Jordan Burroughs makes his fifth straight World Team.
Madison, WI. – Former Huskers Jordan Burroughs and James Green both earned spots on the U.S. World Team after placing first this weekend in the U.S. World Team Trials at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, WI.
Four-time All-American James Green wrestled at 70kg (154 lbs) this weekend. Green defeated 2006 NCAA National Champion Dustin Schlatter of Minnesota in two matches, winning by a 5-0 decision in the first match before notching a 4-2 victory in the second bout. Green finished his career at Nebraska with a third-place finish at the 2015 NCAA Championships and also led the team in technical falls with ten in his senior campaign.
Former Husker point guard Ashley Ford returns to Nebraska as an assistant coach in 2015-16. (Photo Courtesy Scott Bruhn/NU Media Relations)
Lincoln – Former Nebraska and Lincoln Northeast point guard Ashley Ford will return home as an assistant coach with the Nebraska women’s basketball program, Coach Connie Yori announced on Monday.
Ford, who has spent the past five seasons on former Nebraska Associate Head Coach Cindy Fisher’s staff at the University of San Diego, rejoins the Husker program after helping to lay the foundation of Nebraska’s NCAA Tournament success as a player under Coach Yori.
“It is really gratifying as a coach to see the progress that Ashley has made in her career,” Yori said. “Ashley always has been willing to do the right thing, be patient, work hard and trust the process. I’m confident that she is the right addition to our staff at the right time.”
Nebraska will open the 2014 season on Sept. 5 at 2:30 p.m. against BYU on ABC. (Photo Courtesy Scott Bruhn/NU Media Relations)
Nebraska’s Sept. 5 season-opening contest with BYU will be televised to a national audience on ABC, with kickoff set for 2:30 p.m. (Central) at Memorial Stadium.
The Big Ten Conference and its television partners announced television plans and start times for several games during the first three weeks of the 2015 season on Friday, June 12.
The Huskers’ matchup with BYU is the first-ever meeting between the schools. The Cougars are coming off an 8-5 record and a trip to the Miami Beach Bowl in 2014.
Nebraska leads the nation with 29 straight victories in season openers, most recently a 55-7 win over Florida Atlantic in 2014.
The Huskers’ game with BYU is the fifth contest on the 2015 schedule with game time and TV information.
NU’s Sept. 12 contest against South Alabama will be televised by BTN, with kickoff set at 7 p.m. (Central). The Huskers’ road test at Miami on Sept. 19 will also be televised on ABC/ESPN2 with a 2:30 p.m. (Central) kickoff. NU completes non-conference play with an 11 a.m. (Central) game against Southern Miss on Sept. 26. The Nov. 7 home game against Michigan State will be played at either 6 or 7 p.m. (Central) and will be televised on the ESPN family of networks.
All other kickoff times and television information will be announced six to 12 days in advance of kickoff.
Mike Riley announced on Thursday the departure of three Nebraska football players. Safety LeRoy Alexander and receiver Jariah Tolbert plan to transfer and continue their college careers elsewhere.
Senior linebacker David Santos will also not be returning to the Huskers this fall. Santos has started 19 games over the past three seasons for Nebraska, including eight game last year.
Drew Wiseman placed 14th in the 400-meter hurdles. (Photo Courtesy Walt Middleton)
Eugene, Ore. – The Nebraska track and field team began action at the NCAA Track and Field Outdoor Championships on Wednesday at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus.
The men’s 4×100 relay team (Nikita Pankins, Ricco Hall, Antoine Lloyd, Cody Rush) ran a season-best time of 39.76 to finish 13th overall in the event, which earned them second-team All-America honors. The 13th-place finish was the best for the Huskers on the day.
Sophomore Drew Wiseman finished 14th in the 400-meter hurdles, running 51.16 to finish fifth in his heat. Wiseman earned second-team All-America honors in his first time competing in an individual event at the NCAA Championships.
Senior Will Lohman finished 15th in the hammer throw, recording his best effort on his first attempt, reaching 212-5 (64.75m). His finish earned him second-team All-America honors for the first time in his career. He also competed in the shot put later in the evening, registering a best throw of 61-8 1/2 (18.81m) to finish 17th.
