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Head Coach John Cook

29 | 2012 NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL COACHES & ADMINISTRATION JOHN COOK Head Coach• 13th Season • University of San Diego (1979)

Coaching Ledger Seasons at Nebraska • Nebraska Head Coach, 2000-present • Nebraska Associate Head Coach, 1999 The philosophy of John Cook can be summarized in traveled through a winter storm to witness one of the • Nebraska Assistant Coach, 1988-91 two simple words. greatest matches in Nebraska’s illustrious history. After Dream Big. dropping the first two sets to No. 1 Penn State, Nebraska Other Coaching Experience When Cook took over the reins of the Nebraska fought back, winning the next two sets to hand the Nittany • Wisconsin Head Coach, 1992-98 volleyball program, the challenge facing him was daunting. Lions their only set losses of the 2008 season. Although • U.S. Men’s National Team, 1992 Cook replaced one of the sport’s legendary coaches in the Huskers were unable to complete the comeback, • San Diego VB Club, 1986-88 Terry Pettit, who won 694 matches and guided the Huskers the performance symbolized a never-say-quit attitude to 18 consecutive NCAA appearances and six national that fueled the team’s success. Despite losing a pair of • UC-San Diego, 1983-84 semifinals. performers to season-ending injuries, the Huskers went • Francis Parker High School, 1981-88 Cook, who left an emerging power in Wisconsin to 31-3 and won their fifth consecutive conference title. At guide the tradition-rich Husker program, had his own the Seattle Regional, the Huskers overcame a 2-0 deficit to Collegiate Coaching Record vision for Nebraska volleyball. He saw a program that send the match to a fifth set and trailed 9-3 in the fifth set • Overall: 522-107 (.830) had even more potential to grow. His goals included before regrouping and earning the school’s 11th trip to the • Nebraska: 361-34 (.914) consistently selling out home matches at the NU Coliseum, NCAA semifinals. Jordan Larson, Tara Mueller and Sydney • Big Ten: 114-56 (.671) expanding the media exposure for his program and most Anderson all earned All-America honors, while Larson was • Big 12: 207-13 (.941) importantly, continuing the tradition of athletic and named Big 12 Player of the Year and Defensive Player of academic excellence started by Pettit nearly a quarter of a the Year, becoming the first player in conference history to Coaching Honors century earlier. sweep both honors. • 2008 USA Volleyball All-Time Great Coach Award Cook saw the long-range potential of building the Consistent excellence has been a hallmark of Cook’s • 2005 AVCA Division I National Coach of the Year audience across the state. He also believed Nebraska could Nebraska squads. Over the last decade, Cook has guided • 2008 Volleyball Magazine National shine by hosting the sport’s championship in the largest the Huskers to a pair of national titles, five NCAA semifinal Coach of the Year setting college volleyball had ever seen. appearances, nine Big 12 titles and the school’s first Big • 2008 AVCA Division I Central Region When others saw risks, Cook saw opportunities. Ten championship. His teams have compiled a national- Coach of the Year In 2006, Cook’s dream was realized, as the Husker best 361-34 record, including a 207-13 mark as a member Nation had an opportunity to see Nebraska raise the bar of the Big 12 Conference and a 114-56 record as members • 2005 AVCA Division I Central Region in college volleyball. From record-setting, sold-out crowds of the Big Ten Conference. Overall, Cook is 116-26 against Coach of the Year at the Qwest Center Omaha, to a team that maximized its ranked teams at NU, including a 22-11 mark against top- • 2010 Co-Big 12 Coach of the Year potential in winning the school’s third national title, the five teams. • 2008 Big 12 Coach of the Year Huskers enjoyed a remarkable season. With Cook at the helm, Nebraska has produced • 2005 Big 12 Coach of the Year The Huskers entered the 2006 campaign with many numerous individual honors, including four U.S. National • 2001 Big 12 Coach of the Year questions, as they were forced to replace three All- Team members, a Honda-Broderick Cup winner, three • 2000 AVCA Division I National Coach of the Year Americans, including AVCA National Player-of-the-Year AVCA Division I National Players of the Year, two NCAA • 2000 AVCA Division I Central Region Christina Houghtelling. With four first-year starters on the Top Eight Award winners, 36 AVCA All-Americans, three Coach of the Year court, including freshmen at setter and middle blocker, CoSIDA Academic All-Americans of the Year, 17 CoSIDA • 1997 Big Ten Co-Coach of the Year and sky-high expectations with the NCAA Championships Academic All-Americans, six Big 12 Players of the Year • 1997 NACDA/USOC Collegiate Coaches Award in Omaha for the first time, 2006 shaped up to be Cook’s and three Big 12 Co-Players of the Year. Husker student- toughest coaching job to date. athletes have also combined for 40 first-team All-Big 12 Nebraska took on all challenges head-on, going 33-1 awards and 61 academic All-Big 12 certificates. In 2011, More About Cook and becoming only the third team in NCAA history to five Huskers earned All-Big Ten honors, and six notched Education be ranked No. 1 the entire season. The Huskers went on academic All-Big Ten accolades. • University of San Diego, 1979 the road and overcame a 2-0 deficit to defeat Minnesota Cook’s accomplishments haven’t gone unnoticed, as Bachelor’s Degree, History to reach the national semifinals, marking the first time he is a two-time AVCA National Coach of the Year, earning • San Diego State University, 1991 that Nebraska had won a regional outside the state. That the prestigious honor in 2000 and 2005, and a four-time Master’s Degree, Teaching and victory set the stage for a watershed moment in college Big 12 Coach of the Year. He is one of only four active Coaching Effectiveness volleyball. Behind sellout crowds of over 17,000, the coaches - and one of six all-time - to be a two-time AVCA Huskers captured the school’s third national title with National Coach of the Year and was honored in 2008 by Family victories over No. 4 UCLA and No. 2 Stanford. Four players USA Volleyball, receiving its All-Time Great Coach Award. • Wife: Wendy earned AVCA All-America honors, including Sarah Pavan, During the 2011 season the Huskers made history • Children: Lauren, Taylor who became NU’s first Honda-Broderick Cup winner. with their first Big Ten Conference title, as they won their • Birthdate: April 19, 1956 Two years later, the NCAA Championships returned to 32nd overall conference crown. Nebraska notched an Omaha with another Husker team taking center stage. overall record of 25-5 on the year. The team recorded its An all-time NCAA attendance record of 17,430 30th straight trip to the NCAA Tournament and in doing

