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Nebraska volleyball now has five-player class for 2027

Nebraska volleyball has had a busy 48 hours.The Huskers’ new head coach, Dani Busboom Kelly, has a five-player class for 2027.The class is headlined by the top recruit in the country, Kendal Omoruyi.Setter Malorie Boesiger out of Norris High School in Nebraska has also announced her commitment.The Huskers have also added two liberos, including Mallory […]

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Nebraska volleyball has had a busy 48 hours.The Huskers’ new head coach, Dani Busboom Kelly, has a five-player class for 2027.The class is headlined by the top recruit in the country, Kendal Omoruyi.Setter Malorie Boesiger out of Norris High School in Nebraska has also announced her commitment.The Huskers have also added two liberos, including Mallory Johnson out of Michigan and Hua Laikona out of Arizona. Shaye Washington out of Missouri has also committed to Nebraska.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |

Nebraska volleyball has had a busy 48 hours.

The Huskers’ new head coach, Dani Busboom Kelly, has a five-player class for 2027.

The class is headlined by the top recruit in the country, Kendal Omoruyi.

Setter Malorie Boesiger out of Norris High School in Nebraska has also announced her commitment.

The Huskers have also added two liberos, including Mallory Johnson out of Michigan and Hua Laikona out of Arizona.

Shaye Washington out of Missouri has also committed to Nebraska.

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Creighton new head coach Brian Rosen previews Bluejays volleyball season with First Alert 6

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – For the first time in over two decades, Creighton volleyball has a new head coach. Brian Rosen takes over at the helm after serving as associate head coach under Kirsten Bernthal Booth, who stepped down after 22 seasons at The Hilltop. In an exclusive 1-on-1 interview, Rosen sat down with 6 […]

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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – For the first time in over two decades, Creighton volleyball has a new head coach. Brian Rosen takes over at the helm after serving as associate head coach under Kirsten Bernthal Booth, who stepped down after 22 seasons at The Hilltop.

In an exclusive 1-on-1 interview, Rosen sat down with 6 Sports Director Clayton Collier to preview the 2025 season.

Clayton Collier: Brian, we’re nearing 100 days in office for you. What have the first three months been like as head coach of the Bluejays?

Brian Rosen: Well, I didn’t know there’s a countdown. It’s been great. Honestly, the team, the parents, have been so supportive since this all started. Obviously, Coach Booth moving on to work with LOVB was a huge piece of news for everyone. I think we all shed a lot of tears those few days. Luckily, I still have her as a mentor for me. We talk all the time. I even just saw her this weekend. She was watching her daughter play and I was out recruiting. So I think that’s been big just to have her support, the community support and the team support.

The first few weeks, we were still able to practice. So it’s good to be able to get in the gym with them as head coach, keep our staff together, keep the team together. So that was great.

And then it’s been recruiting season. Obviously, I was the main recruiter already, so able to maintain the commits that we already had. We just went through June 15, which is a big recruiting time for our sport, and we’ve already committed three athletes for our 2027 class who we think are going to continue to elevate our program and take us where we want to go.

Clayton Collier: You have quite a few newcomers also coming in for this year, four transfers, two freshmen. How is everybody starting to mesh here for the new year?

Brian Rosen: What’s been really special is five of those six came in the spring, so three of the transfers and both freshmen enrolled in the spring, so we were able to train with them for the entire semester. And I think that’s really important for our team chemistry, our culture, to teach them our different systems. So that’s been great.

We have one setter animator. She played for the Swiss national team. She was with Cal for the last four years. Incredible high-level setter. She just got here at the beginning of June, so she’s been in the weight room with our team and playing open gyms with them, and doing all those things.I haven’t been able to really watch her play. I got to see her for about 30 minutes running a drill at a camp, and that’s about the extent of what I’ve seen so far.

But to all accounts, everyone’s fitting in great and working hard and really excited to see how all of them kind of integrate into the system, because I think all of them will have opportunities to compete, to play in Year One.

Clayton Collier: You were just telling me that you are a little superstitious. Are these lucky socks for Creighton?

