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2013 Nebraska Men’s Tennis Media Guide Table of Contents
2013 Season Outlook............................................................................2-3 2013 Roster/Schedule/Team Photo.......................................................... 3
Nebraska Coaching Staff & Administration............................4-7
Head Coach Kerry McDermott..............................................................4-5 Assistant Coach Fungai Tongoona............................................................ 5 Director of Athletics Shawn Eichorst........................................................ 6 Executive Associate Athletic Director Marc Boehm.................................7 Senior Associate Athletic Director Bob Burton.........................................7
Meet the Huskers................................................................8-10
Eric Sock/Andre Stenger........................................................................... 8 Brandon Videtich/Sebastian Florczyk/Tom Blackwell/Dusty Boyer/Court Clark....9 Andrew Dzulynsky/Scott Elsass/Marc Herrmann...................................10 Gagan Jain/Chris Schindler/Bradford Zitsch...........................................10
Opponents/Review/History............................................... 11-15
2013 Nebraska Opponents..................................................................... 11 Big Ten Conference................................................................................. 11 2012 Season Review/Statistics..........................................................12-13 Nebraska Tennis History....................................................................14-15
This Is Nebraska................................................................ 16-32
Academic Success..............................................................................16-18 Husker Power....................................................................................19-21 University of Nebraska......................................................................22-23 City of Lincoln....................................................................................24-25 Nebraska’s Championship Facilities...................................................26-31 Nebraska Men’s Tennis Tradition............................................................ 32
Nebraska Tennis Quick Facts
Location (population)............................................Lincoln, Neb. (262,341) Enrollment....................................................................................... 24,610 Founded............................................................................... Feb. 15, 1869 Chancellor.....................................................................Harvey S. Perlman Director of Athletics.......................................................... Shawn Eichorst Colors............................................................................Scarlet and Cream Nickname...................................................................................... Huskers Conference..................................................................................... Big Ten Affiliation........................................................................... NCAA Division I Indoor Facility....................................................... Nebraska Tennis Center Outdoor Facility..............................................................NU Varsity Courts Head Coach (Year).............................................. Kerry McDermott (32nd) Alma Mater (Year)............................................................Nebraska (1980) Record at Nebraska.......................................................................342-357 Career Record.................................................................................... Same Assistant Coach...............................................................Fungai Tongoona 2012 Record......................................................................................11-15 Big Ten Conference Record/Finish..................................................3-8/9th Letterwinners Returning/Lost.............................................................. 6/3 Tennis Office Secretary............................................................ Ellen Shutts Academic Counselor............................................................. Caleb Hawley Athletic Trainer..............................................................................RJ Pietig Strength Coach....................................................................... Brian Kmitta Office Phone...................................................................... (402) 472-6464 Office Fax........................................................................... (402) 472-2272 Office Address................................................ Bob Devaney Sports Center ........................................................ Room 107F, Lincoln, NE, 68588-0612
Notice of NCAA Probation
From 2007 to 2010 the University of Nebraska unintentionally reimbursed student-athletes for recommended textbooks as well as required textbooks through a failure to properly administer and monitor book scholarships. Only reimbursement for required books is permissible under NCAA rules. As a result, the NCAA placed the University of Nebraska on two-year probation, beginning in January of 2012. The NCAA did not impose additional penalties such as loss of scholarships, forfeiture of games, or a ban on postseason play. Rather, as a condition of probation, Nebraska will continue to educate student-athletes and staff thoroughly on NCAA bylaws and will notify prospective student-athletes of its probationary status.
Coach Kerry McDermott will try to lead Nebraska to its third NCAA Tournament in the past four years alongside first-year assistant coach Husker Fungai Tongoona.
Nebraska Athletic Department Mission
The mission of the University of Nebraska Athletic Department is to serve our student-athletes, coaches, staff and fans by: Displaying INTEGRITY in every decision and action; Building and maintaining TRUST with others; Giving RESPECT to each person we encounter; Pursuing unity of purpose through TEAMWORK; Maintaining LOYALTY to student-athletes, co-workers, fans, and the University of Nebraska.
Media Information
All student-athlete and coaching staff interviews must be arranged through Media Relations Student Assistant Claire Porter at least one day in advance by e-mail at cporter@huskers.com or by calling (402) 216-3168. Generally, the Huskers will practice weekdays from 1 to 3 p.m. Releases will be provided each week the Huskers compete and final match results will be available on Huskers.com
Media Relations Staff
Assistant AD/Media Relations................................................. Keith Mann Director of Operations............................................................. Jeff Griesch Associate Media Relations Director............................... Shamus McKnight Assistant Media Relations Directors.................Jeremy Foote, Matt Smith, ............................................................................................. Hilary Winter Men’s Tennis Contact.............................................................Claire Porter Office Phone...................................................................... (402) 472-7873 Cell Phone......................................................................... (402) 216-3168 Office Fax........................................................................... (402) 472-2005 Porter’s Email......................................................... cporter@huskers.com Administrative Assistant......................................................... Vicki Capazo Photographer.......................................................................... Scott Bruhn Design Specialist..................................................................... Annie Wood Website................................................................................. Huskers.com
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For the most up-to-the-minute coverage of Nebraska men’s tennis, visit Huskers.com, the official website of the University of Nebraska Athletic Department. In addition to updated results, statistics and match stories, you will find photos, player and coach biographies, schedule and roster information and weekly releases. Husker fans have the opportunity to gain greater access to Nebraska athletics through HuskersNside, which provides premium content such as video updates. To subscribe, visit Huskers.com and click on HuskersNside.
Credits
The 2012-13 University of Nebraska Men’s Tennis Media Guide was written by Claire Porter, Brian Dunker and Jeff Griesch along with editing assistance from Makayla Hipke and the Nebraska men’s tennis coaching staff. The guide was produced on Adobe InDesign CS4 and printed at the University of Nebraska Printing Services. Cover design created by Annie Wood. Photo Credits: Scott Bruhn.
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Young Huskers Hope to Climb Conference Ladder in Second Big Ten Season A young Nebraska men’s tennis team will take aim at their fifth consecutive final ITA Top 75 national ranking when the Huskers take the court in the spring of 2013. Coach Kerry McDermott enters his 32nd season at the helm of the Huskers after guiding the Huskers to a final No. 73 national ranking in NU’s first Big Ten Conference campaign in 2011-12. In addition to the team success Nebraska achieved last season, seniors Christopher Aumueller and Benedikt Lindheim both earned All-Big Ten honors before teaming up to compete in the 2012 NCAA Doubles Championships. The senior duo also earned spots in the final national singles rankings while finishing in the top 30 nationally as a doubles team. “Obviously replacing Chris and Benedikt will be a challenge, but we think we have several young guys who can step in and help us right away,” McDermott said. “Our returning guys are also going to have to raise their games and provide leadership for the younger guys. “We are going to be pretty young, but I expect us to show improvement throughout the season and to be playing our best tennis at the end of the year.” Seniors Eric Sock, Andre Stenger and Brandon Videtich are expected to provide leadership for a youthful Nebraska roster that is filled with eight freshmen, one sophomore and one junior. Stenger, a three-year letterman from Poecking, Germany, is Nebraska’s most experienced returning player. Stenger entered the 2012-13 campaign with 41 career singles victories and a whopping 81 doubles wins in his first three seasons. In 2011, Stenger teamed with Aumueller to capture All-Big 12 honors on the doubles court. “I think Andre is going to show more maturity on the court this year,” McDermott said. “He is developing the ability to be mentally strong in all situations.” Sock, a Lincoln native, entered his senior season with 21 career singles victories and 19 career doubles wins. “Eric is learning that he needs to take control on the court and dictate points quickly,” McDermott said. “I am looking forward to him playing somewhere in the middle of the lineup, while helping our younger guys mature this year.” Videtich, another Lincoln native, is in his fifth year with the Huskers but has seen the least playing time of the three seniors because of numerous injuries throughout his career. Entering the season, Videtich had competed in just 14 total singles and doubles matches in the fall and spring combined, but McDermott is expecting significant contributions this year. “Brandon is a versatile athlete who has made huge progress this fall,” McDermott said. “He finished the fall with some great flashes of brilliance and should be a strong contender to play in the No. 5 or No. 6 spots. Nebraska’s lone junior, Tom Blackwell could contend for a spot in the national rankings this season. The two-year letterman from Jacksonville, Fla., has shown significant improvement on both the singles and doubles courts in his time at NU. Blackwell competed for the Huskers as a freshman at the 2011 NCAA Championships in the No. 5 singles spot in the lineup. Last season, he posted 11 singles victories, including eight during the spring season. “Tom continues to learn to dictate play, and he has become more aggressive finishing points,” McDermott said. “He is a great competitor who hates to lose. He will do whatever it takes to get
Senior co-captain Brandon Videtich hopes to lead a young Nebraska team in the Huskers’ second season of Big Ten Conference competition.
this team pumped up for matches.” Sophomore Sebastian Florczyk is hoping to provide a major boost to the Husker lineup this season. The third-year player from Friedrichsdorf, Germany, sat out all of last year with a shoulder injury. Florczyk’s injury left a void in the heart of Nebraska’s 2012 lineup that contributed to the Huskers suffering six 4-3 losses during an 11-15 spring campaign. As a freshman in 2010-11, Florczyk produced a 16-9 singles record during the spring season while helping Nebraska earn a spot in the 2011 NCAA Championships. “Sebastian had some great wins for us as a freshman, and we definitely missed him on the court last season,” McDermott said. “He leads by example both on and off the court, and he knows how to win.” While the five returning Huskers will try to lead by example and set the tone for Nebraska’s younger players both on and off the court, NU’s eight freshmen will need to grow up fast to get ready for a rigorous Big Ten season. McDermott, who has guided Nebraska to seven ITA top 75 final national rankings in the past eight years, is confident the Husker freshmen will grow throughout the season. The Huskers, who opened the 2013 spring season at No. 74 in the ITA rankings, feature a pair of highly rated freshmen in Marc Herrmann and Dusty Boyer. Herrmann was ranked as high as No. 117 in his home country of Germany before coming to Nebraska in the fall of 2012. “Marc is going to play high in our lineup because he is one of the best athletes on our team,” McDermott said. “Marc is one of those guys who knows how to win, even when he isn’t playing well.” Boyer’s journey to Nebraska was much shorter than Herrmann. The freshman from Ham Lake, Minn., was arguably the best high school player in the history of the state of Minnesota. Boyer finished his senior season with a 30-0 record after capturing a fourth consecutive state singles title. He ended his prep career with an amazing 129-1 singles record and was the first player in Minnesota history to win four singles crowns. “Dusty is a solid ball-striker off both sides and brings his ‘A’ game every time he takes the court,” McDermott said. “He will be one of our top
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freshmen after winning four state titles in high school.” The Huskers brought another freshman from Minnesota to Lincoln this season with the addition of Scott Elsass. The Eden Prairie High School graduate was a four-time Minnesota state qualifier and was the state runner-up as a senior. He added a third-place individual finish as a sophomore when he helped Eden Prairie claim the 2010 team title. Elsass also brings a knowledge with him of the tradition of Nebraska tennis. His father, Doug, was a three-year letterman for the Huskers from 1981 to 1985. “Scott has shown a tremendous will to win and drive to succeed,” McDermott said. “He is improving each day, and he is going to be one of our guys battling each day for a No. 6 spot in the lineup as a freshman.” Newcomer Andrew Dzulynsky could also make a major impact on the NU lineup after joining the Huskers for the spring semester in 2013. The freshman from Miramar, Fla., was ranked as one of the top 10 16 and 18-year-olds in the state of Florida as a junior player. He is also rated among the top 1,400 in both singles and doubles in the ATP rankings. Dzulynsky’s talent is apparent, and he could make early appearances in the Nebraska lineup in his first semester as a Husker. “I am very excited to have Andrew join our team and our lineup,” McDermott said. “I think he will eventually be a top of the lineup player for us because he has a lot of potential. I look forward to watching him grow in our program the next few years.” McDermott and the Huskers received another boost to the roster in the spring from German Chris Schindler. The freshman from Hanau was one of the top junior players in Germany the past several years and also has trained in Spain for four years. In 2012, his team won the Hessen Junior Team Championships, and he reached the the singles finals at Hessen Regionals twice in his junior career. Schindler is one of four Germans on the 2013 Husker roster. “I like the fact that Chris is a good athlete,” McDermott said. “He wants to prove himself to the team and coaches. I see him battling for the No. 6 spot in our lineup.” Bradford Zitsch is another highly touted young player challenging for time in the Husker lineup as a freshman. Zitsch captured the Missouri state
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singles championship as a senior at Rock Bridge High School. He also led Rock Bridge to three straight state team titles. A top-100 recruit, Zitsch added a national doubles title at the Saint Louis National Tournament. “Bradford is going to see lots of action in our doubles lineup,” McDermott said. “He has all the shots and then some. Once he learns to control his shot selection and patience, he will make a big jump.” Lincoln native Court Clark and Colorado newcomer Gagan Jain round out the new faces on the Husker roster. Clark was the 2008 Class A state champion at No. 2 singles and added a state runner-up finish at No. 1 singles in 2012. “Court is just beginning to reach his potential,” McDermott said. “I have watched him over the last few years, and he is improving every year. He has made great strides the last year. Once he grows into his body, his game will take off to the next level. He has very sound mechanics and works very hard.” Jain might be the least experienced newcomer to the Husker roster, but the Littleton, Colo., native brings tenacity to the court. “I like that Gagan just goes out and plays hard every day,” McDermott said. “With more match play day in and day out, he will improve.” Nebraska’s young team will be challenged from start to finish during the spring by one of the nation’s best schedules. The Huskers are scheduled to play 13 regular-season matches against teams ranked among the top 75 nationally in the ITA preseason rankings. No. 4 Ohio State, who comes to Lincoln on March 29, highlights that list followed by No. 16 Illinois. No. 20 Michigan, which comes to Lincoln April 12, and No. 22 Indiana give the Huskers four top-25 foes in Big Ten play. No. 35 Minnesota, No. 41 Northwestern and No. 52 Michigan State give the Big Ten eight preseason top 75 teams, including No. 74 NU. Before Nebraska takes on the task of a talented Big Ten, they will receive top-75 tests from preseason No. 34 Louisville, No. 45 Drake, No. 31 VCU, No. 54 Denver, No. 63 Georgia State and No. 71 East Tennessee State.
2013 Schedule
Jan. 13 at Louisville 11 a.m. Feb. 1 Illinois State 5 p.m. Feb. 3 Oklahoma State 10 a.m. Feb. 8 Drake 6 p.m. Feb. 10 VCU 10 a.m. Feb. 10 Creighton 6 p.m. Feb. 16 at East Tennessee State 10 a.m. Feb. 16 vs. Georgia State 3 p.m. Feb. 25 Wichita State 2:30 p.m. March 2 at Denver Noon March 9 at Northwestern* Noon March 15-17 Blue-Gray National Classic TBA March 23 at Illinois* 3 p.m. March 29 Ohio State* 3 p.m. March 31 Penn State* Noon April 3 Iowa* 2:30 p.m. April 6 at Purdue* 2 p.m. April 7 at Indiana* Noon April 12 Michigan* 4 p.m. April 14 Michigan State* Noon April 19 Minnesota* 3 p.m. April 21 at Wisconsin* Noon April 25-28 at Big Ten Championships (Columbus, Ohio.) May 16-27 at NCAA Championships (Urbana, Ill.) Home Matches in Bold; *-Big Ten Conference Matches
Back Row (from left): Coach Kerry McDermott, Chris Schindler, Andrew Dzulynsky, Andre Stenger, Eric Sock, Brandon Videtich, Court Clark, Assistant Coach Fungai Tongoona. Front Row (from left): Dusty Boyer, Gagan Jain, Bradford Zitsch, Scott Elsass, Tom Blackwell, Sebastian Florczyk, Marc Herrmann.