30 | 2012 NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL COACHES & ADMINISTRATION so, improved its all-time tournament record to 83-27. In contest is shown either live on television or streamed live Husker Players & National Honors addition, the Huskers’ all-time AVCA All-America total on the Internet. Honda-Broderick Cup Winner reached 71 with Gina Mancuso being named a first-team “It is a reflection of Nebraska volleyball and the • Sarah Pavan, RS 2006 honoree, while Hannah Werth, Morgan Broekhuis and program, and not about one person or one player,” Cook Lauren Cook were tabbed honorable-mention picks. said when accepting the AVCA Coach-of-the-Year Award Olympian In 2010 the Huskers won their 31st overall conference in 2005. “We’re trying to be a leader in the sport. We’re • Jordan Larson, OH 2012 title and their 12th as a member of the Big 12 Conference trying to take risks and dream big, and fortunately I’m • Nancy Metcalf (Meendering), RS 2004 with an overall record of 29-3. The team advanced to surrounded by a lot of people who have that vision. I’m the NCAA Elite Eight where Brooke Delano was named really proud of what we’re doing to try and enhance the U.S. National Team Members a first-team honoree. Lindsey Licht and Hannah Werth sport.” • Greichaly Cepero, S 2002-03 were second-team picks. Werth was also tabbed the Big • Nancy Metcalf (Meendering), RS 2002-present 12 Defensive Player of the Year, John Cook was named Three Straight 30-Win Seasons • Tracy Stalls, MB 2007-present Co-Big 12 Coach of the Year and Lauren Cook was the Cook immediately started to create his own legacy • Jordan Larson, OH 2009-present league’s Newcomer of the Year. The Huskers have enjoyed after taking over for Pettit. In his first season at the helm, • Kayla Banwarth, L 2011-present unprecedented success over the last seven seasons, Cook was named the AVCA National Coach of the Year making three appearances in the NCAA semifinals. after guiding the Huskers to a 34-0 record and the 2000 Canadian National Team Members Nebraska has also reached the Elite Eight in six of the last national championship. The Huskers, who became just the • Sarah Pavan, RS 2010-present eight seasons. second team in NCAA history to cap an undefeated season During the 2009 season, Nebraska overcame a slow with a national title, were ranked No. 1 in the AVCA/USA AVCA National Players of the Year start to play its best volleyball down the stretch. The Today Top 25 poll for 14 straight weeks. Greichaly Cepero • Greichaly Cepero, S 2000 Huskers won 10 straight matches - all by sweep - before earned AVCA National Player-of-the-Year honors. Three • Christina Houghtelling, OH 2005 falling to eventual NCAA runner-up Texas in the regional Huskers claimed AVCA All-America certificates, and five • Sarah Pavan, RS 2006 final. NU finished with a 26-7 record and was ranked Nebraska players were named to the All-Big 12 teams. fifth in the final AVCA poll. Delano and Sydney Anderson Laura Pilakowski earned CoSIDA Academic All-America Honda Sport Award Winners • Greichaly Cepero, S 2000 earned AVCA All-America honors, while Kori Cooper honors, and a conference-best seven Huskers earned • Sarah Pavan, RS 2006 repeated as a first-team CoSIDA Academic All-American. academic All-Big 12 recognition. In 2007, the Huskers set a pair of NCAA single-match In 2001, Cook’s second season, Nebraska fell just two First-Team AVCA All-Americans attendance records and won the Big 12 title for the fourth wins short of capturing another NCAA title. The Huskers, • Greichaly Cepero, S 2000, 2002 consecutive year. The Huskers advanced to the NCAA who were ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 in the AVCA poll • Laura Pilakowski, OH 2000 regional final before a loss to Cal ended a 30-2 season, all season, went 20-0 in the Big 12 and Cook was named • Nancy Metcalf (Meendering), RS 2001 while a school-record five Huskers earned AVCA All- the Big 12 Coach of the Year. NU finished the season with • Amber Holmquist, MB 2001, 2002 America awards. Pavan, Houghtelling and Tracy Stalls all a 31-2 record after falling to eventual national champion • Sarah Pavan, RS 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 earned first-team CoSIDA Academic All-America honors. Stanford in the NCAA semifinals. Nebraska placed four • Melissa Elmer, MB 2004, 2005 The 2005 campaign was a special one for the Nebraska players on the AVCA All-America teams, while right side • Christina Houghtelling, OH 2005 program. The Huskers advanced to the national title match hitter Nancy Metcalf was selected as an NCAA Top Eight • Jordan Larson, OH 2006, 2008 for the fifth time in school history and finished with a 33-2 Award winner and was also named the CoSIDA Academic • Brooke Delano, MB 2010 mark. Nebraska led the nation in blocking (4.12 per game) All-American of the Year. Pilakowski and Cepero joined • Gina Mancuso, OH 2011 and ranked in the top 10 nationally in assists, kills and Metcalf on the CoSIDA Academic All-America teams, hitting percentage. Four Huskers earned AVCA All-America as Pilakowski earned second-team honors and Cepero Second-Team AVCA All-Americans honors, while Houghtelling was named AVCA National received third-team recognition. • Amber Holmquist, MB 2000 Player of the Year. In Cook’s third season, the Huskers continued their • Jenny Kropp, MB 2001 Cook’s vision is for the Huskers to remain at the remarkable success. NU finished the season ranked fifth in • Greichaly Cepero, S 2001 forefront of college volleyball to enhance the sport at both the AVCA poll with a 31-2 record to secure its third straight • Laura Pilakowski, OH 2002 the local and national levels. Nebraska enters 2012 with an 30-win season. Nebraska produced the most dominant • Melissa Elmer, MB 2003 NCAA-record 164 consecutive sellouts at the NU Coliseum conference season in school history, going 20-0 and losing • Jennifer Saleaumua, OH 2004 - the longest sellout streak in NCAA women’s athletics. just two sets en route to winning the league championship • Tracy Stalls, MB 2006, 2007 • Rachel Holloway, S 2007 Cook has also been instrumental in helping to expand for the third straight year. Cepero and Amber Holmquist • Christina Houghtelling, OH 2007 the program’s visibility throughout the state and the again earned first-team AVCA All-America honors, and • Sydney Anderson, S 2008 Midwest. Nebraska played a regular-season match in Pilakowski was recognized on the second team. Pilakowski • Tara Mueller, OH 2008 North Platte in 2004, and the team has played exhibition was named a first-team CoSIDA Academic All-American, • Brooke Delano, MB 2009 matches in Scottsbluff, Ogallala, Wayne, Grand Island and and Holmquist was a second-team pick. Cepero, Holmquist • Lindsey Licht, RS 2010 Norfolk over the last decade. In addition, Cook’s efforts and Pilakowski shared Big 12 Player-of-the-Year accolades. • Hannah Werth, OH 2010 have helped Nebraska enjoy one of the most extensive Cook faced perhaps his greatest coaching challenge at multi-media packages in the country, as every match is Nebraska in 2003, when the Huskers had to replace three Third-Team AVCA All-Americans carried live on a state-wide radio network and nearly every All-Americans and their first-ever libero. That season, • Jennifer Saleaumua, OH 2005 • Rachel Holloway, S 2006 Cook’s Season-by-Season Record • Jordan Larson, OH 2007 Year Overall Pct. Conf. Record Pct. Conf. Place District Rk. Postseason Finish AVCA Rk. • Sydney Anderson, S 2009 1992 (UW) 14-17 .452 9-11 .450 7th -- -- NR 1993 (UW) 19-13 .593 11-9 .550 5th t12th NCAA Second Round NR First-Team CoSIDA Academic All-Americans 1994 (UW) 21-12 .636 11-9 .550 5th 8th NCAA First Round NR • Nancy Metcalf (Meendering), RS 2001 1995 (UW) 22-15 .595 9-11 .450 7th -- NIVC Champions NR • Laura Pilakowski, OH 2002 1996 (UW) 25-8 .758 13-7 .650 5th 4th Regional Semifinals 15th • Christina Houghtelling, OH 2005, 2007 1997 (UW) 30-3 .909 19-1 .950 t1st 2nd Regional Finals 5th • Sarah Pavan, RS 2005, 2006, 2007 1998 (UW) 30-5 .857 17-3 .850 2nd 3rd Regional Finals 7th • Tracy Stalls, MB 2007 2000 (NU) 34-0 1.000 20-0 1.000 1st 1st National Champions 1st • Amanda Gates, MB 2008 2001 (NU) 31-2 .940 20-0 1.000 1st 1st NCAA Semifinals 3rd • Kori Cooper, MB 2008, 2009 2002 (NU) 31-2 .940 20-0 1.000 1st 1st Regional Finals 5th 2003 (NU) 28-5 .850 17-3 .850 2nd 2nd Regional Semifinals 13th Second-Team CoSIDA Academic All-Americans 2004 (NU) 30-2 .938 20-0 1.000 1st 1st Regional Finals 5th • Laura Pilakowski, OH 2000, 2001 2005 (NU) 33-2 .943 19-1 .950 1st 1st NCAA Finals 2nd • Amber Holmquist, MB 2002 2006 (NU) 33-1 .971 19-1 .950 1st 1st National Champions 1st • Anna Schrad, OH 2003 2007 (NU) 30-2 .938 19-1 .950 1st 1st Regional Finals 5th • Jordan Larson, OH 2008 2008 (NU) 31-3 .912 18-2 .900 1st 1st NCAA Semifinals 3rd 2009 (NU) 26-7 .788 16-4 .800 3rd 3rd Regional Finals 5th Third-Team CoSIDA Academic All-American 2010 (NU) 29-3 .906 19-1 .950 1st 2nd Regional Semifinals 7th • Greichaly Cepero, S 2001 2011 25-5 .833 17-3 .850 1st 2nd NCAA Second Round 12th Totals 522-107 .830 313-67 .824 ------31 | 2012 NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL COACHES & ADMINISTRATION Cook opted to run a 6-2 (two-setter) offense to utilize as Other Coaching Experiences many players as possible. NU went on to finish the season Cook also brings Olympic and championship with a 28-5 record and an appearance in the Sweet 16. experience to the Husker staff. As the first assistant coach The 2004 season may have been one of Cook’s best with the U.S. Men’s National Volleyball team, Cook aided coaching jobs, as a youthful squad that featured five the United States to a bronze medal in the 1992 Olympic freshmen and sophomores in the lineup went 30-2 and Games in Barcelona. The team’s defensive coordinator, was ranked No. 1 heading into the NCAA Tournament. he was also in charge of scouting and supervising the The Huskers led the nation in both opponent hitting team’s flexibility, strength and conditioning programs. percentage (.103) and blocks per game (4.02) before falling For his Olympic coaching experience, Cook was honored to two-time defending NCAA champion USC in five sets in in June of 1993 at the NACDA/USOC Collegiate Coaches the regional final. Three Huskers earned AVCA All-America Recognition Awards Luncheon. He also served as the head honors, while Pavan was chosen as the AVCA National coach of the Women’s National Volleyball Training Team Freshman of the Year. That group of Huskers became the in 2004. centerpiece of Nebraska’s consecutive NCAA Finals teams During his first tenure at Nebraska (1989-91), the in 2005 and 2006. Huskers advanced to the NCAA semifinals two of the three seasons, including a runner-up finish in 1989. Nebraska Building the Badgers went 36-0 in conference play, capturing three Big Eight Cook, who served as an assistant under Pettit for three Conference titles. During that time, he served as Pettit’s seasons from 1988 to 1991, took over the Nebraska head recruiting coordinator, chief scout and strength and coaching job after serving as associate head coach during conditioning coordinator. Cook was also the liaison with the 1999 season. Before returning to Nebraska in 1999, the academic advising center. Cook led Wisconsin to six straight postseason appearances In the U.S. Olympic Festival competition, Cook served in seven seasons as the Badgers’ head coach. as head coach of the bronze medal-winning North team in Cook’s accomplishments at Wisconsin earned him 1989 and was also an assistant coach with the third-place praise as one of the game’s top young coaches. Cook built West team in 1987. the Badgers into a top-10 program during his seven-year A co-founder of the San Diego Volleyball Club, Cook career in Madison, which included back-to-back trips to served as a coach with the club from 1986 to 1988. The the NCAA regional finals in 1997 and 1998. club won two Southern California Regional Championships In his final match at Wisconsin, Cook’s Badgers fell and finished among the final four teams twice in the to the Huskers in a three-hour, five-set battle in the USVBA Junior Olympics for girls 18 and under. 1998 Pacific Regional Championship in the NU Coliseum. Cook also served as the head assistant coach at the Wisconsin ended the season ranked seventh in the final University of California-San Diego from 1983 to 1984, USA Today/AVCA Coaches Poll with a 30-5 record. where he aided the Tritons to an NCAA Division III national Cook compiled a 161-73 ledger at the helm of the championship in 1984 and a second-place national finish Badgers, including an 89-51 league mark in one of the in 1983. Cook’s coaching credentials also include leading nation’s toughest conferences. He was named the Big Ten Francis Parker High School in San Diego to two California Co-Coach and AVCA District 2 Coach of the Year in 1997 state championships. During his six-year coaching stint after leading the Badgers to a share of the Big Ten title from 1981 to 1988, he had an overall record of 162-18, with a 19-1 mark and school-best 30-3 overall record. including a 90-match winning streak. In his seven years at Wisconsin, the Badgers advanced A well-known speaker on volleyball skills, Cook travels to six straight postseason tournaments, qualifying for the around the nation participating in clinics. During his stay at NCAA Tournament in 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997 and 1998. In Wisconsin, he served as the host of the Badger Coaching 1995, Wisconsin won the National Invitational Volleyball Symposium every spring. Championship with a perfect 6-0 record. During his tenure A graduate of the University of San Diego, Cook The Cook Family (clockwise): Taylor, Lauren John and Wendy. at UW, he coached four AVCA All-Americans, nine AVCA earned his bachelor’s degree in history in 1979. He All-District award winners, 11 All-Big Ten honorees and completed his master’s degree in teaching and coaching America setter at San Diego State, are the parents of two two Big Ten Freshmen of the Year. He also coached 21 effectiveness from San Diego State in 1991. children, Lauren and Taylor. Lauren will be a senior at academic All-Big Ten selections. Cook and his wife Wendy, a former two-time All- Nebraska this fall.