Brian Rosen: These are one of the pairs. All last season, if you go back and look, I wore pretty much the exact same outfit, first day, second day or third day of a weekend. And we went 30-3. So it worked out pretty well.

Clayton Collier: Do you wash in between?

Brian Rosen: I do. I do wash in between. Do wash in between. But yeah, I do get a little superstitious, so we’ll see what comes out this season. New role, I might have to start some new trends. So we’ll see what comes out this year. But if it goes well, you’ll see it again.

Clayton Collier: The regular season starts August 23 against Penn State, the reigning national champs in Lincoln Pinnacle Bank Arena. What does it mean to be included in the AVCA First Serve, such a large showcase of volleyball?

Brian Rosen: When we heard that it was coming to the state of Nebraska, we were hopeful that we would get the invite. Going to an Elite Eight last season and historically, being one of the best programs in the country, we thought we would. We were really excited when they did reach out.

At the time, we didn’t even know who we were going to play. It was just, we want you to be a part of it. And we said it doesn’t matter who we play. We’re in. So, to find out later on that we’re going to get a rematch with Penn State is exciting.

I think a lot of people have looked at our schedule and said, ‘Wow. Like, that’s going to be one of the toughest schedules in the country,’ but that’s what we recruit with. That’s what we tell our athletes from the beginning. So as a team, we’re excited.

We actually read the schedule to our team in the spring in the gym, and there was never like an ‘Oh no.’ It’s like they’re cheering. They’re excited. So yes, it is going to be really tough. Penn State is going to be really tough and a great program. I would not be surprised if they’re the number one team in the country to start the season, and we’re excited to play them.

Clayton Collier: Nebraska also always a tough challenge in the non-conference, but the fact that this rivalry has a new chapter with both you coming in as a new head coach, Dani Busboom Kelly coming in as the new head coach of Nebraska, just how unique is this moment?

Brian Rosen: I think what’s going to be unique is that although there are new two new coaches in, I know that our fan base, their fan base, our athletes, their athletes, all have the same expectations, and it’s to be playing the last weekend of the season and hopefully hold up some trophies.

So yes, we’ll have new faces on the bench coaching, but I think the expectations stay the same. Coming from a state not Nebraska, this state is so special as far as volleyball support, and I know even for when we play Penn State in Lincoln, I feel like their fans will probably support us.

The state of Nebraska embraces Nebraska volleyball. That’s us, that’s Nebraska-Omaha. That’s the division two programs that played in the match in the football stadium. That’s what has always been really unique to me. Even when we’re playing at Nebraska, if our team makes a great play, like they support it, they cheer for it. Then obviously, when the game gets tight, the ‘Go Big Red’ chants are going to start. And, you know, it gets a little different in there. But as a team like, that’s why you play for those environments.

We get to host them this year at [CHI Health Center] and we’re going to put out a lot of stuff. We hope to reclaim the attendance record for an indoor regular season match that Wisconsin took from us a few years ago. So I think us and Nebraska will work together to make sure every sea is filled and we pack that place.



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Zac Stubblety-Cook to miss World Swimming Championships

Australian Zac Stubblety-Cook — an Olympic gold and silver medalist in the 200m breaststroke — will miss the World Swimming Championships that start July 26 in Singapore, citing a back injury. “It’s disappointing, but I had a lot of time off last year and I am committed to the next four years,” Stubblety-Cook said, according […]

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Australian Zac Stubblety-Cook — an Olympic gold and silver medalist in the 200m breaststroke — will miss the World Swimming Championships that start July 26 in Singapore, citing a back injury.

“It’s disappointing, but I had a lot of time off last year and I am committed to the next four years,” Stubblety-Cook said, according to a press release. “It’s a setback but a minor one, and hopefully by the time the pool team dive in Singapore — I’ll be back in the water myself.”

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Stubblety-Cook, 26, took Olympic 200m breast gold in Tokyo and silver in Paris behind France’s Leon Marchand, who is entered in all four of his Olympic gold medal events in Singapore.