2013 Nebraska Tennis Roster
Name Height Weight Year Hometown (Previous School) Tom Blackwell 5-10 165 Jr. Jacksonville, Fla. (Ponte Vedra) Dusty Boyer 5-10 165 Fr. Ham Lake, Minn. (Forest Lake) Court Clark 6-3 135 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. (East) Andrew Dzulynsky 6-2 170 Fr. Miramar, Fla. (Home School) Scott Elsass 5-11 160 Fr. Eden Prairie, Minn. (Eden Prairie) Sebastian Florczyk 5-10 165 So. Friedrichsdorf, Germany Rohrbach, Germany (Rotenbuehl Gymnasium) Marc Herrmann 5-8 159 Fr. Gagan Jain 5-10 146 Fr. Littleton, Colo. (ThunderRidge) Chris Schindler 6-1 163 Fr. Hanau, Germany (Escola Ipse, Spain) Eric Sock 6-3 210 Sr. Lincoln, Neb. (Blue Valley North, Kan.) Andre Stenger 6-4 175 Sr. Poecking, Germany (Tutzing) Brandon Videtich 6-4 165 Sr. Lincoln, Neb. (East) Bradford Zitsch 6-2 185 Fr. Columbia, Mo. (Rock Bridge) Head Coach: Kerry McDermott (Nebraska, 1980); Assistant Coach: Fungai Tongoona (Nebraska, 2003)
2013 Huskers By Class
Seniors (3)..Brandon Videtich, Eric Sock, Andre Stenger Junior (1)......................................... Tom Blackwell Sophmore (1)............................ Sebastian Florczyk Freshmen (8)...................Dusty Boyer, Court Clark ..Andrew Dzulynsky, Scott Elsass, Marc Herrmann .......... Gagan Jain, Chris Schindler, Bradford Zitsch
2013 Husker Homes
Colorado (1)...........................................Gagan Jain Florida (2).........Tom Blackwell, Andrew Dzulynsky Minnesota (2)..................Dusty Boyer, Scott Elsass Missouri (1)................................... Bradford Zitsch Nebraska (3) ....Court Clark, Eric Sock, Brandon Videtich Germany(4)......Sebastian Florczyk, Marc Herrmann . ...................................Chris Schindler, Andre Stenger
Pronunciation Guide
Sebastian Florczyk................................ Floor-check Brandon Videtich..................................... Vid-a-tich
2012 Fall Results (Singles)
Dusty Boyer........................................................... 7-5 Marc Herrmann..................................................... 7-8 Brandon Videtich................................................... 5-3 Eric Sock................................................................ 5-7 Andre Stenger........................................................ 5-7 Scott Elsass............................................................ 4-2 Sebastian Florczyk................................................. 4-5 Bradford Zitsch...................................................... 3-4 Tom Blackwell........................................................ 2-5 Gagan Jain............................................................. 1-2
2012 Fall Results (Doubles)
Herrmann/Florczyk................................................ 5-2 Videtich/Elsass...................................................... 3-2 Boyer/Blackwell..................................................... 2-1 Stenger/Sock......................................................... 2-1 Blackwell/Zitsch..................................................... 1-0 Videtich/Zitsch...................................................... 1-0 Boyer/Stenger....................................................... 1-1 Stenger/Zitsch....................................................... 1-3 Boyer/Videtich...................................................... 0-1 Elsass/Zitsch.......................................................... 0-1 Florczyk/Blackwell................................................. 0-1 Sock/Videtich........................................................ 0-1 Herrmann/Stenger................................................ 0-1
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KERRY MCDERMOTT
Head Coach I 32nd year I Nebraska (1980) I Career Record: 342-357 Coach Kerry McDermott has been at the helm of the Nebraska program for more than a quarter-century since taking over in 1982. With 31 years of experience on his side as head coach of the Huskers, McDermott owns the second-longest tenure among active Big Ten coaches. McDermott owns the most victories by a Nebraska tennis coach in the program’s history with 342 wins. Only one other coach, Ed Higginbotham from 1951 to 1972, recorded at least 100 career victories, and McDermott has more than tripled Higginbotham’s mark. More impressively, McDermott guided the Huskers to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 2010 and 2011 and has led Nebraska to four consecutive final top-75 ITA national rankings. In fact, the Huskers have finished the season ranked among the ITA top 75 in eight of the last nine seasons. In 2012, McDermott led the Huskers in their first year in the Big Ten Conference. McDermott guided the Huskers to an 11-15 overall record and a 3-8 mark in conference play, as NU finished the season ranked No. 73. The Big Ten featured seven ranked teams in 2012. McDermott had two players earn All-Big Ten honors. Christopher Aumueller captured first-team All-Big Ten honors while Benedikt Lindheim added a second-team All-Big Ten award. Aumueller and Lindheim teamed up on the doubles court to finish the season ranked No. 26 after competing in the 2012 NCAA Men’s Tennis Doubles Championship. The appearance by Aumueller and Lindheim at the 2012 NCAA Championships, followed back-to-back NCAA Championship bids by the Husker team in 2010 and 2011. Nebraska finished 15-12 and closed the 2011 season at No. 44 in the ITA rankings after a narrow 4-3 loss to Miami in the NCAA first round. Aumueller earned a spot on the All-Big 12 team as a singles competitor, while joining partner Andre Stenger on the All-Big 12 doubles team. McDermott’s 2010 Husker team finished No. 41 in the ITA rankings with a 13-12 record after claiming the school’s first NCAA Tournament bid. NU fell to North Carolina 4-1 in the first round, but helped propel the Huskers to a repeat bid in 2011. NCAA Tournament appearances and national rankings are just a small part of McDermott’s successful career at Nebraska. McDermott’s players regularly refer to his character and commitment to them off the court. McDermott routinely recruits individuals who are focused on team success, and he serves as an invaluable resource to young men in navigating their paths to maturity and graduation. In the classroom, Nebraska annually places student-athletes on academic all-conference teams and contends for the Herman Award, which is presented each year at Nebraska to the men’s and women’s teams that produce the top grade-point average. In fact, McDermott’s men’s tennis teams have captured the award five times (1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002). In 2012, Aumueller, Lindheim and Eric Sock earned spots on the academic All-Big Ten team. Aumueller added NU’s first-ever Big Ten Sportsmanship award and claimed the Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship award for the Central Region. Nebraska’s roster regularly features players from around the country and the world. McDermott is committed to keeping Nebraska’s top players at home, while attracting some of the best competitors from the Midwest and Big Ten region. McDermott also has had great success throughout his career in bringing top talent from overseas. After completing his playing career at Nebraska in 1980, McDermott earned his first career win as the Husker coach in 1982 and quickly started his climb up the NU coaching ledger. That early success was realized behind a solid foundation of players who earned regional and national acclaim. The leader of that group and one of the top players in the nation each of his last two seasons was Steven Jung. After earning a berth in the NCAA Championships for three consecutive seasons, Jung is the most decorated athlete in NU men’s tennis history. Jung is the only player in Nebraska history to earn All-America status, after he finished his career as the runner-up at the 1989 NCAA Tournament. Under McDermott’s guidance, Jung entered the tournament ranked No. 16 in the country, the highest regular-season ranking for a Husker in history. Jung also reached the NCAA Tournament in doubles play that season, teaming with his brother, Stuart, to rank as high as 12th in the nation. Steven Jung finished his
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career as the Nebraska career wins leader with 114. He was also a first-team CoSIDA Academic All-American, contributing to Nebraska’s all-sport record total of 302 entering 2013 season. In 1988, McDermott earned Big Eight Coach-of-the-Year honors by guiding the Huskers to a second-place finish in the league standings with a 5-1 record. Nebraska finished the season with a 14-6 dual mark, one of 16 seasons under McDermott that NU has recorded at least 10 dual match victories. McDermott pulled double duty during the 1988 season, as he also crossed over to coach the Husker women’s team for one year. He helped the Huskers to a fifth-place finish in the league standings despite a 5-12 overall record. McDermott’s Huskers came back to post a 17-7 record in 1989, the best winning percentage (.708) during his tenure. The Huskers matched the school-record mark with 17 victories again in 1990. Over the years, McDermott has tutored 11 Huskers through the regular season into the NCAA Championships. Four of the national tournament appearances have been in singles action, with the most recent coming in 2002. Five other appearances have come on the doubles court. McDermott has continually pushed the Huskers to excel on and off the court. Under his guidance, Nebraska has recorded a 342-357 overall mark during the past 31 seasons. He has helped 12 singles players and five doubles teams earn conference championships, with the most recent coming at the end of the 2000 campaign, as Ryan Haith grabbed the top spot in the Big 12 at No. 6 singles. After struggling in the mid-1990s, the Huskers have recorded at least nine dual victories in 14 of the past 15 seasons. In 2009, McDermott led the Huskers to a 16-10 record and a final ranking of No. 68. It was the second-best win total in school history, trailing only the 1990 squad that captured 17 victories. From 2009 to 2012, the Huskers began each season ranked in the top 50. In 2010 the squad began their campaign ranked 41st, and in 2011 the Huskers started the year ranked 42nd. They began the 2012 season ranked No. 40. McDermott also has helped Nebraska singles and doubles players achieve spots in the national rankings. Aumueller, a four-year standout who completed one of the most successful careers in school history in 2012, finished among the top 100 in the national rankings in each of his four seasons on the court. Aumueller closed his freshman season at No. 97 in 2009, before climbing to a final ranking of No. 85 in 2010. In 2011, he finished further up the ladder at No. 75, before closing his senior season at No. 70. Aumueller, who is serving as a volunteer coach with the Huskers in 2012-13, also was a standout on the doubles court. In fact, he and teammate Benedikt
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FUNGAI TONGOONA Assistant Coach I First Year I Nebraska (2003)
Lindheim entered the 2012 season as the No. 7 doubles team in the nation before eventually earning a trip to the 2012 NCAA Doubles Championships. Aumueller made history for the Huskers as a senior, as Nebraska’s first-ever first-team All-Big Ten selection, while Lindheim added a second-team award. The duo also finished the season at No. 26 in the national rankings. In 2009, Aumueller was the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year. Other Huskers to earn national rankings since 2002, include Lance Mills (99th, 2002); Florian Preissler (78th, 2003), Adrian Szatmary (78th, 2007; 115th, 2005); Calin Paar (70th, 2009; 128th, 2008); David Bendheim (67th, 2009); Andre Stenger/Robert Schulze (44th, 2012). Arguably one of the program’s greatest upsets came in the spring of 2005, when McDermott led the Huskers to a win over No. 16 Rice in the first dual match of the season, which also gave McDermott his 250th career win. Initially unranked as a team, the win helped push the Huskers into the national polls where they stayed for 13 weeks, ranking as high as No. 55. In 2003, Nebraska reeled off a seven-match win streak early in the season behind Florian Preissler (13 singles wins) and freshman D.J. Geatz (14 singles wins). The previous season, NU’s Jose Hernan also reached the 14-win total while helping the team finish with a No. 72 ranking. Hernan’s teammate, Lance Mills, became the first Husker to qualify for the NCAA singles tournament in a decade, where he advanced to the second round of the championship. The Omaha native finished the 2002 season ranked No. 99 in singles play after posting a 1-1 record at the national tournament. McDermott began his relationship with the NU men’s tennis program as a player. He competed for the Huskers from 1976 to 1980, and lettered all four years before playing No. 1 singles as a senior. A native of Grand Island, Neb., McDermott is married to the former Terrie Wade, also of Grand Island. In his spare time, McDermott competes in local and state tennis tournaments and is an avid runner who races competitively. In 2003, McDermott won the 1,500- and 3,000-meter runs for his age group at the Cornhusker State Games, and he picked up a bronze medal in the 5-mile road race. For his accomplishments, McDermott was named the Cornhusker State Games Male Athlete of the Year. McDermott also earned the National Congress of State Games Male Athlete of the Year award in 2003, recognizing him for his distance running achievements and participation in various activities over 20 years at the Cornhusker State Games. McDermott also served as the Director of the Cornhusker State Games in 2006.
Milestone Victories Victory Opponent No. 25 New Mexico State No. 50 Iowa No. 75 Wichita State No. 100 Minnesota No. 125 Gustavus Adolphus No. 150 Oklahoma State* No. 175 Weber State No. 200 Colorado No. 225 Creighton No. 250 No. 16 Rice No. 275 No. 23 Oklahoma No. 300 No. 75 Southern Miss No. 325 Denver *- Big Eight Champions
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Former Husker Fungai Tongoona joins Nebraska Coach Kerry McDermott's staff in 2012. Tongoona, who played for NU from 1999 through 2002, brings extensive experience as an instructor to the Husker staff. "I feel real fortunate to have the opportunity to add Fungai Tongoona to my coaching staff," Head Coach Kerry McDermott said. "He brings a wealth of familiarity to our program and understands the type of individual we are looking for both as a student and an athlete here at the University of Nebraska. He is a man of high integrity, has an unbelievable work ethic and very passionate about keeping Nebraska tennis among the elite in the Big Ten and in college tennis." Originally from Harare, Zimbabwe, Tongoona spent four seasons (19992002) with the Husker program playing for McDermott. A two-year captain for the Huskers, he compiled a 12-16 record in singles play while going 17-12 in doubles action as a senior in 2001-02. He was named the men's tennis lifter-of-the-year in 1999-2000 and was a second-team academic All-Big 12 performer in 2000. In addition, he also served on the Student-Athlete Advisory Board during his time at Nebraska and was honored by the Big 12 with a community outreach award in 2000. He graduated with a degree in marketing and a minor in French from Nebraska in 2003. Tongoona has been a certified tennis teaching professional since 2002, serving as head professional at Southlake (Texas) Tennis Center, as well as the Woods Tennis Center in Lincoln. Most recently, he served as the teaching professional at the DFW Hilton in Grapevine, Texas, and is also certified as a personal trainer and tennis trainer.
Men’s Tennis Support Staff
Brian Kmitta Strength Coach
RJ Pietig Athletic Trainer
Ellen Shutts Men’s Tennis Secretary
Claire Porter Media Relations Student Assistant
Caleb Hawley Academic Counselor
Christopher Aumueller
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Shawn Eichorst
Director of Athletics I First Year l Wisconsin-Whitewater (1990)
Shawn Eichorst was named the 14th athletic director in the history of the University of Nebraska by Chancellor Harvey Perlman on Oct. 4, 2012. Eichorst was formally introduced as the Special Assistant to the Chancellor on Oct. 9. Eichorst replaces legendary coach and athletic director Tom Osborne on Jan. 1, 2013. Osborne announced his retirement as Nebraska’s athletic director on Sept. 26, after spending five years in the role. Eichorst said he was honored to get the privilege to be a part of Nebraska Athletics. “(Nebraska is) one of the great universities in America and one of the strongest athletic departments in all of college sports who has the welfare of its student-athletes at the heart of everything they do. I am humbled by both the responsibility and opportunities that lie ahead. I hope to carry on the rich tradition of Husker excellence Administrative Experience set by Coach Osborne and so Nebraska, Director of Athletics, 2013-present many others.” Miami, Director of Athletics, 2011-12 Nebraska Chancellor Harvey Wisconsin, Deputy Athletic Director, 2009-11 Perlman said it was Eichorst’s Wisconsin, Executive Associate A.D., 2007-09 commitment to putting Wisconsin, Senior Associate A.D., 2006-07 student-athletes first that South Carolina, Interim Athletic Director, 2005-06 made Eichorst stand out. South Carolina, Senior Associate A.D., 2004-05 “When I asked him how, if he Wisconsin-Whitewater, Athletic Director, 1999-2003 were here five years from now, Education would I be able to measure his success, his response was that Bachelor’s Degree, Business, if the coaches and studentWisconsin-Whitewater (1990) athletes had been successful Juris Doctorate, Marquette (1995) and nobody knows his name, Assistant Adjunct Professor of Law, Marquette it would be a success.” Eichorst comes to Nebraska after spending 18 months as the athletic director at the University of Miami. He was named the 12th athletic director at Miami on April 12, 2011. Eichorst went to Miami after serving from 2009 to 2011 as the Deputy Athletic Director at the University of Wisconsin, where his responsibilities under Director of Athletics Barry Alvarez included serving as the department’s Chief Operating Officer and overseeing the day-to-day operations of the highly successful athletics program. During Eichorst’s time at the University of Wisconsin, the Badger athletic department consisted of 23 intercollegiate programs, 850 student-athletes, 320 full-time employees and operated from a $90 million budget. Eichorst was involved in the design and planning of a new $36 million ice hockey/swim facility that was completed in the fall of 2012, as well as with the student-athlete performance center in the north end zone of Camp Randall Stadium which began construction in the fall of 2011 at a cost of more than $70 million. He joined the Badgers’ staff in 2006 as a Senior Associate Athletic Director and was promoted to Executive Associate Athletic Director in 2007. In his first year as Director of Athletics at Miami, Eichorst helped grow the academic reputation of an already sterling program with NCAA Top 10 recognition in Academic Progress Rates (APR) for five programs - football, baseball, men’s diving, women’s cross country and women’s golf. During the 2011-12 academic year, 149 student-athletes made the Atlantic Coast Conference Honor Roll and 70 earned their degrees. Under his watchful eye, the Hurricane Club grew by more than 500 members, surpassing 5,000 members nationwide and $19 million in student-athlete support was generated in 2011-12. An additional $14.2 million in capital gifts was raised toward the Theodore G. Schwartz and Todd G. Schwartz Center for Athletic Excellence facility project, which is scheduled for completing in the fall of 2013. During his first year, both the men’s and women’s basketball programs advanced to the postseason. The women posted the highest national ranking in school history (No. 5 overall) and advanced to the NCAA second round, while the men set a program record for conference wins and advanced to the NIT second round. The women’s tennis team advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals (Elite Eight) for the fourth straight season. The baseball program extended its NCAA postseason appearances streak to 40 consecutive seasons. The women’s
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soccer team posted the first NCAA postseason win in program history, and the volleyball team advanced to the NCAA postseason for the third straight year and finished the season ranked 15th nationally. Other accomplishments included long-term contract extensions for head football coach Al Golden, head men’s basketball coach Jim Larranaga, and head women’s basketball coach Katie Meier. Eichorst also coordinated a strategic review of all operations and reorganized the senior management team. Miami enhanced branding at Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field, the BankUnited Center and inside the Hecht Athletic Center. New scoreboards were also added at the James L. Knight Sports Complex and Cobb Stadium. Eichorst previously worked at the University of South Carolina, serving as the Senior Associate Athletic Director for Administration from 2004 to 2006 and as the Interim Director of Athletics in June 2005. Working with the Gamecocks, he oversaw the department’s daily operations as well as the football (Lou Holtz and Steve Spurrier) and baseball (Ray Tanner) programs. The football team was bowl-eligible each year during Eichorst’s tenure, and the baseball program competed in the 2004 College World Series. Additionally, he facilitated and supervised multi-million dollar facility projects, including a state-of-the-art football training facility, partnership/sponsorship agreements and substantial department organizational and policy growth. A native of Lone Rock, Wis., Eichorst was an all-conference defensive back, three-time letterwinner and 1990 team captain for the UW-Whitewater football team. He graduated magna cum laude in business from UWWhitewater in 1990 and earned a law degree from Marquette University in 1995. In 2006, he was awarded the Sports Law Alumnus of the Year by Marquette. He also is a graduate of the Sports Management Institute and serves on its Executive Committee. Eichorst practiced law in Milwaukee until 1999, when he was hired by UW-Whitewater as Director of Athletics, which he led until 2003. Under his tenure, UW-Whitewater developed into one of the nation’s top Division III athletic programs, with four top 10 percent National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Directors Cup finishes; one NCAA team championship; four NCAA team national runner-up finishes and seven individual NCAA champions. The program also featured an NCAA StudentAthlete of the Year for Wisconsin, 84 All-Americans, 38 Academic All-America selections and nine NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship winners. He is a past member of the NCAA Division I Student-Athlete Reinstatement Committee and State Bar of Wisconsin Board of Governors. He also previously served as an assistant adjunct professor of law at Marquette University Law School, where he taught classes in sports law. He currently serves on the Marquette University National Sports Law Institute Board of Advisors. Eichorst and his wife Kristin have three sons: Jack, Joseph and Bennett.