Cook vs. All Opponents Opponent Overall Wis. Neb. Florida A&M 0-1 0-0 0-1 Miami 1-0 0-0 1-0 Saint Mary’s 2-0 0-0 2-0 Alabama 2-0 1-0 1-0 Fresno State 1-0 1-0 0-0 Michigan 12-8 7-7 5-1 San Diego 4-0 2-0 2-0 Alabama A&M 1-0 0-0 1-0 George Mason 2-0 2-0 0-0 Michigan State 15-4 10-4 5-0 Santa Clara 3-0 0-0 3-0 Albany 1-0 0-0 1-0 George Washington 0-1 0-1 0-0 Middle Tennessee 1-0 0-0 1-0 South Carolina 1-0 0-0 1-0 American 2-0 1-0 1-0 Georgia 2-1 1-1 1-0 Minnesota 14-6 8-6 6-0 South Dakota State 1-0 0-0 1-0 Arizona 2-0 0-0 2-0 Georgia Tech 0-1 0-0 0-1 Missouri 21-1 0-0 21-1 South Florida 1-0 1-0 0-0 Arizona State 1-0 0-0 1-0 Hawaii 4-2 0-1 4-1 Missouri State 1-0 1-0 0-0 Southern California 3-3 2-1 1-2 Arkansas 1-1 1-1 0-0 Hofstra 1-0 1-0 0-0 Nebraska 0-3 0-3 0-0 Stanford 4-2 0-1 4-1 Arkansas-Little Rock 1-0 1-0 0-0 Houston 0-1 0-1 0-0 New Mexico 3-0 1-0 2-0 Stephen F. Austin 1-0 1-0 0-0 Auburn 1-0 0-0 1-0 Idaho 1-0 1-0 0-0 New Mexico State 2-0 0-0 2-0 Tennessee 1-0 0-0 1-0 Ball State 4-0 2-0 2-0 Idaho State 1-0 0-0 1-0 New Orleans 1-0 0-0 1-0 Tennessee-Martin 1-0 0-0 1-0 Baylor 22-0 0-0 22-0 Illinois 13-4 10-4 3-0 North Carolina 2-0 2-0 0-0 Texas 17-7 1-0 16-7 Bowling Green 1-1 1-1 0-0 Illinois State 1-0 0-0 1-0 Northern Illinois 2-2 2-2 0-0 Texas A&M 23-1 2-0 21-1 Butler 2-0 2-0 0-0 Indiana 13-3 11-3 2-0 Northern Iowa 3-0 0-0 3-0 Texas-Arlington 1-0 1-0 0-0 BYU 2-0 0-0 2-0 Iona 1-0 0-0 1-0 Northeastern 1-0 0-0 1-0 Texas Tech 22-0 0-0 22-0 California 0-1 0-0 0-1 Iowa 14-2 12-2 2-0 Northwestern 15-1 14-0 1-1 Tulane 3-0 0-0 3-0 Cal Poly 4-0 0-0 4-0 Iowa State 24-1 1-0 23-1 Notre Dame 7-0 3-0 4-0 UAB 1-0 0-0 1-0 Central Florida 1-0 1-0 0-0 Jackson State 1-0 0-0 1-0 Ohio State 11-7 7-7 4-0 UCLA 5-3 0-1 5-2 Clemson 1-0 0-0 1-0 Kansas State 21-4 0-1 21-3 Oklahoma 22-0 0-0 22-0 UC-Santa Barbara 2-0 1-0 1-0 Coastal Carolina 1-0 1-0 1-0 Kansas 22-0 0-0 22-0 Oral Roberts 4-0 1-0 3-0 Valparaiso 1-0 0-0 1-0 Colgate 1-0 1-0 0-0 Kentucky 1-1 0-1 1-0 Pacific 3-1 0-1 3-0 Virginia 2-0 1-0 1-0 Colorado 21-3 1-1 20-2 Liberty 1-0 0-0 1-0 Penn State 4-16 1-14 3-2 Virginia Tech 1-0 1-0 0-0 Colorado State 3-1 0-0 3-1 Long Beach State 1-2 0-0 1-2 Pepperdine 4-0 1-0 3-0 Washington 1-2 0-0 1-2 Creighton 9-0 0-0 9-0 LSU 3-0 0-0 3-0 Pittsburgh 5-0 4-0 1-0 Weber State 1-0 0-0 1-0 Dayton 2-0 0-0 2-0 Louisiana-Lafayette 1-0 0-0 1-0 Princeton 1-0 0-0 1-0 West Virginia 1-0 1-0 0-0 DePaul 3-0 3-0 0-0 Louisville 4-0 2-0 2-0 Purdue 11-5 10-4 1-1 Western Michigan 2-0 1-0 1-0 Duke 3-0 1-0 2-0 Loyola-Chicago 5-1 5-1 0-0 Sacramento State 1-0 1-0 0-0 Wichita State 2-0 0-0 2-0 Eastern Illinois 2-0 2-0 0-0 Marquette 3-0 3-0 0-0 Sacred Heart 1-0 0-0 1-0 Wisconsin 3-0 0-0 3-0 Florida 2-3 0-2 2-1 Maryland 2-0 1-0 1-0 Saint Louis 1-0 1-0 0-0 UW-Green Bay 3-0 3-0 0-0 UW-Milwaukee 2-0 2-0 0-0