Stubblety-Cook is the third-fastest man in history in the 200m breast behind China’s Qin Haiyang (also entered in worlds) and Marchand.

“My coach Mel Marshall and I both believe my best time is still in me, so I’m still chasing that … and there’s a lot of racing left in me,” Stubblety-Cook said, according to the release.

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Top DOD Execs to Watch in 2025: Leidos’ Chad Buechel

Chad Buechel, Leidos Chad Buechel Vice President & Division Manager, Defense Enterprise IT Modernization Division within the Digital Modernization Sector, Leidos Most recently, Chad Buechel’s team stepped in to support the Defense Department’s goal of accelerating the migration of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s IT network to the Defense Information Systems Agency’s modernized DODNet. […]

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Vice President & Division Manager, Defense Enterprise IT Modernization Division within the Digital Modernization Sector, Leidos

Most recently, Chad Buechel’s team stepped in to support the Defense Department’s goal of accelerating the migration of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s IT network to the Defense Information Systems Agency’s modernized DODNet.

In less than 48 hours, they assembled a team and partnered with both DISA and DARPA to embark on a pivotal 80-day migration, proving the capabilities of DODNet and Leidos’ agility to fast-track migrations for other Defense Agencies and Field Activities. The teamwork and collaboration seen throughout the process has been described as nothing short of extraordinary, with each stakeholder — regardless of badge — stepping in to ensure mission success.

Delivering smarter outcomes that make government more efficient is core to the company’s mission. For example, Leidos protects mission-critical DOD data on “no-fail” networks essential to national security every day. The company saved the department over $645 million by identifying and implementing improvements in network cybersecurity, artificial intelligence operations and cloud use. Its work also increased network availability to 99.9% at no additional cost.

Bryan Jolly, senior vice president of digital modernization for Leidos’ DISA IT business area, described Buechel as a mission-driven leader who brings exceptional energy, focus and execution to one of the Defense Department’s most complex IT modernization efforts.

“Under his leadership, the Leidos team is accelerating the DES program and DODNet migration — delivering transformative capabilities that strengthen cybersecurity, enhance user experience and increase mission effectiveness across the Fourth Estate,” he said. “Chad’s ability to lead with vision while driving results makes him a standout leader and a key force shaping the future of defense IT.”

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Buechel’s team is helping DISA consolidate the Fourth Estate’s agencies onto a common IT infrastructure through the Defense Enclave Services program. With the modernized DODNet, they are improving efficiency, enabling data-driven decisions and providing a secure, scalable network to keep agencies mission-ready. These capabilities allow users to protect and connect the warfighter while staying agile in a fast-changing environment.

Buechel said the Leidos DES program is a true team effort that brings together talent, innovation and mission focus to deliver a secure, modern and efficient IT environment for the Fourth Estate. He added that he’s proud of his team’s ability to move fast, think strategically and work closely with DISA and the DAFAs.

“Through DODNet, we’re not just consolidating infrastructure—we’re enabling the agility, resilience and scalability defense agencies need to accelerate decision making and support the warfighter in today’s dynamic threat landscape,” he said.

Fun Fact: Buechel was a college track and field athlete at Brown University. He still holds a school record for the steeplechase, a 3,000-meter race that combines running with obstacles, hurdles and water jumps. He was also a three-time All-Ivy Champion for indoor track — and is a die-hard Pittsburgh Steelers fan.

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The LA Olympics are 3 years away. Here’s a first look at the schedule

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Los Angeles is officially three years out from the Olympic Games and to mark the occasion, organizers on Monday released a preview of the competition schedule.

Track and field will dominate the first week of the Games at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum, and swimming will close it out at SoFi Stadium.

It’s a switch-up from how things have historically been done. Typically, track and field athletics are in the second week of the 2028 Games. Some things aren’t changing though — the marathon will still take place on the competition’s final weekend, starting on the Venice Beach boardwalk.

The rest of the Games will take place across the region, temporarily transforming many of Los Angeles’s most historic and treasured locations.