Shawn and Kristin Eichorst, with their sons (from left), Bennett, Joseph and Jack.
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Marc Boehm Executive Associate Athletic Director I 10th Year A member of the Nebraska Athletics senior administration since May 2003, Marc Boehm (pronounced BAME) serves as executive associate athletic director and is the top assistant to the athletic director. Boehm fulfills the director’s responsibilities in his absence and also serves as the department’s chief operating officer. Boehm oversees the efforts of several areas within athletics, including marketing, media relations, HuskerVision, facilities and events. Boehm also oversees the Nebraska men’s and women’s basketball programs and the Husker soccer program. He also played a major role in the athletic department’s negotiations for its contract extension with IMG College Sports. To date, it is the largest multi-media rights contract in college athletics. As the primary administrator for the NU basketball programs, Boehm played an integral role in the hiring of Tim Miles as the Huskers’ new coach in March of 2012. Boehm has worked to create a fan-friendly atmosphere at the Bob Devaney Sports Center, which has helped Nebraska to record-setting attendance for women’s basketball at the Devaney Center. Under Boehm’s supervision, Coach Connie Yori’s women’s basketball team enjoyed the best season in school history in 2009-10. The Huskers made their seventh straight postseason trip, advancing to the school’s first NCAA Sweet 16. Yori captured 2010 National Coach-of-the-Year honors by leading the Huskers to a Big 12 record-tying 30-game winning streak and the 2010 Big 12 regularseason title. NU ranked in the top 10 in the final national polls and seventh nationally in home attendance with 7,390 fans per game. In conference play, NU led the league with 11,383 fans per game. The Husker women added their fourth NCAA Tournament trip in the past six seasons in 2012, after running to a runner-up finish at their inaugural Big Ten Tournament. The men have added four postseason trips during Boehm’s tenure, including a trip to the 2011 Postseason NIT. Boehm has also played an integral role in the planning of Nebraska’s new Pinnacle Bank Arena for men’s and women’s basketball, which is scheduled to open for the 2013-14 season. He also worked to help develop Nebraska’s new practice facility - the Hendricks Training Complex - which opened at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in October of 2011. Boehm has also played a part in helping the Nebraska athletic department make a functional transition to the Big Ten Conference in 2011-12. Boehm was instrumental in conceptualizing and developing the Husker Nation Pavilion, which quickly became the premier pregame event around home football games. Boehm also took the lead role in obtaining First National Bank and Ameritas as premier sponsors for the Nebraska Athletic Department for a combined deal worth more than $7 million over a three-year period. First National Bank and Ameritas joined Verizon, Pepsi and adidas as premier corporate sponsors for Husker athletics. Boehm held the same position at Pittsburgh from 1997 to 2003. Boehm assisted in the rise of the Panthers’ basketball program with the men’s team posting back-to-back Sweet 16 appearances in the NCAA Tournament. During construction of the Panthers’ new athletic facilities, Boehm played a central role in Pitt’s athletic teams moving to the UPMC Sports Performance Complex, Heinz Field and the Petersen Events Center. Boehm served as interim athletic director at Pittsburgh for nearly five months before coming to Nebraska. During that time, he hired new men’s (Jamie Dixon) and women’s basketball (Agnus Berenato) and soccer (Sue-Moy Chin) head coaches for the Panther program. Boehm also spent five years as associate executive director of the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. He directed and managed a 125-member fund-raising committee of Arizona business people responsible for generating more than $4.5 million in cash and in-kind partnerships. Previously he spent four years as associate executive director and public relations director of the Sun Bowl from 1987 to 1991. Born in Grand Island, Boehm earned his bachelor’s degree in communications from Kansas State in 1984 and added a master’s degree in sports management from St. Thomas (Fla.) University in 1985. Boehm and his wife, the former Janelle Broderick of Minot, N.D., have three boys, Broderick, Christian and Lukas John.
Bob Burton Senior Associate Athletic Director I 15th Year Associate Athletic Director Bob Burton joined the Nebraska athletic department in 1998. He spent 10 years as associate athletic director for compliance/sports administration from 1998 to 2007. Burton is responsible for the direct administrative supervision to the sports of golf, tennis, men’s gymnastics, track and field, cross country, bowling, wrestling and swimming and diving. He also oversees the operation of Haymarket Park. Working with the Lincoln Saltdogs, he helps set the budget for field and stadium operation costs and create strategic plans for the facility. Burton is a member of the athletic department’s executive team, which helps set policy, develops short- and long-term goals and objectives, and creates strategic plans for the department. Burton also reviews and monitors compliance with all contracts for the athletic department. Burton filled a similar position at Oklahoma State as the assistant athletic director for sports administration and compliance from 1993 to 1997. He oversaw OSU’s Olympic sports programs as well as the training and strength and conditioning, wrestling, men’s and women’s track and field and men’s and women’s tennis programs. Burton came to Nebraska from Texas Tech, where he served as an associate athletic director for compliance for one year. While at Texas Tech, Burton helped complete the NCAA investigation into the Red Raider athletic department and analyzed the entire compliance system at the institution. He also helped identify and implement financial aid and eligibility systems, including changes in personnel and restructuring of the compliance department. Burton, who was a member of the NCAA Division I women’s soccer committee for three years and was a member of the NCAA Division I bowling committee, served as a legislative administrator for the NCAA from 1989 to 1993. At the NCAA, he was involved in the development of legislation, interpretation of regulations and reviewed legal issues related to the application of the association’s regulations. He served as an NCAA liaison to committees and conducted comprehensive education to several intercollegiate athletic conferences. He has served on the National Association of Athletic Compliance Coordinators Executive Committee and the subcommittee of Big 12 Directors of Compliance. He received his bachelor’s degree in finance from Nebraska in 1985 and his juris doctorate from the Nebraska College of Law in 1989. A native of Falls City, Neb., Burton and his wife, Krista, have a daughter, Elly, and sons Robert Falk, McClain John and Abram Lawslo.
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ERIC SOCK
ANDRE STENGER Senior I Poecking, Germany I 6-4 I 210 I Three Letters
Senior I Lincoln, Neb. I 6-3 I 210 I Three Letters Outlook (2012-13): Eric Sock has continued to improve over the past three years, and will be co-captain for the Huskers as a senior in 2012-13. Sock is a hard worker and ranked No. 21 in the nation in doubles along with Andre Stenger. “Eric is learning that he needs to take control on the court and dictate points quickly,” Nebraska Coach Kerry McDermott said. “I am looking forward to him playing somewhere in the middle of the lineup, while helping our younger guys mature this year.” Junior (2011-12): Sock finished his junior season with an 8-14 singles record, including a 4-6 record in the fall and a 4-8 mark in the spring. Sock competed in one match at the No. 4 spot, where he earned a victory. He played most of his matches in the No. 5 and No. 6 spots, where he finished with a combined 3-8 record. In doubles play, Sock finished with a 14-16 record. He teamed with Stefan Gollner for a 6-11 record playing a majority of their matches at the No. 3 spot. Sophomore (2010-11): Sock finished with a 3-3 singles record as a sophomore. He went 0-1 in Big 12 play. Sock played the majority of his matches at the tail end of the Husker lineup. In doubles play, he went 1-0 when he teamed with Sebastian Florczyk at the No. 3 spot. In the fall, Sock posted a 4-4 record. Freshman (2009-10): Sock had a record of 3-3 in the fall and followed with a spring singles record of 3-6 for an overall record of 6-9. He went 1-1 in the No. 5 spot and 2-5 at the No. 6 spot. Sock produced a 1-4 doubles record. Before Nebraska: A four-year letterwinner and all-state performer at Blue Valley North High School, Sock helped his team to the 2009 Kansas Class 6A (largest) state championship as a senior and was the state runner-up in singles. As a junior, Sock won the doubles state championship with partner Hank Lee. Sock was named to the Principal’s Honor Roll all four years at Blue Valley North. Sock was coached by Mike Wolf. Personal: Eric was born on Sept. 22, 1990, in Lincoln, Neb., and is the son of Larry and Pamela Sock. He has a younger brother, Jack. Eric is majoring in business administration and earned academic All-Big Ten honors in 2012.
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Outlook (2012-13): Andre Stenger brings a big game to the court as one of the top doubles players on the team. Stenger was instrumental in helping Nebraska to NCAA Tournament appearances in 2010 and 2011. He has ranked as high as No. 21 nationally in doubles with Eric Sock in the fall of 2012. “I think Andre is going to show more maturity on the court this year,” Coach Kerry McDermott said. “He is developing the ability to be mentally strong in all situations.” Junior (2011-12): Stenger was a staple in the Husker lineup as a junior, compiling a 12-22 singles record while playing primarily out of the No. 3 and No. 4 spots. He posted a stellar 21-10 doubles record, playing a majority of his matches at the No. 2 spot with Robert Schulze. The duo opened the spring season with six straight doubles victories and ranked No. 44 nationally. In the fall campaign, Stenger recorded a 4-5 singles record and a 6-2 doubles mark. Sophomore (2010-11): Stenger finished his sophomore season with an 11-12 singles record. He played the majority of his matches at the tail end of the Husker lineup. At the No. 4 spot, Stenger posted a 6-6 record, and a 4-4 mark at the No. 5 spot. In doubles play, Stenger went 11-13 while playing at all three spots in the Nebraska lineup. In Big 12 play, Stenger teamed with Christopher Aumueller to go 4-2 as NU’s No. 1 doubles team. They were a unanimous All-Big 12 Doubles Team. The duo finished the season ranked 73rd nationally. Freshman (2009-10): Stenger produced a 12-12 singles record playing the majority of his matches at the No. 6 spot in the Husker lineup, where he finished 6-7. He also saw time at the No. 4 and 5 spots. Stenger went 4-3 in Big 12 play. In doubles play, Stenger produced an 8-16 record. Before Nebraska: Stenger attended Tutzing High School in Poecking, Germany, and also competed for TC Ganting tennis club, where he became one of the top amateur players in Germany. Personal: Andre was born on Dec. 5, 1989, in Munich, Germany, and is the son of Haus-Juergen and Silvia Stenger. He has a younger brother, Julian. Andre is majoring in business administration at Nebraska.
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BRANDON VIDETICH
Senior I 6-4 I 165 I Lincoln, Neb. I Two Letters
Outlook (2012-13): Brandon Videtich returns for his fifth year on the Nebraska tennis team in 2012-13. The senior from Lincoln will serve as co-captain for Coach Kerry McDermott’s squad, and Videtich brings a wealth of experience to the program both on and off the court. Videtich has battled to overcome injuries the past several seasons, but is starting to achieve the potential he showed early in his career. “Brandon is a versatile athlete who has made huge progress this fall,” McDermott said. “He finished the fall with some great flashes of brilliance and should be a strong contender to play in the No. 5 or No. 6 spots.” Medical Redshirt (2011-12): Videtich did not play during the 2011-12 campaign because of a knee injury. He sat out the season as a medical redshirt. Sophomore (2010-11): Videtich posted a 1-0 record in singles action in 201011, rolling to a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Creighton’s Ryan Norman on Feb. 19. Videtich was also 1-0 in doubles play when he teamed with Taylor Boney at the No. 3 spot to defeat UMKC’s Serge Ristivojevic and David Heckler. In the classroom, Videtich earned a spot on the Big 12 Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll. Freshman (2009-10): Videtich didn’t compete in any matches for the Huskers in 2009-10. He did produce a solid performance in the classroom, claiming spots on the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll in the fall and spring semesters. Redshirt (2008-09): After going 1-2 in the fall, Videtich chose to redshirt and did not participate in any matches during the spring. Before Nebraska: Videtich was a 2008 graduate of Lincoln East High School, where he played out of the No. 1 singles spot his sophomore, junior and senior seasons. As a senior, Videtich took third at the Nebraska Class A State Tournament. Personal: Brandon was born Sept. 7, 1989, in Lincoln, Neb., and is the son of Wayne and Nancy Videtich. Brandon has one sister, Megan. Brandon is a business administration major at Nebraska, and was a three-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
SEBASTIAN FLORCZYK
Sophomore I Friedrichsdorf, Germany I 5-10 I 165 I One Letter
Outlook (2012-13): Sebastian Florczyk returns for his third year as a Husker after missing the 2011-12 season with a shoulder injury. Florczyk redshirted last season and will be a sophomore in 2012-13. The native of Friedrichsdorf, Germany brings a wealth of collegiate and international experience to the court, and is expected to be a major factor in Nebraska’s lineup. Florczyk played a major role in helping the Huskers earn a spot in the 2011 NCAA Championships. “Sebastian had some great wins for us as a freshman, and we definitely missed him on the court last season,” Nebraska Coach Kerry McDermott said. “He leads by example both on and off the court, and he knows how to win.” Redshirt (2011-12): Florczyk missed the 2011-12 campaign because of a shoulder injury. Freshman (2010-11): Florczyk finished his freshman campaign with a 16-9 singles record, which included 13 wins in his first 14 matches. He played the majority of his matches at the back end of the Husker lineup. At the No. 4 spot, he had a record of 2-1, and at the No. 6 spot he went 11-3. In doubles play, Florczyk produced an 8-13 record. He played the majority of his matches at the No. 2 spot, where he went 3-9. He helped the Huskers earn a spot in the 2011 NCAA Team Championships. Before Nebraska: Florczyk was ranked No. 30 on Germany’s U-18 squad. He was also nationally ranked at No. 220. Personal: Sebastian was born on April 29, 1991, in Frankfurt, Germany. He is the son of Norbert and Beate Florczyk. Sebastian is majoring in business administration. He has one sister, Bettina.
