan. at Wichita, Kan. at Wichita, Kan. Hawks Field at Haymarket Park Hawks Field at Haymarket Park Hawks Field at Haymarket Park Hawks Field at Haymarket Park Hawks Field at Haymarket Park Hawks Field at Haymarket Park Hawks Field at Haymarket Park Hawks Field at Haymarket Park at Tulsa, Okla. at Tulsa, Okla.

Hawks Field at Haymarket Park Hawks Field at Haymarket Park Hawks Field at Haymarket Park at Omaha, Neb. at Columbus, Ohio at Columbus, Ohio at Columbus, Ohio at Omaha, Neb. (Werner Park) at East Lansing, Mich. at East Lansing, Mich. at East Lansing, Mich. at Manhattan, Kan. Hawks Field at Haymarket Park Hawks Field at Haymarket Park Hawks Field at Haymarket Park Hawks Field at Haymarket Park Hawks Field at Haymarket Park at Piscataway, N.J. at Piscataway, N.J. at Piscataway, N.J. Hawks Field at Haymarket Park Hawks Field at Haymarket Park Hawks Field at Haymarket Park Hawks Field at Haymarket Park Hawks Field at Haymarket Park Hawks Field at Haymarket Park Hawks Field at Haymarket Park at Omaha, Neb. Hawks Field at Haymarket Park Hawks Field at Haymarket Park Hawks Field at Haymarket Park at Champaign, Ill. at Champaign, Ill. at Champaign, Ill.

May 23-27

TBA

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Big Ten Baseball Composite Schedule FEBRUARY 16 Milwaukee at Ohio State Army West Point at Michigan Canisius at Ohio State Penn State at Elon Minnesota at Georgia Tech UC Riverside at Nebraska Toledo at Iowa Northwestern at Omaha Purdue at Baylor

Ohio State at Utah

FEBRUARY 17 Army West Point at Michigan Penn State at Elon Minnesota at Kennesaw St. Washington St. at Nebraska Northwestern at Omaha Oakland at Iowa Ohio State at Canisius Purdue at Baylor Minnesota at Kennesaw St. Northwestern at Omaha Nebraska at UC Riverside

FEBRUARY 26 Michigan at San Diego St.

FEBRUARY 18 Army West Point at Michigan Iowa at Old Dominion Minnesota at Georgia St. Ohio State at Milwaukee Penn State at Elon Purdue at Baylor Northwestern at Omaha Nebraska at Washington St. FEBRUARY 22 Nebraska at Oregon St. Utah at Ohio State FEBRUARY 23 Saint Louis at Purdue Virginia Tech at Iowa Minnesota at Boston College UMBC at Penn State Northwestern at Kansas Ohio State at Oregon St. Purdue at Incarnate Word Utah at Nebraska Michigan at San Diego FEBRUARY 24 Monmouth at Penn State Purdue at Notre Dame Northwestern at Kansas Chicago St. at Minnesota Arizona at Michigan Nebraska at Oregon St. Iowa at Ball State

FEBRUARY 25 St. John’s (NY) at Penn State Ohio State at Oregon St. Michigan at Cal Poly Mt. St. Mary’s at Minnesota Northwestern at Kansas Iowa at New Orleans Utah at Nebraska

FEBRUARY 27 Cornell College at Iowa North Dakota St. at Minnesota FEBRUARY 28 South Dakota St. at Minnesota MARCH 2 Northwestern at Texas Central Mich. at Purdue Ohio State at Nicholls St. Nebraska at Wichita St. Iowa at UAB Arizona at Minnesota Michigan at Stanford MARCH 3 Northwestern at Texas Purdue at Virginia Tech Ohio State at Southern Miss.

Michigan at Stanford Nebraska at Wichita St. Iowa at UAB Penn State at UC Santa Barbara Michigan at Stanford Northwestern at Texas Washington at Minnesota MARCH 4 Northwestern at Texas Ohio State at Eastern Mich.

Purdue at Stetson Iowa at UAB Nebraska at Wichita St. Michigan at Stanford Penn State at UC Santa Barbara UCLA at Minnesota MARCH 5 Penn State at UC Santa Barbara

MARCH 6 Maryville (MO) at Iowa Northwestern at Ill.-Chicago Omaha at Minnesota MARCH 7 Milwaukee at Minnesota MARCH 8 Cal Poly at Nebraska Penn State at Grand Canyon MARCH 9 Ohio State at High Point Cal Poly at Nebraska Michigan at Lipscomb Creighton at Minnesota Purdue at Tulane Penn State at Grand Canyon Iowa at UNLV MARCH 10 Ohio State at High Point Cal Poly at Nebraska Michigan at Lipscomb Ohio State at Coastal Carolina Creighton at Minnesota MacMurray at Northwestern Penn State at Grand Canyon Cal Poly at Nebraska Purdue at Tulane Iowa at UNLV MARCH 11 Ohio State at Coastal Carolina Michigan at Lipscomb Creighton at Minnesota Purdue at Tulane Judson (IL) at Northwestern Iowa at UNLV MARCH 13 George Washington at Minnesota Northern Colo. at Nebraska Ohio State at UNCW Purdue at Southeastern La. MARCH 14 Missouri St. at Iowa Northern Colo. at Nebraska Ohio State at UNCW Mt. St. Mary’s at Penn State Purdue at Nicholls St. Minnesota at UT Arlington

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Big Ten Baseball Composite Schedule MARCH 16 Northwestern at Central Mich.

Northwestern at Central Mich.

Bowling Green at Michigan NJIT at Penn State Evansville at Iowa Northwestern St. at Nebraska Cal State Northridge at Ohio State Purdue at Saint Louis Minnesota at TCU MARCH 17 NJIT at Penn State Northwestern at Central Mich.

