Nebraska Cornhuskers
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| Nebraska Cornhuskers | |
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| University | University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
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| Conference | Big 12 |
| NCAA | Division I |
| Athletics director | Steve Pederson |
| Location | Lincoln, NE |
| Varsity Teams | 21 |
| Stadium | Memorial Stadium, Lincoln |
| Arena | Bob Devaney Sports Center |
| Arena 2 | Nebraska Coliseum |
| Mascot | Herbie Husker; Lil' Red |
| Nickname | Huskers |
| Fight Song | Hail Varsity |
| Colors | Scarlet and Cream
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| Homepage | www.huskers.com |
The Nebraska Cornhuskers (often abbreviated to Huskers) is the name given to several sports teams of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The university is a member of the Big 12 Conference[1] and competes in NCAA Division I, fielding 21 varsity teams in 14 sports:
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Early nicknames for the university's athletic teams included the "Hawkeyes" (which is now associated with the University of Iowa), the "Antelopes" (which the University of Nebraska at Kearney later adopted), the "Old Gold Knights", the "Bugeaters" and the "Mankilling Mastodons"; the usage of "Cornhuskers" in favor of all others occurred around 1900.[1]
The Cornhuskers have two official mascots, Herbie Husker and Lil' Red.
The Cornhuskers participate in all sponsor events in the big 12 except for men's swimming and diving. In addition the Huskers play in three non-sponsor big 12 events, Rifle, Bowling and Men's gym. Men's Gym is in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, Rifle is in the GARC and Bowling is independent.
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[edit] Husker's Current National Ranking
As of April 5th 2007
Currently Soccer is playing a 6 game spring season
| Sport | Ranking | Overall | Conference |
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| Football | Not Ranked | 9-5 | 6-2 |
| Men’s Cross Country | NCAA regional 13th | ||
| Women’s Cross Country | NCAA regional 4th | ||
| Volleyball | National Champions | 33-1 | 19-1 |
| Soccer | Not Ranked | 2-0-1 | 0-0-0 |
| Winter Sports | |||
| Men’s Basketball | Not Ranked | 17-14 | 6-10 |
| Women’s Basketball | 1st round NCAA | 22-10 | 10-6 |
| Wrestling | 16th in NCAA | 10-7-1 | 1-3 |
| Swimming and Diving | Not Ranked | ||
| Men’s Indoor Track and Field | 25th in NCAA | ||
| Women’s Indoor Track and Field | NR | ||
| Men’s Gymnastics | 11th qualified for NCAA | 4-10 | 3-5 |
| Women’s Gymnastics | 6th qualified for NCAA | 19-4 | 7-1 |
| Rifle | 5th in NCAA | 8-3 | |
| Bowling | 2nd qualified for NCAA | 73-15 | |
| Spring Sports | |||
| Women’s Golf | 52nd | ||
| Men’s Golf | 70th | ||
| Women’s Tennis | 75th | 9-5 | 2-4 |
| Men’s Tennis | 63rd | 8-9 | 1-3 |
| Baseball | Not Ranked | 18-11 | 4-6 |
| Softball | Not Ranked | 27-13 | 3-4 |
| Men’s Outdoor Track and Field | 17th | ||
| Women’s Outdoor Track and Field | 16th | ||
[edit] Athletic facilities
City Campus
- Memorial Stadium, football
- Cook Pavillion, indoor football practice facility
- Tom and Nancy Osborne Athletic Complex, strength training, conditioning, athletic health and athletic administration
- Nebraska Coliseum, volleyball, formerly basketball
- Bob Devaney Sports Center, basketball, wrestling, gymnastics, indoor track and field, and swimming and diving teams
- Ed Weir Track Stadium, outdoor track and field
- Nebraska Soccer Field, soccer
- Nebraska Rifle Range, rifle team (lower level of the Military and Naval Sciences Building)
Haymarket Park (adjacent to the west side of City Campus, but technically not a part of the UNL campus)
- Hawks Field, baseball
- Bowlin Stadium, softball
East Campus
- East Campus Bowling Lanes, bowling
Off-Campus
- Firethorn Golf Course, golf
- Pioneers Park, cross country
- Woods Tennis Center/NU Varsity Courts, women's tennis
- Nebraska Tennis Center, men's tennis
[edit] Varsity sports
[edit] Fall Sports
[edit] Football
The Husker football team began competitive play in 1890 and has claimed 46 conference championships and part or all of five national championships[3]: 1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, and 1997. The latter three marking one of only two times that a team has won three NCAA Division I-A national football championships in four seasons. The other was Notre Dame in 1946, 1947 and 1949. Over the past 25 years, the Huskers' three Division I national championships are the second most of any Division I university, behind only the University of Miami, which has won five.