Gymnastics will be held at Crypto.com Arena in downtown L.A. Basketball will be at Inglewood Dome. Beach volleyball will take over Alamitos Beach. The cycling road race will start on the Venice Beach boardwalk.

Sepulveda Basin will host skateboarders. Trestles Beach, which stretches from Orange County into San Diego County, will hold the surfing competition. The L.A. Convention Center downtown will have fencing, table tennis, taekwondo, judo and wrestling.

Baseball will, of course, be at Dodger Stadium.

A couple events will be as far away as Oklahoma. Softball, canoe and kayaking competitions will take place in Oklahoma City’s Whitewater Center and Softball Park.

It’s the third time L.A. will host the Olympics. Opening ceremonies will kick off at L.A. Memorial Coliseum and SoFi Stadium at 5 p.m., July 14, 2028.

Tickets aren’t on sale, yet. But you can check out the daily schedule here.

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132 Scarlet Knights Named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars

Story Links PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers Athletics placed 132 Scarlet Knights on the 2024-25 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars list, the conference announced. It marks the fifth-consecutive academic year that over 125 Rutgers student-athletes were named to the list. A total of 33 Scarlet Knights earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average (GPA) […]

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PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers Athletics placed 132 Scarlet Knights on the 2024-25 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars list, the conference announced. It marks the fifth-consecutive academic year that over 125 Rutgers student-athletes were named to the list.

A total of 33 Scarlet Knights earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average (GPA) during the previous academic term. Those individuals are listed below; 

  • Lucy Bannatyne, Field Hockey
  • Paulina Niklaus, Field Hockey
  • Tyler Needham, Football
  • Emily Leese, Gymnastics
  • Gianna Ortiz, Gymnastics
  • Aidan Flynn, Men’s Soccer
  • Noah Kriesman, Men’s Track and Field
  • Nico Morales, Men’s Track and Field
  • Alissa Kinkela, Volleyball
  • Emma Baeyens, Women’s Cross Country
  • Emily James, Women’s Golf
  • Krystal Li, Women’s Golf
  • Lucrezia Rossettin, Women’s Golf
  • Erin Duggan, Women’s Lacrosse
  • Victoria Goldrick, Women’s Lacrosse
  • Kimberly Greenblatt, Women’s Lacrosse
  • Madison Karpe, Women’s Lacrosse
  • Kelsey Klein, Women’s Lacrosse
  • A’Mya Dill-El, Women’s Rowing
  • Julia Galesi, Women’s Rowing
  • Ruby Hatfield, Women’s Rowing
  • Kathryn Koleto, Women’s Rowing
  • Sydney Lehrer, Women’s Rowing
  • Claire Nealon , Women’s Rowing
  • Orian Gablan, Women’s Swimming & Diving
  • Grace Hagemaster, Women’s Swimming & Diving
  • Katherine Lang, Women’s Swimming & Diving
  • Hale Oal, Women’s Swimming & Diving
  • Natalie Schick, Women’s Swimming & Diving
  • Jade Smits, Women’s Swimming & Diving
  • Charlee Crawford, Women’s Track and Field
  • Emma Keating, Women’s Track and Field
  • Suzy Lacombe, Women’s Track and Field

Big Ten Faculty Representatives established the Distinguished Scholar Award in 2008 to supplement the Academic All-Big Ten program. Distinguished Scholar Award recipients must have earned Academic All-Big Ten recognition in the previous academic year, must have been enrolled full time at the institution for the entire previous academic year (two semesters or three quarters) and earned a minimum GPA of 3.70 or better during the previous academic year, excluding any summer grades. The Academic All-Big Ten threshold is a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher for a student’s academic career.