Bowling Green at Michigan Purdue at Saint Louis Evansville at Iowa Northwestern St. at Nebraska Cal State Northridge at Ohio State Minnesota at TCU MARCH 18 NJIT at Penn State Bowling Green at Michigan Purdue at Saint Louis Cal State Northridge at Ohio State Minnesota at TCU Evansville at Iowa Northwestern St. at Nebraska MARCH 20 Purdue at Ball State Saint Louis at Iowa Bucknell at Penn State Nebraska at Oral Roberts MARCH 21 Nebraska at Oral Roberts Rutgers at Rider Western Michigan at Michigan Loras at Iowa Eastern Mich. at Ohio State Pittsburgh at Penn State MARCH 23 Penn State at Rutgers Michigan State at Michigan Illinois at Northwestern Indiana at Iowa Georgetown at Ohio State Minnesota at Nebraska MARCH 24 Michigan at Michigan State Penn State at Rutgers Illinois at Northwestern

Indiana at Iowa Minnesota at Nebraska Georgetown at Ohio State MARCH 25 Michigan State at Michigan Penn State at Rutgers Georgetown at Ohio State Illinois at Northwestern Indiana at Iowa Minnesota at Nebraska MARCH 27 Northwestern at Chicago St. Binghamton at Penn State Nebraska at Creighton MARCH 28 Central Mich. at Michigan Bradley at Iowa Cornell at Penn State Toledo at Ohio State MARCH 29 St. John’s (NY) at Minnesota MARCH 30 Delaware at Michigan Northwestern at Maryland Purdue at Penn State Nebraska at Ohio State Iowa at Illinois St. John’s (NY) at Minnesota MARCH 31 Delaware at Michigan Northwestern at Maryland St. John’s (NY) at Minnesota Purdue at Penn State Delaware at Michigan Nebraska at Ohio State Iowa at Illinois

APRIL 4 Minnesota at Saint Louis Toledo at Michigan Oakland at Purdue St. Bonaventure at Penn State Kent St. at Ohio State Grand View at Iowa APRIL 6 Nebraska at Michigan State Michigan at Northwestern Penn State at Minnesota Ohio State at Iowa APRIL 7 Nebraska at Michigan State Penn State at Minnesota Michigan at Northwestern Ohio State at Iowa APRIL 8 Nebraska at Michigan State Penn State at Minnesota Michigan at Northwestern Ohio State at Iowa APRIL 10 West Virginia at Penn State North Dakota St. at Minnesota Ohio at Ohio State Nebraska at Kansas St. Iowa at Bradley APRIL 11 Northwestern at Notre Dame APRIL 13 Maryland at Michigan Northwestern at Indiana Minnesota at Purdue Ohio State at Penn State Iowa at Nebraska

APRIL 1 Purdue at Penn State Northwestern at Maryland Delaware at Michigan Nebraska at Ohio State Iowa at Illinois

APRIL 14 Northwestern at Indiana Maryland at Michigan Ohio State at Penn State Iowa at Nebraska Minnesota at Purdue

APRIL 3 Ill.-Chicago at Northwestern Minnesota at Saint Louis Oakland at Purdue West Virginia at Penn State Nebraska at Omaha

APRIL 15 Minnesota at Purdue Ohio State at Penn State Iowa at Nebraska Maryland at Michigan Northwestern at Indiana

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Big Ten Baseball Composite Schedule APRIL 17 Milwaukee at Northwestern Miami (OH) at Ohio State South Dakota St. at Minnesota Northern Ill. at Iowa Kansas St. at Nebraska APRIL 18 Omaha at Nebraska APRIL 20 Nebraska at Rutgers Penn State at Michigan Michigan State at Northwestern Indiana at Ohio State Iowa at Minnesota APRIL 21 Nebraska at Rutgers Penn State at Michigan Iowa at Minnesota Michigan State at Northwestern Indiana at Ohio State APRIL 22 Nebraska at Rutgers Penn State at Michigan Indiana at Ohio State Iowa at Minnesota Michigan State at Northwestern APRIL 24 Bucknell at Penn State Northwestern at Ill.-Chicago Creighton at Nebraska APRIL 25 Penn State at Lafayette Milwaukee at Iowa APRIL 26 Nevada at Nebraska APRIL 27 Northwestern at Penn State Minnesota at Ohio State Michigan at Iowa Nevada at Nebraska APRIL 28 Nevada at Nebraska Northwestern at Penn State Michigan at Iowa Minnesota at Ohio State

APRIL 29 Northwestern at Penn State Minnesota at Ohio State Michigan at Iowa

MAY 11 Iowa at Northwestern Illinois at Michigan Xavier at Penn State Purdue at Ohio State Michigan State at Minnesota Indiana at Nebraska

MAY 1 Chicago St. at Northwestern Eastern Mich. at Michigan Western Ill. at Iowa MAY 2 Ball State at Ohio State Northwestern at Western Michigan Michigan at Eastern Mich.

Bethel (MN) at Minnesota MAY 4 Michigan at Rutgers Northwestern at Purdue Michigan State at Penn State Oklahoma St. at Iowa Illinois at Ohio State Indiana at Minnesota Maryland at Nebraska MAY 5 Michigan at Rutgers Michigan State at Penn State Indiana at Minnesota Oklahoma St. at Iowa Maryland at Nebraska Illinois at Ohio State Northwestern at Purdue MAY 6 Michigan State at Penn State Northwestern at Purdue Michigan at Rutgers Indiana at Minnesota Oklahoma St. at Iowa Maryland at Nebraska Illinois at Ohio State MAY 8 Michigan at Central Mich.

Penn State at Pittsburgh Campbell at Ohio State Nebraska at Creighton MAY 9 Michigan at Michigan State Campbell at Ohio State

MAY 12 Illinois at Michigan Xavier at Penn State Michigan State at Minnesota Iowa at Northwestern Indiana at Nebraska Purdue at Ohio State MAY 13 Illinois at Michigan Purdue at Ohio State Michigan State at Minnesota Indiana at Nebraska Iowa at Northwestern MAY 15 Penn State at Villanova Ohio State at Cincinnati Minnesota at St. John’s (NY) Notre Dame at Northwestern Iowa at Western Ill. MAY 17 Minnesota at Rutgers Ohio State at Michigan State Belmont at Northwestern Michigan at Purdue Nebraska at Illinois Penn State at Iowa MAY 18 Minnesota at Rutgers Ohio State at Michigan State Belmont at Northwestern Michigan at Purdue Nebraska at Illinois Penn State at Iowa MAY 19 Minnesota at Rutgers Michigan at Purdue Ohio State at Michigan State Nebraska at Illinois Belmont at Northwestern Penn State at Iowa

MAY 10 Xavier at Penn State

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2018 Softball Preview

D

espite a 24-29 overall record last season, Nebraska was 13-10 in the Big Ten, with a fifth-place finish. The most significant loss was All-American MJ Knighten, who started all but one game at third base over four seasons. Seven players with 42 or more starts return, including senior Kaylen Jablonski and junior Alyvia Simmons, both of whom were third-team NFCA All-Midwest Region and second-team All-Big Ten honorees.

