Wrestling has always been in Nebraska freshman wrestler Joshua Licking’s blood.
The lead up to fall break involved much action for Nebraska athletics. With a total of 14 events throughout the week, freshmen athletes remain…
The day former Nebraska head cross country coach Dave Harris retired, an era of Husker distance running had ended.
Judi Jones is probably the only person who expected herself to be here.
Forty minutes northwest of the city of Lincoln is Gretna, Nebraska, a town of just over 5,000 people.
When coaches were forced to decide between an indoor track season and winter cross country in the same time frame, the quirk of scheduling due…
As Nebraska freshman gymnast Taylor Christopulos prepared for vault in the seventh and final rotation of the Big Ten Championships, he was thi…
When Nebraska senior swimmer Abi Knapton was young, she dreamed of being a Nebraska gymnast.
Nebraska junior infielder Cam Chick grew up with baseball.
After an offseason of uncertainty, Emily Cheramie made her senior rifle season count.
For three years, Tanner Farmer was a starting offensive lineman on the Nebraska football team.
Husker men’s tennis sophomore Shunya Maruyama has become a vital part of a young Nebraska team ever since he came over from Japan in 2019.
He’s up in the morning drawing blood at a health center, then in the afternoon goes to a lengthy practice before attending class in the evening.
In a fitting end to an unprecedented season, the Nebraska volleyball program recognized its four seniors through a social media post after the…
Nebraska softball freshman Billie Andrews was penciled into the lineup as the starting shortstop from day one.
A 1-1 count against Big Ten powerhouse Ohio State, Nebraska senior outfielder Joe Acker punched a single up the middle to send two runners hom…
Nebraska baseball senior outfielder Mojo Hagge looked down at his phone, scrolling through Twitter, when he saw that the remainder of the SEC …
A Longhorn fan his whole life, Nebraska baseball senior Jaxon Hallmark joked about how “irrelevant” the Huskers were to him as he grew up in T…
The Nebraska men’s golf team, like other spring sports teams, was forced to cut its season short due to COVID-19. And, like everyone else, it …
The last time Nebraska football played a home game, it was 349 days ago in front of a sold-out Memorial Stadium crowd.
Husker baseball has performed beyond expectations with in-state recruiting, catching the eye of many local recruits. According to Prep Basebal…
In 1892, the 2-year-old Nebraska Bugeaters football team had its first conference game scheduled. Having joined the Western Interstate Univers…
Dealing with both academics and sports is a challenge, but a challenge that student-athletes know they will have to overcome when playing at a…
Senior golfers Kate Smith and Alice Duan were both excited and anxious in the month of March as they neared what they thought would be the end…
Max Anderson has dreamed of playing for his hometown team since he was four years old.
The 2020 Nebraska School Activities Association football playoffs, featuring 136 Nebraska high school football teams battling for six titles, …
Taking a year off from basketball is hard for most college players.
With the general election less than a week away, college athletes nationwide are looking to contribute to what many believe will be a record v…
An improved pitching staff could have the Husker pitching rotation looking like a serious threat for the 2021 season. Coming off of a shortene…
When Lincoln Southeast varsity football head coach Ryan Gottula first met Taveon Thompson, he knew right away that Thompson would be successful.
March 13, 2020 was a day circled long in advance for Nebraska softball fans, players and coaching staff. It was the home opener, a day dedicat…
In late 2018, California was on fire again. Campfires sprung up and devastated Butte County in Northern California.
Each week, The Daily Nebraskan will look to fill the void of a delayed football season by examining a previous season in program history, look…
On Aug. 31, Kevin Kugler received the breakthrough he’d been waiting for his entire career: an opportunity to broadcast NFL games on Fox.
The return of Big Ten football has implications that go beyond being able to see a handful of games this fall.
Just under two years ago, former Husker Sinclaire Miramontez faced her greatest challenge as an athlete: a torn ACL near the end of her junior…
Just over three years ago, former Husker MJ Knighten was playing softball for Nebraska.
