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.
Official preseason practice for Division I college basketball began this week across the country, which means Alan Huss’ debut as head coach of Creighton men’s basketball is fast approaching. Huss and his staff have had months of workouts to introduce new concepts,...
Seventeen days after No. 1 Nebraska volleyball and Missouri first faced off across the net at Chicago’s Wrigley Field, the Huskers and Tigers finally completed their Big Ten/SEC Challenge matchup Wednesday night. After unsafe conditions put a halt to their first...
No. 1 Nebraska volleyball has a bit more nonconference business to take care of before diving into Big Ten play this weekend as the Huskers and Missouri will make up their suspended match on Wednesday. The teams won’t get to play in front of 40,000 fans at Wrigley...
Coach Dani Busboom Kelly went deep into her bench as No. 1 Nebraska volleyball closed out the Ameritas Players Challenge with a 3-1 win over Florida Gulf Coast at the Devaney Center on Sunday. Bergen Reilly and Andi Jackson only played in the first set and all but one...
Coach Alan Huss made a big addition to his 2027 recruiting class on Saturday as Micah Gordon, a consensus top-40 prospect, announced his commitment to Creighton men’s basketball. The 6-foot, 185-pound point guard chose the Bluejays over VCU and West Virginia, his...
Strong serving and a spark off the bench powered No. 1 Nebraska to a 3-1 win over No. 25 North Carolina in the first match of the Ameritas Players Challenge Friday night. The Huskers (9-0) served 13 aces — a new Devaney Center record and the highest total for the...
No. 1 Nebraska volleyball offset its least efficient offensive attack of the season with its best defensive effort to sweep No. 20 Creighton at Pinnacle Bank Arena Wednesday. A new home indoor record of 15,405 fans — very few of them in blue — packed the Vault for the...
For the first time this season, Class B No. 1 Norris volleyball found itself pushed to the edge, with No. 3 Waverly forcing a fifth set in a showdown between two EMC rivals Tuesday night. However, the Titans responded under pressure to pull out the win (25-15, 21-25,...
From part-time contributor to Big Ten Player of the Week, Manaia Ogbechie’s rise has been rapid with No. 1 Nebraska volleyball. The sophomore from Santa Rosa Valley, Calif., served as Nebraska’s third middle behind veterans Andi Jackson and Rebekah Allick last season,...