Jablonski, a pitcher and utility player, batted .263 with 12 doubles, five home runs and 29 runs-batted-in. On the mound she led the staff with 27 starts, finishing with an 11-16 record and 4.31

earned-run average. Simmons, who started at least one game in each outfield position, batted .333, with a .513 slugging percentage.

Simmons was second on the team in batting to outfielder Gina Metzler, another of this season’s six seniors, who led the Huskers with a .341 batting average, with 88 official at-bats.

Simmons’ batting average spiked in Big Ten play. She hit .354. Three others who appeared in 21 or more conference games batted better than .300: sophomore infielder-outfielder Tristan Edwards (.348), Jablonski (.344) and senior outfielder Taylor Otte (.321). Metzler batted .300 in 17 conference games.

RHONDA REVELLE, HEAD COACH Heading into her 26th season as Nebraska’s head softball coach, Revelle’s resume is nothing short of impressive. The highlights include 937 victories at Nebraska, 20 NCAA Tournament appearances, eight top-10 finishes, seven conference titles, three 50-win seasons and three trips to the College World Series. She also has coached 21 All-Americans and 14 Academic All-Americans at Nebraska.

Revelle was the Big Ten Coach of the Year in 2014. In 2010, she was inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame. As a player, she helped Nebraska to its first CWS berth in 1982.

SOFTBALL ROSTER NO. NAME

B/T POS

23 Laura Barrow 8 Caitlin Bartsch 64 Bree Boruff 44 Bri Cassidy 24 Tristen Edwards 39 Olivia Ferrell 2 Payton Huscroft 12 Kaylan Jablonski 00 Lexey Kneib 97 Sydney McLeod 19 Regan Mergele 11 Gina Metzler 22 Taylor Otte 3 Alexis Perry 28 Ally Riley 32 Alyvia Simmons 7 Madi Unzicker 1 Rylie Unzicker 27 Austen Urness 21 Sarah Yocom

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IF 5-8 RHP 5-10 OF 5-8 C 5-3 INF/OF 5-7 RHP 5-9 IF 5-8 RHP/UTL 5-7 IF 5-6 LHP 5-11 RHP 5-7 OF 5-3 OF 5-6 IF 5-7 C 5-10 OF 5-9 IF 5-9 OF 5-7 OF/C 5-5 IF 5-8

YR HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL)(CLUB TEAM) Sr. Kearney, Mo. (Kearney) (Kansas City Originals) Sr. The Woodlands, Texas (The Woodlands) (Texas Firecrackers) So. Mead, Colo. (Mead) (Triple Crown Stars) Jr. San Bernardino, Calif. (Cajon) (Corona Angels) So. Murrieta, Calif. (Vista Murrieta) (Corona Angels) Fr. Omaha, Neb. (Elkhorn South) (Nebraska Gold) Fr. Omaha, Neb. (Millard South) (Nebraska Gold) Sr. Omaha, Neb. (Omaha Skutt) (Nebraska Gold) So. Webb City, Mo. (Webb City) (DeMarini Aces) So. Goodyear, Ariz. (Desert Edge) (AZ Storm) Jr. San Antonio, Texas (Butler CC) (Smithson Valley) Sr. Omaha, Neb. (Papillion-La Vista) (Nebraska Gold) Sr. Wahoo, Neb. (Wahoo) (Frozen Ropes Fury) So. Oklahoma City, Okla. (Putnam City) (OK Exclusive) Fr. Alva, Okla. (Alva) (Oklahoma Exclusive) Jr. Overland Park, Kan. (Blue Valley Northwest) (Nebraska Gold) Jr. Omaha, Neb. (Millard South) (Nebraska Gold) Fr. Omaha, Neb. (Millard South) (Nebraska Gold) Sr. Lake Elsinore, Calif. (Lakeside) (Corona Angels) Fr. Cozad, Neb. (Cozad) (North Platte Sensations)

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OPPONENT

LOCATION (BALLPARK) KAJIKAWA CLASSIC Tempe, Ariz./Tempe Sports Complex at Tempe, Ariz./Farrington Stadium Tempe, Ariz./Tempe Sports Complex Tempe, Ariz./Tempe Sports Complex Tempe, Ariz./Tempe Sports Complex Tempe, Ariz./Tempe Sports Complex

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Brigham Young Arizona State Utah San Diego State Cal St. Northridge Seattle U

Feb 16 Feb 17 Feb 17 Feb 18

Georgia Tech Boston College Georgia Tech Boston College

Feb 22 Feb 22 Feb 23 Feb 24 Feb 24

M A R Y N U T T E R C O L L E G I AT E C L A S S I C Texas A&M Cathedral City, Calif. (Yankee) Mississippi State Cathedral City, Calif. (Yankee) UCLA Cathedral City, Calif. (Wrigley) St. John’s Cathedral City, Calif. (Pawtucket) Washington Cathedral City, Calif. (Yankee)

Mar 3 Mar 3 Mar 4

Wichita State (Game 1) Wichita State (Game 2) Wichita State

Mar 9 Mar 9 Mar 10 Mar 10 Mar 11

Green Bay Northern Iowa Tulsa Kansas UMKC

Mar 13 Mar 14 Mar 14

Omaha South Dakota State (Game 1) South Dakota State (Game 2)

Mar 16 Mar 16 Mar 17 Mar 17 Mar 18

Grand Canyon Cal St. Northridge Oklahoma Cal State Fullerton DePaul

Mar 20 Mar 23 Mar 24 Mar 25 Mar 27 Mar 30 Mar 31 Apr 1 Apr 6 Apr 7 Apr 8 Apr 10 Apr 10 Apr 13

Creighton Michigan State * Michigan State * Michigan State * South Dakota Northwestern * Northwestern * Northwestern * Indiana * Indiana * Indiana * Iowa (Game 1) * Iowa (Game 2) * Purdue *

Apr 14

Purdue *

Apr 15 Apr 20 Apr 21 Apr 22 Apr 27 Apr 28 Apr 29 May 4 May 5 May 6

Purdue * Minnesota * Minnesota * Minnesota * Wisconsin * Wisconsin * Wisconsin * Illinois * Illinois * Illinois *

Bowlin Stadium at Minneapolis, Minn. at Minneapolis, Minn. at Minneapolis, Minn.