TOM BLACKWELL
Junior I Jacksonville, Fla. I 5-10 I 165 I Two Letters
Outlook (2012-13): Tom Blackwell played primarily out of the No. 4 through No. 6 spots in his first two years for the Huskers. The junior from Jacksonville, Fla., continues to be a solid baseliner and has shown improvement in doubles play. “Tom continues to learn to dictate play, and he has become more aggressive finishing points,” Coach Kerry McDermott said. “He is a great competitor who hates to lose. He will do what it takes to get this team pumped up for matches.” Sophomore (2011-12): Blackwell produced a solid sophomore season, competing in 27 singles matches and finishing with an 11-16 record. He played most of his matches at the No. 6 spot in the NU lineup. Blackwell closed the spring campaign with an 8-9 record. He teamed with four different Huskers on the doubles court, where he produced a 3-9 record. Freshman (2010-11): Blackwell was a contributor for the Huskers as a true freshman, notching a 6-13 singles record on the year, while playing the majority of his matches out of the bottom half of the Nebraska lineup. He did see some action at the No. 2 and No. 3 spots. In the classroom, Blackwell earned a spot on the Big 12 Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll. Before Nebraska: Blackwell was a Florida Class 2 state champion with a 20-1 record as a sophomore. He was also a Southern Open and Florida Open champion. Blackwell was named to the first-team All-Jacksonville squad his sophomore year. Personal: Tom is the son of Stuart and Liz Blackwell. He was born Oct. 30, 1991, in Orlando, Fla. Tom has two brothers, Scott and Brett. Tom is a communications major at Nebraska.
DUSTY BOYER
Freshman I Ham Lake, Minn. I 5-10 I 165
Outlook (2012-13): Dusty Boyer competed well for the Huskers during the fall. “Dusty is a solid ball-striker off both sides and brings his ‘A’ game everytime he takes the court,” Nebraska Coach Kerry McDermott said. “He will be one of our top freshmen after winning four state titles in high school.” Before Nebraska: Boyer finished his senior year at Forest Lake High School with an impressive 30-0 record and his fourth state title. He closed his prep career with 129-1 singles record. He was the first player in Minnesota history to claim four state singles championships. Personal: Dusty is the son of David and Gina Boyer. He was born July 2, 1993 in Grand Forks, N.D. Dusty has a younger brother, Toby. Dusty has not declared a major.
COURT CLARK
Freshman I Lincoln, Neb. I 6-2 I 174
Outlook (2012-13): A Lincoln native, Court Clark brings a local flavor to the Huskers. The Lincoln East grad could redshirt in his first season at NU. “Court is just beginning to reach his potential,” Coach Kerry McDermott said. ”I have watched him over the last few years, and he is improving every year. He has made great strides the last year. Once he grows into his body, his game will take off to the next level. He has very sound mechanics and works very hard.” Before Nebraska: Clark earned first-team all-state honors at Lincoln East High School. He was the state singles champion at No. 2 in 2008 and was the state runner-up at No. 1 singles in 2012. He was also an academic all-conference pick. Personal: Court is the son of Brian and Lori Clark. He was born Aug. 29, 1994, in Flagstaff, Ariz. Court has a younger sister, Kaley. Court has not declared a major. FOUR CONSECUTIVE FINAL TOP 75 NATIONAL RANKINGS
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ANDREW DZULYNSKY
Freshman I Miramar, Fla. I 6-2 I 170
Outlook (2012-13): Andrew Dzulynsky joined the Nebraska tennis team in January of 2013 and could make an immediate impact on the Husker lineup. A talented junior player in Florida, Dzulynsky picked up points on the ATP circuit, providing him with some impressive experience. “I am very excited to have Andrew join our team and our lineup,” Nebraska Coach Kerry McDermott said. “I think he will eventually be a top of the lineup player for us because he has a lot of potential. I look forward to watching him grow in our program the next few years.” Before Nebraska: Dzulynsky was ranked among the top 10 in the 16’s and 18’s in the state of Florida as a junior player. He was rated among the top 1,400 players in both the ATP singles and doubles rankings. Personal: Andrew is the son of Mark and Irene Dzulynsky. He was born on March 30, 1993, and he has a twin sister, Sophia, and a younger brother, Mark. Andrew is majoring in criminology and criminal justice at Nebraska.
SCOTT ELSASS Freshman I Eden Prairie, Minn. I 5-11 I 160 Outlook (2012-13): Scott Elsass joined the Nebraska tennis program in the fall of 2012 and has made steady progress early in his career. The outstanding work ethic of the Eden Prairie, Minn., native has earned the respect of Coach Kerry McDermott. “Scott has shown a tremendous will to win and drive to succeed,” McDermott said. “He is improving each day and he is going to be one of our guys battling each day for a No. 6 spot in the lineup as a freshman.” Before Nebraska: Elsass played his prep tennis at Eden Prairie High School where he was a four-time Minnesota state qualifier. He helped Eden Prairie to a state championship in 2010. Elsass claimed state runner-up honors as a senior, after finishing third as a sophomore. He was also a four-time All-Lake Conference selection. Personal: Scott is the son of Doug and Sarah Elsass. He was born June 18, 1993, in Minneapolis, Minn., and he has a younger brother, Matt. Scott is majoring in mechanical engineering at Nebraska. Scott’s father, Doug, was a three-year tennis letterwinner under Coach Kerry McDermott at Nebraska from 1981 to 1985.
MARC HERRMANN
Freshman I St. Ingbert, Germany I 5-8 I 159
Outlook (2012-13): Marc Hermann joined the Nebraska tennis program in the fall of 2012 as one of the Huskers’ top signees. The talented freshman from Germany could make an immediate impact near the top of the Husker lineup in his first season in Lincoln. “Marc is going to play high in our lineup because he is one of the best athletes on our team,” Nebraska Coach Kerry McDermott said. “Marc is one of those guys who knows how to win, even when he isn’t playing well.” Before Nebraska: Herrmann attended Gymnasium at Rotenbuehl and played club tennis for TC Rotenbuehl Saarbruecken. He was ranked as high as No. 117 in Germany. Personal: Marc is the son of Joerg and Sonja Herrmann, and was born July 9, 1993, in Dudweiler, Germany. Marc has one younger brother, Eric. Marc is majoring in business administration at Nebraska 2010 & 2011 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES
GAGAN JAIN
Freshman I Littleton, Colo. I 5-10 I 146
Outlook (2012-13): Gagan Jain joined the Nebraska tennis team as a walk-on from Colorado in the fall of 2012. Jain battled injury in the fall season and could redshirt for the Huskers as a freshman. Nebraska Coach Kerry McDermott said Jain had a tremendous work ethic and drive to improve. “I like that Gagan just goes out and plays hard every day,” McDermott said. “He is probably one of our least experienced players, but with more match play day in and day out, he will improve.” Before Nebraska: Jain competed for ThunderRidge High School in Colorado, playing out of the No. 1 spot all four years. His was a top-eight finisher at the Colorado state championships as a sophomore. He earned academic all-state honors in both his junior and senior seasons. Personal: Gagan was born May 14, 1994, in Tumkur, India. He is the son of Anil Kumar and Prathibha Anil. Gagan is majoring in biological sciences at Nebraska.
CHRIS SCHINDLER
Freshman I Hanau, Germany I 6-1 I 163
Outlook (2012-13): Chris Schindler joined the Nebraska tennis team for the spring semester of 2013. The freshman from Hanau, Germany, was one of the top junior players in Germany the past several years and could battle for immediate time in the bottom half of the Husker lineup. “I like the fact that Chris is a good athlete,” Nebraska Coach Kerry McDermott said. “He wants to prove himself to the team and coaches. I see him battling for the No. 6 spot in our lineup.” Before Nebraska: Schindler joined the Husker team in January of 2013. The native of Hanau, Germany, reached the Hessen Region finals twice as a junior player. In 2012, his team won the Hessen Junior Team Championships. He trained in Spain for four years, graduating from Escola Ipse before coming to Nebraska. Personal: Chris is the son of Matthias and Eva Schindler and was born May 12, 1994, in Hanau, Germany. He has one older brother, Markus. Chris is majoring in international business at Nebraska.
BRADFORD ZITSCH
Freshman I Columbia, Mo. I 6-2 I 185
Outlook (2012-13): Bradford Zitsch is a talented freshman who has caught the attention of Nebraska’s coaching staff with his abilities on the doubles court. Zitsch is a solid athlete who is expected to mature as a singles player while battling for playing time at the No. 5 or No. 6 spots. “Bradford is going to see lots of action in our doubles lineup,” Nebraska Coach Kerry McDermott said. “He has all the shots and then some. Once he learns to control his shot selection and patience he will make a big jump.” Before Nebraska: Zitsch attended Rock Bridge High School where he won the Missouri state singles title his senior year. He led Rock Bridge to three consecutive state team championships. Zitsch also won a national title in doubles at the Saint Louis National Tournament. He came to Nebraska as a top-100 recruit. Personal: Bradford is the son of Bob and Molly Zitsch. He was born Aug. 4, 1993, in Columbia, Mo. He has two older sisters Georgie and Whitley. Bradford is majoring in biology at Nebraska.
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Big Ten Opponents Illinois Fighting Illini Location........................Urbana-Champaign, Ill. Colors.....................................Orange and Blue Enrollment............................................. 41,298 Head Coach...................................Brad Dancer 2012 Record.............................................. 19-8 Conference Record...........................8-3 (T-3rd) Final National Ranking............................No. 15 Website..................................fightingillini.com
Indiana Hoosiers Location................................Bloomington, Ind. Colors................................Cream and Crimson Enrollment............................................. 40,354 Head Coach...................... Randy Bloemendaal 2012 Record............................................ 24-10 Conference Record...........................7-4 (T-4th) Final National Ranking............................No. 22 Website.................................... iuhoosiers.com
Iowa Hawkeyes Location.................................... Iowa City, Iowa Colors........................................Black and Gold Enrollment............................................. 30,328 Head Coach.............................Steve Houghton 2012 Record.............................................. 1-22 Conference Record..........................0-11 (12th) Final National Ranking..................................NR Website.............................hawkeyesports.com
Michigan Wolverines Location................................. Ann Arbor, Mich. Colors.......................................Maize and Blue Enrollment............................................. 38,980 Head Coach.................................Bruce Berque 2012 Record.............................................. 18-8 Conference Record.............................9-2 (2nd) Final National Ranking............................No. 21 Website...................................... mgoblue.com
Michigan State Spartans Location..............................East Lansing, Mich. Colors.................................... Green and White Enrollment............................................. 47,100 Head Coach................................Gene Orlando 2012 Record............................................ 18-11 Conference Record..............................6-5 (7th) Final National Ranking............................No. 53 Website................................ msuspartans.com
Minnesota Golden Gophers Location............................. Minneapolis, Minn. Colors................................... Maroon and Gold Enrollment............................................. 50,883 Head Coach...................................Geoff Young 2012 Record.............................................. 13-8 Conference Record...........................8-3 (T-3rd) Final National Ranking............................No. 36 Website............................... gophersports.com
Northwestern Wildcats Location........................................ Evanston, Ill. Colors................................... Maroon and Gold Enrollment................................................8,367 Head Coach.....................................Arvid Swan 2012 Record............................................ 15-11 Conference Record...........................7-4 (T-4th) Final National Ranking............................No. 42 Website...................................... nusports.com
Ohio State Buckeyes Location...................................Columbus, Ohio Colors..................................... Scarlet and Gray Enrollment............................................. 63,217 Head Coach........................................Ty Tucker 2012 Record.............................................. 34-4 Conference Record............................ 11-0 (1st) Final National Ranking..............................No. 4 Website.......................ohiostatebuckeyes.com
Penn State Nittany Lions Location..............................University Park, Pa. Colors.......................................Blue and White Enrollment............................................. 44,112 Head Coach......................................... Jeff Zinn 2012 Record............................................ 11-14 Conference Record..........................1-10 (11th) Final National Ranking..................................NR Website.................................gopsusports.com
Purdue Boilermakers Location.............................West Lafayette, Ind. Colors................................. Old Gold and Black Enrollment............................................. 39,726 Head Coach................................ Pawel Gajdzik 2012 Record............................................ 10-16 Conference Record............................2-9 (10th) Final National Ranking..................................NR Website...............................purduesports.com
Non-Conference Opponents
Wisconsin Badgers Location......................................Madison, Wis. Colors.................................Cardinal and White Enrollment............................................. 42,041 Head Coach.........................Greg Van Emburgh 2012 Record............................................ 12-12 Conference Record..............................4-7 (8th) Final National Ranking..................................NR Website...................................uwbadgers.com
Creighton Bluejays
Denver Pioneers
Drake Bulldogs
East Tennessee State Buccaneers
Georgia State Panthers
Illinois State Redbirds
Oklahoma State Cowboys
VCU Rams
Wichita State
Location Omaha, Neb. Colors Blue and White Enrollment 7,385 Conference Missouri Valley Head Coach Tom Lilly 2011 Record 9-10 Conference Record (Finish) 0-5 (6th) Final National Ranking NR
Location Johnson City, Tenn. Colors Navy Blue and Old Gold Enrollment 15,500 Conference Atlantic Sun Head Coach Yaser Zaatini 2012 Record 14-9 Conference Record (Finish) 9-0 (1st) Final National Ranking No.72 Location Stillwater, Okla. Colors Orange and Black Enrollment 35,073 Conference Big 12 Head Coach Jay Udwadia 2012 Record 7-14 Conference Record (Finish) 0-5 (5th) Final National Ranking NR
Location Denver, Colo. Colors Crimson and Gold Enrollment 11,842 Conference Sun Belt Head Coach Danny Westerman 2012 Record 12-9 Conference Record (Finish) 0-0 (N/A) Final National Ranking No. 57 Location Atlanta, Ga. Colors Royal Blue and White Enrollment 32,000 Conference CAA Head Coach Joerg Barthel 2012 Record 20-5 Conference Record (Finish) 2-0 (?) Final National Ranking No. 60 Location Richmond, Va. Colors Black and Gold Enrollment 31,899 Conference Atlantic 10 Head Coach Paul Kostin 2012 Record 23-5 Conference Record (Finish) 4-0 (1st) Final National Ranking No. 31
Big Ten Conference History
Formed more than 115 years ago, the Big Ten Conference is an association of world-class academic institutions with shared values and goals. Since its inception in 1896, the pursuit and attainment of academic excellence has been the priority for every member institution. However, maintaining the conference’s status as one of the preeminent athletic conference’s in the country also endures as an important component of the Big Ten student-athlete experience. Recognized as one of intercollegiate sports’ most successful undertakings, the Big Ten strives for success from its studentathletes not only on the field and in the classroom, but around the world as well.
Big Ten Administration Commissioner..........................................................James E. Delany Deputy Commissioner.................................................Brad Traviolia Chief Communications Officer.......................................Diane Dietz Senior Associate Commissioner-Television Administration... .Mark D. Rudner Associate Commissioner-Men’s Basketball.......... Rick Boyages Associate Commissioner-Championships................. Wendy Fallen Associate Commissioner-Compliance........................ Chad Hawley Associate Commissioner - Technology............... Mike McComiskey Associate Commissioner-Governance................... Jennifer Heppel Associate Commissioner-Football & Basketball Operations...Andrea Williams Assistant Commissioner - Communications............ Scott Chipman
Big Ten Communications Staff Chief Communications Officer.......................................Diane Dietz Assistant Commissioner - Communications............ Scott Chipman Assistant Director of Communications......................... Dan Mihalik Robert Hammel Communications Intern............ Stephen Villatoro Robert Hammel Communications Intern........... Sarah Andreychik
Contact the Big Ten Office
1500 West Higgins Road Park Ridge, IL, 60068-6300 Phone: (847) 696-1010 - Fax: (847) 696-1150 - www.bigten.org
Location Des Moines, Iowa Colors Blue and White Enrollment 5,668 Conference Missouri Valley Head Coach Evan Austin 2012 Record 24-3 Conference Record (Finish) 5-0 (1st) Final National Ranking No. 47 Location Normal, Ill. Colors Red and Black Enrollment 20,762 Conference Missouri Valley Head Coach Cris James 2012 Record 8-13 Conference Record (Finish) 2-3 (T-3rd) Final National Ranking NR Location Wichita, Kan. Colors Black and Gold Enrollment 15,100 Conference Missouri Valley Head Coach Brad Louderback 2012 Record 16-6 Conference Record (Finish) 4-1 (2nd) Final National Ranking NR
Nebraska head coach Kerry McDermott and the Huskers will face 14 ranked teams in 2013.