32 | 2012 NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL COACHES & ADMINISTRATION Q AND A WITH COACH COOK Charting John Cook NCAA Winningest Programs Since 2000 No. Team Record Pct. 1. Nebraska 361-34 .914 2. Hawaii 366-43 .895 3. Florida 355-44 .890 4. Penn State 365-51 .877 5. Stanford 329-69 .827 6. USC 313-67 .824 7. Northern Iowa 324-74 .814 8. Colorado State 305-81 .790 9. Long Beach State 301-81 .788 10. Louisville 300-87 .775 NCAA Winningest Active Coaches A licensed pilot, John Cook had an opportunity to fly with the Blue Angels when they we were in town for the Lincoln Air Show. No. Coach, Current School Record Pct. 1. Russ Rose, Penn State 1,058-172 .860 What is your coaching philosophy? What do you look for in a recruit? 2. Dave Shoji, Hawaii 1,076-181-1 .856 There are four things that come to mind. No. 1, I Academically we have a tradition of great student- 3. Mary Wise, Florida 740-138 .843 see myself as a teacher. It was always my dream to be a athletes. Because the program’s emphasis is on being 4. John Cook, Nebraska 522-107 .830 teacher, and coaching is teaching. No. 2, next to my family accountable, the program attracts people who have 5. John Dunning, Stanford 748-159 .825 and my faith, the people involved with Nebraska volleyball already been successful in the classroom. But we’ve also 6. Bobbi Petersen, Northern Iowa 322-78 .805 are the most important thing in my life. taken some people who were merely good students and 7. Brian Gimmillaro, Long Beach State 726-178 .803 Third we like to recruit great athletes and are flexible helped them become great students. 8. Mick Haley, Southern California 806-201 .800 enough to create a system that takes advantage of the In addition to looking for great student-athletes, the 9. Jerritt Elliott, Texas 316-87 .784 strengths of the players in our program, so our players can players we attract to Nebraska are ones who not only 10. Wayne Kreklow, Missouri 401-115 .777 reach their full potential. How can we make each athlete have the athletic ability to be successful, but also are (record at four-year colleges only, entering 2012 season) the best volleyball player they can be? That’s the question highly competitive. They don’t shy away from challenges, NCAA All-Time Winningest Coaches we try to answer. Finally, our players are committed to whether it is in practices or in matches because they know No. Coach Record Pct. academic excellence and becoming complete student- it will allow them to reach their full potential as a player. 1. Don Shaw 440-70 .863 athletes. We are also in a unique situation at Nebraska *Russ Rose 1,058-172 .860 What do you enjoy most about coaching at Nebraska? where our student-athletes have a platform to make a 3. *Dave Shoji 1,076-181-1 .856 There are two things that make coaching at Nebraska difference in people’s lives. We look for people who are 4. *Mary Wise 740-138 .843 so special. First, it is the passion of the people across the going to embrace that opportunity and give back to the 5. *John Cook 522-107 .830 state for our team. There is a love affair between our community. 6. *John Dunning 748-159 .825 7. Terry Pettit 694-148-12 .820 players and the fans across the state. Talk about your program’s emphasis on developing 8. *Bobbi Petersen 322-78 .805 Second, is that our players are great young women players for their post-collegiate careers? 8. *Brian Gimmillaro 726-178 .803 who work hard, make great choices and are excellent At Nebraska, we believe that the program we put 9. Elaine Michaelis 886-219-5 .800 students. In 2006, we won an NCAA title, as well as the in place gives our players a chance to play beyond their 10. *Mick Haley 806-201 .800 Life Skills Award for the athletic department. We have a college career. When I was with the men’s national *-active group of people who are committed to giving back to the team for the 1992 Olympics, I got an understanding of measure that is by how many of them go into coaching community and understand that there is more to college what it takes to be the best in the world. We’ve tried to after they graduate. Over 50 percent of our former players life than volleyball. implement that at Nebraska and call it Training the Whole are in the coaching ranks, whether it is at the college, high Athlete. When you are recruiting a potential student-athlete, school or club level. It just doesn’t mean we are going to make them a what are Nebraska’s biggest selling points? The second thing we want them to understand is the great volleyball player. Obviously, we are going to do that I think the best thing for a recruit to do is see our importance of giving back. At Nebraska, our players are and our program’s success reflects that. We are going to team play. We play at a high level, but what may be most viewed by the public and kids in the state with almost a train them mentally on how to compete at the highest important, is how we play. It’s a very exciting brand of rock star status. What we hope they learned at Nebraska is level and continue on if they elect to do so. It is also about volleyball based on great athletes moving very quickly and to use that platform to create a positive message and take getting them to understand the self-discipline it takes transitioning very fast. We’ve always had a reputation that lesson throughout their lives. of taking great athletes and training them to become to work in the weight room, understanding their bodies How important is the NU Coliseum to Husker volleyball? exceptional volleyball players. and knowing how to take care of them in areas such as I have coached at Nebraska in some capacity for nearly We have a great academic tradition with our academic flexibility, recovery and nutrition. 15 years, and time and time again, I’ve seen the Coliseum support staff, the Hewit Center and our Student Life Our mission in this program is two-fold. One is prepare will the Huskers to wins in close matches. I don’t know if Complex. We lead the nation in academic All-America them if they want to have a professional career. Second, it’s the ghosts or spirits of the building, or maybe just the honors, NCAA Top Eight Award winners and the majority many of our former players are going into coaching, and intense energy of the fans, but playing in the Coliseum has of our players go on to graduate school following their they are leaving Nebraska armed with lots of information. become pivotal to our success. playing careers. If they can go into coaching, they have the ability to make It’s exciting for the players to know that no matter I think another important factor is the exposure our a tremendous impact on the lives of other people with who the opponent is, the Huskers will play in front of a program receives. Our goal is to be on the cutting edge. that information. It is a two-fold mission, and we feel that sold-out crowd. We annually rank among the national We are the only program in the country that has its own our program has a great understanding and implements it attendance leaders and have 164 consecutive sellouts at volleyball radio network, a state-wide weekly television as well as anyone in the country in a college setting. the NU Coliseum. Our fans give us an unmatched home program and nearly every match shown live on the What do you hope student-athletes take from their years court advantage. Internet. This gives us opportunities to connect with our with the Nebraska volleyball program? fans, and has played a major role in our sellout streak. First, we hope they have the opportunity to play Our school’s rich volleyball tradition over the years professionally. We’ve had countless former players play also plays an important role in recruiting. In many cases, around the world and that is a testament to their hard people know they were meant to be here. work in reaching their playing potential. Another way we 33 | 2012 NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL COACHES & ADMINISTRATION DAN MESKE Assistant Coach • Second Season • Ohio State (2007)

Coaching Ledger Seasons at Nebraska • Assistant Coach, 2011-present

Other Coaching Experience • Volunteer Assistant Coach: Nebraska, 2009-10 • Graduate Manager: Nebraska, 2007-08 • Club Coach: NVA/Sports Performance, 2004-2010 Dan Meske (pronounced MESS-key) was hired as a served as the Huskers’ graduate manager for two years. full-time assistant coach prior to the 2011 season after He assisted in film breakdown and statistical work while Playing Ledger serving as the team’s volunteer coach during the 2009 and overseeing the student managers in the program. • BNI Taplus (Indonesia), 2008 2010 seasons. Meske also served as the team’s graduate • Ohio State, 2004-07 manager in 2007 and 2008. Meske is in charge of the Playing Experience Huskers’ video scouting, team managers and is involved Meske enjoyed a solid four-year career for Coach More About Meske with camps. On the court, he trains NU’s outside hitters Pete Hanson at Ohio State. Meske appeared in 117 career matches for the Buckeyes, helping OSU to a national Education and liberos. During his first five seasons at Nebraska, Meske has semifinal appearance in 2005. Ohio State won 88 matches • Ohio State, 2007 helped the Huskers to a 141-20 record, three Big 12 titles, and a pair of Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Bachelor’s Degree, Construction Systems a Big Ten championship and an appearance in the 2008 Association titles during his four-year career. He was a Management NCAA semifinals. three-time academic All-Big Ten selection and four-time • Nebraska, 2010 During the 2011 season the Huskers made history Ohio State Scholar-Athlete during his collegiate career. Master’s Degree, Leadership Development with their first Big Ten Conference title, as they won their Meske enjoyed his best campaign in 2007, helping the 32nd overall conference crown. The Huskers recorded an Buckeyes to a 23-4 record and a regular-season MIVA title. overall record of 25-5 on the year. The team notched its A starter at opposite, he ranked second on the squad in 30th straight trip to the NCAA Tournament and in doing both kills (3.04) and digs (1.39) per set to earn second- so, improved its all-time tournament record to 83-27. In team MIVA honors. He was named the Buckeye Power addition, the Huskers’ all-time AVCA All-America total Club Award winner as the team’s lifter of the year and was reached 71 with Gina Mancuso being named a first-team selected as the team’s most-improved player. honoree, while Hannah Werth, Morgan Broekhuis and For the first three seasons at Ohio State, he served Lauren Cook were tabbed honorable-mention picks. NU as the team’s libero and defensive specialist, starting all notched five All-Big Ten picks as well as six academic All- 30 matches at libero in his first college season. He led the Big Ten selections. Buckeyes in both digs (198) and digs per set (2.04) in 2004. In 2010 the Huskers won their 31st overall After graduating from Ohio State, Meske spent a conference title and their 12th as a member of the Big season playing professionally in Indonesia, helping BNI 12 Conference with an overall record of 29-3. Nebraska’s Taplus Volleyball to a regular-season title and a national NCAA Tournament run was aided by Meske’s assistance runner-up finish in 2008. in developing right side hitter Lindsey Licht, who earned He has also worked as a coach on the club level at the second-team AVCA All-America accolades as a senior in Sports Performance Volleyball Club in Chicago, Ill., from 2010. She led the team in kills with 2.81 per set and was 2004 to 2010 . Most notably, Meske coached the Sports second in blocks with a career-best 1.05 per set. Performance Girls’ 16-Red team to a silver medal at the During the 2009 season, Nebraska overcame a slow 2009 AAU National Championships in Orlando. start to play its best volleyball down the stretch. The A native of Willow Springs, Ill., Meske played three Huskers won 10 straight matches - all by sweep - before seasons at Lyons Township High School. He earned first- falling to eventual national runner-up Texas in the regional team all-state honors in 2003, after leading his team to a final. NU finished with a 26-7 record and was ranked fourth-place finish at the state championship. fifth in the final AVCA poll. Following the season at the Meske received his bachelor’s degree in construction annual AVCA Convention, Meske earned the association’s systems management from Ohio State in 2007, and inaugural AVCA Coaches 4 Coaches Scholarship Award. received his master’s degree in leadership development Before his two-year stint as a volunteer coach, Meske from Nebraska in June of 2010.

34 | 2012 NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL COACHES & ADMINISTRATION DANI BUSBOOM Assistant Coach • First Season • Nebraska (2007)

Coaching Ledger Seasons at Nebraska • Assistant Coach, 2012-present

Other Coaching Experience • Assistant Coach: Louisville, 2011-12 • Assistant Coach: Tennessee, 2009-11 • Assistant Coach: USA Volleyball Select A2 Program, 2012

Playing Ledger • Nebraska, 2003-06 Dani Busboom joined Head Coach John Cook’s staff Busboom excelled off the court for the Huskers. She was in July of 2012 after spending the previous season at a 2006 second-team academic All-District VII selection, More About Busboom Louisville. She assists Coach Cook with Nebraska’s setters, while earning six Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll Education liberos and outside hitters. accolades and becoming a three-time first-team academic • Nebraska, 2007 All-Big 12 honoree. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Bachelor’s Degree, Communication Studies Before Nebraska communication studies from Nebraska in 2007. During her season at Louisville, Busboom helped the Following her graduation, Busboom spent time Cardinals to a 24-9 record including a trip to the semifinals with the U.S. Women’s National Training Team before of the Big East Conference Tournament. working as a sales representative for an Omaha insurance Prior to her time at Lousiville, Busboom was an company. She has worked as a sideline reporter for radio assistant coach at Tennessee from 2009 to 2010. While broadcasts of Nebraska volleyball matches on the Husker working with the Volunteers, she guided the team’s Sports Network and also as an assistant coach with USA setters, coordinated travel and equipment needs and ran Volleyball’s Select A2 Program. Dani and her husband, the school’s volleyball camps. former Nebraska football player Lane Kelly, were married in the summer of 2010. Playing Experience As a captain at Nebraska, Busboom moved from setter to libero in 2006 to help Nebraska’s defense and finished her career as one of only two players to rank among NU’s all-time leaders in both digs (1,281, second) and assists (2,873, eighth). She was a four-year starter for Cook, guiding NU to a 124-10 record, the best four-year mark in school history, three Big 12 titles, two NCAA finals appearances and a national title in 2006. Busboom was considered the Big 12’s best libero in 2006, as she helped NU limit opponents to a Big 12-low .144 hitting percentage. She set Nebraska’s single-season digs record (580) in her first year as a libero, breaking the previous mark of 480 by Amanda McCormick in 2004. As a senior she reached double figures in digs in 32 of 34 matches, including 21 straight matches with at least 10 digs. She notched her best defensive performance at the NCAA semifinals against UCLA, totaling a career-high 29 digs, which ranks as the second-highest postseason performance in school history. In addition to her accomplishments on the court,

