Born and raised in Omaha, Jacob has been writing about local sports in Nebraska since he joined Creighton's student newspaper as a freshman in 2011. He's covered prep sports as well as Creighton and Nebraska athletics (including football, basketball and volleyball) for Hail Varsity and Hurrdat Sports since 2015.
His love of basketball can best be described as an obsession and if you need to find him, he’s probably in a gym somewhere watching, coaching or playing hoops.
Nebraska volleyball is back and gearing up for the 2026 season. The Huskers will head into year two under Dani Busboom Kelly ranked No.1 in the AVCA and looking to put on a show every time they take the court. To get you ready for the season, Hail Varsity is going...
Omaha Westside senior and Creighton commit London Dada capped a busy summer by traveling to Salt Lake City, Utah, for Damian Lillard’s annual Formula Zero Elite Camp. The camp ran Aug. 12-16 and invited 15 of the top high school players and 15 college counselors for a...
More than 10,000 fans showed up at Pinnacle Bank Arena to watch No. 1 Nebraska volleyball’s annual Red-White Scrimmage on Sunday as the Red team topped the White 3-1. Coach Dani Busboom Kelly said she’s mixed up her lineups throughout the preseason rather than...
Virginia Adriano and Manaia Ogbechie were a bit late reporting to Lincoln for Nebraska volleyball summer workouts, for good reason. The pair of second-year Huskers took part in a 10-day service trip to Tanzania in East Africa in June as part of the Let’s Keep the Ball...
Before No. 1 Nebraska volleyball embarks on its 11-day nationwide tour to open the 2026 season, fans will get an opportunity to see the Huskers in Lincoln on Sunday as the program takes its annual Red-White Scrimmage to a bigger stage on Sunday. After two weeks of...
The offseason has been a grind for preseason No. 1 Nebraska volleyball, and the Huskers will soon get the opportunity to put their work on display under the bright lights as they head into the 2026 season at the end of the month. “It's been a grind, but in a very...
Fort the ninth time in program history — and the third time in the least five years — Nebraska volleyball is the preseason No. 1 team in the country. The AVCA released its coaches poll heading into the 2026 season on Monday and the Huskers received 57 of 63...
A seismic change has come to Big Ten volleyball with the launch of the league’s inaugural volleyball tournament. Rather than a 20-match league schedule running through the final day before Selection Sunday, the Big Ten will feature a 17-match, round-robin conference...
Fourteen Nebraska prep products will suit up for Big Ten volleyball teams this fall, and two of them represented their squads at Big Ten Volleyball Media Day in Chicago on Monday. The headliner was Elkhorn North graduate Grace Heaney, a 6-foot-2 opposite hitter...