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Huskers Earn Fourth Straight Final National Ranking in First Big Ten Season Nebraska faced a difficult schedule and an unfamiliar road in the 2011-12 men’s tennis campaign. Nebraska opened the season in the top 40 in the country and never dropped out of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Top 75. The Huskers faced 18 ranked opponents, which included eight teams from the Big Ten Conference that were ranked in the ITA’s Top 75. Nebraska suffered some key injuries that forced changes in the lineup. Despite being somewhat shorthanded, the Huskers finished 11-15 overall while playing 18 of their 26 matches against ranked opponents. The Huskers also suffered six 4-3 losses on the season. In singles play, Christopher Aumueller finished the year ranked No. 76 in the ITA rankings while Benedikt Lindheim closed at No. 121. Aumueller and Lindheim both received Big Ten honors with Aumueller earning first-team All-Big Ten and Lindheim claiming secondteam All-Big Ten accolades. NU had two ranked doubles teams, which included the No. 26 team of Aumueller and Lindheim and the No. 56 team of Andre Stenger and Eric Sock. The doubles team of Aumueller and Lindheim represented Nebraska at the 2012 NCAA Men’s Tennis Doubles Championship. The Huskers opened the season ranked No. 39 in the nation and traveled to Athens, Ga., to compete in the ITA Kick-Off weekend. NU suffered a narrow 4-3 loss to No. 38 Virginia Tech, before defeating No. 51 TCU, 4-0. The Huskers traveled to Norman, Okla., to take on a familiar foe in Oklahoma. The Sooners sent the Huskers back to Lincoln with a loss, 6-1. The Huskers returned to Lincoln for the first of five straight home matches. Despite a 1-2 record, Nebraska moved up to No. 38 in the ITA rankings, its highest ranking of the year, before opening up its home schedule against Denver. The Huskers defeated the Pioneers in a close contest, 4-3. Nebraska then rolled to a 6-1 win over in-state rival Creighton. Nebraska defeated No. 74 East Tennessee State, 4-3, to improve to 4-2 on the season. The Huskers suffered a 4-3 setback to No. 73 Drake, before rebounding with a 6-1 win over No. 66 Idaho to move to 5-3 on the season. After finishing the home stand with a 4-1 record, the No. 46 Huskers traveled to Williamsburg, Va., to face William & Mary. Nebraska defeated William & Mary, 4-3, and improved its record to 6-3 on the season. The Huskers stayed in Virginia over the weekend to take on No. 38 VCU, where NU suffered a 4-1 loss to the Rams.
Benedikt Lindheim capped his senior season with a 25-11 singles record and an appearance in the NCAA Doubles Championship with teammate Christopher Aumueller.
Senior Christopher Aumueller earned first-team All-Big Ten honors with an 18-14 record in his final season as a Husker. Aumueller teamed with Benedikt Lindheim at the 2012 NCAA Doubles Championships.
After the trip to Virginia, the Huskers returned to Lincoln to play their inaugural Big Ten match. The Huskers were set to face strong competition in their first match against No. 18 Illinois. The Illini had two players ranked in the top 25 according to the ITA singles rankings and also featured the No. 41 doubles team of Dennis Nevolo and Roy Kalmanovich. The No. 54 Huskers countered with top 75 rankings for Aumueller and Lindheim. Lindheim battled No. 21 Kalmanovich to three sets before falling in the day’s best match. Stenger notched the only victory in singles play and the No. 11 doubles team of Aumueller and Lindheim scored the only victory in doubles play, as the Huskers fell to the Fighting Illini, 6-1. Nebraska headed to California to compete in three matches to wrap up its non-conference schedule with matches against two ranked teams, including No. 8 Pepperdine. The Huskers faced Ventura College and defeated the Pirates, 9-0. In the second match of the road trip the No. 55 Huskers dropped a 5-1 decision to No. 53 Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. Lindheim provided the lone win for the Huskers against Cal Poly. The Huskers ended the road trip with a 7-0 setback against No. 8 Pepperdine, to slip NU to 7-7 on the year. Nebraska returned to Lincoln to meet No. 53 Northwestern in the Huskers’ second Big Ten match. The Huskers came into the match ranked No. 59 and fought hard splitting the singles matches, 3-3. The Wildcats then took two of three doubles matches to defeat the Huskers, 4-3. The Huskers traveled to Columbus, Ohio to take on No. 2 Ohio State. In singles play, No. 79 Aumueller came away with an upset victory over Ohio State’s No. 5 Blaz Rola to capture the only singles win for NU. In the same weekend, the Huskers moved on to face Penn State. The Huskers and Nittany Lions split the singles matches, 3-3. The Huskers rallied to sweep the Nittany Lions in all the doubles matches to take the doubles point and record their first-ever Big Ten win. The No. 68 Huskers headed to Iowa City to take on Iowa and defeated the Hawkeyes, 6-1 to return to Lincoln with a 9-9 overall record on the season. In Lincoln, the Huskers squared off with No. 72 Purdue. In a close match, the Huskers and Boilermakers split the singles matches, 3-3. NU took two of the three doubles matches to earn the doubles point and defeated Purdue, 4-3. The win was Nebraska’s third straight Big Ten victory and moved the Huskers’ record to 10-9 overall and 3-3 in the conference.
2010 & 2011 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES
The Huskers played No. 33 Indiana in a tightly contested match. Both sides held serve by splitting the singles matches. The Hoosiers finished strong and took two of the three doubles matches handing the Huskers a 4-3 loss. Nebraska then traveled to No. 22 Michigan. The two teams split six singles matches, but Nebraska’s No. 31 doubles team of Aumueller and Lindheim scored the lone doubles victory over U-M’s No. 13 doubles team of Evan King and Shaun Bernstein. The Wolverines defeated the Huskers, 4-3. Nebraska traveled to East Lansing, Mich., to take on Michigan State. The Huskers swept the doubles matches but fell to the Spartans, 5-2, after the No. 69 Spartans won five of the six singles matches. NU’s Robert Schulze notched the only Husker victory in singles play. NU moved on to face No. 35 Minnesota in Minneapolis. It was NU’s fifth straight match against a Big Ten foe, and the Golden Gophers prevailed, 7-0. Nebraska returned home to play the Wisconsin Badgers in the final match of the regular season. The Badgers seized four of the six victories in the singles matches. Aumueller and Schulze produced the only two singles victories. Nebraska battled hard and swept the doubles matches but the Badgers escaped with a 4-3 win. Nebraska traveled to Evanston, Ill., for the Big Ten Tournament. The No. 9 seeded Huskers squared off against the No. 8 seeded Badgers for the second time in four days. The Huskers got the best of the Badgers in a 4-0 victory. The second round brought on No. 1 seed Ohio State, and the Buckeyes ended NU’s tourney run with a 4-0 sweep. The Huskers finished the regular season ranked No. 74 as a team, and sent Aumueller and Lindheim to the NCAA Men’s Tennis Doubles Championship in Athens, Ga. Aumueller and Lindheim finished the season ranked No. 31 by the ITA, but dropped a 6-1, 6-4 match to Virginia’s No. 5 ranked doubles team of Drew Courtney and Jarmere Jenkins in the first round. The Huskers were successful on and off the court. Off the court, Aumueller, Lindheim and Eric Sock earned academic All-Big Ten honors for the spring. Aumueller also earned the Huskers’ first Big Ten Sportsmanship award and was awarded the Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award for the Central Region. On the court, Aumueller and Lindheim finished their careers as top Huskers. Lindheim ranked fourth all-time in career singles wins with 89 and Aumueller finished with 76 career singles victories to rank fifth.
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2011-12 Singles Stats Name Christopher Aumueller Tom Blackwell Sebastian Florczyk Drew Freeman Stefan Gollner Benedikt Lindheim Robert Schulze Eric Sock Andre Stenger Brandon Videtich Totals
Overall 18-14 11-16 0-0 3-8 8-11 25-11 9-19 8-14 12-22 0-4 94-119
2011-12 Doubles Stats Team Aumueller/Blackwell Aumueller/Gollner Aumueller/Lindheim Blackwell/Freeman Blackwell/Schulze Blackwell/Sock Gollner/Sock
Spring Big Ten 1-0 1-0 4-0 3-0 12-5 6-2 0-2 -- 0-1 -- -- -- 6-11 2-6
2012 Season Results
#1 -- -- 12-5 -- -- -- --
Date Opponent Result Record Jan. 29 vs. Florida State L, 3-4 0-1 Jan. 30 vs. TCU W, 4-0 1-1 Feb. 3 at Oklahoma L, 1-6 1-2 Feb. 10 Denver W, 4-3 2-2 Feb. 12 Creighton W, 6-1 3-2 Feb. 12 East Tennesse State W, 4-3 4-2 Feb. 17 Drake L, 3-4 4-3 Feb. 19 Idaho W, 6-1 5-3 Feb. 26 at William & Mary W, 4-3 6-3 Feb. 27 at VCU L, 1-4 6-4 March 2 Illinois L, 1-6 6-5 March 16 at Ventura College W, 9-0 7-5 March 19 at Cal Poly L, 1-5 7-6 March 20 at Pepperdine L, 0-7 7-7 March 25 Northwestern L, 3-4 7-8 March 30 at Ohio State L, 1-6 7-9 April 1 at Penn State W, 4-3 8-9 April 4 at Iowa W, 6-1 9-9 April 6 Purdue W, 4-3 10-9 April 8 Indiana L, 3-4 10-10 April 14 at Michigan L, 3-4 10-11 April 15 at Michigan State L, 2-5 10-12 April 20 at Minnesota L, 0-7 10-13 April 22 Wisconsin L, 3-4 10-14 April 26 Wisconsin* W, 4-0 11-14 April 27 Ohio State* L, 0-4 11-15 Home Matches in Bold * Big Ten Tournament
Spring 12-10 8-9 -- 1-4 8-11 16-8 7-14 4-8 8-17 -- 64-81
#2 -- -- -- -- 0-1 -- 1-0
Big Ten 6-5 3-8 -- 0-2 3-7 7-5 5-7 0-1 4-9 -- 29-45
#3 1-0 4-0 -- 0-2 -- -- 5-11
Fall --10-4 0-3 1-1 1-2 --
#1 10-10 -- -- -- -- 2-2 -- -- -- -- 12-12
#2 2-0 -- -- -- 1-0 13-6 0-1 -- 1-1 -- 17-8
Team Lindheim/Stenger Lindheim/Schulze Schulze/Sock Schulze/Stenger Schulze/Videtich Sock/Stenger Totals
Singles 1 2 3 4 5 6 L W L L L W -- W W W -- -- L L W L L L W W L L W L W W W W W L L W L W L W W W L L L W W W W W L W W W L L W L L L W L -- -- L L W L L L W W W W W W L W L L L L L L L L L L W W L W L L W L L L L L L W L L W W W W W L W W W W L W L L L W W L L W L W W L L W L L W L L L L L L L L L W L W L L L W W -- W -- -- -- -- -- L L L
#3 -- -- -- -- 2-0 1-0 4-1 -- 5-11 -- 12-12
#4 -- 0-1 -- -- 2-4 -- 3-8 1-0 2-5 -- 8-18
#5 -- 2-3 -- -- 3-6 -- 0-3 1-5 -- -- 6-17
#6 Fall -- 6-4 6-5 3-7 -- -1-4 2-4 0-1 0-0 -- 9-3 0-1 2-5 2-3 4-6 -- 4-5 -- 0-4 9-14 30-38
Spring Big Ten #1 #2 #3 Fall 1-0 -- -- 1-0 -- -3-2 3-2 -- 3-2 -- -1-0 -- 1-0 -- -- -11-6 3-5 1-0 10-7 -- 3-1 -- -- -- -- -- 1-1 3-2 3-2 3-2 -- -- 3-1 45-33 10-12 16-11 13-14 16-9 14-17
1 -- W L W W W W W W L W W -- L W L W W W L W W L W W L
Doubles 2 3 W W W -- W L W L W L W W L L L W W L L L L L W W -- -- W L L L L L W W L W W L W L L L W W L W W W W W L --
Rankings NU Opp. 39 34 39 51 40 20 38 -38 -38 74 38 73 38 66 46 -46 38 54 18 55 -55 53 55 8 59 53 70 2 70 -68 -68 72 68 33 68 22 68 69 71 35 71 -74 -74 3
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Records and Awards Career Victories
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Steven Jung (1986-89).......................... 114 Matthias Mueller (1989-92).................... 98 Robert Sjoholm (1986-89)...................... 93 Benedikt Lindheim (2008-12)................. 89 Christopher Aumueller (2008-12)........... 76 Lance Mills (1997-02)............................. 63 Hendrik Stahmer (2006-09).................... 58 Calin Paar (2007-11)............................... 58
Single-Season Victories
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 9. 15. 18. 20. 24. 31. 32.
Steven Jung (1989)................................. 44 Steven Jung (1988)................................. 36 Robert Sjoholm (1988)............................ 30 Matthias Mueller (1993)......................... 29 Benedikt Lindheim (2012)...................... 25 Benedikt Lindheim (2010)...................... 25 Matthias Mueller (1990)......................... 25 Robert Sjoholm (1989)............................ 25 .Benedikt Lindheim (2011)...................... 23 Calin Paar (2010).................................... 23 Christopher Aumueller (2009)................ 23 Steve Barley (1990)................................. 23 Scott Randolph (1990)............................ 23 Robert Sjoholm (1987)............................ 23 Francois Van Impe (2010).......................22 Hendrik Stahmer (2009)......................... 22 Matthias Mueller (1991)......................... 22 Calin Paar (2011).................................... 21 Jose Hernan (2002)................................. 21 Christopher Aumueller (2010)................20 David Bendheim (2009).......................... 20 Calin Paar (2009)..................................... 20 Hendrik Stahmer (2007)......................... 20 Jan Andersson (1993)............................. 19 Steve Barley (1991)................................. 19 Pat Carson (1989)................................... 19 James Clow (2007).................................. 19 Benedikt Lindheim (2010)...................... 19 Brad Scheidegger (1987)......................... 19 Steven Jung (1986)................................. 19 Christopher Aumueller (2012)................18 Andre Stenger (2011)..............................17 David Bendheim (2008).......................... 17 Adrian Szatmary (2007).......................... 17 Jorge Abos Sanchez (1999)..................... 17 Stuart Jung (1989)................................... 17 Ken Feuer (1988).................................... 17 Ken Feuer (1987).................................... 17 Fancois Van Impe (2010)......................... 17
Conference Champions
Singles No. 1 Matthias Mueller................................ 1993 No. 2 None No. 3 Jan Andersson..................................... 1993 Matthias Mueller................................ 1989 No. 4 Henrik Andersson............................... 1994 Ken Feuer............................................ 1989 Robert Sjoholm................................... 1988 No. 5 Brad Scheidegger................................ 1988 Brad Scheidegger................................ 1987 Jim Carson........................................... 1984 No. 6 Ryan Haith.......................................... 2001 Joseph Kahme..................................... 1990 Ridge Smidt......................................... 1983 Doubles No. 1 Adrian Maizey/Dinko Verzi................. 1996 Anthonay Kotarac/Matthias Mueller.. 1993 Ken Feuer/Matthias Mueller............... 1990 No. 2 Stuart Jung/Robert Sjoholm............... 1987 No. 3 Pat Carson/Mike Marsh...................... 1986
NCAA All-Americans
1989 Steven Jung................................ Runner-up
NCAA Qualifiers
Year 2002 1993 1991 1990 1989 1987
Player............................................. Ranking Lance Mills........................................No. 99 Karl Falkland.....................................No. 93 Matthias Mueller.................................. N/R Matthias Mueller..............................No. 26 Matthias Mueller..............................No. 58 Steven Jung.......................................No. 16 Steven Jung........................................... N/R
Doubles..................................................... Ranking 2012 Christopher Aumueller/ Benedikt Lindheim........................... No. 26 1993 Anthony Kotarac/Matthias Mueller...........No. 6 1990 Ken Feuer/Matthias Mueller................. N/R 1989 Steven Jung/Stuart Jung...................No. 12 1984 Jim Carson/Craig Johnson..................... N/R
Nationally Ranked Players
2012 2012 2011 2010 2010 2009 2009 2002 1993 1991 1990 1989 1988
Christopher Aumueller.....................No. 75 Benedikt Lindheim.........................No. 121 Christopher Aumueller.....................No. 71 Calin Paar..........................................No. 70 Christopher Aumueller.....................No. 85 Christopher Aumueller.....................No. 97 David Bendheim.............................No. 125 Lance Mills........................................No. 99 Karl Falkland.....................................No. 42 Matthias Mueller..............................No. 26 Matthias Mueller..............................No. 58 Steven Jung.......................................No. 16 Steven Jung.......................................No. 62
Nebraska’s Top 75 Individuals Steven Jung (1988, 1989) • 1989 NCAA Runner-up • 1989 All-American • Two-time NCAA singles qualifier • Holds school record for season (44) and career victories (114) • Reached 1989 NCAA Tournament in doubles play with brother Stuart
Matthias Mueller (1990, 1991)
• Only three-time NCAA Tournament qualifier in Husker history (1993, 1991, 1990) • Two-time conference champion in singles (1993, 1989) and doubles (1993, 1990) • No. 2 on NU career wins list (98)
Karl Falkland (1993)
• Last Husker to earn first-team AllBig 12 honors when he was named to the singles team in 2007 • 17 singles victories in 2007 tied for 24th all-time at Nebraska
All-Big Eight Conference Singles 1993 Jan Andersson 1993 Matthias Mueller 1992 Karl Falkland
Calin Paar (2010)
All-Big 12 Conference
• 2002 NCAA Tournament qualifier • Finished the 2002 season ranked No. 99 in 2002
Doubles 2011 Christopher Aumueller/Andre Stenger 2006 Jerry Posch/Mark Tate 1998 Markus Bergerheim/Dinko Verzi
Christopher Aumueller (2011, 2012)
Singles 2011 Christopher Aumueller 2007 Adrian Szatmary 1999 Dinko Verzi
Big 12 Newcomer of the Year 2009 Christopher Aumueller
All-Big Ten Conference
Singles 2012 Christopher Aumueller 2012 Benedikt Lindheim
• First-Team All-Big Ten in 2012 and finished No. 75 nationally in 2012 • 76 career singles wins ranks No. 5 on Nebraska career list • 23 singles victories in 2010 tied for No. 9 on NU season list
Christopher Aumueller closed his career at No. 75 in the ITA singles rankings in 2012. He also competed with Benedikt Lindheim at the 2012 NCAA Doubles Championships.
