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.
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...
The overriding theme from Big Ten Volleyball Media Day in Chicago was one of gratitude for the platform the conference gives to the sport. Nebraska volleyball has been at the forefront of driving up volleyball interest nationwide, and Dani Busboom Kelly, Bergen Reilly...
Nebraska volleyball is the unanimous preseason Big Ten favorite and three Huskers made the preseason All-Big Ten Team according to a vote of the league's 18 coaches. Seniors Andi Jackson, Harper Murray and Bergen Reilly were all unanimous All-Big Ten selections. The...
“Gym rat” has become a cliché phrase in basketball circles, but it’s hard to find a more appropriate label for one of the newcomers to Creighton men’s basketball, Wes Enis. The 6-foot-2 guard has spent so much time in the gym that his coaches have locked him out at...
Plenty of schools were interested in Oswin Erhunmwunse when the former Providence Friar entered the transfer portal, but the 6-foot-10 center didn’t take long to make his decision. He knew what he wanted this time around and he knew he could find it with Creighton...