The men’s 4×400-relay team (Levi Gipson, Cody Rush, Antoine Lloyd, Jake Bender) finished 15th in 3:07.72. Bender’s 45.52 split on the anchor leg was the fastest in the heat.
Sophomore Steven Cahoy cleared the opening pole vault height of 16-10 3/4 (5.15m) on his second attempt, but suffered a back injury on his first attempt at 17-4 1/2 (5.30m). He passed through to get to 17-8 1/2 (5.40m) but was unable to clear, finishing in a tie for 16th and also earning second-team All-America honors.
Senior Ricco Hall ran 21.07 in the 200 meters and finished 23rd.
The four-day meet continues on Thursday. Tierra Williams and Jazmin McCoy will compete in the long jump at 7:15 p.m. (CT), and Sarah Firestone will throw the javelin at 7:30 p.m. (CT). TV coverage on ESPN will begin at 7:30 p.m. for track events, while ESPN3.com will stream live field events throughout the day.
Nebraska quarterback commit Patrick O’Brien is an Elite 11 finalist.
The 6-foot-4 California quarterback received his official invitation to the Elite 11 Finals on Wednesday night, and will be one of 18 competitors to compete in the annual top quarterback competition.
The Elite 11 finals will take place July 5-11 at Nike headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon.
Ten of the past 11 Heisman-winning quarterbacks were Elite 11 finalists.
Blake Headley was taken in the 20th round by the Chicago Cubs (Photo Courtesy Stephanie Carpenter/NU Media Relations)
Lincoln – After senior Tanner Lubach was taken by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the ninth round of the 2015 MLB Draft on Tuesday, three more Huskers and two Husker signees heard their names called on Wednesday.
Senior Blake Headley was the first Husker to come off the board on the final day of the Draft when he was taken with the eighth pick in the 20th round by the Chicago Cubs. Senior Josh Roeder soon followed when the New York Yankees took NU’s all-time saves leader with the 18thpick in the 21st round. Junior Colton Howell then became NU’s lone underclassman to be picked when the San Diego Padres selected him with the 12th pick in the 27th round. Nebraska also saw a pair of future Huskers get selected. In the 28th round the Arizona Diamondbacks took Cedar Lake, Ind., product Jesse Wilkening and in the 39th round the New York Mets took Altoona, Pa., native Chad Luensmann.
With four Huskers picked in the 2015 MLB Draft, Nebraska has had at least three players picked in 16 of the last 17 Drafts dating back to 1999. The four Huskers picked were the most since 2012 when five players were picked. None of the four Huskers picked in the 2015 MLB Draft had been drafted before.
2015 MLB Draft Picks Tanner Lubach | SR | C (Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim – 9th Round) Named second-team All-Big Ten this season, Tanner Lubach finished second on the team with a career-best .312 batting average. He tied for the team lead in home runs with four, hit 10 doubles, one triple and was third on the team with 26 RBIs. Lubach was even better at the plate during Big Ten play with a .369 batting average, while starting 23 of NU’s 24 league games.
A Johnny Bench Award candidate each of the last two seasons, Lubach was one of the best defensive catchers in the Big Ten during his three seasons at Nebraska. Lubach finished his career second in Husker history in runners caught stealing with 44, just two behind Cory Burleson’s school record of 46. He posted a .993 career fielding percentage, with only six errors in 918 chances. In 138 career starts, Lubach allowed just 13 passed balls, including only two in 2015.
Blake Headley | SR | 3B (Chicago Cubs – 20th Round) A two-time All-Big Ten performer, Blake Headley led the Huskers in both doubles (18) and RBIs (41) in 2015. The Omaha native improved his RBI total each season at Nebraska, starting with six as a freshman, then 25 as a sophomore, 27 as a junior and 41 as a senior to end his career with 99 RBIs. Headley played in 184 games during his four-year career, including 158 starts. He ended his career with a .294 batting average, 32 doubles, seven triples and five home runs. Headley saw most of his time at third base during his career at NU, but also played first base during his junior year in 2014. He committed just 18 errors in 718 chances during his career, posting a .975 fielding percentage.