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Nebraska All-Time Letterwinners Acevedo-Vega, Omar...................1994 Andersson, Jan............................1993 Andersson, Henrik.......1994-95-96-97 Andrews Jr., Warren E..................1953 Arrigunaga, Albert................. 1959-60 Aumueller, Christopher..2009-10-11-12 Baker, Scott....................... 1979-80-81 Barley, Steve.......................... 1990-91 Barthel, Joerg..............2003-04-05-06 Becker, Marshall..........................1954 Beebe, Dean.......................... 1965-66 Bendheim, David.........2007-08-09-10 Bergerheim, Markus....1995-96-97-98 Bernthal, Brad.............................1994 Blackwell, Tom....................... 2011-12 Boller, James................................1995 Boney, Taylor...............2008-09-10-11 Bowman, Tom..............................1985 Bray, Troy C...................... 1990, 92-93 Broaderick, Todd.................... 1991-92 Brunnel, William............... 1969-70-71 Bullock, Edwin C..........................1972 Burton, Jim............................ 1984-85 Cady, John C..................... 1947-48-49 Calhoun, Dave.............................1960 Calvin, Gregg......................... 1979-80 Cameron, Henry............... 1929-30-31 Campbell, James R................. 1953-54 Carson, Jim..................1982-83-84-85 Carson, Pat..................1985-86-87-88 Christian, Dale....................... 1979-80 Clark, Jack....................................1957 Clow, James.................2004-05-06-07 Cockle, George M........................1942 Coetzee, Sean........................ 2005-06 Cohen, Richard A................... 1975-76 Colson, Roy............................ 1953-54 Craft, Jack....................................1960 Crancer, John D............................1975 Crawford Jr., Bryce.......................1922 Crew, James...................... 1971-72-73 Cunningham, Anthony.................1993 Daub, Russell......................... 1963-64 Davis, Andy..................1992-93-94-95 Davis, Glenn.................................1928 Davis, Matt..................................2003 Dilley, Gary..................................1974 Donnelson, Brent.........................1956 Duffek, Robert....................... 1970-71
Dugezman, Levi...........................1985 Duncan, John......................... 1974-75 Edwards, Brian.................. 1981-82-83 Elliot, James.................................1930 Elliot, Thomas........................ 1926-27 Ellis, Harry...................................1916 Elsass, Douglas C.............. 1981-82-83 Erickson, John..............................1981 Falkland, Karl A.W............. 1991-92-93 Fernando, Roshan............. 1996-97-98 Feuer, Ken....................1987-88-89-90 Fink, William L.............................1968 Fisk, George...................... 1956-57-58 Fling, Wentworth D.....................1933 Florczyk, Sebastian......................2011 Ford, Al........................................1955 Forester, Mark....................... 1980-81 Fowler, James..............................1962 Franco, Augusto...........................1927 Fransworth, Earle............. 1900-01-02 Freeman, Drew...................... 2010-11 Galloway, Roger L.................. 1966-67 Garcia, Mike.......................... 1992-93 Garnett, Sig................. 1971-72-73, 75 Geatz, D.J.....................................2003 Gibson, Richard..................... 1962-64 Gollner, Stefan.............................2012 Grabrian, Christopher L......... 1986-87 Grahn, Magnus...................... 1997-98 Hadzialic, Adnan.................... 2000-01 Haegen, Wilbur................. 1932-33-34 Hagen, Steve................................1981 Haith, Ryan............. 1997, 1999-00-01 Hamdan, Juan................... 1999-00-01 Hamdan, Mario...........................1975 Harley, Roderick................ 1962-63-64 Heacock, Charles.............. 1927-28-29 Hendry, John.......................... 1969-70 Hernan, Jose................................2002 Holyoke, Michael.........................1953 Hurlbutt, Robert.................... 1967-68 Jackson, Bill...................... 1975-76-77 Jay, Ryan......................2001-02-03-04 Johnsen, Rodney A........... 1966-67-68 Johnson, Craig A......... 1982-83-84, 86 Johnson, Kile W................. 1964-65-66 Johnson, Randy...........................1978 Johnson, Thomas A.......... 1960-61-62 Jones, Karl...................2005-06-07-08
Joy, Marshall................................1923 Junck, Justin.................................2004 Jung, Steven................1986-87-88-89 Jung, Stuart.................1986-87-88-89 Kathman, Joachim................. 1986-87 Karner, Marcus............................2005 Kendall, Albert.............................1960 Kendall, Bill..................................1959 Kennedy, Patrick............... 2001-02-03 Klaus, Scott H......................... 1980-81 Koch, Hal................................ 1980-81 Kotarac, Anthony............. 1990-91, 93 Kress, Charles................... 1957-58-59 Kruschwitz, Stanley......................1960 Lance, Geoff................................1994 Larsen, Troy.................................1990 Larsson, Joakim...........................1998 Lausterer, Jack.................. 1961-62-63 Lewandowski, Adolph.................1928 Lewis, William.............................1961 Lindheim, Benedikt.....2009-10-11-12 Lux, David J....................... 1971-72-73 Lysgaard, Kent.................. 1977-78-79 Mahood, Paul........................ 1930-31 Maizey, Adrian.................. 1994-95-96 Mario, Roberto E.............. 1931-32-33 Marsh, Michael J.........1985-86-87-88 Mathewson, Charles....................1905 McDermott, Kerry.......1977-78-79-80 McDermott, Kevin............ 1977-78-79 McDonald, Mark............... 1985-86-87 Melo, Renato...............2006-07-08-09 Miller, Craig.................................1981 Mills, Lance.................. 1999, 2001-02 Moedy, Andrew...........................1991 Moran, John.......................... 1955-56 Moran, Kelsey..............................1998 Moyer, David......................... 1990-91 Mueller, Matthias..1989-90-91, 93-94 Nabity, Jeff........................ 2002-03-04 Naprstek, Mark............................1989 Nasi, John....................................1960 Navarro, Arturo..................... 2006-07 Nelson, Scott...............................1965 Neumeister, Mark O....1979-80-81-82 Newton, John E...........................1925 Nielsen, Christopher....................1992 North, William L............... 1957-58-59 Ogren, Frederic P.........................1974
Paar, Calin....................2008-09-10-11 Peddicord, Warren......................1923 Peden, Voris...................... 1932-33-34 Perry, Jim.....................................1978 Posch, Jerry...................... 2004-05-06 Preissler, Florian..........................2003 Rahme, Joseph................ 1989-90, 92 Randolph, Scott..................... 1990-91 Rathburn, Scott...................... 1970-71 Rathe, James H................. 1969-70-71 Rathsack, Herbert........................1925 Reckeway, Joel.............2002-03-04-05 Redman, Frank............................1953 Rhodes, John...............................1984 Rieke, Kai.......................... 1999-00-01 Riesbeck, Frederick........... 1994-95-96 Rivera, Jose..................2002-03-04-05 Roberts, Bill...................... 1965-66-67 Roberts, Billy...............................1973 Roberts, Jerald.............................1967 Robinson, Terry E.........................1974 Rodin, Irvin..................................1974 Roehrs, William A............. 1967-68-69 Rugg, Lawrence M.......1977-78-79-80 Rundle, Harold D.............. 1938-39-40 Russell, Bruce........................ 1958-59 Russell, Robert C.................... 1922-23 Salerno, Joseph............................1991 Sanchez, Jorge Abos....1998-99-00-01 Sanko, Theodore J............ 1964-65-66 Scheidegger, Brad.................. 1987-88 Schneider, Tobias.........................2008 Schibner, A.H...............................1907 Schirnhofer, Jan...........................1992 Schmahl, Jeff...............1975-76-77-78 Schroeder, John...........................1955 Schulze, Dave......................... 1982-83 Schulze, Robert...................... 2011-12 Segrist, Jay W...............1991-92-93-94 Sherman, Harold E............ 1929-30-31 Sjoholm, Robert................ 1947-48-49 Skallberg, Minor.................... 1922-23 Slezak, Robert................... 1947-48-49 Sloboth, Dan J..............1976-77-78-79 Sloboth, Tony J....................... 1983-84 Smidt, Rodge...............1982-83-84-85 Smith, Harry..................... 1909-10-11 Smith, Tod....................................1981 Sock, Eric.......................... 2010-11-12
Speer, Steve.................................1978 Stahmer, Hendrik.........2006-07-08-09 Stenger, Andre.................. 2010-11-12 Stempson, Rick...................... 1994-95 Stitt, Thomas D................. 1955-56-57 Stromberg, John..........................1972 Sutton, Steve...............................1955 Szatmary, Adrian.............. 2005-06-07 Tate, Mark........................ 2006-07-08 Taylor, Harrison...................... 1987-88 Teppara, Dino................... 1995-96-97 Tipton, Thomas...................... 1965-66 Tongoona, Fungai........1999-00-01-02 Un Wu, Seng................................1963 Van Impe, Francois......2007-08-09-10 Vargas, Cesar...............................2003 Vasan, Ashwin.................. 1983-84-85 Veitzer, Norman...........................1954 Verzi, Dinko....................... 1996-97-98 Videtich, Brandon.................. 2010-11 Waltman, Steve..................... 1973-74 Ward, Marty J..............................1973 Weaver, Arthur L............... 1956-57-58 Weaver, Daniel T............... 1975-76-77 Wentz, Blake................................1998 Wheat, Thomas..................... 1995-96 White, Darnell.............................1981 Wiese, Andrew............1998-99-00-01 Wiese, Tom....................... 1968-69-70 Wilcox, Chris................................1977 Wiltse, Russ...................... 1968-69-70 Wohlfarth, Dave C............ 1961-62-63 Wolicki, Jacek........................ 2002-03 Woods, Richard M............ 1962-63-64 Woog, Phil...................1976-77-78-79 Wright, Cullen..............................1920 Zsiga, Martin................................2007
Nebraska’s Academic & Leadership Awards CoSIDA Academic All-American
Steven Jung............................................. 1st, 1989
Arthur Ashe Central Region Leadership & Sportsmanship Award
Christopher Aumueller................................... 2012
Big Ten Sportsmanship Award
Christopher Aumueller................................... 2012
Academic All-Big Ten (2012-Present)
Christopher Aumueller................................... 2012 Benedikt Lindheim......................................... 2012 Eric Sock......................................................... 2012
Academic All-Big 12 (1997-11)
Christopher Aumueller............1st, 2010; 1st, 2011 Benedikt Lindheim............... 2nd, 2010; 2nd, 2012 Francois Van Impe..........1st, 2008; 2nd, 2009; 1st, 2010 Renato Melo........... 1st, 2007; 1st, 2008; 1st, 2009
Hendrik Stahmer.... 1st, 2007; 1st, 2008; 1st, 2009 Calin Paar................................................ 2nd, 2009 Mark Tate............................................... 2nd, 2008 Adrian Szatmary...................................... 1st, 2007 Jerry Posch..............................1st, 2005; 1st, 2006 James Clow............................ 1st, 2005; 2nd, 2006 Jose Rivera.... 2nd, 2002; 2nd, 2003; 2nd, 2004; 1st, 2005 Ryan Jay................................................... 1st, 2004 Joel Reckewey....................... 1st, 2003; 2nd, 2004 Lance Mills............................................... 1st, 2002 Fungai Tongoona.................................... 2nd, 2000 Jorge Abos Sanchez................................ HM, 1999 Kai Rieke................................................. HM, 1999 Kelsey Moran...........................1st, 1997; 1st, 1998 Andrew Wiese..... 1st, 1997; 1st, 1998; 1st, 1999; 1st, 2000 Dinko Verzi............................. 1st, 1996 (Big Eight); .................... 1st, 1997; 1st, 1998; 1st, 1999 Blake Wentz............................................ HM, 1997 Markus Bergerheim.................1st, 1997; 1st, 1998
Nebraska Herman Award (1995-Present)
Presented to NU men’s team with highest GPA 3.1 GPA........................................................... 2008 3.163 GPA....................................................... 2002 3.304 GPA....................................................... 2001 3.205 GPA....................................................... 2000 3.359 GPA....................................................... 1998 3.163 GPA....................................................... 1997
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ACADEMIC SUCCESS The success of Nebraska student-athletes reaches far beyond athletic competition. More Husker student-athletes have been selected to CoSIDA Academic All-America teams (299) than any other school in the nation, and Nebraska has produced more NCAA Top Eight Award winners (16) than any other school. As it enters its second season of Big Ten Conference competition in 2012-13, Nebraska continues to set the standard for the approximately 1,400 NCAA member institutions. The Husker football team leads all individual sport programs in the nation with 102 all-time CoSIDA Academic All-America awards. The Penn State football program ranks second among all sports nationally with 60 all-time academic All-Americans. In fact, Nebraska's 102 football academic All-Americans would rank among the top 25 schools (all sports, all divisions) in the nation in the number of CoSIDA Academic All-Americans. The NU volleyball program has captured more academic All-America awards (36) than any other women’s team in the nation, while the Husker softball program ranks second on that list with 29 selections. Nebraska also ranks among the top 10 schools in the nation in CoSIDA Academic All-Americans in baseball, women's basketball and men’s and women’s track and field/cross country. Over the past two years, the men's and women's track and field programs have produced 10 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans the most in the nation during that span.
Huskers Build on Academic Tradition in 2011-12
Husker student-athletes produced another stellar year at the University of Nebraska, continuing NU’s tradition of academic success. Nebraska increased its nation-leading total of CoSIDA Academic All-Americans across all sports to 299 with a Big Ten Conference-leading eight honorees in 2011-12. A total of 190 Husker student-athletes captured academic All-Big Ten honors, while Huskers earned 667 spots on the All Sports as of December 2012 Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll during the fall and spring semesters.
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The Nebraska football team led an impressive showing in the classroom for the Huskers, as Austin Cassidy, Rex Burkhead and Sean Fisher all claimed CoSIDA Academic All-America honors. Cassidy, who became the 24th Husker football player in history to be a twotime academic All-American, earned first-team honors as a senior safety. Cassidy was joined on the first team by Burkhead, who rolled to 1,357 rushing yards as a junior I-back in 2011. Fisher, a junior linebacker, added second-team CoSIDA Academic All-America accolades. A total of 47 Husker football players earned bachelor's degrees in 2011-12, while 27 Huskers earned academic All-Big Ten awards.