Parents and student-athletes alike are fighting for football and the rest of fall sports to return. They are committed to discovering what hap…
March 12 was just another practice day. Late in the evening, after the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's semester-altering announcement, the me…
Nebraska athletes began a social media campaign Thursday morning including a two-page letter requesting greater representation of minorities i…
Kiki Stokes sat in a chair beside home plate after a 3-1 win, facing the crowd.
Within a specific sport, it’s crucial for a team to be harmonious in order to succeed. Sometimes, team-building includes bringing together ath…
Jace Anderson was sitting in chemistry class at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln when his phone first started to blow up.
Diversity and Inclusion director DaWon Baker leaves his Memorial Stadium office door open, making himself available to talk to Husker athletes…
On one side of the country in Tacoma, Washington, Meg Brandt was on her way to practice. On the other side, in Cary, North Carolina, Sinclaire…
An hour south of Memorial Stadium, past Beatrice and downtown Blue Springs, lies an old converted metal barn at the top of a hill. A place whe…
The Nebraska swim and dive team’s constant improvement under head coach Pablo Morales has been helped by the team’s recruiting, retention and …
Freshman guard Makenzie Helms has an important Latin phrase tattooed on her body.
Haanif Cheatham didn’t quite know what he had signed up for.
Throughout Nebraska track and field history, many of its greatest athletes have come from foreign countries. Some have claimed national titles…
In 2006, an 8-year-old Raquel Orozco began bowling in Tijuana, Mexico. 14 years and one move to another country later, the senior is wrapping …
In Nebraska bowling’s 25-year history, the Huskers have had just three black bowlers.
The Nebraska wrestling team redshirted every single freshman in this year’s class. That is, except for one: Ridge Lovett. He is a true freshma…
It was a site to behold during the 3,000-meter run at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational. Sophomore George Kusche crossed the finish line w…
After a disappointing women’s basketball season last year, things could have gone one of two ways: Players could remain discouraged and hang t…
Nebraska women’s basketball assistant coach Tandem Mays’ relationship with head coach Amy Williams began long before Mays started coaching und…
The phrase like father, like son is one that tends to get tossed around in families.
Freshman Anna Baranovski did not begin her life playing tennis, but the discovery of her passion for the sport changed her whole life.
At a typical women’s basketball practice, a well-executed drill or quick scrimmage lead to a happy head coach Amy Williams and players saying …
One of the hardest things for a collegiate athlete to do is adjust to the training schedule a program has in place.
It’s been an unbelievable run for Ben Buchnat since he graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln eight months ago, but one thing hasn’…
Usually heading down to Florida would be a vacation, but for the Nebraska swim and dive team, it was all business.
After suffering an ankle injury that kept him out of gymnastics for the entirety of his senior year of high school, Dillan King entered his fr…
On senior wrestler Isaiah White’s 8th birthday, his father, Walter, took Isaiah to the local wrestling gym, the Romeoville Spartans Kids Club.
Throughout his 20 years as the head coach of Husker volleyball, John Cook has been an iconic coach in both the world of college volleyball and…
A Nebraska women’s swim and dive meet typically takes about two hours. However, the work that goes into those two hours breaks down into nine …
Unlike some athletes who started playing their sport at a young age, Leah Glazer didn’t grow up bowling. In fact, this year is only her ninth …
Head women’s basketball coach Amy Williams once told her team that in order to be a good team, you have to be a great teammate. That message s…
On game days, the fans, players, coaches, officials and other staff members all contribute to the atmosphere during sporting events. One of th…
All-American men’s gymnast Jake Bonnay knows Nebraska is where he wants to be.
As a young girl, Natasha Chikina didn’t care for gymnastics — her parents’ sport of choice for her. Just her luck, she had a neighbor who was …
Head women’s basketball coach Amy Williams is a strong believer that one of the best aspects of college athletics is people uniting from all d…
Sweat drips from Chad Red Jr.’s face down onto the mat. He is down 3-2 in the final period with only 30 seconds remaining in the match. He loo…