Bowlin Stadium Bowlin Stadium Bowlin Stadium at Champaign, Ill. at Champaign, Ill. at Champaign, Ill.

May 10-12 May 17-20 May 24-27 May 31-Jun 6

Big Ten Tournament NCAA Regionals NCAA Super Regionals NCAA College World Series

Madison, Wis. Campus Site Campus Site Oklahoma City, Okla.

ACC/BIG TEN CHALLENGE at Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta, Ga. at Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta, Ga.

Bowlin Stadium Bowlin Stadium Bowlin Stadium

J AY H A W K I N V I TAT I O N A L Lawrence, Kan. Lawrence, Kan. Lawrence, Kan. at Lawrence, Kan. Lawrence, Kan. at Omaha, Neb. Bowlin Stadium Bowlin Stadium

E A S T O N I N V I TAT I O N A L Fullerton, Calif.

Fullerton, Calif.

Fullerton, Calif. at Fullerton, Calif.

Fullerton, Calif.

Bowlin Stadium Bowlin Stadium Bowlin Stadium Bowlin Stadium Bowlin Stadium at Evanston, Ill. at Evanston, Ill. at Evanston, Ill. at Bloomington, Ind. at Bloomington, Ind. at Bloomington, Ind. Bowlin Stadium Bowlin Stadium Bowlin Stadium

W O R L D ’ S L A R G E S T TA I L G AT E Bowlin Stadium

TIME W, 5-4 L, 6-4 W, 5-0 W, 5-3 W, 9-1 (5) W, 3-2 3 p.m.

9 a.m.

2 p.m.

9 a.m.

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10 p.m.

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1 p.m.

3 p.m.

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5 p.m.

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TBA TBA TBA TBA

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2018 Track & Field Preview

G

ary Pepin is in his 38th year as Nebraska’s track and field coach. He’s the longest-tenured active coach on the Husker staff and the winningest coach in the history of the Big 12 and former Big Eight Conference. He has coached three national championship teams, 59 individual national champions, 513 first-team All-Americans, Coach Gary Pepin 561 conference champions, and 72 conference championship teams.

He has been the Big Ten Coach of the Year twice. In addition, he has coached student-athletes who earned CoSIDA Academic All-America honors 58 times.

His numbers are mind-boggling.

Nebraska has won five Big Ten championships under Pepin, including a men’s sweep of the indoor and outdoor titles in 2016. Last season, the Husker men claimed Nebraska’s first Track & Field News Dual-Meet National Championship by finishing unbeaten in dual, triangular and quadrangular meets. Individually, Pepin’s Huskers have earned 48 Big Ten event titles, including four in 2017.

Seniors Kaiwan Culmer and Cody Walton earned first-team All-America honors last season, Culmer in the triple jump

indoors, Walton in the decathlon outdoors.

Senior Landon Bartel earned second-team All-America honors for a second consecutive season, while senior Nick Percy earned second-team recognition in the discus after winning the event at the 2016 NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Culmer finished sixth in the triple jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships, fourth at the Big Ten indoor meet and third in the conference outdoors.

Walton won the Big Ten heptathlon indoors and finished seventh in the decathlon at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Bartel, second in the high jump in the Big Ten indoor meet after winning it outdoors as a sophomore, finished 15th at the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Percy, the two-time Big Ten discus champion, finished 14th in the discus at the 2017 NCAA meet.

Junior Brittni Wolczyk, a two-time second-team All-American, also returns. Wolczyk was the Big Ten javelin champion after finishing second as a freshman, when she finished 11th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

She finished 14th in the javelin at last season’s NCAA meet.

The 2018 Big Ten Indoor Championships were again held in Geneva, Ohio, on Feb. 23-24. The Huskers are scheduled to open the outdoor season March 23-24 at the Pac-12/Big Ten Challenge in Tempe, Arizona, with the Big Ten Outdoor Championships set for May 11-13 at Bloomington, Indiana.

OUTDOOR TRACK SCHEDULE DATE EVENT

LOCATION

Mar 23-24 Apr 7 Apr 13-14 Apr 18-21 Apr 27 May 5 May 11-13 May 24-26 Jun 6-9

at Tempe, Ariz.

Ed Weir Stadium at Fayetteville, Ark. at Lawrence, Kan. at Lubbock, Texas Ed Weir Stadium Bloomington, Ind. Sacramento, Calif.

Eugene, Ore.

Pac-12 vs. Big Ten Invitational Husker Spring Invitational John McDonnell Invitational Kansas Relays/Quadrangular Red Raider Shootout Nebraska Invitational Big Ten Championships NCAA Regionals NCAA Championships

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MEN’S TRACK & FIELD ROSTER NAME

EVENT

YR.

HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL)

Nicholas Agbede Grant Anderson Jace Anderson Bryce Barrett Landon Bartel Ryan Bates Sam Bransby Kevin Cahoy Chance Chrisman Nick Coghill Kaiwan Culmer Chris Daniels Carlos Davis Khalil Davis Jordan De Spong Kino Dunkley Scott Farr Mark Freyhof Noah Gabel Eric Garner Isaiah Griffith Mason Hericks Jackson Ingram Mark Jarecki Edward Jeans Eric Karl II Burger Lambrechts Jr. Karson LeComte Grady Leonard Patrick Letz Antoine Lloyd Tyler Loontjer Elijah Lucy Noah Lukz Ryan Martins Mike McCann Wyatt McGuire Mike Mitchell Nicholas Mitchell Tre Mitchell Moujtaba Mohammed Ty Moss Cody Mroczek Andy Neal Vincent Ohlman Nick Percy Dalton Peters Zach Podraza Austin Post Spencer Powell Dylan Reynolds Dario Robinson Jared Seay Alec Sery Luke Siedhoff George Siliman Makiyah Smallwood Peter Spinks Bailey Timmons Alexander Tollinger Cale Wagner Cody Walton Givon Washington Malcolm White Simon Wiedel Michael Williams Trey Williams

SP J J SP J DIS SP PV PV TH J TH TH TH MD TH TH DIS CMB EVTS JAV J SP TH SP TH DIS TH DIS TH DIS HUR PV J SP DIS J DIS J TH J MD MD CMB EVTS HUR SP/HUR TH TH CMB EVTS DIS PV J HUR CMB EVTS DIS HUR HUR CMB EVTS DIS DIS DIS CMB EVTS CMB EVTS SP SP SP J CMB EVTS

Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Sr. So. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. So. So. Fr. RFr. Sr. Fr. So. So. Sr. Sr. Fr. So. Fr. So. Fr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Jr. So. So. Jr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Fr. So. Sr. So. Fr. Sr. Jr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. So. Sr. RFr. Sr. RFr. So. So.

Northridge, Calif. (Chaminade College Prep) Wayne, Neb. (Wayne) Lincoln, Neb. (UNK) (Lincoln Southeast) Church Hill, Tenn. (Dobyns-Bennett) Ashland, Mo. (Southern Boone County) Lincoln, Neb. (Lincoln East) Naperville, Ill. (Naperville Central) Grand Island, Neb. (Grand Island) McCool Junction, Neb. (Cloud County CC) (McCool Junction) Placentia, Calif. (Valencia) Nassau, Bahamas Canton, Ohio (McKinley) Blue Springs, Mo. (Blue Springs) Blue Springs, Mo. (Blue Springs) Dunedin, New Zealand (Southland) Black River, Jamaica (Munro College) Logan, Utah (Logan) Hamilton, Mich. (Hamilton ) Colorado Springs, Colo. (Vista Ridge) Lititz, Pa. (Warwick) Detroit, Mich. (Detroit East English) Watertown, S.D. (Watertown) Lincoln, Neb. (Lincoln Southeast) Columbus, Neb. (Lakeview) Lancashire, England Southlake, Texas (Carroll) Pretoria, South Africa Mount Prospect, Ill. (Mt. Prospect) Coeur d’Alene, Idaho (Coeur d’Alene) Palos Park, Ill. (Carl Sandburg ) Kentwood, Mich. (East Kentwood) Geneva, Neb. (Fillmore Central) Oakland, Calif. (Emery) Long Grove, Ill. (Adlai E. Stevenson) Green Brook, N.J. (Watchung Hills) Smithtown, N.Y. (Smithtown West ) North Platte, Neb. (North Platte) Ladera Ranch, Calif. (Tesoro) Houston, Texas (New Orleans) (Downers Grove South (Ill.)) Ladera Ranch, Calif. (Saddleback CC) (Tesoro) Lincoln, Neb. (North Star) Naperville, Ill. (Neuqua Valley) Columbus, Neb. (Scotus Central Catholic) Lincoln, Neb. (Lincoln East) Central City, Neb. (Central City) Ventnor, England (Ryde School with Upper Chine) Aurora, Neb. (Air Force) (Aurora) Scripps Ranch, Calif. (Scripps Ranch) Omaha, Neb. (Millard West) McCook, Neb. (McCook) Broken Bow, Neb. (Broken Bow) Los Angeles, Calif. (Cerritos Collegiate) Ankeny, Iowa (Iowa Central CC) (Johnston) Woolwich Township, N.J. (Kingsway Regional) Crete, Neb. (Crete) Grand Island, Neb. (Grand Island) Michigan City, Ind. (Michigan City) Layton, N.J. (Pope John XXIII ) Lone Tree, Colo. (Rock Canyon) Omaha, Neb. (Omaha Central) Seward, Neb. (Seward) Forest Lake, Minn. (Forest Lake) Argyle, Texas (Liberty Christian) Katy, Texas (James E. Taylor) Hebron, Neb. (Thayer Central) Surprise, Ariz. (Shadow Ridge) Lincoln, Neb. (UNK) (North Star)

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WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD ROSTER NAME

EVENT

YR.

HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL)

Alice Akers Nicole Baker Jasmine Barge Kate Birchmier Emma Bresser Shelby Brown Rachel Brush Ashleigh Carr Kendall Cast Nicole Colonna Reka Czuth Candice Dominguez Josilyn Dostal Kristen Dowell Sarah Firestone Elsa Forsberg Chanel Freeman Erika Freyhof Kierra Griggs Lakayla Harris Haley Harsin Maddie Holland Matty Hoskins Kristina Insingo Andy Jacobs Kaitlynn Johnson Taylor Johnson Chelsey Jones Judi Jones Kiara Kearney Diana Lado Andrea Raynesha Lewis Tierney Lindner Hailey Luken Petra Luteran Lillian Markusch Paige McClannan Quashira McIntosh Angela Mercurio Alex Meyer Leah Meyer Catherine Mick Rebecca Moore Lara Omerzu Sydney Otto Anna Peer Michaela Peskova Danie Plank Tyra Reardon Tiani Reeves McKenna Rezny Shylia Riley Katrina Santiago Madi Scholl Jessi Smith Ally Talpash Toni Tupper Ieva Turke Shauna Tweedy Nicole vonAschwege Eboni Washington Brittni Wolczyk Chase Wolinski Rachel Workentine Madison Yerigan

TH PV HUR TH DIS TH DIS CMB EVTS DIS DIS J J J SP/HUR TH DIS HUR DIS SP SP MD PV PV TH PV DIS J SP DIS J DIS CMB EVTS J CMB EVTS J DIS SP SP J TH TH PV HUR CMB EVTS JAV DIS SP/HUR TH JAV J TH J DIS J DIS MD TH J CMB EVTS SP HUR TH TH SP/HUR CMB EVTS

So. So. Jr. So. Fr. Jr. RFr. So. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. So. Sr. Sr. So. Jr. Fr. So. Jr. Sr. Fr. Fr. So. So. Fr. So. So. So. So. Fr. So. Jr. Jr. So. RFr. RFr. Jr. Sr. Jr. RFr. So. So. Fr. So. Sr. So. Sr. Fr. So. Fr. Jr. Sr. Fr. So. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. RFr. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. So.