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Track and field All-Americans Tyler Hitchler and Ashley Miller led an impressive season for Coach Gary Pepin’s program. Hitchler, an All-American on and off the track during his career, claimed Nebraska’s Male Student-Athlete-of-the-Year award. A first-team AllAmerican in the discus in 2012, Hitchler was also NU's male recipient of the Big Ten Medal of Honor. A two-time Nebraska Student-Athlete HERO Leadership Award winner and a four-time member of the Nebraska Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, Hitchler was accepted into medical school at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and along with Miller was chosen as a recipient of a $7,500 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. Miller, a three-time All-American on the track, was a co-captain of both the NU women's cross country and track and field teams in 2011-12. The 2011 CoSIDA Academic AllAmerican was NU's female recipient of the Big Ten Medal of Honor and the women's track and field team's Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner. The track and field program added a trio of 2012 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, led by senior Bjorn Barrefors who became just the 13th Husker in history across all sports to be a three-time academic All-American. The multi-eventer from Stockholm, Sweden, was joined on the 2012 first
Top left: Nebraska Student-Athletes of the Year Ashley Miller (left) and Tyler Hitchler (right) earned multiple All-America awards for the Husker track and field program. Middle: Taylor Boney was part of Nebraska’s back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 2010 and 2011. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Nebraska in the spring of 2012. The speech-language pathology and audiology major from Lincoln claimed first-team academic All-Big 12 honors as a senior in 2011. Bottom: David Bendheim ranks among the top players on Nebraska’s career victories list. The native of Frankfurt, Germany majored in business administration at Nebraska and earned his bachelor’s degree from Nebraska in May of 2011.
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HUskers.com | 17 team by senior Nate Polacek, who earned a spot on the academic All-America team for the second straight season. Junior distance runner Brett Grieb added a third-team CoSIDA Academic All-America award. The Nebraska wrestling team also produced a pair of CoSIDA Academic All-Americans for the first time in program history. Heavyweight Tucker Lane claimed first-team honors to close his career as a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American. Lane, who also earned a prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship worth $7,500, was joined by second-team academic All-American Josh Ihnen. The junior added All-America honors on the mat as well for the Huskers in 2012. Three other Huskers joined Lane in capturing NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships in 2011-12, including Hitcler, Miller and softball standout Nikki Haget. Across all sports, Nebraska student-athletes claimed 190 academic All-Big Ten selections, just two shy of its Big 12-record-setting total of 192 in 2010-11. The Husker baseball (17), women's tennis (7), bowling (4) and women's rifle (4) teams all led the Big Ten in academic All-Big Ten selections, while the NU football (27), softball (10) and men's golf teams (6) all ranked second among conference schools. Over the past four years, Nebraska has claimed nearly 740 academic all-conference certificates across all sports. Huskers also earned 667 spots on the first Nebraska ScholarAthlete Honor Roll, which recognizes student-athletes who produce 3.0 or better gradepoint averages in the fall or spring semesters. Husker student-athletes also produced 92 perfect 4.0 GPA semesters during the 2011-12 academic year. The hard work, dedication and commitment of Nebraska’s student-athletes in the classroom resulted in a record-setting 155 current or former student-athletes earning degrees from August of 2011 through May of 2012. Each spring Nebraska hosts its annual Student-Athlete Recognition Banquet to honor Huskers who have earned either a 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA or have earned a 3.0 or higher GPA in the previous calendar year. In the spring of 2012, Husker student-athletes earned 321 academic honors medallions.
Nebraska’s 2011-12 Academic Highlights
• 299 All-Time CoSIDA Academic All-Americans across all sports (leads nation) 102 Football Academic All-Americans (leads all sports, all time) 36 Volleyball Academic All-Americans (leads all women’s sports, all time) 29 Softball Academic All-Americans (No. 2 among all women’s sports, all time) • Eight CoSIDA Academic All-Americans (5 first-team, 2 second-team, 1 third-team) First-Team: Rex Burkhead (Football), Austin Cassidy (Football), Tucker Lane (Wrestling), Bjorn Barrefors (Men’s Track & Field), Nate Polacek (Men’s Track & Field) Second-Team: Sean Fisher (Football), Josh Ihnen (Wrestling) Third-Team: Brett Grieb (Men’s Track & Field) • One NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Winners ($7,500) Nikki Haget (Softball), Tyler Hitchler (Track & Field) Tucker Lane (Wrestling), Ashley Miller (Cross Country/Track & Field), • 190 Academic All-Big Ten Selections Across All Sports (3.0 GPA) • 667 Student-Athletes Honored on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Fall and Spring Honor Rolls (3.0 GPA or above) • 92 Student-Athletes Earned Perfect 4.0 GPAs in either the Fall or Spring Semester • School-Record 155 Student-Athletes Earned Degrees from August 2011 through May 2012 (August 2011--16; December 2011--57; May 2012--82) • Male Student-Athlete of the Year - Tyler Hitchler, Men’s Track & Field (Nutrition Science) • Female Student-Athlete of the Year - Ashley Miller, Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country (Dietetics) • Men’s Herman Award Winner - Men’s Golf (3.509 GPA in 2011) • Women’s Herman Award Winner - Women’s Tennis (3.644 GPA in 2011) • Life Skills Team Award Winners - Football, Women's Swimming & Diving
Top right: Calin Paar helped power Nebraska to back-to-back appearances at the NCAA Men’s Tennis Championships in 2010 and 2011 before earning his bachelor’s degree from Nebraska in the spring of 2012. A management major from Munich, Germany, Paar earned first-team academic All-Big 12 honors as a senior in 2011. Bottom right: Karl Jones earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Nebraska in May of 2009. A native of London, England, Jones was a regular on the Big 12 Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll during his NU career.
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THE NEBRASKA ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
From the day student-athletes decide the University of Nebraska is the right place to be, the athletic academic counseling unit provides personal and academic support to ensure that student-athletes will get the most out of their years as Huskers. Featuring one of the most innovative and comprehensive academic support systems in the country, Nebraska is dedicated to helping its student-athletes become outstanding leaders in their chosen fields. The academic support team is comprised of 13 full-time staff members and a tutorial staff of approximately 75 tutors addressing all subject areas.
Academic Counseling
Eight academic counselors and three assistant academic counselors are in place to monitor daily academic progress, receive consistent course feedback, assist with the advising/registration process and monitor continuing eligibility and progress toward graduation. Essentially, academic counselors assist student-athletes in navigating the University of Nebraska system.
Tutorial Support
A tremendous resource for all academic abilities, unlimited tutorial support is available from day one up to college graduation. Subject and mentor tutors help provide academic support and study strategies to be successful. Supplemental Instruction, a sub-component of the tutorial program, provides targeted group review sessions to help ease the transition to college academics while improving study strategies and building academic self-esteem.
Study Hall
Nebraska’s study hall program is housed in the D.J. Sokol Enrichment Center within the Student Life Complex. Student-athletes attend a supervised, flex-time study hall that features day, evening and weekend hours. Each student-athlete is required to complete a specific number of study hours each week as determined by their academic counselor and/or coach. In addition, weekly study hall reports are provided to the coaching staff. Additional performance-based or tutor-based study hall may also be determined by the academic counselor.
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Mentoring
Many student-athletes meet with a mentor on a weekly basis to assist in making a smooth transition from high school to college. Mentors collect syllabi, gather and report academic progress information and teach academic success strategies.
Educational Assessments
Assessments are administered upon the request of the student-athlete, academic counselor, or coach to determine student strengths and areas for improvement. Results allow academic counselors to develop a personalized academic support program and to determine if more in-depth testing is warranted. When additional assessments are necessary, referrals are made to a consulting psychologist who conducts the assessments. If it is determined that a student-athlete has a learning disability, appropriate accommodations are made through the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities.
Student-Athlete Orientation
The academic staff coordinates New Student-Athlete Orientation to help newcomers adjust to the multiple demands of being a college student-athlete. Presentations are made by academic counselors, compliance officials, NU faculty and administrators, business/community professionals and student-athletes.
Personal Counseling
Student-athletes will find a supportive and caring environment at Nebraska. Transitional issues, stress management, time management, academic focus and problem resolution are all addressed in a proactive manner throughout the year. If necessary, counseling referrals are also made to designated practitioners.
Computer Resources
Student-athletes enjoy a new state-of-the art computer lab and technology center with 58 computers and professional supervision. Laptops are also available during team travel. Student-athletes have the benefit of ongoing education and assistance from a full-time computer technician.
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NEBRASKA LIFE SKILLS - SERVING LEADERS The Nebraska Life Skills program is committed to providing proactive education, resources and support throughout college and beyond, best preparing Husker student-athletes for life after sports. Services foster transition, retention, responsible decision-making, leadership, volunteerism and career development. Nebraska has long been considered a pioneer in life skills support and programming. In 1998, Nebraska was one of five Division I schools nationally to win the prestigious Program of Excellence Award recognizing a strong commitment to total person development. In 2005, Keith Zimmer, Associate A.D. for Life Skills, was the recipient of the Dr. Gene Hooks Award recognizing him as the top life skills administrator in the country.
Life Skills Components
Proactive Education Husker Life Seminar – All incoming student-athletes complete a 13-week fall semester seminar addressing a variety of life skills topics ranging from leadership to money to relationships and study skills. Team Workshops – Campus and community experts facilitate team-specific life skills education workshops. Student-Athlete Assemblies – Meetings featuring remarks from Athletic Director Tom Osborne and nationally recognized life skills trainers. Personalized Support/Individual Sessions Resume Development – Each student-athlete is assigned a Life Skills counselor who assists in the creation of a personalized resume for the student-athlete. Periodic follow-up meetings will take place through graduation to ensure a wellrounded college experience and marketability to realize career goals. Community Outreach Nebraska student-athletes combine to impact over 100,000 people statewide on an annual basis. Team Service Requirement – Each team participates in a minimum of two service projects per year. School Outreach – Individuals participate in numerous school outreach campaigns in both classroom and assembly settings. Hospital Visits – Huskers are frequent hospital visitors providing cheer and encouragement to a variety of patients. Miscellaneous Outreach – Outreach requests are received daily from the entire state requesting involvement from Husker student-athletes. Mentoring Programs – Typically requires one hour of service per week serving as a youth mentor.
Leadership/Citizenship Life Skills promotes leadership development and provides recognition opportunities for extraordinary citizenship. Student-Athlete Advisory Committee – Elected team representatives from each of the 23 sports serve as the “voice” of the entire student-athlete population discussing student-athlete welfare, legislation and service events. HERO Leadership Award – Individual recognition to Huskers who have consistently went above and beyond serving as an exemplary role-model. Heart and Soul Award – Presented annually to the top senior studentathlete leaders for extraordinary service throughout their college careers. Brook Berringer Citizenship Team – Annual “Good Works” team honoring football players for dedicated service in memory of late Husker Brook Berringer. Nebraska Football Uplifting Athletes - A newly recognized UNL student organization initiated in 2012, Nebraska football players and UNL student leaders work collaboratively to raise funds and awareness for those with rare diseases. Nebraska running back Rex Burkhead was named the 2012 recipient of the National Rare Disease Champion Award for his mentoring of Jack Hoffman. Life Skills Award of Excellence – Presented to the single men’s and women’s team with the highest point total in the life skills team competition. Career Commitment In addition to the creation of a personalized resume and game plan, the following career resources are available to every Husker. Student-Athlete Career Fair – Attended by approximately 25 companies. Networking Night – Former Husker student-athletes and other professionals thriving in their chosen career fields share valuable insights with sophomore student-athletes. Assessments – Online assessments to help individuals discover talents and match with a major and career. Practical Experience – Programs in place to facilitate shadowing and internship placements. Job Preparation – Expert advice on cover letter writing, interviewing skills and evaluating the job offer. Postgraduate Assistance Commitment to helping student-athletes pursue postgraduate plans and scholarships. Career Nights – Learn from the experts to gain valuable insight on timelines, application procedures, entrance requirements, personal essays and more. Scholarships – Seniors in their final season of athletic eligibility can apply for numerous postgraduate awards.
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ATHLETIC MEDICINE
Providing expert care to nearly 600 Husker student-athletes, Nebraska features one of the most well-trained and highly skilled athletic medicine staffs in the country. Under the guidance of Director of Athletic Medicine Dr. Lonnie Albers and Head Athletic Trainer and Physical Therapist Jerry Weber, the 2012-13 Nebraska athletic medicine staff consists of five doctors, two therapist/athletic trainers, eight athletic trainers and six graduate assistant athletic trainers. Nebraska’s team of orthopaedists is led by Chief of Staff Dr. Pat Clare, a nationally respected orthopaedic surgeon with more than 30 years of service to Husker athletics.
Above: Assistant Athletic Director and Director of Athletic Medicine Dr. Lonnie Albers coordinates the care of Husker student-athletes by using some of the best on-site technology in collegiate athletics. Bottom: The Athletic Medicine Center features a hydrotherapy area that includes a three-level laned pool, which allows student-athletes across all of Nebraska’s sports to work out simultaneously. The Hydroworx 1000 Treadmill Pool is equipped with two cameras underwater for evaluation and assessment, while hot and cold plunge tanks are also available to the Huskers.
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The medical facilities at Nebraska have long been among the nation’s best, and NU’s athletic medicine center within the Tom and Nancy Osborne Athletic Complex will keep the Huskers on the front line of technology for decades to come. In addition to Nebraska’s North Stadium facility, the NU Coliseum, the Bob Devaney Sports Center and Haymarket Park all feature athletic medicine areas. The Devaney Center’s Athletic Medicine facility underwent an extensive expansion as part of the Hendricks Training Complex addition in 2011.
Using the best on-site medical equipment and resources in college athletics, the Nebraska athletic medicine staff provides Husker student-athletes with highly skilled medical care throughout the year.
NUTRITION
Nebraska’s Sports Nutritionists Lindsey Remmers and Scott Trausch work with all 23 of Nebraska’s sports by educating athletes on topics such as increasing lean body mass, losing body fat, staying hydrated, nutritional strategies for competition, maximizing recovery following workouts and supplement use. Athletes are given individualized nutrition plans that can be applied in Nebraska’s Performance Buffet at the Lewis Training Table, which was remodeled and expanded in the 2010 season. In addition to utilizing the Lewis Training Table each day for lunch and dinner, student-athletes also have access to fueling stations near strength and conditioning areas to provide fluids and nutritional foods before and after workouts to maximize performance and recovery.
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LEADING THE WAY As one of the nation’s premier public institutions, the University of Nebraska is committed to undergraduate learning and world-class research. Quality instruction is emphasized in Nebraska’s 157 undergraduate majors, which are spread through nine undergraduate colleges. Nebraska, which officially joined the Big Ten Conference on July 1, 2011, is a member of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, a consortium of Big Ten universities and the University of Chicago, which has generated unique opportunities for students and faculty by sharing expertise, leveraging resources and collaborating on programs. The University of Nebraska was chartered by the Nebraska Legislature in 1869 as the state’s public university and land-grant institution. Founded in Lincoln, the University of Nebraska was expanded in 1968 into a state educational system now comprising four campuses under the guidance of a Board of Regents and a central administration. To discover more about the University of Nebraska visit unl.edu. To learn more about Nebraska athletics, visit Huskers.com and ThisIsNebraska.com.
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“The Big Ten is a historically prestigious and stable academic community of scholars and students. The Big Ten, known for its athletic prowess, is highly regarded for its academic and research enterprises. There is nothing but upside for UNL to join the Big Ten.” Harvey Perlman University of Nebraska Chancellor at the June 11, 2010 press conference announcing UNL’s move to the Big Ten Conference
Large photo: The Torn Notebook sculpture is a focal point for students and alumni. Bottom left: The Nebraska Student Union is the meeting place on campus where students can spend a little down time between classes. It has study areas and a food court. Bottom middle: The Esther L. Kaufmann Center houses the Jeffery S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management. Bottom right: The new, 30,000-square foot Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center is the nation’s largest multicultural center attached to a student union.