The coach who brought about the most wins in Cornhusker history is Tom Osborne, who led the team for 25 seasons, from 1973 to 1997; his final record at Nebraska was 255 wins, 49 losses and 3 ties. During his tenure, the team won three national titles, including one in his final season. Osborne was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's 3rd congressional district in 2000.
Nebraska's home games always open with the Tunnel Walk, which signifies the entry of the team onto the field. When the Cornhuskers play at home in Memorial Stadium, the stadium holds more people than Bellevue (the third-largest city in Nebraska). They currently hold the NCAA record for the most consecutive sold out home games; the sellout streak dates back to November 3, 1962.
The current Husker coach is Bill Callahan; the previous three coaches were Frank Solich, Tom Osborne, and Bob Devaney. Callahan represents a break from tradition in many ways. First, Callahan is the first head coach in recent history not to be hand-picked by his predecessor. Second, Bill Callahan has implemented the West Coast Offense at Nebraska. The Huskers had previously been known for the tough running game; specifically, running the option with a strong backfield (under Solich, such an attack became increasingly quarterback-oriented), while their new style relies heavily on a balance between the run and the pass.
Nebraska became one of only 4 teams in division 1-A football to reach 800 lifetime wins on October 14, 2006 with a 21-3 victory over Kansas State. Other teams with 800 wins are Texas, Notre Dame, and Michigan.
[edit] Volleyball
Nebraska is home to one of the nation's top volleyball programs. The Nebraska women's volleyball team has won three national titles, in 1995, 2000, and 2006. In 1995 the Cornhuskers capped off a 32-1 season by defeating the Texas Longhorns 3 games to 1 in the national championship game. The second national championship came in 2000, when the Huskers completed a 34-0 season by beating the Wisconsin Badgers for the championship 3 games to 2. The Huskers won their third national championship in 2006 with at 33-1 record by beating the Stanford Cardinal in 4 sets.
Nebraska volleyball is a popular spectator sport in the state. In 2005, an NCAA volleyball-record 13,252 tickets were presold for the NCAA regionals. The vast majority of these sales are attributed to Nebraska volleyball fans, as the games was played at Qwest Center Omaha. On December 16, 2006, this record was broken when Nebraska played Stanford in the National Championship game with 17,209 in attendance.
The team plays their home matches in the Nebraska Coliseum. During the 2004 season, the Huskers averaged a home attendance of 4,336. Nebraska has an all-time record of 419-30 in the Coliseum.
[edit] Team Records
The Nebraska Cornhuskers Womens Volleyball team holds 4 NCAA team records[3]:
- Asssists in a Five-Game Match (116) Nebraska vs Texas, November 15, 1988 (Record is a combined total, shared with Texas)
- Winning Percentage (1.000) Nebraska, 2000 (34-0), shared with Long State Beach and Southern California
- Consecutive Winning Seasons (25) Shared with Hawaii, Pacific, Penn State, Stanford, UCLA
- Consecutive Non-Losing seasons (25) Shared with Hawaii, UNI, Pacific, Penn State, Stanford, UCLA
[edit] Soccer
Nebraska became the first team in the Big Eight to create women's soccer as a varsity sport in the 1995 season. John Walker was hired to coach the soccer team in April of 1994 and was determined to get the Huskers into an NCAA tournament by 2008. During his second season, he led the Huskers to the NCAA tournament followed by an addition nine consecutive trips to the tournament, with his first miss in the 2006 season. The team has reached the Sweet sixteen eight times and to the Elite Eight on two occasions. John Walker has earned NSCAA/Umbro National Coach-of-the-Year, NSCAA/Umbro Central Region Coach-of-the-Year and Big 12 Conference Coach-of-the-Year over his tenure at Lincoln. The Husker program has created many professional athletes that went on to the WUSA.
