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===Volleyball=== {{main|Nebraska Cornhuskers women's volleyball}} [[File:National Guard Memorial Stadium volleyball flyover.jpg|300px|thumb|A [[Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker|KC-135 Stratotanker]] and three [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16 Fighting Falcon]]s of the [[Nebraska Army National Guard]] conduct a flyover of [[Memorial Stadium (Lincoln)|Memorial Stadium]] during [[Volleyball Day in Nebraska]] on Aug. 30, 2023]] Nebraska's volleyball program was established in 1975 and has become one of the most decorated in the sport β Nebraska has won more games, spent more weeks ranked number one, and produced more [[American Volleyball Coaches Association|AVCA]] All-Americans than any other program. Head coach [[Terry Pettit]], hired in 1977, turned the Cornhuskers into a national power at a time when the sport was traditionally dominated by [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailynebraskan.com/pettit-credits-family-friends-and-players-for-successful-career/article_3fc864ce-a59d-5f77-a509-51801f5e8a34.html|title=Pettit credits family, friends and players for successful career|author=Andrew Strand|website=[[The Daily Nebraskan]]|access-date=29 July 2022}}</ref> He produced NU's first national championship in 1995 before handing the program over to assistant [[John Cook (coach)|John Cook]] five years later. Cook led the NCAA's second-ever undefeated season in his debut as head coach and soon established himself as one of the best coaches in the sport's history, winning four national championships and producing some of volleyball's biggest stars, including [[Sarah Pavan]], [[Jordan Larson]], and [[Lexi Rodriguez]]. Cook retired in 2025, assisting in the selection of [[Dani Busboom Kelly]] as his successor. Nebraska regularly leads the NCAA in attendance and has competed in several of the highest-attended and most-watched volleyball games ever played.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/volleyball-women/article/2024-12-22/womens-college-volleyball-all-time-attendance-records|title=Women's college volleyball all-time attendance records|publisher=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]|date=22 December 2024|access-date=2 April 2025}}</ref> The university hosted [[Volleyball Day in Nebraska]] at [[Memorial Stadium (Lincoln)|Memorial Stadium]] on August 30, 2023; the recorded attendance of 92,003 was a record for any women's sporting event.{{efn|name=VBDay|The match between Nebraska and Omaha set a world record for the highest ''recorded'' attendance at a women's sporting event. Some attendance estimates for the [[1971 Women's World Cup]] final between [[Denmark women's national football team|Denmark]] and [[Mexico women's national football team|Mexico]] at the [[Estadio Azteca]] are as high as 110,000, but no official number was recorded.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46149887|title=Mexico 1971: When women's soccer hit the big time|author=Bill Wilson|website=[[BBC]]|date=6 December 2018|access-date=11 February 2025}}</ref>}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/nebraska-volleyball-attendance-record-38f103fe2100a368cddb19b75e1adb8d|title=Nebraska volleyball stadium event draws 92,003 to set women's world attendance record|author=Eric Olson|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|date=30 August 2023|access-date=30 August 2023}}</ref> Nebraska played nearly four decades at the [[Nebraska Coliseum|NU Coliseum]] until moving to the larger [[Bob Devaney Sports Center]] in 2012, and has sold out every home game since 2001 across both venues. *Conference championships (36): 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2023, 2024 *Conference tournament championships{{efn|The [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]] and [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] do not play conference volleyball tournaments.}} (18): 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995 *NCAA Division I national semifinal (18): 1986, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024 *'''NCAA Division I championships''' (5): 1995, 2000, 2006, 2015, 2017 ;Beach volleyball {{main|Nebraska Cornhuskers beach volleyball}} Nebraska's beach volleyball program was established in 2013 as a training and recruiting tool for its [[Nebraska Cornhuskers women's volleyball|indoor team]], and the rosters typically include the same players. Indoor head coach [[John Cook (coach)|John Cook]] led the beach team until turning the program over to assistant Jaylen Reyes in 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vbadrenaline.com/fan-page-news/the-value-of-beach-season|title=It's Not To Work On Their Tans: Jaylen Talks About the Value of Husker Beach Season|author=Sasha Beale|website=VB Adrenaline|date=2 March 2025|access-date=3 March 2025}}</ref> Nebraska remains one of few beach volleyball programs throughout the Midwest and generally plays the bulk of its season during a spring trip to [[California]] and [[Hawaii]], and does not attempt to qualify for the sixteen-team [[NCAA beach volleyball championship|NCAA championship]].<ref name=Wagner>{{cite web|url=https://huskerextra.com/news/volleyball/nebraska-beach-volleyball-projecting-pairings-and-why-one-freshman-wont-play/article_a26f63a0-efc2-11ef-9d9a-639ec2a70563.html|title=Nebraska beach volleyball: Projecting pairings, and why one freshman won't play|author=Brent Wagner|publisher=[[Lincoln Journal Star]]|date=20 February 2025|access-date=24 April 2025}}</ref>
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