Rutgers Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Selections by Sport

Baseball (3)

  • RJ Johnson Jr.
  • JD Jones           
  • Joe Mazza

Field Hockey (10)

  • Natalie Arnold             
  • Lucy Bannatyne          
  • Olivia Beattie
  • Guillermina Causarano
  • Ava Cickavage
  • Sophia Howard           
  • Vicky Jure        
  • Paulina Niklaus           
  • Indy Van Ek     
  • Puck Winter   

Football (10)

  • Djibril Abdou Rahman            
  • DJ Allen            
  • Joe De Croce 
  • Moses Gbagbe-Sowah          
  • Kyonte Hamilton        
  • Nelson Monegro Breton
  • Tyler Needham            
  • Nick Oliveira  
  • Terrence Salami          
  • Reggie Sutton

Gymnastics (9)

  • Elia Aird            
  • Olivia DiNovi 
  • Campbell Earley        
  • Emily Leese   
  • Jacqueline Manifold
  • Gianna Ortiz  
  • Anna Pagliaro
  • Matis Rains    
  • Ginger Richards          

Men’s Cross Country (1)

Men’s Golf (1)

Men’s Lacrosse (5)

  • Brock Desmarais       
  • Justin Lawler 
  • Dean Scalamandre   
  • Cardin Stoller
  • Marco Wimmershoff

Men’s Soccer (4)

  • Nicholas Collins
  • Aidan Flynn    
  • Andrew Noel 
  • Erick Ruiz        

Men’s Track and Field (9)

  • Steven Coponi             
  • Ian Habjan      
  • Noah Kriesman           
  • Nico Morales 
  • Zachary Novak            
  • Brian O’ Sullivan         
  • Robert Paneque         
  • Sincere Robinson      
  • Zachary Semerjian   

Softball (2)

  • Jillian Anderson          
  • Georgia Ingle 

Volleyball (2)

  • Makenzie Dyrstad      
  • Alissa Kinkela

Women’s Basketball (2)

  • Kennedy Brandt
  • Awa Sidibe     

Women’s Cross Country (3)

  • Emma Baeyens          
  • Lorena David 
  • Casey Walter

Women’s Golf (4)

  • Emily James   
  • Krystal Li          
  • Lorena Rossettin        
  • Lucrezia Rossettin     

Women’s Lacrosse (14)

  • Makenna Boutin         
  • Katie Buck      
  • Ava Chiarella 
  • Kayleigh Coughlin      
  • Erin Devine    
  • Erin Duggan   
  • Gianna Eglauf              
  • Victoria Goldrick        
  • Kimberly Greenblatt 
  • Madison Karpe            
  • Kelsey Klein   
  • Sophia Rowell              
  • Samantha Swanovich             
  • Grace Toth      

Women’s Rowing (20)

  • Lauren Andersen       
  • Elli Arbogast
  • Madison Cancro
  • Megan Cherichello   
  • A’Mya Dill-El
  • Katharina Dowlin       
  • Abigail Franks
  • Julia Galesi     
  • Madeline Galesi         
  • Catherine Garvey       
  • Ruby Hatfield
  • Vanessa Karayiannis
  • Kathryn Koleto
  • Sydney Lehrer              
  • Madison Miller            
  • Catherine Montgomery         
  • Claire Nealon
  • Emily Szopa   
  • Seher Talukdar            
  • Sofia Ulinski  

Women’s Soccer (7)

  • Kassidy Banks             
  • Olivia Bodmer              
  • Kylie Daigle    
  • Cameron Kennett      
  • Olivia Russomanno  
  • Tehya Scheuten          
  • Patricia Tsokos           

Women’s Swimming and Diving (13)

  • Sephora Ford 
  • Orian Gablan
  • Grace Hagemaster   
  • Ella Hall           
  • Katherine Lang            
  • Shannon Meadway   
  • Hale Oal          
  • Holly Prasanto             
  • Natalie Schick             
  • Elinor Schinsky           
  • Jade Smits      
  • Emma Solseng            
  • Molly Urkiel    

Women’s Tennis (2)

  • Jackeline Lopez
  • Mai Nguyen

Women’s Track and Field (9)

  • Anna Barber  
  • Bailey Bertrand           
  • Celine-Jada Brown    
  • Charlee Crawford
  • Kelly Enterline             
  • Samantha Gravatt     
  • Emma Keating             
  • Suzy Lacombe
  • Kristina Tossas

Wrestling (2)

  • Alfred DeSantis
  • Hadyn Packer



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