Big 12 Conference Champion
1996, 1999, 2000
Big 12 Tournament Champion
1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002
NCAA Bids
1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
[edit] Winter sports
[edit] Men's basketball
While the University of Nebraska has experienced varying amounts of success for their intercollegiate athletic programs, men's basketball has been an exception. Nebraska has a distinction of one of the few major conference programs never to win a single game in the NCAA Tournament. In fact, in the over 90 years of varsity competition at the University, the first trip to the NCAA Tournament for Nebraska did not come until 1986. Much of the team's success came under the tenure of Danny Nee, head coach from 1987 to 2000. Nee is the team's all-time winningest head coach with a record of 254-190. Nee led the Cornhuskers to five of their six NCAA Tournament appearances, six bids to the National Invitation Tournament, including the 1996 NIT Championship.
The current head coach is Doc Sadler. Barry Collier, who led Nebraska from 2000 to August 2006, left to become athletic director at Butler University. He previously had been Butler's head coach from 1989 to 2000.
[edit] Women's basketball
Women’s basketball started as a club sport in 1970 and five years later it became a varsity sport when scholarships were offered. George Nicodemus was the first head coach and had a 22-9 record in his first season, taking the Huskers to the AIAW where they lost in the second round of the tournament. Five different head coaches would be hired after Nicodemus left the program in 1971 until 1986 when Angela Beck took a stable head coach position. Beck led the Huskers to there first NCAA bid after winning the Big 8 championship in 1988. She led the Huskers back to the NCAA in 93 and 96. She left the program in 1996 to perused other opportunities and was replaced by Paul Sanderford. Sanderford led the Huskers to a NCAA sub-regional in 1998 and 1999 and received a third consecutive NCAA bid in 2000. Connie Yori became the head coach in 2002 and has led the Huskers to WNIT in 2004, 2005, 2006, and NCAA in 2007.
AIAW tournament
1976, 1979, 1980, 1981
Big 8 Championship
1988
WNIT tournament bids
2004, 2005, 2006
NCAA tournament bids
1988, 1993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2007
[edit] Wrestling
The first official Nebraska wrestling team started in 1910 with Dr. R.G. Clapp as coach.
Big 8 confernece
1993, 1995
[edit] Women’s Gymnastics
The Nebraska Women’s Gymnastics team was first established in 1975. After the first season, the school hired head coach Karen Balke to lead a team of all freshman and sophomores for one year. Judy Schalk took over as head coach in 1977 until 1983. She led the Huskers to five conference titles and to one AIWA bid. In 1983, Rick Walton was hired to serve as head coach and led the Huskers to there first NCAA women’s gym event title when Michele Bryant came in first place on the vault. He captured four straight Big 8 championship titles and led the huskers to the NCAAs four times in a row. After the 1993 season, Rick Walton left the program and Dan Kendig was brought in. In his first year he became the Big 12 coach of the year after leading the Huskers to a Big 8 championship. In 1997 the Huskers reached the Super Six Finals for the first time by beating #1 ranked Utah. Kendig was named national coach of the year in 1999 after earning 6 conference championships in a row. Kendig's team has won four event titles when Heather Brink won two NCAA event titles in all around and vault in 2000 and Richelle Simpson won the all around title and the floor exercise title in 2003. Currently the Huskers are going back to the NCAA for the ninth year in a row after winning the Big 12 championship for the eighth time. The Huskers are going into the NCAA tournament ranked 6th in the nation. The huskers have never had a losing season.