35 | 2012 NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL COACHES & ADMINISTRATION LINDSAY PETERSON Director of Volleyball Operations• Seventh Season • Nebraska (2003) Former Husker volleyball standout Lindsay Peterson Tech in 2004, helping the Hokies finish with a 13-16 is in her seventh year as Director of Operations for the record, including a 7-9 mark in the program’s first season Nebraska volleyball program. A former Husker volleyball in the Atlantic Coast Conference. captain and one of the greatest defensive players in school history, Peterson was hired in 2006 after serving assistant Playing Experience coaching stints at Northern Colorado and Virginia Tech. During her playing days, Peterson was a four-year At Nebraska, Peterson handles a variety of duties performer in the Nebraska program from 1999 to 2002, for the Husker volleyball team, including team travel, helping the Huskers to a 123-10 record, including a budgeting, coordinating tournaments and camps and national title in 2000. Peterson played in 133 matches as assisting visiting teams. She also serves as a liaison for a Husker, including 438 of a possible 440 career sets. She volleyball support units, including facilities and events, finished her career holding the school record with 1,111 media relations, marketing, compliance, HuskerVision, the career digs, despite playing three positions during her ticket office, alumni and The Match Club. She also provides Nebraska career. She competed as a setter her freshman radio color commentary during Nebraska’s road matches. year and a defensive specialist her sophomore and junior In addition to her duties on the Husker staff, Peterson years before taking over the newly created libero role in Administrative Experience serves as a club coach for Nebraska Juniors, helping the 2002. That season she averaged 3.35 digs per set, a total Seasons at Nebraska 15-and-under team to a USA Junior Olympic National title that was fourth in school history at the time. As a setter in • Director of Volleyball Operations, 2006-present in 2010. 1999, she posted a then-freshman record 724 set assists. In the classroom, Peterson was a three-time, first-team Coaching Experience Before Nebraska academic All-Big 12 selection, a six-time selection to the • Assistant Coach: Peterson came to Nebraska after serving as an Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll and finished her degree Northern Colorado, 2005-06 assistant coach in the Northern Colorado program from in business administration at Nebraska in 2003, when she • Assistant Coach: March of 2005 to July of 2006. At Northern Colorado, she served as an undergraduate assistant coach. In that role, Virginia Tech, 2004 worked extensively with the setters and liberos and helped she assisted with recruiting, game day preparation and with recruiting in the Midwest. In 2005, she helped a pair various coaching duties. Playing Ledger A native of Burchard, Neb., the former Lindsay • Nebraska, 1999-2002 of Northern Colorado players earn first-team Division I Independent honors, including libero Abby Mayne, who Wischmeier led Lewiston High School to a pair of Class D-2 More About Peterson was named Division I Independent Co-Defensive Player of State Championships (1995 and 1997), and D-2 Player-of- the-Year honors while also being a three-time academic Education the Year after averaging 4.44 digs per game. After serving as an undergraduate assistant coach at all-state selection. She married Ty Peterson in May of • Nebraska, 2003 2007. Bachelor’s Degree, Business Administration Nebraska in 2003, Peterson was on the staff at Virginia

36 | 2012 NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL COACHES & ADMINISTRATION LAUREN HARRIS Strength & Conditioning Coach • First Year A certified strength and conditioning specialist, varsity crew teams, Harris gained experience training Lauren Harris became part of the Husker strength and numerous All-Big Ten, All-American and National team conditioning program for the Nebraska volleyball, softball, athletes. She served a six-week stint as the USA National women’s gymnastics and rifle programs in February of Synchronized Swimming strength coach while they trained 2012. on-site at OSU. Harris also was part of the Olympic sports Before joining the Nebraska staff, Harris served as the strength and conditioning staff at Marshall. director of strength and conditioning at Texas A&M-Corpus As a basketball player at Hardin-Simmons in Abilene, Christi, beginning in 2009. While at TAMUCC, Harris was Texas, Harris earned All-ASC (2001-2004) and Kodak First- responsible for the training and supervision of all 14 Team All-America honors (2004). She holds all HSU career, Division I sports, and oversaw the design and completion season and game three-point records and was named ASC of TAMUCC’s first athletics-only weight facility in the spring Female Athlete of the Year in 2004. of 2011. Harris is a native of Stephenville, Texas and graduated Harris served as an assistant strength and conditioning with her bachelor’s degree (2004) and master’s degree coach for Olympic sports at Ohio State from 2006 to (2005) in sports and recreation management from Hardin- 2009. Primarily responsible for men’s swimming, women’s Simmons. swimming, synchronized swimming, rifle and novice and JOLENE EMRICSON Athletic Trainer • 11th Year Jolene Emricson is in her 11th season as the athletic Emricson, who is from Colorado Springs, Colo., trainer for the Nebraska volleyball team. In her role, earned a bachelor of arts degree from Metropolitan she evaluates and treats injuries as well as oversees State College of Denver in human performance and rehabilitation programs for the Husker volleyball team sport with a concentration in athletic training. While at and supervises the athletic training needs of the Husker Metro State, Emricson worked with the women’s soccer, softball program. women’s basketball and baseball programs. She received Before arriving in Lincoln in 2002, Emricson spent one her master’s degree in education from the University of year as the athletic trainer for the men’s lacrosse team at Nebraska in May of 2004. the University of Denver, where she also assisted with the men’s ice hockey team.

DENNIS LEBLANC Senior Associate A.D. for Academics • 25th Year Dennis Leblanc has been with the Nebraska athletic Nebraska volleyball leads all NCAA women’s sports with 36 department since 1983 and has been a member of the CoSIDA Academic All-Americans. academic support program for student-athletes since Leblanc is an active member of the National Association 1987. He has been the director of the academic programs of Academic Advisors for Athletes (N4A). In 2002, he since 1993, and was named an associate athletic director received the prestigious Lan Hewlett Award, presented to in 1998. He was promoted to Senior Associate Athletic an athletic administrator in recognition of distinguished Director in August of 2007. performance in providing personal, academic and Leblanc serves as the academic advisor for the professional guidance to student-athletes. Husker volleyball program. Under Leblanc, Nebraska is Leblanc earned his undergraduate degree from Bethany the national leader in CoSIDA Academic All-Americans College, and a master’s degree from Wichita State. He and for volleyball and all sports and NCAA Today’s Top Eight his wife, Coreen, have four children, including daughters Award honorees. Nebraska has had at least one volleyball Olivia and twins Madeleine and Mackenzie, and a son, Academic All-American in 12 of the last 14 seasons and Christian.

