Click to view story on Nebraska City News-Press.

NEBRASKA CITY - A pair of three-sport athletes were named as athletes of the year during the Nebraska City High School Awards show earlier this week.

Taylor DeVorss, a volleyball, basketball and track athlete, was named as the Tim Hall Female Athlete of the Year.

SCOTTSBLUFF — Players have been selected for the East and West teams for the 28th-annual West Nebraska All-Star Volleyball Game. The 26 members of the volleyball teams were nominated by their respective high school coach and selected by the all-star coaches.

To view the rest of this story, a NebVolleyball.com Subscription is required. Please Click Here.

Click to view story on Columbus Telegram.

OLUMBUS — Graduates were given a recipe for success.

During commencement exercises held Friday at Central Community College-Columbus, students heard from Columbus native Amanda (Gates) Sjuts, who gave the keynote address.

USAV Nationals Qualifiers

18s

NATIONAL
Nebraska Power 181 Nexus Show-ME
Premier 18 Gold BID Tournament

Click to view story on Lincoln Journal Star.

Maddie Haggerty will have an even bigger surprise when she returns to watch a Nebraska volleyball match this season, or plays in one in a few years at the Huskers' new home at the Devaney Sports Center.

The high school sophomore from the Chicago suburban of Glen Ellyn, Ill., told NU coach John Cook on Monday that she'd like to play for the Huskers beginning in 2014.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (seminoles.com) - Facing the departure of four seniors in the 2012 season, the Florida State University indoor volleyball team continues to reload as it added four talented signees who recently inked their National Letters of Intent for the upcoming year.

Head Coach Chris Poole and the Seminole indoor volleyball program added two talented outside hitters in University of Nebraska transfer Taylor Simpson and Western Wyoming Community College transfer Olivera Medic. FSU also signed two proven liberos in Laura Dadowski as well as twin sister Caroline Dadowski.

"We are very excited about adding these four young ladies, along with the great four freshmen we signed in our early signing period," Poole said. "The expectations are very high with the returning players we have and we feel we have been able to fill some holes left over from our graduating class. Our returning players had a great spring and the competition and level of overall play will be significant in practice this fall. We will have a lot of options in August and the summer will be an opportunity for players to make further strides."

Colorado Springs, Colo. - USA Volleyball announced on Monday that former Huskers Jordan Larson and Nancy Metcalf were named to the U.S. Women's National Team Preliminary Roster for the 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix.

The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team is ranked No. 1 in the world and will reduce the 25-player roster closer to the start of the event on June 8. The team, which has already qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games, will open competition against Germany in a Pool B match in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Metcalf is a 2004 Olympian and a three-time AVCA First-Team All-American at Nebraska. Larson was a three-time All-American who led the Huskers to three NCAA Semifinals appearances.

USAV Nationals Qualifiers

To view the rest of this story, a NebVolleyball.com Subscription is required. Please Click Here.

Click to view story on Waterloo Record.

KITCHENER, CANADA — As the most sensational volleyball player to come out of Canada in more than a generation, Sarah Pavan has done it all — from winning a U.S. college title to being the top scorer in the toughest professional league in the world.

But there’s one thing the six-foot-five Kitchener-raised athlete with the ferocious spiking ability is missing. Playing for Canada in the Olympics.

Click to view story on Omaha World-Herald

LINCOLN — Coming to Nebraska from Sweden meant Cecilia Hall had a little harder transition to Division I volleyball than your average Husker recruit.

Upon arrival last July, Hall grappled with a language barrier, had to get acclimated to a faster playing tempo and wrapped her mind around the intensity of taking the floor in front of a packed house at the NU Coliseum.