Big 8 Championship
1978, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996
Big 12 Championship
1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007
AIWA bids
1979
NCAA bids
1982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
[edit] Bowling
Bowling has been an official varsity sport at Lincoln since the 1996-1997 season. Before bowling became a varsity sport, it was a club sport coached by Bill Straub who led the club team to two national IBC titles in 1991 and 1995. Bill Straub was hired as the full time bowling coach and has led the team to three more IBC titles in 1997, 1999 and 2001. In 2003, the NCAA created a tournament for Women’s bowling and the Nebraska Women’s Bowling team has been one of the top college bowling teams since the start of NCAA competition, which the Huskers won the first two nation titles in a row and came in third place during the third NCAA tournament. The huskers have been ranked in the top 5 teams since 1990 and have never been ranked below 17th place. The Huskers can be seen bowling at the East Campus Bowling Lanes.
Currently the Huskers are competing in the fourth NCAA tournament which is scheduled to start on April 12th.
NCAA Tournament Bids
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
National Champions
2004, 2005
[edit] Rifle
NCAA Tournament Bids
2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
[edit] Spring sports
[edit] Baseball
Nebraska baseball has seen a resurgence in recent years. After many years of being a perennial doormat, the 2000 Huskers became the first team in school history to advance to the Super Regionals in the NCAA tournament. In 2001 and 2002, the Huskers made their first and second appearances in the College World Series. Much of the success of these teams and the teams that have followed is due to the efforts of Dave Van Horn, who compiled a record of 214-92 while leading Huskers from 1998-2002. After the 2002 season, Van Horn left to accept a position at his alma mater, Arkansas; assistant coach Mike Anderson became head coach. In 2005, the Huskers had their most successful season ever, going 57-15 and advancing to the College World Series for the third time in five years.
In 2006, Nebraska sprinted into the top 5 nationally, and was looking poised to make it back to Omaha for the College World Series. However, Nebraska ran into a huge late season slump. Despite this, they managed to host a regional, only to go two and out and bow out early.
In 2002, the Huskers moved into the friendly confines of Hawks Field at Haymarket Park, widely considered one of the best collegiate baseball facilities in the country. Since this move, the Huskers have seen their attendance break numerous records. In the 2005 Super Regional against Miami, an overflow crowd of 8,711 watched as Nebraska clinched their third trip to the College World Series.
[edit] Honors and Championships
[edit] Current Championships
Current Big 12 Championships
Women's Gym
Volleyball
Men's Indoor Track and Field