37 | 2012 NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL COACHES & ADMINISTRATION HARVEY PERLMAN, J.D. University of Nebraska Chancellor • 12th Year • Nebraska (1963) Harvey Perlman was named the 19th Chancellor of Presidents and Chancellors. He previously served as a the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on April 1, 2001. He member of the NCAA Board of Directors and is past chair had served as Interim Chancellor of the University of of the Bowl Championship Series Presidential Oversight Nebraska-Lincoln since July 16, 2000. Committee. He serves on the Board of Directors of the A former dean of the University of Nebraska College of Lincoln Chamber of Commerce and is Chairman of the Law (1983-98), Perlman has also served as interim senior Board of Directors of the Nebraska Innovation Campus vice chancellor for academic affairs at UNL (1995-96). Development Corporation. He received the George A Nebraska native, Perlman was raised in York, and Turner Award from the Nebraska State Bar Association earned a bachelor of arts in history and a juris doctorate for contributions to the legal profession and the Roger from the University of Nebraska. During his law school T. Larson Community Builder Award from the Lincoln years, he was editor in chief of the Nebraska Law Review Chamber of Commerce. and was elected to the Order of the Coif, a law honors Perlman and his wife, Susan, an NU alumna, are the society. parents of two daughters. Anne, who earned degrees Nebraska’s Chancellors He joined the NU law faculty in 1967 after spending from UNL and the University of Nebraska Medical Center, 1871-1876 Allen R. Benton a year as a Bigelow Teaching Fellow at the University practices medicine in Lincoln and is married to UNL 1876-1882 Edmund B. Farfield of Chicago Law School. He served on the Nebraska alumnus David Spinar; they have three children; Will, 1884-1889 Irvin J. Manatt law faculty until 1974 when he joined the faculty at Ava, and Marco, Husker fans all. Daughter Amie, who 1891-1895 James H. Canfield the University of Virginia Law School. He returned to received bachelors and juris doctorate degrees from UNL, 1895-1899 George E. MacLean Nebraska in 1983 when he accepted the deanship of the is a Nebraska assistant attorney general and is married to 1900-1908 E. Benjamin Andrews 1908-1927 Samuel Avery Nebraska Law College, a post he held until 1998 when UNL alumnus Ron Larson; they are the parents of Caleb 1927-1938 E.A. Burnett he returned to the professoriate. He has also served as and Finn. 1938-1946 Chauncey S. Boucher a visiting professor at Florida State University College of 1947-1953 R.G. Gustavson Law, the University of Puget Sound School of Law and the 1953-1954 John K. Selleck University of Iowa College of Law. 1954-1968 Clifford Hardin His area of legal expertise lies in torts and intellectual 1968-1971 Joseph Soshnik property. He is a member of the Nebraska State and 1972-1975 James H. Zumberge American Bar Associations and is a Life Fellow of the 1975-1976 Adam C. Breckenridge American Bar Association. Perlman is co-author of 1976-1980 Roy A. Young “Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition” (5th 1980-1981 Robert H. Rutford edition, 1998) and co-reporter for the American Law 1981-1991 Martin A. Massengale 1991-1991 Jack Goebel Institute’s “Restatement of Unfair Competition” (1994). 1991-1995 Graham B. Spanier He serves on the Council of the American Law Institute, 1995-1996 Joan R. Leitzel (Interim Chancellor) a leading national law reform organization, and is 1996-2000 James Moeser currently Chair of the NCAA Bowl Licensing Task Force, a 2000-2001 Harvey S. Perlman (Interim Chancellor) member of the NCAA Working Group on Collegiate Model- 2001-present Harvey S. Perlman Rules; and is a member of the Big Ten Athletic Council of JOSEPHINE POTUTO, J.D. University of Nebraska Faculty Representative • 14th year • Rutgers Josephine (Jo) R. Potuto, the Richard H. Larson Professor search and seizure and hearings for the Nebraska Racing of Constitutional Law, has been Nebraska’s faculty Commission, and also has written on issues of gender equity representative (FAR) at the NCAA and conference level since in college athletics. May 15, 1997. At Nebraska, Potuto is a member of the academic senate For the past four years, Potuto has been president of the as well as the senate’s intercollegiate athletics committee. 1A FAR (FARs from FBS institutions). In 2002, she was named She also served on Nebraska’s NCAA site certification steering Outstanding Faculty Athletics Representative by the All- committee. American Football Foundation. Potuto teaches constitutional law, procedural and criminal Potuto spent nine years (the maximum) on the NCAA law, federal jurisdiction, and sports law. She has been a Division I Committee on Infractions (chair her last two years) visiting professor of law at the University of Arizona, Rutgers and currently substitutes on the Committee when a member University, the Cardozo College of Law at New York’s Yeshiva cannot serve. She is a past Big 12 Conference representative University, the University of Oregon, the University of North on the NCAA Division I Management Council, served on the Carolina, and Seton Hall University. She has worked as an NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championship Committee, and assistant prosecutor in the Essex and Morris County (N.J.) currently serves on an NCAA-wide (all divisions) committee to prosecutor’s offices. Nebraska’s Faculty Representatives advise NCAA staff on student-athlete issues. Potuto was project director and a drafter of the Uniform 1931-1946 T.J. Thompson Potuto is an expert on NCAA enforcement and infractions Law Commissioners Sentencing and Corrections Act, as well 1947-1958 Earl Fullbrook processes as well as on the general NCAA committee as the drafter for the Nebraska Supreme Court Committee 1959-1964 Charles S. Miller structure and has authored several articles on NCAA to Draft Criminal Jury Instructions. She is the author of three 1965-1968 Merk Hobson processes and operations. She has testified before the books and numerous articles. She also is a member of the 1969-1970 John R. Davis House Subcommittee on the Constitution regarding American Law Institute. due process in NCAA infractions hearings and has made Potuto earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism at 1971-1982 Keith L. Broman presentations to the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Rutgers’ Douglass College; her master’s degree in English 1982-1997 James O’Hanlon Athletics. She also has lectured on NCAA processes and literature at Seton Hall; and her juris doctorate at the Rutgers 1997-present Josephine Potuto issues at, among others, the Universities of Istanbul, Law College. She is a member of the bars of Nebraska and Washington, Maryland, and Baltimore. Potuto is a past New Jersey and is admitted to practice before the U.S. adviser to the Uniform Law Commissioners Committee to Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, draft a sports agent statute, has drafted rules governing and the U.S. District Courts for Nebraska and New Jersey.

38 | 2012 NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL COACHES & ADMINISTRATION UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA BOARD OF REGENTS

The Board of Regents consists of eight voting members elected by district for six-year terms, and four non-voting student Regents, one from each campus, who serve during their tenure as student body president. The board supervises the general operations of the university, and the control and direction of all expenditures. The board also includes a corporation secretary who manages all records including agendas, minutes, notices, policies and bylaws. Those documents can be found on the web at nebraska.edu/board/. The board meets regularly, primarily in Lincoln but also in Omaha and greater Nebraska. Persons wishing to provide information to the board or to appear before it should contact: Corporation Secretary, University of Nebraska, Varner Hall, 3835 Holdrege, Lincoln, NE 68583.

James B. Milliken, J.D. President, Univ. of Nebraska

Timothy Clare Randolph Ferlic, M.D. Chuck Hassebrook Howard Hawks Lincoln Omaha Lyons Omaha

Jim McClurg, Ph.D. Bob Phares Kent Schroeder, J.D. Bob Whitehouse Lincoln North Platte Kearney Omaha

Cameron Deter Eric Kamler Faisal Ahmed Devin Bertelsen Nebraska-Kearney Nebraska-Lincoln Nebraska-Medical Center Nebraska-Omaha

39 | 2012 NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL COACHES & ADMINISTRATION TOM OSBORNE Athletic Director• Fifth Season • Hastings College (1959)

Hall of Fame football coach Tom Osborne has continued to Coach Scott Jacobson led the Nebraska women’s tennis team leave a lasting impression on the history of Nebraska Athletics to the best season in school history in 2012, posting a school- since returning to lead the Husker program as the school’s 13th record 24 wins and No. 16 final ranking. The Huskers advanced athletic director on Oct. 16, 2007. Osborne, who led Nebraska to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, marking the to three national championships (1994, 1995, 1997) and 255 third straight season the team has advanced to the postseason. victories in his 25 years as the Huskers’ head football coach, has The Husker men’s tennis program added its first two NCAA continued to use his impressive leadership skills to guide the NU appearances in school history in 2010 and 2011. athletic department as a whole over the past four seasons. Coach Bill Straub’s bowling team added a third-place finish With the core values of integrity, trust, respect, teamwork at the 2012 NCAA Championships, marking the program’s fifth and loyalty serving as guiding principles for Nebraska’s 23-sport straight top-eight showing. The Husker bowlers claimed the 2009 program as a whole, Osborne has made historic decisions to help NCAA title. The Husker softball team made three consecutive the University of Nebraska athletic programs for years to come. NCAA Tournament appearances from 2009 to 2011, while the In June of 2010, Osborne joined Nebraska Chancellor Harvey Husker women’s golf and baseball programs both earned NCAA Perlman and Big Ten Conference Commissioner Jim Delany to Regional bids in 2008. announce the Huskers would join the Big Ten beginning on July Osborne made his second coaching hire since his return to 1, 2011. Nebraska’s move to the Big Ten will continue to add Nebraska, when he named two-time Major League All-Star, University-wide academic opportunities, while providing financial three-time Gold Glove award winner, and former No. 1 MLB Draft stability for the athletic department for years to come. pick Darin Erstad as the baseball team’s new coach on June 2, Just a few months later, Osborne announced an aggressive 2011. Erstad was not only one of the best Husker baseball players Administrative Experience expansion plan for the east side of Memorial Stadium that will in history, he was the starting punter on NU’s 1994 national • Athletic Director increase attendance past 90,000 for the first time, while continuing championship football team coached by Osborne. Nebraska’s NCAA record-setting sellout streak. The expansion, which The baseball program responded by posting a 35-23 record in University of Nebraska 2007-present is set for completion before the 2013 football season, will include his first season. It marked a five-game improvement in the win • U.S Congress athletic and academic research components. column over 2011. Osborne made another high-profile hire with Third District (Nebraska), 2000-06 In the spring of 2010, the city of Lincoln also received voter the addition of men’s basketball coach Tim Miles on March 24, approval to begin construction on the 16,000-seat Pinnacle Bank 2012. Osborne also hired former Husker Stacy Underwood as • Head Football Coach Arena, which will serve as the new competitive home for both NU’s fourth rifle coach on May 24, 2012. University of Nebraska, 1973-97 Nebraska men’s and women’s basketball programs beginning in Academically, Nebraska produced eight CoSIDA Academic All- • Assistant Head Football Coach 2013-14. Americans in 2011-12, increasing its nation-leading total to 299 University of Nebraska, 1972 The basketball programs, the wrestling program and many of all-time, across all sports. NU also graduated a school-record 155 NU’s other sports also have benefitted from the new Hendricks student-athletes from August of 2011 through May of 2012. • Assistant Football Coach Training Complex at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. The facility, Before being asked by Chancellor Perlman to return to University of Nebraska, 1967-71 which opened in October of 2011, includes practice and team Nebraska as athletic director in 2007, Osborne served three areas, and greatly expanded athletic medicine and strength terms in the U.S. House of Representatives (Nebraska’s 3rd training areas. congressional district) from 2000 to 2006. More About Osborne The Nebraska baseball and softball programs also received He returned to academia following a 2006 gubernatorial bid, Education a new indoor practice facility that opened in the fall of 2001 at serving as a senior lecturer at Nebraska in the College of Business Haymarket Park. Administration, teaching leadership and business ethics, in the • Hastings College, 1959; The first step in Osborne’s aggressive building plan for fall of 2007. Osborne also worked as a consultant for local college Bachelor’s Degree, History Nebraska’s facilities began in the summer of 2010, as the Huskers athletic departments for two years. • University of Nebraska, 1963 broke ground on the Student Life Complex on the west side of Osborne and his wife, Nancy, continue to pour their time and Master’s Degree in Educational Psychology, Memorial Stadium. The Student Life Complex, which opened in support into the TeamMates mentoring program, which they the fall of 2010, directly benefits every Husker student-athlete founded in 1991. TeamMates provides encouragement to school- • University of Nebraska, 1965 with expanded academic resources. aged youth to help them graduate from high school and pursue a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology While Osborne has helped initiate landmark moves off the post-secondary education. field, he has continued to help coaches and student-athletes Osborne’s leadership of the TeamMates program began while focus on Nebraska’s tradition of competitive success. he was putting the final touches on one of the best coaching Family In 2011-12, 10 Husker teams finished among the top 25 in the careers in college football history. The Hastings, Neb., native, who • Wife: Nancy nation, including the Nebraska football team’s New Year’s Day earned master’s and doctoral degrees in educational psychology • Children: Mike, Ann and Suzanne appearance in the Capital One Bowl. from the University of Nebraska, was named NU’s 25th head • Birthdate: Feb. 23, 1937 One of Osborne’s first major decisions as athletic director was coach following the 1972 season. to hire Bo Pelini as the Huskers’ football coach. Pelini, who had In 25 seasons with Osborne at the helm, the Huskers mounted spent the 2003 campaign as NU’s defensive coordinator, has a 255-49-3 record - the sixth-most wins in major college history. energized Nebraska’s storied tradition with four consecutive Osborne’s .836 winning percentage ranked fifth all-time. His nine-win seasons. Pelini’s Huskers have finished among the career came to a close with a 42-17 win over No. 3 Tennessee Associated Press top 25 in each of the last three seasons. The in the 1998 Orange Bowl, when he became the first coach in football program also contributed three CoSIDA Academic college football history to retire as a reigning national champion. All-Americans to Nebraska’s nation-leading total of 299 all-time, Following his career, he became one of just four coaches in across all sports. history to have the mandatory three-year waiting period waived Coach Mark Manning’s Husker wrestling program added a pair for induction into the National Football Foundation College Hall of of CoSIDA Academic All-Americans. On the mat, NU tied for 21st Fame in December of 1998. at the NCAA Championships despite entering the season in what Osborne’s 1994 and 1995 teams allowed Nebraska to become appeared to be a rebuilding year. just the second school in history to post back-to-back perfect The tradition-rich NU volleyball program captured the Huskers’ national championship seasons (Oklahoma 1955-56). Nebraska first-ever Big Ten Conference title in any sport in 2011, finishing put together the best five-year run in college football history from No. 12 nationally while advancing to the second round of the 1993 to 1997, going 60-3 with five straight 11-win seasons. NCAA Tournament. Coach John Cook’s squad has claimed four Osborne led NU to 13 conference crowns, including six of his conference crowns since Osborne’s return to Nebraska. last seven seasons on the sideline. All 25 of his Husker teams won The Husker women’s gymnastics team led by Coach Dan Kendig at least nine games and went to a bowl, while 15 won 10-or-more added its first Big Ten championship, while finishing eighth games. nationally in 2012 for its third straight top 10 finish. The Nebraska In the classroom, the NU football program totaled 65 CoSIDA women’s indoor track and field team contributed another Big Academic All-America awards in Osborne’s 25 years. In fact, he Ten title. Coach Gary Pepin’s men added a tie for 11th at the accumulated more football academic All-Americans in his 25 NCAA Championships during the outdoor season for its best years as coach than any other football program in the nation has team finish since 2003, after tying for 23rd at the NCAA Indoor produced in its history. Championships. The NU men’s and women’s track and field teams Prior to becoming head coach, Osborne spent five seasons have combined for four conference crowns, while producing eight under Devaney, helping the Huskers win back-to-back national top-20 finishes over the past five years. championships in 1970 and 1971. In 1973, Osborne succeeded The NU women’s basketball team produced one of its best Devaney, who also served as Nebraska’s Athletic Director from seasons in school history by rolling to a 24-9 record that included 1967 to 1993. a run to the Big Ten Tournament championship game. Coach Osborne and his wife, Nancy, have three adult children, Mike, Connie Yori’s Huskers finished No. 17 in the final AP poll and Ann and Suzanne and four grandchildren. advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the third time since Tom and Nancy Osborne Osborne’s return to Nebraska. The 2010 Huskers ran to the best season in school history with a Big 12 title and an NCAA Sweet 16 berth in 2010. 40 | 2012 NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL COACHES & ADMINISTRATION PAT LOGSDON Associate A.D./Senior Woman Administrator • 33rd Year • Nebraska (1989) A member of the Nebraska Athletic Department oversight of the administrative budget. Previously, Logsdon since 1979, Pat Logsdon was promoted to senior woman spent six seasons as NU’s director of football operations, administrator on March 7, 2008, in addition to her duties the first female in Division I to serve in that capacity. She as associate athletic director for administration. She handled organization of all recruiting functions, supervised previously served in the role of assistant athletic director. compliance activities and coordinated all football Logsdon’s duties include oversight on all administrative operations, including travel and practice administrative issues and operational functions of operations. Logsdon served three years as assistant to the Athletic Director’s office; oversight in the areas of the director of football operations and 14 seasons as the administration, athletic medicine, nutrition, football football recruiting secretary. operations, softball, women’s gymnastics and rifle; Logsdon received a bachelor’s degree in education developing and implementing administrative policies and from Nebraska in 1989. procedures, assisting with strategic planning, reviewing and maintaining game and coaching contracts and