Bodyke, Clare, Ireland (Scariff Community School) Gilbert, Ariz. (Highland) Florissant, Mo. (McCluer North) Bloomfield, Iowa (Davis County) Lansing, Kan. (Lansing) Lincoln, Neb. (Lincoln East) Waukee, Iowa (Waukee) Oakland, Neb. (Oakland-Craig) Aurora, Ill. (Metea Valley) Los Altos Hills, Calif. (Pinewood) Pécs, Hungary (Leowey Klára Gimnázium Pécs) Ventura, Calif. (Sacramento State) (Ventura) Naperville, Ill. (Naperville Central) Edwardsville, Ill. (Edwardsville) Mercersburg, Pa. (Mercersburg Academy) Lincoln, Neb. (Lincoln Southeast) Pembroke Pines, Fla. (Hallandale) Hamilton, Mich. (Hamilton) Chicago Heights, Ill. (Bloom Trail) Miami, Fla. (Miami Northwestern) Syracuse, Neb. (Syracuse) Madison, Ind. (Madison Consolidated) Minden, Neb. (Minden) Floral Park, N.Y. (Holy Trinity Diocesan) Rochester, Minn. (Rochester Century) Omaha, Neb. (Millard West) San Jose, Calif. (The King’s Academy) Mandeville, La. (Mandeville) Lenexa, Kan. (St. James Academy) Colorado Springs, Colo. (Rampart) Lincoln, Neb. (North Star) Cahokia, Ill. (Cahokia) Sun Prairie, Wis. (Sun Prairie) Yankton, S.D. (Yankton) Szarliget, Hungary (Tatabanyai Arpad Gimnazium) Englewood, Colo. (Cherry Creek ) Omaha, Neb. (Millard South) Providence, R.I. (Hope) Kitchener, Ontario (St. Mary’s High School) Superior, Neb. (Superior) Superior, Neb. (Superior ) Carleton, Neb. (Bruning-Davenport/Shickley) Shorewood, Minn. (Minnetonka) Krška Vas, Slovenia De Pere, Wis. (De Pere) Bettendorf, Iowa (Bettendorf) Trnava, Slovakia Gardner, Kan. (Kansas State) (Gardner Edgerton) St. Edward, Neb. (St. Edward) Gothenburg, Neb. (Gothenburg) Wilber, Neb. (Wilber-Clatonia) Omaha, Neb. (Iowa Western CC) (Omaha Central) Miami, Fla. (John A. Ferguson) Prior Lake, Minn. (Prior Lake) Bayard, Neb. (Bayard) Temecula, Calif. (Great Oak) Lincoln, Neb. (Creighton) (Lincoln Northeast) Tukums, Latvia Wahoo, Neb. (Wahoo) Kearney, Neb. (Kearney) Trophy Club, Texas (Liberty Christian) Port Coquitlam, B.C. (Archbishop Carney) Lincoln, Neb. (Lincoln Northeast) Lincoln, Neb. (Lincoln East) Seattle, Wash. (Stanwood)

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2018 Sand Volleyball Preview SAND VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT

LOCATION

TIME

Feb 23

Benedictine University at Mesa

at Mesa, Ariz. (Mesquite High School)

Feb 24

Cal Poly

Tempe, Ariz.

Feb 25

Southern California

Tempe, Ariz.

10 a.m.

Feb 25

Arizona State

at Tempe, Ariz.

12 p.m.

Mar 02

Missouri State

Hawks Championship Center (Closed to public)

2 p.m.

Mar 08

Missouri Baptist

Hawks Championship Center (Closed to public)

2 p.m.

Mar 15

TBA

Honolulu, Hawai’i

TBA

Mar 16

TBA

Honolulu, Hawai’i

TBA

Mar 17

Hawai’i

at Honolulu, Hawai’i (Queen’s Beach)

Mar 17

Grand Canyon

Honolulu, Hawai’i (Queen’s Beach)

Mar 17

Southern California

Honolulu, Hawai’i (Queen’s Beach)

7 p.m.

Mar 18

Southern California

Honolulu, Hawai’i (Queen’s Beach)

1:30 p.m.

Mar 18

Grand Canyon

Honolulu, Hawai’i (Queen’s Beach)

Mar 18

Hawai’i

at Honolulu, Hawai’i (Queen’s Beach)

Mar 20

Hawai’i

at Honolulu, Hawai’i (Ching Complex)

Mar 23

Irvine Valley College

at Irvine, Calif.

Mar 23

Long Beach State

Irvine, Calif.

2 p.m.

Mar 23

Concordia University (Irvine)

Irvine, Calif.

4 p.m.

TBA 5 p.m.

H A W A I ’ I I N V I TAT I O N A L 2 p.m.

5:45 p.m.

4 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

9 p.m.

12 p.m.

2018 SAND VOLLEYBALL ROSTER NO. NAME

HT.

YR. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL)

3

Kelly Hunter

5-11

Sr.

Papillion, Neb. (Papillion-La Vista South)

4

Sami Slaughter

6-1

Fr.

Harrisburg, S.D. (Harrisburg)

5

Lauren Stivrins

6-4

So. Scottsdale, Ariz. (Chaparral)

5

Anezka Szabo

6-3

Fr.

Sioux Falls, S.D. (Lincoln)

9

Chesney McClellan

6-4

Fr.

Maryville, Tenn. (Maryville)

11 Kenzie Maloney

5-8

Jr.

Louisville, Ky. (Assumption)

12 Jazz Sweet

6-3

Fr.

Tecumseh, Kan. (Shawnee Heights)

14 Mikaela Foecke

6-3

Jr.

West Point, Iowa (Holy Trinity Catholic)

22 Allie Havers

6-5

Sr.

Mattawan, Mich. (Mattawan)

34 Annika Albrecht

6-0

Sr.