Current Big 12 North Championships
Football
Current NCAA Championships
Women's Volleyball
Paul Donahoe Wrestling 125lbs weight
[edit] Team National Championships
[edit] Football[3]
- 1970 (11-0-1, No. 1 AP)
- 1971 (13-0 No. 1 AP/UPI)
- 1994 (13-0 No. 1 AP/Coaches (CNN/USA Today)
- 1995 (12-0 No. 1 AP/Coaches (CNN/USA Today)
- 1997 (13-0 No. 1 Coaches (ESPN/USA Today)
[edit] Women's Volleyball
- 1995 (32-1)
- 2000 (34-0)
- 2006 (33-1)
[edit] Men's Gymnastics
- 1979
- 1980
- 1981
- 1982
- 1983
- 1988
- 1990
- 1994
[edit] Women's Bowling
- 1991 (IBC)
- 1995 (IBC)
- 1997 (IBC)
- 1999 (IBC)
- 2001 (IBC)
- 2004 (NCAA)
- 2005 (NCAA)
[edit] Women's Track and Field
- 1982 (AIAW)
- 1983 (NCAA)
- 1984 (NCAA)
[edit] Individual National Champions
[edit] Rifle (2)
2000 Nicole Allaire Smallbore
2006 Kristina Fehlings Air Rifle
[edit] Wrestling (9)
1963 Wrestling Mike Nissen 123lbs
1984 Wrestling Jim Scheer 177lbs
1984 Wrestling Bill Scherr 190lbs
1991 Wrestling Jason Kelber 126lbs
1993 Wrestling Tony Purler 126lbs
1995 Wrestling Tolly Thompson Hwt
2000 Wrestling Brad Vering 197lbs
2004 Wrestling Jason Powell 125lbs
2007 Wrestling Paul Donahoe 125lbs
[edit] Women's Gymnastics (5)
1990 Michele Bryant Vault
2000 Heather Brink, all around
2000 Heather Brink, Vault
2003 Richelle Simpson, floor exercise
2003 Richelle Simpson, all around
[edit] Men's Gymnastics (42)
Missing one Parallel bars
1980 Phil Cahoy Parallel bars
1980 Phil Cahoy Horizontal bar
1980 Jim Hartung All Around
1980 Jim Hartung Still Rings
1980 Steve Elliott Floor Exercise
1981 Phil Cahoy Parallel bars
1981 Phil Cahoy Horizontal bar
1981 Jim Hartung Parallel bars
1981 Jim Hartung Still Rings
1981 Jim Hartung All Round
1982 Jim Hartung Parallel bars
1982 Jim Hartung Still Rings
1982 Steve Elliott Floor Exercise
1982 Steve Elliott Vault
1983 Scott Johnson Floor Exercise
1983 Scott Johnson Horizontal bar
1983 Scott Johnson Parallel bars
1983 Chris Riegel Vault
1984 Chris Riegel Vault
1985 Wes Suter Horizontal bar
1985 Wes Suter Floor Exercise
1985 Wes Suter All Around
1987 Tom Schlesinger Parallel bars
1987 Tom Schlesinger All Around
1987 Kevin Davis Parallel bars
1988 Kevin Davis All Around
1988 Kevin Davis Parallel bars
1989 Patrick Kirksey All Around
1990 Patrick Kirksey Parallel bars
1992 Che Bowers Pommel Horse
1993 Richard Grace Floor Exercise
1994 Richard Grace Parallel bars
1994 Dennis Harrison All Around
1995 Rick Kieffer Horizontal bar
1995 Richard Grace Parallel bars
1995 Richard Grace All Around
1997 Marshall Nelson Parallel bars
1997 Marshall Nelson Horizontal bar
1998 Marshall Nelson Parallel bars
1999 Jason Hardabura All Around
1999 Jason Hardabura Floor Exercise
Missing one Parallel bars
[edit] Academic All-Americans
The Nebraska Cornhuskers lead the nation in the number of academic All-Americans. Nebraska also leads the nation in Academic All-Americans in football. At the end of fall 2006 sports season, there were a total of 235 academic All-Americans in all sports, all teams.