Josh Roeder | SR | RHP (New York Yankees – 21st Round) A member of both the Stopper-of-the-Year and College Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher-of-the-Year watch lists in 2015, Josh Roeder earned third-team All-Big Ten honors following another stellar season as Nebraska’s closer. The Plano, Texas, native set a new career record at Nebraska for saves with 33, while saving a single-season-best 15 games this season. Roeder ended the year with 28 strikeouts to three walks in 20.0 innings over 20 appearances.
Colton Howell | JR | RHP (San Diego Padres – 27th Round) Colton Howell had a breakout season in 2015 and served at Nebraska’s setup man out of the bullpen. The 6-1 righty ended the year with a 2.08 ERA in 30.1 innings over 25 appearances, with 31 strikeouts. Opposing hitters produced a .215 average off of Howell in 2015 after hitting over .300 in each of the last two seasons. Howell’s 25 appearances easily set a career high, as he made a combined 22 appearances during his first two seasons at Nebraska. Howell earned saves in NU wins over Hawaii and Michigan in 2015, his only career saves.
Jesse Wilkening | HS (Cedar Lake, Ind. – Hanover Central) | C (Arizona Diamondbacks – 28th Round) Jesse Wilkening hit .495 with eight home runs and 38 RBIs for Hanover Central High School in 2015. The 5-10 catcher ended his prep career with an Indiana state-record 206 career hits, breaking the previous state record of 202 held by Adam Norton, who went on to play at Notre Dame. A top-250 nationally-ranked catcher, Perfect Game ranks Wilkening as the No. 41 overall player in the state of Indiana. Wilkening competed at the 2014 Perfect Game WWBA 17u National Championships for Gravel Baseball and the 2013 Perfect Game WWBA Underclass World Championships for the Evoshield Seminoles.
Chad Luensmann | HS (Altoona, Pa. – Bellwood-Antis HS) | RHP (New York Mets – 39thRound) Ranked as one of the top 120 right-handed pitching prospects in the country by Perfect Game, Chad Luensmann pitched for Bellwood-Antis High School in Altoona, Pa. Luensmann tossed a five-inning perfect game in a 11-0 win over Moshannon Valley in early May, as the 6-3 right hander struck out 14 of the 15 batters he faced. Luensmann was a honorable-mention All-American by Perfect Game in 2015 and a 2014 underclass honorable-mention All-American. He was named to the all-tournament team at the 2014 Perfect Game WWBA World Championships in Jupiter, Fla. And competed at the 2014 Area Code Games in Long Beach, Calif. The last time the Huskers has a player on their roster from Pennsylvania was 1983 when Dave Bailor (Connellsville, Pa.) was a senior.
Tanner Lubach was drafted in the ninth round by the Angels (Photo Courtesy Stephanie Carpenter/NU Media Relations)
Lincoln – Senior catcher Tanner Lubach was picked by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the ninth round of the 2015 MLB Draft on Tuesday, marking the 37th straight year a Husker has been drafted.
A Lincoln native, Lubach is the highest drafted Husker since 2011, when Cody Asche was selected in the fourth round by the Philadelphia Phillies. Lubach is the 26th Husker taken in the top-10 rounds since 2000 and of those 26 players, only seven had been drafted before coming to Nebraska.
Named second-team All-Big Ten this season, Lubach finished second on the team with a career-best .312 batting average. He tied for the team lead in home runs with four, hit 10 doubles, one triple and was third on the team with 26 RBIs. Lubach was even better at the plate during Big Ten play with a .369 batting average, while starting 23 of NU’s 24 league games.
A Johnny Bench Award candidate each of the last two seasons, Lubach was one of the best defensive catchers in the Big Ten during his three seasons at Nebraska. Lubach finished his career second in Husker history in runners caught stealing with 44, just two behind Cory Burleson’s school record of 46. He posted a .993 career fielding percentage, with only six errors in 918 chances. In 138 career starts, Lubach allowed just 13 passed balls, including only two in 2015.
James Green went 35-5 as a senior and led the team in technical falls with 10. (Courtesy Scott Bruhn/NU Media Relations)
Madison, WI – Jordan Burroughs and James Green are set to compete in the U.S. Senior World Team Trials with Colton McCrystal competing in the UWW Junior World Team Trials, June 12-14 in Madison, WI.