North Aurora, Ill. (Home Schooled)

43 Hayley Densberger

5-9

Fr.

Malcolm, Neb. (Malcolm)

Kashauna Williams

6-1

Fr.

Lancaster, Calif. (El Camino Real)

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2018 Men’s Tennis Preview

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oach Kerry McDermott is in his 37th season as Nebraska’s coach, giving him the secondlongest active tenure in the Big Ten. McDermott guided the men to back-to-back conference titles in 2010 and 2011, and the Huskers have finished among the ITA Top 75 in 10 of the last 13 years.

The 2017-18 roster includes only one senior, Linus Erhart, who is back at Coach Kerry Nebraska after two McDermott years in his native Austria completing an undergraduate degree. He is pursuing a master’s degree and completing his eligibility

with the Huskers. He competed as a freshman at Nebraska in 2014-15.

Erhart began the spring season as the No. 2 singles player. Junior Toby Boyer, who went into his junior season with 22 singles and 20 doubles victories, played No. 1, joining Erhart as the No. 1 singles team in the first two matches of the spring, No. 2 in the third. Boyer, who “thrives under pressure” according to McDermott, is the younger brother of Dusty Boyer, a four-year letterman and three-time All-Big Ten honoree for the Huskers. Third-year sophomore Micah Klousia began the season as the No. 3 singles player. Klousia, who redshirted as a freshman, was second on the team with 10 singles victories, and tied for second with seven doubles victories, in his first season of competition.

MEN’S TENNIS SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT Jan 13 Jan 13 Jan 20 Feb 9 Feb 10 Feb 10 Feb 17 Feb 18 Feb 25 Mar 3 Mar 9 Mar 10 Mar 17

South Dakota State South Dakota State Creighton North Dakota Omaha UMKC Arizona Northern Arizona Denver Northern Illinois Wichita State New Mexico Wisconsin *

LOCATION Dillon Tennis Center Dillon Tennis Center Dillon Tennis Center Dillon Tennis Center Dillon Tennis Center Dillon Tennis Center at Tucson, Ariz.

Tucson, Ariz. at Denver, Colo.

Dillon Tennis Center at Wichita, Kan. Wichita, Kan. Dillon Tennis Center

Mar 18 Iowa * at Iowa City, Iowa Mar 25 Minnesota * at Minneapolis, Minn.

Mar 30 Northwestern * Dillon Tennis Center Apr 1 Illinois * Dillon Tennis Center Apr 7 Penn State * at University Park, Pa. Apr 8 Ohio State * at Columbus, Ohio Apr 8 Dayton at Dayton, Ohio Apr 13 Purdue * Dillon Tennis Center Apr 15 Indiana * Dillon Tennis Center Apr 18 Drake Dillon Tennis Center Apr 21 Michigan State * at East Lansing, Mich.

Apr 22 Michigan * at Ann Arbor, Mich.

Apr 26-29 Big Ten Tournament Iowa City, Iowa May 17-28 NCAA Championships Winston-Salem, N.C.

MEN’S TENNIS ROSTER NAME

HT.

WT.

YR.

HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL)

Dylan Bednarczyk Toby Boyer Chris Dean Linus Erhart William Grattan Smith Micah Klousia Rok Krizaj Jon Meyer Isaac Nortey

6-1 6-0 5-11 5-11 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-4 5-11

165 162 177 155 165 150 174 173 150

So. Jr. So. Sr. Fr. So. Jr. Jr. Fr.

Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada (Niagara Academy of Sports) Ham Lake, Minn. (Forest Lake) Papillion, Neb. (Papillion South) Lustenau, Austria (Hak Lastenau) Atlanta, Ga. (Atlanta National School) Springfield, Mo. (Glendale) Idrija, Slovenia (University of Ljubljana) (Bezigrad) Lincoln, Neb. (Wichita State) (Lincoln Southwest) Lakeland, Fla. (Lakeland)

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2018 Women’s Tennis Preview

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cott Jacobson is the winningest and longest-serving women’s tennis coach in Nebraska history, carrying 370 wins into the 2017-18 season. Vasanti Shinde began the spring season as the No. 1 singles player, the position she held during the fall as well. The junior from Prune, India, also played in the No. 1 and No. 2 spots as a sophoCoach Scott more. Claire Reifeis, Jacobson a sophomore from Indianapolis, Indiana, began at No. 2 in singles, after posting a 20-14 record in singles play as a freshman, second on the team to Katerina Matysova’s 21-3.

Matysova and Brianna Lashway, a transfer from Missouri, are the only seniors on the roster. Lashway teamed with junior Paulo Del Cueto Castillo as the No. 1 doubles team to start the spring season.

Del Cueto Castillo is from Sevilla, Spain.

Nebraska’s roster includes players from three foreign countries as well as seven states. Jacobson’s coaching strategy is as follows: “By helping our student-athletes develop the values of dedication, cooperation, compassion and the ability to handle adversity with courage, we help them grow as both tennis players and as people. Through a belief in one another and a positive approach to competition, we can build meaningful relationships off the tennis court and continue a winning tradition on it.”

WOMEN’S TENNIS SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT Jan 26 Jan 27 Feb 2 Feb 4 Feb 4 Feb 10 Feb 10 Feb 16 Feb 18 Feb 23 Feb 25 Mar 2

LOCATION

Vanderbilt at Nashville, Tenn.

Virginia Nashville, Tenn.

Colorado State Dillon Tennis Center Eastern Michigan Dillon Tennis Center South Dakota Dillon Tennis Center SIUE Dillon Tennis Center North Dakota Dillon Tennis Center Wyoming Dillon Tennis Center Wichita State Dillon Tennis Center Kansas State at Manhattan, Kansas Iowa State Dillon Tennis Center UMKC Dillon Tennis Center

Mar 4 Illinois State Dillon Tennis Center Mar 7 Ohio State * at Columbus, Ohio Mar 16 Michigan State * Dillon Tennis Center Mar 18 Michigan * Dillon Tennis Center Mar 25 Penn State * Dillon Tennis Center Mar 31 Purdue * at West Lafayette, Ind. Apr 1 Indiana * at Bloomington, Ind. Apr 6 Rutgers * at New Brunswick, N. J. Apr 8 Maryland * at College Park, Md. Apr 14 Iowa * Dillon Tennis Center Apr 20 Wisconsin * Dillon Tennis Center Apr 22 Minnesota * Dillon Tennis Center Apr 26-29 Big Ten Tournament at Minneapolis, Minn.