| Top ten programs for academic All-Americans 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | Nebraska | 235 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Notre Dame | 178 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | MIT | 129 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Penn State | 126 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Augustana | 114 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Bucknell | 112 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Stanford | 103 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Illinois Wesleyan | 102 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | UCLA | 99 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Emory | 97 | ||||||||||||||||||||
[edit] Baseball
- Aaron Marsden (2003)
- Adrian Fiala (1970)
- Brandon Buckman (2006)
- Daniel Bruce (2005)
- Erik Mumm (1999)
- Gene Stohs (1970, 1972)
- Jeff Leise (2001, 2002, 2003)
- John Cole (2001)
- Matt Schuldt (1998)
- Shane Komine (2002)
- Steve Achelpohl (1972)
- Steve Oakley (1980)
- Todd Oakes (1983)
[edit] F/W At-Large
- Bree Dority O'Callaghan (2001)
- Jon Hahn (2001)
- Rachel Spiry (2001)
[edit] Football
- Aaron Graham (1994, 1995)
- Brian Schuster (1995)
- Brian Shaw (1998, 1999)
- Chad Kelsay (1997, 1998)
- Chad Sievers (2004)
- Dale Klein (1986)
- Dane Todd (2005, 2006)
- David Edeal (1990)
- David Rimington (1981, 1982)
- Dennis Claridge (1963)
- Frosty Anderson (1973)
- George Andrews (1978)
- Gerry Gdowski (1989)
- Grant Wistrom (1996, 1997)
- Jacob Young (1988)
- Jake Young (1989)
- James Huge (1962)
- James Pillen (1978)
- Jeff Finn (1980)
- Jeff Kinney (1971)
- Jeffrey Jamrog (1987)
- Jim Wanek (1990)
- Joel Makovicka (1997, 1998)
- John Kroeker (1988)
- John Nelson (1988)
- Jon Hesse (1996)
- Jon Zatechka (1997)
- Judd Davies (2003)
- Kellen Huston (2004)
- Kelly Saalfeld (1979)
- Ken Mehlin (1993)
- Kurt Mann (2005)
- Kyle Vanden Bosch (1999, 2000)
- Larry Jacobson (1971)
- Mark Blazek (1987, 1988)
- Mark Traynowicz (1984)
- Marv Mueller (1966)
- Matt Shaw (1994)
- Micah Heibel (1987)
- Mike Brown (1999)
- Mike Stigge (1991, 1992)
- Pat Engelbert (1990, 1991)
- Pat Ricketts (2003)
- Pat Tyrance (1989, 1990)
- Randy Reeves (1969)
- Randy Schleusener (1979, 1980)
- Randy Theiss (1981)
- Rick Lindquist (1981)
- Rik Bonness (1975)
- Rob Stuckey (1983, 1984)
- Robert Zatechka (1992, 1993, 1994)
- Rod Horn (1979)
- Scott Frost (1997)
- Scott Strasburger (1983, 1984)
- Steve Ott (1995)
- Steve Volin (1995)
- Ted Harvey (1976, 1977)
- Terry Connealy (1993, 1994)
- Thomas Welter (1986)
- Tom Heiser (1975)
- Tracey Wistrom (2001)
- Trev Alberts (1993)
- Vince Ferragamo (1976)
- William Lafleur (1998)
[edit] Men's At-Large
- Alex Lamme (1996, 1997)
- Brady Bonsall (1995, 1996)
- James Blackledge (1988)
- James Koziol (1999)
- Jason Christie (1996)
- Justin Switzer (1993, 1994)
- Mark Warburton (1990)
- Marshall Nelson (2000)
- Michael Windisch (2000)
- Patrick Kirksey (1990)
- Rick Kieffer (1995)
- Ryan Tobin (1996. 1998)
- Steve Jung (1989)
- Sumner Darling (1992, 1993, 1994)
- Ted Harris (1997)
- Thomas Schlesinger (1986, 1988)
- Matt Murray (2004, 2005)
- Ryan Sneed (2003)
[edit] Men's Basketball
- Beau Reid (1989, 1991)
- John Matzke (1984)
[edit] Men's Track/Cross Country
- Aaron Plas (2006)
- Dana Carne (2004)
- Danny Hill (2004)
- Kyle Wyatt (2002)
- Nate Probasco (2006)
[edit] Soccer
- Meghan Anderson (2002)
- Shannon Tanaka (2002)
[edit] Softball
- Ann Halsne (1991, 1992)
- Denice Feldhaus (1984)
- Denise (Day) Eckert (1984, 1985)
- Denise McMillan (1992, 1993, 1994)
- Jamie Fuente (2001)
- Janelle Frese (1989)
- Jenny Smith (1998)
- Jill Rishel (1990)
- Karla Knicely (1996)
- Kim Ogee (2002)