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WELCOME TO LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Featuring the advantages of an urban setting, the city of Lincoln is home to the University of Nebraska campus, and is only minutes away from the scenic beauty and wide open spaces of America’s Heartland. Living in Lincoln enables Nebraska student-athletes to enjoy the benefits of city life, while residing in a community that consistently ranks among the nation’s best in overall quality of life. • Also known as the Star City, Lincoln sports a population of nearly 260,000, making it the third largest city in the Big Ten. • Lincoln was voted the No. 2 U.S. City in Quality of Life in the Gallup-Healthways WellBeing Index in 2011. • Forbes.com ranked Lincoln as one of the nation’s “Most Livable Cities” while ranking it fifth-best for business and careers in 2010. Forbes also ranked Lincoln as the fifth safest city in the United States. • Lincoln was listed as a “Best Sport City” by the Sporting News in 2009. • RelocateAmerica.com ranked Lincoln as one of its Top 10 College Towns in 2010. • The city of Lincoln consistently lists one of the lowest crime rates in the nation. • Lincoln’s Public School system was recently ranked as one of the top five in the nation by Expansion Management magazine. • With more than 6,000 acres of parks, including 10 lakes, 11 municipal swimming pools, more than 80 miles of biking and hiking trails and 12 public golf courses, Lincoln offers more park land per capita than any other city in the United States. • Lincoln is a three-hour drive away from Kansas City, as well as a day trip to Chicago, Minneapolis and Denver.
Canopy Street is an eight block expansion of Lincoln’s popular Historic Haymarket District, which will include over $498 million dollars of private and public investment, including the new 15,300-seat Pinnacle Arena, over 6,000 new parking stalls, a new hotel, retail, office, and several different housing options. The state capital of Nebraska, Lincoln is a growing city that features activities for citizens of all ages and interests. Lincoln is a scenic city including the Sunken Gardens in the middle of town. The Sunken Gardens features an annual floral display of more than 30,000 plants. The Haymarket District is full of entertainment and dining options and is just blocks from the UNL Campus. The historic state capitol building provides the centerpiece of the downtown area, and famed “O” Street provides numerous options for nightlife and entertainment for UNL students.
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OMAHA
Nebraska’s largest city, Omaha, is less than an hour’s drive from Lincoln and has a population of nearly 800,000. Omaha is home to CenturyLink Center (top), TD Ameritrade Park (above), the NCAA College World Series, the world-renowned Henry Doorly Zoo (bottom) and the Joslyn Art Museum (bottom)
Prominent People with Nebraska Ties
Grover Cleveland Alexander, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher • Fred Astaire, dancer and actor • Max Baer, boxer • Marlon Brando, Academy Award-winning actor • William Jennings Bryan, U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Representative, Democratic Party nominee for president 1896, 1900, and 1908 • Warren Buffett, investor; Forbes Magazine’s 2008 Richest Man in the World • Richard N. Cabela, entrepreneur, founder of Cabela’s sporting store • Johnny Carson, comedian • Joba Chamberlain, Professional baseball player for the New York Yankees • Dick Cheney, 46th U.S. Vice-president • Brian Duensing, Professional baseball player for the Minnesota Twins • Henry Fonda, Academy Award-winning actor • Bob Gibson, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher for St. Louis Cardinals • Alex Gordon, Professional baseball player for the Kansas City Royals • Amy Heidemann, Karmin lead singer • Marg Helgenberger, actress • Peter Kiewit, contractor, investor and philanthropist • Jaime King, actress • Ted Kooser, Poet Laureate of the United States and Pulitzer Prize winner • Larry the Cable Guy, comedian • Malcolm X, civil rights leader • Nick Nolte, actor, producer • Edwin Perkins, inventor of KoolAid, philanthropist • Andy Roddick, tennis star, 2003 U.S. Open Champion • Gale Sayers, Football Hall of Fame running back for the Chicago Bears • Elliott Smith, singer-songwriter • Hilary Swank, 2-time Academy Award-winning actress • Gabrielle Union, actress • James Valentine, Maroon 5 guitarist • Paula Zahn, Former News anchor for CNN
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CHAMPIONSHIP FACILITIES
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HUskers.com | 27 Nebraska's top facilities are not limited to the men’s tennis program. Nearly every Husker sport enjoys a venue that ranks among the nation's best. Nebraska provides its student-athletes topnotch game-day and practice atmospheres in every sport. In 2012-13, the Nebraska men’s and women's basketball and wrestling programs benefitted from the addition of the Hendricks Training Complex at the Devaney Center. The new facility includes new practice courts and a wrestling room along with expanded strength and conditioning and athletic medicine areas. The baseball and softball teams began working out in the Haymarket Park Indoor Practice Facility in the fall of 2011.
Top left:The Nebraska Tennis Center serves as the home courts for the Huskers in both practice and competition. The facility includes indoor and outdoor courts and ranks as one of the best in the Midwest. Middle: Nebraska’s teams compete in some of the nation’s finest facilities in front of large crowds. The Huskers are also committed to improving their facilities on an annual basis, including the new Hendricks Training Complex, which opened in the fall of 2011, and Pinnacle Bank Arena is set to open in 2013-14 for Nebraska men’s and women’s basketball. The Devaney Center is also being renovated to become the new home of Nebraska volleyball in 2013. Bottom left: Memorial Stadium is packed for every home game and features a giant HuskerVision replay board. Bottom left and right: The Osborne Athletic Complex provides Nebraska student-athletes with top-notch training facilities. The main entrance to the Osborne Athletic Complex and Traditions Lobby features an impressive waterfall and a wall that honors those who contributed to the massive project, as well as memorabilia and trophies from all of Nebraska’s bowl games.
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NEBRASKA’S NATIONAL POWER One of the nation’s premier athletic programs, Nebraska is dedicated to and successful in all 23 of its varsity sports. Nebraska has won a total of 24 team national championships since 1970, including five football titles, eight men’s gymnastics championships, five bowling crowns, three volleyball titles and three women’s track and field championships. In 2011-12, 10 Husker teams finished among the top 25 in their respective sports, including the Nebraska football team which posted its fourth straight nine-win season. The Husker football team also led a list of 14 Husker squads that advanced to NCAA postseason competition in 2011-12, as Bo Pelini's team made a New Year's Day appearance in the 2012 Capital One Bowl. The national power Husker bowling team took third at the 2012 NCAA Championships. The NU women's gymnastics team finished eighth nationally for its third straight top-10 NCAA finish after claiming its first Big Ten title. The NU wrestling team notched its fifth straight top-16 NCAA finish by tying for ninth at nationals, while the men's gymnasts added a No. 10 NCAA finish. The NU men's track and field team contributed a tie for 11th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships - the team's best finish since 2003. The Husker men also tied for 23rd at the NCAA Indoor Championships, while the Husker women won the program's first Big Ten crown. The tradition-rich volleyball program won the school's first-ever Big Ten title in any sport while finishing 12th nationally and advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Outside hitter Gina Mancuso captured first-team AVCA All-America honors while helping the Nebraska volleyball team to the school's first-ever Big Ten Conference championship in 2011. The tradition-rich Nebraska volleyball team has won three NCAA titles in its history, while capturing four conference titles in the past five seasons.
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The NU women’s tennis team produced the best season in school history in 2012, posting a school-record 24 wins and No. 16 final ITA ranking. The Huskers produced their third straight trip to the NCAA Tournament, where they came up just short of their first NCAA Sweet 16 trip. The Husker women's basketball team ran to the second-highest win total in school history with 24 victories, while adding a runner-up finish in their first Big Ten Tournament. NU posted their second-highest final Associated Press national ranking by finishing the year at No. 17. While Nebraska’s teams performed at the high levels, individual Husker athletes also earned national honors. On the gridiron, linebacker Lavonte David claimed All-America honors while being named the Big Ten's Butkus-Fitzgerald Linebacker of the Year. Alfonzo Dennard was named the Tatum-Woodson Defensive Back of the Year, while Brett Maher became the first player to win the conference's punter and place-kicker of the year awards in the same season since 2001. Chad Wright claimed a national championship in the men's discus. Overall in 2011-12, 30 Husker student-athletes combined to capture 39 All-America awards across all sports. As a testament to Nebraska’s national recruiting prowess, the All-Americans came to NU from 12 states and five foreign countries. The Cornhusker state showed its success in keeping the best and brightest of its future leaders at home, as nine All-Americans came from the state of Nebraska.
Top: Chad Wright claimed the national title in the men's discus at the 2012 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The sophomore from Kingston, Jamaica earned his second All-America award while becoming the 77th NCAA individual champion in the history of the Husker track and field program. Bottom: The Nebraska women’s track and field team captured the 2012 Big Ten Indoor title. It was NU’s 104th track and field conference crown in history. The Husker men added a pair of top-25 NCAA team finishes in 2012, including a tie for 11th at the NCAA outdoor meet.
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Nebraska’s Top 25 National Finishes in 2011-12 Bowling Women’s Gymnastics Wrestling Men’s Gymnastics Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Volleyball Women's Tennis Women's Basketball Men’s Indoor Track & Field Football
3rd 8th 9th (Tie) 10th 11th (Tie) 12th 16th 17th 23rd (Tie) 24th
Top left: The Nebraska women’s gymnastics team captured its first Big Ten title while finishing eighth at the 2012 NCAA Championships. Sophomore Emily Wong was the Big Ten all-around champion, while Jessie DeZiel was the Big Ten Freshman of the Year. Dan Kendig added Big Ten Coach-of-the-Year honors to the Husker hardware haul, which included eight NCAA All-America awards in 2012.
Middle left: Mary Weatherholt powered Nebraska to the best women's tennis season in school history in 2012. The All-Big Ten pick from Prairie Village, Kan., earned a trip to the NCAA Singles Championship, after leading NU to the second round of the NCAA Tournament and a final No. 16 national ranking.
Top right: Jordan Hooper became the first sophomore in Nebraska women's basketball history to earn AP All-America honors after claiming a first-team AllBig Ten award for the Huskers in 2012. Hooper, an Alliance, Neb., native became the first sophomore in Husker history to reach 1,000 career points.
Bottom left: James Green captured All-America honors for the Nebraska wrestling team in 2012. The 157-pound freshman from New Jersey helped the Huskers to a tie for ninth at the NCAA Championships for their fifth consecutive top-16 finish at nationals.
Bottom right: Lavonte David captured first-team All-America honors after claiming the Big Ten's Butkus-Fitzgerald Linebacker-of-the-Year award in 2011. The native of Miami, Fla., was chosen by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the second round of the 2012 NFL Draft.
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HUSKERS MAKE HISTORIC MOVE TO BIG TEN
On July 1, 2011, the University of Nebraska became an official member of the Big Ten Conference, increasing the Big Ten’s membership to 12 institutions for the first time in conference history. The addition of Nebraska marked the Big Ten’s first expansion since Penn State University joined the conference in June of 1990. The Big Ten Conference is a union of 12 world-class academic institutions – who share a common mission of research, graduate, professional and undergraduate teaching and public service. The conference’s 100-plus years of history, strong tradition of competitive intercollegiate athletic programs, vast and passionate alumni base, and consistent leadership in innovations position the Big Ten and its entire community firmly on the Big Stage. The Big Ten has sustained a comprehensive set of shared practices and policies that enforce the priority of academics and emphasize the values of integrity, fairness and competitiveness in all aspects of its student-athletes’ lives, with the ultimate goal of ensuring that each individual has the opportunity to live a Big Life.
Big Ten Conference Highlights • Big Ten universities provide approximately $136 million in direct financial aid to nearly 10,000 men and women student-athletes who compete for 25 championships. • Conference institutions sponsor broad-based athletic programs with 298 teams. Other than the Ivy League, the Big Ten has the most broad-based athletic programs in the United States. • Big Ten fans are some of the nation’s most supportive, with nearly 10 million patrons attending conference home contests for football, men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball during 2011-12. In 2011, the Big Ten set new records for overall football attendance and surpassed the six-million mark for all games for the first time. During the 2011 volleyball campaign, the Big Ten led the nation with a total attendance of nearly 420,000. The Big Ten led the country in average attendance for the 36th straight season. • Over the last 33 seasons, the conference has ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 nationally in football, men’s basketball and wrestling attendance. • The Big Ten leads all conferences with more than 4.5 million living alumni and 320,000 undergraduate students. • Based on the U.S. Census projected population for 2010, the nine-state Big Ten region accounts for approximately 70 million people, which ranks second only to the Big East and well ahead of the ACC, SEC, Pac-10 and Big 12.
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Big Ten Men’s Tennis Facts
• All 12 schools in the Big Ten Conference participate in men’s tennis. Each school is assigned a travleing partner when playing on the road. Nebraska’s travel partner is Iowa. • In 2011-12, the Big Ten had eight programs finish at or above .500 in dual competition with six teams qualifying for the 2012 NCAA Tournament. Eight Big Ten teams finished among the top 75 teams in the final ITA national rankings. • Ohio State captured the 2012 Big Ten regular-season title an unbeaten 11-0 conference record, but Illinois upset the Buckeyes to claim the 2012 Big Ten Tournament crown. Ohio State, Illinois, Northwestern, Michigan, Indiana and Minnesota all earned trips to the 2012 NCAA Tournament. Ohio State, Illinois, Michigan and Indiana all won matches in the team tournament, while Ohio State’s doubles team of Blaz Rola and Chase Buchanan won the NCAA Doubles title. • Michigan leads all Big Ten schools with 21 all-time NCAA Tournament appearances. Minnesota has made 18 appearances, while Illinois has added 17 and Ohio State 13. Nebraska made back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 2010 and 2011 as members of the Big 12 Conference. • Illinois has made 17 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances dating back to 1996. • The Big Ten men’s tennis championship has been held every year since 1910. The first tournament was held in Chicago. The championship is held at a different campus site on a rotating basis each year. The 2013 championship will be held April 25-28 in Columbus, Ohio. The 2013 NCAA Championships will be held in Champaign-Urbana, Ill.
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Nebraska Athletic Director Tom Osborne (left) joined Big Ten Commissioner James Delany (middle) and UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman (right) as the Huskers were announced as the newest member of the league starting in 2011-12.
Big Ten Network
Headquartered in Chicago, the Big Ten Network is the first internationally distributed television network dedicated to covering one of America’s premier collegiate conferences. With more than 350 live sports events, and virtually all of them in high definition, the Big Ten Network is the ultimate destination for Big Ten fans and alumni across the country. The network is on the air 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The network is available to an estimated 80 million households, through agreements with more than 300 cable/satellite affiliates. In 2011, every Big Ten home football game was nationally televised. Including road and neutral games, 98 percent (94 of 96) of Big Ten games were televised nationally and the other two road games appeared on ESPN3.com.
Big Ten Network Facts MORE TELEVISION EXPOSURE
• The Big Ten’s media agreements with CBS, ABC/ESPN, Fox and BTN provide the conference with its greatest television exposure ever. • In 2006, the Big Ten created the first national conference-owned television network devoted to the athletic and academic programs of a single conference. The Big Ten Network launched on Aug. 30, 2007, and became the first new network in cable or satellite television history to reach 30 million homes in its first 30 days. • Since the current media agreements began in 2007-08, every home football and men’s basketball game has been produced while women’s basketball has received more coverage than any other conference. • The Big Ten’s new media agreements have resulted in the broadcast of nearly 1,000 events nationally and regionally on an annual basis, compared to 300 events in the final year of the previous agreements.
“The Big Ten provides our young men with excellent opportunities to strive for success both on the court and in the classroom. It is a tradition-rich conference that has a history of success at the national level, and we hope we can add to that success. Our recent transition to a new conference certainly makes it an exciting time to come to Nebraska.” Nebraska Coach Kerry McDermott
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Nebraska men’s tennis is a program on the rise, and the Huskers broke through with their first-ever NCAA Championship appearance in 2010. The Huskers, under the direction of Head Coach Kerry McDermott (pictured at right), made it back-to-back trips in 2011, and are now looking to make an NCAA Championship trip a common theme. The winningest coach in Nebraska history, McDermott has led the Huskers to more than 300 career dual victories since taking the reins of the program in 1982. In addition to achieving success on the court, members of the Nebraska men’s tennis program strive for success in the classroom and in the community. In 2008, the men’s tennis team claimed its sixth Herman Men’s Team GPA Award with better than a 3.1 grade-point average. Husker student-athletes also are annually among the league leaders in conference academic honors. The 2012-13 season marks Nebraska’s second year in the Big Ten. The conference promises to provide even more opportunities for athletic and academic success at Nebraska in the years to come.
Above: In 2002, Lance Mills became the first Husker to advance to the NCAA Tournament in nearly a decade. Coach Kerry McDermott has helped 10 players reach the NCAA Tournament in singles or doubles play. Bottom Right: Steven Jung was Nebraska’s first All-American and ranks as the Husker career leader with 114 wins, including a school-record 44 wins in 1989. He finished second at the 1989 NCAA Championships.
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Top: The model strength and conditioning program in the nation, Husker Power plays a major role in the continuing success of Nebraska athletics. Nebraska’s strength program was the first in the nation and is now one of the most comprehensive strength and conditioning organizations in the nation. Bottom left: Outdoor Tennis courts