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.
No. 1 Nebraska volleyball extended its streak of sweeps to nine by handling Michigan 3-0 at a sold-out Crisler Center in Ann Arbor Sunday afternoon. The Huskers (18-0, 8-0 Big Ten) beat the Wolverines 25-18, 25-13, 25-18 in front of a Michigan-record 12,707 fans,...
The Nebraska men’s basketball team celebrated Rienk Mast’s return with a 90-89 exhibition victory against No. 8 BYU and projected top-three NBA Draft pick AJ Dybantsa on Sturday afternoon. The freshman phenom lived up to the billing with an efficient 30 points, but...
Coach Greg McDermott got everything he wanted out of Friday’s exhibition as No. 23 Creighton men’s basketball took down No. 16 Iowa State 71-58 at CHI Health Center Omaha. “A great game for us from a learning perspective,” McDermott deemed it. “There's going to be a...
The point guard position has been a strength for Creighton men's basketball with the likes of Maurice Watson Jr., Marcus Zegarowski, Ryan Nembhard and Steven Ashworth holding down the job for the majority of the last decade. With Ashworth exhausting his eligibility...
Friday’s exhibition against No. 16 Iowa State will be the first chance fans of No. 23 Creighton men’s basketball will get to see many of the team’s newcomers in Bluejay uniforms. Transfers and freshmen tend to dominate the discussion in the preseason, and rightfully...
No. 1 Nebraska volleyball junior Harper Murray is coming off one of her finest weeks as a Husker, earning co-Big Ten Player of the Week based on her performances against Washington and at No. 12 Purdue. She averaged 4.67 kills per set on .519 hitting with 12 digs,...
Coach Dani Busboom Kelly said she had a feeling before No. 1 Nebraska volleyball’s sweep at No. 12 Purdue that reserve opposite hitter Allie Sczech could have a big day, and she was right. Sczech had five kills on eight errorless swings off the bench, checking in late...
Ryan Kalkbrenner may be gone, but Greg McDermott is still at the helm of Creighton men’s basketball, and his track record plus his offseason additions were enough to land the Jays in the AP Top 25 heading into the season. The Bluejays will enter the season ranked 23rd...
A masterful performance from Harper Murray led No. 1 Nebraska volleyball to a 3-0 win at No. 12 Purdue on Sunday afternoon. The Huskers (16-0, 6-0 Big Ten) took down the Boilermakers 25-23, 25-16, 25-15 at Holloway Gymnasium to secure their seventh straight sweep. “I...