- KoKo Tacha (2006)
- Lizzy Aumua (2006)
- Lori Richins (1985, 1986, 1987)
- Lori Sippel (1988)
- Margie Ogrodowicz (1987, 1988)
- Ruth Chatwin (1987)
- Shelby Mertins (1984)
[edit] Volleyball
- Allison Weston (1994, 1995)
- Amber Holmquist (2003)
- Anna Schrad (2003)
- Becki Bolli (1990)
- Carla Baker (1989)
- Christina Houghtelling (2005)
- Christy Johnson (1995)
- Greichaly Cepero (2001)
- Janet Kruse (1989, 1990, 1991)
- Karen Dahlgren (1985, 1986)
- Kathi DeBoer (1987)
- Laura Pilakowski (2000, 2002, 2003)
- Lisa Reitsma (1996)
- Lori Endicott (1988)
- Megan Korver (1998)
- Nancy Meendering (1999)
- Nancy Metcalf (2001)
- Sarah Pavan (2005, 2006)
- Virginia Stahr (1987, 1988, 1989)
[edit] Women's At Large
- Cassandra Morelock (2000)
- Courtney Jensen (2000)
- Heidi Stark (1996)
- Jane Clemons (1990)
- Janet Blomstedt (1997)
- Jen French (2003)
- Jennifer French (2002)
- Jill Myatt (1997)
- Joy Taylor (1995, 1996)
- Kathy Travis Miiller (1996)
- Kim Dehaan (1996)
- Libby Landgraf (2004)
- Lynne Frey (1990)
- Mary Ocel (1988)
- Nicola Martial (1996)
- Nicole Ali (1985, 1986)
- Nicole Duval (1993, 1994, 1995)
- Rachel Collins (1992)
- Rachel Spiry (2002)
- Richelle Simpson (2005)
- Stella Klassen (2000)
[edit] Women's Basketball
- Cathy Owen (1984)
- Karen Jennings (1991, 1992, 1993)
- Kelli Benson (1984)
- Stella Klassen (2000)
- Stephanie Bolli (1986, 1988)
- Terri Parriott (1985)
[edit] Women's Track/Cross Country
- Ann Gaffigan (2004)
- Ashley Selig (2006)
- Cheryl Harmon (2003)
- Jenna Lucas (2002)
- Jenny Green (2006)
- Kate Livesey (2002)
- Tia DeSoto (2004)
[edit] Fans
In addition to the performance both on[3] and off the field, The Nebraska Cornhuskers are also known for having proclaimed their fans "The greatest fans in college football [2]." Above the main entrance to Memorial Stadium is the inscription "Through these gates pass the greatest fans in college football[3]." The fans are commonly referred to as Cornheads or The Big Red Faithful. In 2001 President George W. Bush observed "I can't go without saying how impressed I am by the Nebraska fan base. Whether it be for women's volleyball or football, there's nothing like the Big Red.[4]"
Football fans are known as The Sea of Red due to the overwhelming amount of red they wear. They have sold out every home game since November 3, 1962[5]. This large crowd not only cheers for their team, but will also applaud the visiting team as they leave the field at the end of the game[6]. Nebraska fans are also known for following their team on the road, such as in 2002 when 60,000 fans traveled to Pasadena to watch the Huskers play the Miami Hurricanes in the Rose Bowl[7] and in 2000 when Cornheads took over Notre Dame Stadium[8].
The use of the Cornhusker name expands beyond athletics and into the community. Several businesses use the name Husker or Big Red. The South-East Nebraska Boy Scout council is named the Cornhusker Council[9].
[edit] Club sports
- Nebraska Crew (NUCrew)
- Nebraska Lacrosse
- Nebraska Cornhuskers Hockey
[edit] References
- ^ Big 12 Conference Offical Athletic Site. big12sports.com. CSTV Networks, Inc. (2007). Retrieved on March 10, 2007.
- ^ Rifle is classified as a coeducational sport by the NCAA; however, it is classified as a women's sport at Nebraska.
- ^ a b c d Past Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (Division I FBS) National Champions (formerly called Division I-A). ncaa.org. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2007). Retrieved on March 10, 2007.
[edit] External links
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln Athletic Department
- Husker Century - NET Television
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