NEBRASKA ATHLETICS EXECUTIVE TEAM

Marc Boehm Dennis Leblanc Lonnie Albers Chris Anderson Jamie Vaughn Bob Burton Butch Hug John Ingram Executive Associate Senior Associate A.D./ Associate A.D./ Associate A.D./ Associate A.D./ Associate A.D. Associate A.D./ Associate A.D./ A.D./ Academics Athletic Medicine Community Relations Compliance Facilities and Events Capital Planning and Administration Construction

Jeff Jamrog Jamie Williams Paul Meyers Keith Zimmer Holly Adam Shot Kleen Keith Mann Michael Stephens Associate A.D./ Associate A.D./ Associate A.D./ Associate A.D./ Assistant A.D./ Assistant A.D./ Assistant A.D./ Assistant A.D./ Football Operations Diversity and Athletic Development Life Skills Ticketing HuskerVision Media Relations Marketing, Licensing Leadership Initiatives and Concessions

Jan Brown Dan Floyd Kirk Hartman Katie Jewell Doak Ostergard Kim Schellpeper Randy York Kely Mosier Director of Business Director of Information Executive Director Associate Director of Outreach Director Associate Director of Senior Writer and Director of Operations Technology of Video Production Academic Programs Academic Programs Director of Customer Huskers.com Relations

Contact Nebraska Athletics Athletic Department Mission Statement Mailing Address & Phone Numbers The mission of the University of Nebraska Athletic Department One Memorial Stadium is to serve our student-athletes, coaches, staff and fans by: Lincoln, NE 68588 • Displaying INTEGRITY in every decision and action (800) 755-2565 • Building and maintaining TRUST with others (402) 472-4224 • Giving RESPECT to each person we encounter Huskers.com • Pursuing unity of purpose through TEAMWORK • Maintaining LOYALTY to student-athletes, co-workers, fans Athletic Department Core Values and the University of Nebraska Integrity • Trust • Respect • Teamwork • Loyalty

41 | 2012 NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL COACHES & ADMINISTRATION ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAFF

Kiley Abdouch Mike Arthur Melissa Baack Alvin Banks Tyler Bassinger Jonathan Bateman Deveron Baxter Traci Becker Derek Bombeck Huskers Athletic Fund Director of Strength Accountant Coordinator of Student- Video Production Compliance Coordinator Food Tech V-Team Lead Accounting Clerk Event Management Coordinator & Conditioning Athlete Development Specialist Specialist

Derek Bond Daniel Bottcher Kimberly Brick Brad Brown Katie Butzke Juanita Carstens Chad Carter Misty Carter Chad Chiesa Event Management Groundskeeper Custodial Supervisor Assistant Athletic Trainer Event Management Capital Planning & Events Electrician Food Tech Microcomputer Specialist Specialist Specialist Staff Secretary

Angie Dr. David Clare Dr. Pat Clare Brad Colee Karen Cook Darcy Crandall Kim Daniel Matt Davidson Mike Dobbs Christ-Zemunski Team Physician, Chief of Staff, Video Production Staff Secretary Assistant Store, Custodial Supervisor Director of Events Huskers Athletic Ticket Office Associate Orthopaedic Surgeon Orthopaedic Surgeon Specialist Events Manager Fund Officer

Ryan Donahoe Kayln Doyle Tom Dufresne Jolene Emricson Anton Engel Jane Farrell Mary Fisher Derek Freeman Lindsey Freeman Plumber/Pipefitter Compliance Coordinator Assistant Athletic Trainer Assistant Athletic Trainer Guest Relations, Personnel and Payroll Custodian/Events Setup HAF Director of HAF Premium Seating & Devaney Sports Center Security Attendant Associate Annual Giving Events Coordinator

Gaila Friesen Jessie Gardner Shawn Gariboy Herman Gesch Randy Gobel Mike Greenfield Scott Guthrie Anne Hackbart Jami Hagedorn Secretarial Specialist Life Skills Coordinator Supply & Guest Relations, Assistant Director of Building Services Broadcast Engineer Administrative Assistant Financial and Human Distribution Clerk Security Attendant Facilities (Devaney) Manager to Athletic Administration Resource Manager

Janell Hall Brett Hansen Jack Harper Dr. Justin Harris Lauren Harris Sheri Hastings Eric Haynes Kevin Herbel Jared Hertzel Director of Concessions Microcomputer Specialist Custodian, Events Setup Team Physician, Assistant Strength Coach Academic Counselor Assistant Director Director, Business Turfgrass Manager Operations Orthopaedic Surgeon of Facilities Planning and Reporting

Mike Hodges Amanda Holzwarth Matt Honnor Phil Hood John Horstman Jr. Leah Huber Syed Hussain Amy Johnson Jena Johnson Video Services Video Production Custodian, Events Setup Trade Supervisor Building Service Tech Administrative Assistant Guest Relations, Business Office Assistant Director Coordinator Coordinator Security Attendant Administrative Assistant of Compliance