Green and McCrystal will be competing in the Challenge Tournament at the Alliant Energy Center. The winner of the Challenge Tournament will go on to face the winner of the U.S. Open in the best-of-three finals to claim a spot on the world team. McCrystal, a Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, native compiled a 24-5 overall record as a redshirt freshman in the 2014-15 season. The UWW Junior Challenge Tournament will begin Friday at 9:00am. Green, a Willingboro, N.J., native went 35-5 in his final regular season at NU and went on to place third at the 2015 NCAA Championships.
Olympic Gold Medalist and and assistant coach Jordan Burroughs will sit in the best-of-three finals to wait to battle the winner of the Challenge Tournament. This event is the final qualifier for the Junior and Senior World Teams.
Lincoln – University of Nebraska Basketball Coach Tim Miles announced Monday that Anton Gill has transferred to the University of Nebraska and joined the Husker basketball program. Gill began classes at Nebraska on Monday, the first of two summer sessions at UNL.
Gill, who spent the previous two seasons at the University of Louisville, will sit out the 2015-16 season and have two years of eligibility remaining beginning with the 2016-17 campaign.
A 6-foot-3, 190-pound guard from Raleigh, N.C., Gill spent two seasons at Louisville, where he played in 55 career games for the Cardinals, who reached the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight in his tenure. A former top-50 recruit out of Hargrave (Va.) Military Academy, Miles believes that Gill, who selected Nebraska over Georgetown and East Carolina, will provide the Huskers additional scoring punch when he becomes eligible.
“I’m excited to add Anton to our team,” Miles said. “He is a high-caliber player who has played in an elite program and understands the regimentation it takes for a program to be successful. As I have got to know him, I enjoy the way he puts thought into his game. He has an outstanding basketball IQ and pays attention to the game, and that is someone who has traditionally excelled in our system. He was a renowned scorer on the AAU circuit and at Hargrave Academy. We think he can be someone who can step in and be scoring threat who can replace Shavon Shields after he graduates next year.”
As a sophomore, he played in 31 games, helping Louisville to a 27-9 record and a berth in the Elite Eight in 2014-15. He averaged 2.5 points and 0.7 rebounds per game in just under 10 minutes per contest. Gill posted a pair of double-figure efforts in 2014-15, including a career-high 15 point effort against Florida International and had 14 points, including a career-high four 3-pointers, in a win over Florida State. Gill also had seven points and a pair of steals in the final six minutes of Louisville’s East Regional semifinal win over North Carolina State, including the go-ahead basket with 5:55 remaining. As a freshman, he played in 24 game as a reserve for the Cardinals. In addition to his work on the court, Gill was named to the 2015 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Men’s Basketball team.
A consensus top-50 recruit, Gill averaged 28.2 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.1 assists for Hargrave Military Academy as a senior, including a school-record 56 point game and another 50-point effort, as the school went 38-8 on the season. He was a first-team all-state pick at Ravenscroft High School as a junior, averaging 18.1 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.3 steals to lead the program to a 31-4 record and the Class 3A North Carolina state championship.
Gill’s father, Anton, played basketball at East Carolina, earning first team All-Colonial Athletic Conference honors in 1995 and CAA All-Rookie team honors in 1992. He scored 1,485 points at ECU and ranks fifth on the Pirates’ all-time scoring list. Anton is the son of Anton and Shauntell Gill.
Gill’s Career Bests (at Louisville)
Rebounds
6 vs. Jacksonville St. (11/17/14)
Assists
3 vs. Cal State Northridge (12/23/14)
Blocks
1 (4 times), last vs. Syracuse (2/18/15)
Steals
4 vs. Savannah St. (11/24/14)
FGM
6 vs. Florida International (12/5/14)
FGA
10 vs. Florida International (12/5/14)
3FGM
4 vs. Florida State (2/28/15)
3FGA
5 vs. Houston (1/16/14); vs. Florida International (12/5/14)
FT
3 vs. Louisiana Lafayette (12/7/13)
FTA
4 vs. Louisiana Lafayette (12/7/13); vs. Minnesota (11/14/14)