May 17-28 NCAA Championships Winston-Salem, N.C.

WOMEN’S TENNIS ROSTER NAME

HT. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL)

M’Balia Bangoura Marina Cozac Paula Del Cueto Castillo Elizabeth Gould Hayley Haakenstad Brianna Lashway Jeannie Lozowski Katerina Matysova Emily Rees Claire Reifeis Vasanti Shinde Emma Worley

So. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. Sr. So. Sr. Fr. So. Jr. So.

Bradenton, Fla. (Out-of-Door Academy) Chicago, Ill. (DePaul) (Indiana University High School) Sevilla, Spain Atlanta, Ga. (Marist School) (Universal Tennis Academy) Chanhassen, Minn. (Chanhassen) Bradenton, Fla. (Missouri) (Florida Virtual) Port Saint Lucie, Fla. Erding, Germany (TF Dachau) Portland, Ore. Indianapolis, Ind. (North Central) Pune, India Northville, Mich. (Northville)

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2018 Men’s Golf Preview

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Coach Bill Spangler

incoln native and Nebraska alum Bill Spangler is in his 17th season at the helm of the men’s golf team. He has guided the Huskers to 10 team-tournament titles and 32 top-3 team finishes and has coached six individual medalists, one All-Big 12 first-teamer, and 15 academic all-conference performers. The Huskers competed in five tournaments during the fall, finishing 14th, 12th, ninth, 12th and 14th. Juniors Jace Guthmiller and Jackson Wendling led Nebraska during the fall, tying as the Husker leaders in three of the tournaments, finishing first and second once, and second and third once – sophomore Tanner Owen was the Huskers’ leader at the 13-team Jackrabbit Invitational at Valentine, Nebraska. His 210-stroke total was Nebraska’s lowest during the fall and good for a tie for 17th. Guthmiller’s 12th-place tie at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate in Carefree, Arizona, was the Huskers’ best individual finish during the fall. He competed in each of the Huskers’ 10 strokeplay tournaments as a sophomore, with a pair of top-20 finishes, averaging 73.66 strokes per round. Wendling competed in six stroke-play events as a sophomore after playing in 11 of 12 and leading the Huskers in four as a freshman. Owen competed in six of 10, with a 75.76-stroke average. Nebraska’s roster doesn’t include any seniors, with two freshmen, including Daniel Pearson, who finished with the Huskers’ third-best score in three fall meets and fifth in the other two.

MEN’S GOLF SCHEDULE DATE

TOURNAMENT

Feb 9-10 Feb 16-18 Mar 3-4 Mar 23-24 Apr 14-15 Apr 27-29 May 14-16 May 25-30

Big Ten Match Play Championship Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate Desert Mountain Intercollegiate Big Horn Invitational Hawkeye Invitational Big Ten Championships NCAA Regionals NCAA Championships

LOCATION (COURSE) Palm Coast, Fla. (Hammock Beach Resort) Palm Desert, Calif. (Classic Club GC) Scottsdale, Ariz. (Desert Mountain GC/Outlaw Course) Palm Desert, Calif. (Big Horn GC/Canyons Course) Iowa City, Iowa (Finkbine GC) Baltimore, Md. (Baltimore CC) Six Host Sites TBA Stillwater, Okla. (Karsten Creek GC)

MEN’S GOLF ROSTER NAME

YR.

HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL)

Patrick Clare Jace Guthmiller Cameron Jones Dylan McCabe Tanner Owen Daniel Pearson Sean Song Niko Vui Jackson Wendling

Fr. Jr. So. Jr. So. Fr. Jr. So. Jr.

Lincoln, Neb. (East) Yankton, S.D. (Yankton) Perth, Australia (St. Norbert College) Sioux City, Iowa (Bishop Heelan) Parkville, Mo. (Park Hill South) Longmont, Colo. (Fairview) Omaha, Neb. (Burke) Apia, Samoa (LDS Pesega College) Effingham, Ill. (Effingham)

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Coach Robin Krapfl

obin Krapfl, back for her 31st season, has led the Huskers to tremendous success on and off the course.

She has coached a nation-leading 71 WGCA Scholastic All-Americans, and her players have won 121 academic all-conference awards. Under her leadership, Nebraska has qualified for 11 NCAA regionals and participated in three NCAA Tournaments (the first three in school history). Krapfl’s teams have produced two NCAA All-Americans, two conference champions, one Big 12 Golfer of the Year and 23 all-conference honorees among other award winners. The Huskers’ chances of advancing to an NCAA regional for the first time since 2008 will again depend on young players. Of the eight projected to be on the active roster, two are freshmen and four are sophomores, including Kate Smith and Haley Thiele. Smith, a five-time Minnesota high school state champion, competed in a team-high 31 rounds as a freshman, regularly in the No. 1 spot in the lineup, and set a school record averaging 73.90 strokes per 18 holes.

She earned an individual NCAA regional berth and finished tied for 37th among 96 players. Thiele, who redshirted last season while recovering from a wrist injury, set what was then a Husker freshman stroke record (75.63) in 2015-16. Senior Audrey Judd also is being counted on, not only for leadership but as a championship contender.

WOMEN’S GOLF SCHEDULE DATE

TOURNAMENT

Feb 11-13 Feb 25-26 Mar 16-18 Mar 23-25 Apr 20-22 May 7-9 May 18-23

Lady Puerto Rico Classic San Juan, P.R. (Rio Mar CC) Westbrook Spring Invitational Peoria, Ariz. (Vistas GC) Clover Cup Mesa, Ariz. (Longbow GC) Mountain View Invitational Tucson, Ariz. (Mountain View GC) Big Ten Championships Maineville, Ohio (TPC River’s Bend GC) NCAA Regionals Stanford, Calif.; Austin, Texas; Madison, Wis.; Tallahassee, Fla NCAA Championships Stillwater, Okla. (Karsten Creek GC)

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