Jeff Kinnison Jack Kissack Lonna Kliment Brian Kmitta Blake Lange Gregg Lisa Loewenstein Marlon Lozano Mikayla Martins Custodian/ Guest Relations, Director of Ticket Assistant Strength Coach Assistant Equipment Lingenfelder Assistant Athletic Trainer Spirit Squad Manager Custodian, Events Setup Events Setup Security Attendant Marketing Manager Team Store Manager 42 | 2012 NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL COACHES & ADMINISTRATION ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAFF

Danny McEntarffer Sarah McGrath Sandy McLaughlin Alan Moore Erynn Nicholson Mike Nieman Diane Nietfeldt Pat Norris Chris Pankonin Guest Relations, Accounting Clerk Staff Secretary Building Services Spirit Squad Academic Counselor Shipping and Assistant Equipment Video Production Security Attendant Technician Head Coach Receiving Clerk Manager Specialist

Patricia Peterson Jack Pierce Ryan Pietig Marvin Potter Jenni Puchalla Laure Ragoss Rox Rasmussen Kristi Reetz Lindsey Remmers Assistant Director Huskers Athletic Fund Assistant Athletic Trainer Trade Supervisor Huskers Athletic Fund Associate Director of Director of Assistant Ticket Manager Director of of Compliance Fundraiser Administrative Assistant Compliance Concessions Events Sports Nutrition

Brian Rempe Bob Richards Juan Rico Ethan Rowley Rusty Ruffcorn George Scheel Jeff Schroder Lisa Seidl Amy Seiler Custodian, Events Setup Guest Relations, Computer Specialist Marketing Director Women’s Basketball Guest Relations, Building Service Ticket Office Assistant Massage Therapist Security Attendant Strength Coach Security Attendant Technician

John Shaw, Jr. Leah Sinner Peg Slagle Michael Steele Dr. Scott Strasburger Kathryn Swanson Norm Tallman Jr. Michelle Tambke Maggi Thorne Building Service Ticket Office Assistant Suites Coordinator Executive Chef Team Physician, Food Tech Custodian Senior Event Sales Assistant Director of Capital Technician Orthopaedic Surgeon Associate Planning & Construction

Mary Timblin Steve Torske Julie Tuttle Jackie Wilken Ervin Williams Karen Williamson Tim Wilson Linda Ybarra Jerry Zimmer Administrative Assistant Building & Grounds Assistant Athletic Trainer Administrative Event Management Conway Men’s Basketball Administrative Assistant Guest Relations, Supervisor Coordinator Specialist Ticket Office Assistant Strength Coach Security Attendant

NEBRASKA’S HEAD COACHES Chuck Chmelka John Cook Darin Erstad David Harris Scott Jacobson Dan Kendig Mark Manning Men’s Gymnastics Volleyball Baseball Cross Country Women’s Tennis Women’s Gymnastics Wrestling

Robin Krapfl Kerry McDermott Tim Miles Pablo Morales Bo Pelini Gary Pepin Rhonda Revelle Bill Spangler Stacy Underwood Women’s Golf Men’s Tennis Men’s Basketball Swimming and Diving Football Track and Field Softball Men’s Golf Rifle

Bill Straub John Walker Connie Yori Bowling Soccer Women’s Basketball

43 | 2012 NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL COACHES & ADMINISTRATION COMPLIANCE INFORMATION/GUIDELINES FOR FANS The University of Nebraska Athletic Department takes great pride in abiding by the Q: What constitutes impermissible contact by a Booster? National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Big Ten Conference rules and A: Phone calls to prospects (9th to 12th grade) and their relatives placed for recruiting guidelines that govern Division I competition. For the benefit of the many alumni, fans purposes (questions about the athletic program at UNL must be directed to the coach); and booster club members who are so active in supporting and assisting the Huskers writing, paging, text messages or instant messages to a prospect to encourage UNL throughout the year, we would like to remind everyone of a few definitions and rules that attendance; contact with a prospect at a high school or club contest; contact with a apply to all athletic representatives and boosters. prospect or his/her coach, principal, or counselor to evaluate the prospect; visiting the prospect’s educational institution to pick up videotape or transcripts for evaluation NCAA Principles purposes; contacting a prospect to congratulate him/her for signing a National Letter of Institutional Control Intent to attend UNL; giving anything of value to a prospect to induce him/her to attend It is the responsibility of the University of Nebraska to control its intercollegiate UNL; contact of any kind while the prospect is on the UNL campus for an official or athletic program in compliance with the rules and regulations of the NCAA. unofficial visit. RECRUITING CONTACTS, NCAA BYLAW 13 Responsibility The University of Nebraska’s responsibility for the conduct of its program includes Q: What are the rules of employment for a student-athlete? responsibility for the actions of its staff members and for the actions of any other A: A student-athlete may be employed during the academic year or summer vacation individual, booster or organization engaged in activities promoting the athletic interests of period; receive compensation equal to the going rate for similar services in the locale; the institution. receive compensation only for work performed; receive benefits provided to all other employees; teach sport-related individual skill instruction or fee-for-lesson sessions. A Compliance student-athlete may not conduct personal sport camps or promote, market, advertise or The University of Nebraska must monitor its program to assure compliance and to endorse a commercial business or product. identify and report to the NCAA instances in which compliance has not been achieved. Only benefits that are authorized by NCAA legislation shall be provided to and An institution found to have violated NCAA rules is subject to disciplinary and corrective accepted by a student-athlete. It is not permissible for a student-athlete to receive a actions as determined by the NCAA. benefit that is the result of a “special” arrangement by an institutional employee, booster, employer or fan. Question and Answers for Fans, Boosters, Alumni EMPLOYMENT, NCAA BYLAW 12 and Representatives of Athletic Interests Q: What are non-permissible benefits? Definitions A: Free or reduced-fee housing/rent including the use of vacation or seasonal homes; Q: What is a booster? free or reduced-fee meals; loans or cash advances in pay or salary; tuition costs or school A: Someone who belongs to a University of Nebraska athletic booster club; promotes supply expenses; gifts or presents of any type regardless of the occasion or purpose; use or makes financial donations to the athletic department or a specific Husker team; assists of telephone for long distance or use of telephone cards and cell phones; free use of any in the recruitment of prospective student-athletes; employs, gives benefits to, or provides motor vehicle, boat or recreational vehicle; free use of services (i.e., automobile repair, services to a student-athlete, a prospective student-athlete or the relative/friends of hair care, laundry, copying, faxing, etc.); free or reduced-fee memberships at golf courses, either. health clubs, etc. (This list is not exhaustive. Only benefits that are authorized by NCAA REPRESENTATIVE OF ATHLETIC INTERESTS (I.E., BOOSTERS), NCAA BYLAW 13 legislation shall be provided to and accepted by a student-athlete. It is not permissible for a student-athlete to receive a benefit that is the result of a “special” arrangement by an Q: What is a Prospective Student-Athlete? institutional employee, booster, employer or fan.) A: A prospective student-athlete is a student who has started classes for the ninth BENEFITS AND PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT, NCAA BYLAW 16 grade or above, including students in prep schools and junior colleges as well as students who have officially withdrawn from a four-year institution and plan to transfer to another Q: What type of promotional activities may the student-athlete be permitted to institution. In addition, a student who has not started classes for the ninth grade becomes participate? a prospective student-athlete if the institution or a Nebraska booster provides the A: Charitable, educational or non-profit promotions and events with requested individual or the individual’s relatives or friends with any financial assistance or benefits approval from the Athletic Compliance Office prior to the event. that the institution does not provide to prospective students in general. A good rule of thumb is to treat ALL STUDENTS as prospects. Q: What types of promotional activities are not permissible? A: Any fundraising activity that supports a high school organization or group that Q: What is a Student-Athlete? assists prospective-aged students; use of his/her name or picture; or appear to promote A: A student-athlete is a student whose enrollment was solicited by a member of the or market a commercial business or product. Nebraska athletic staff or other representative of athletic interests with a view toward the PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES, NCAA BYLAW 12 student’s ultimate participation in the intercollegiate athletic program. For further information regarding NCAA Guidelines for Athletic Representatives, Q: What is a contact? please contact the athletic compliance office at (402) 472-2042 or 1-(800) 927-7220. A: Contact is ANY face-to-face encounter between a prospect, or the prospect’s parent Inquiries may also be mailed to: Athletic Compliance Office, One Memorial Stadium, P.O. or legal guardian, and a Nebraska staff member or athletic representative during which Box 880219, Lincoln, NE, 68588-0219. Questions can also be faxed to (402) 472-4609 or any dialogue occurs. e-mailed to [email protected].

Q: What is recruiting? Notice of NCAA Probation A: Recruiting is any solicitation of a prospect or a prospect’s family member (or From 2007 to 2010 the University of Nebraska unintentionally reimbursed student- guardian) by an institutional staff member or by athletic representative of the institution, athletes for recommended textbooks as well as required textbooks through a failure to for the purpose of securing the prospect’s enrollment and ultimate participation in properly administer and monitor book scholarships. Only reimbursement for required Nebraska’s intercollegiate athletic program. books is permissible under NCAA rules. As a result the NCAA placed the University of Guidelines Nebraska on two-year probation, beginning in January 2012. The NCAA did not impose additional penalties such as the loss of scholarships, forfeiture of games or a ban on Q: What is a Booster? A: Someone who belongs to a University of Nebraska athletic booster club; promotes postseason play. Rather, as a condition of probation we will continue to educate student- or makes financial donations to the athletic department or a specific Husker team; assists athletes and staff thoroughly on NCAA bylaws and will notify prospective student-athletes in the recruitment of prospective student-athletes; employs, gives benefits to, or provides of our probationary status. services to a student-athlete, a prospective student-athlete or the relative/friends of either. REPRESENTATIVE OF ATHLETIC INTERESTS (I.E., BOOSTERS), NCAA BYLAW 13 44 | 2012 NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL