Norah (Sis) TeBrake “tormented,” Nebraska for four years as a Creighton Bluejay, according to former Nebraska volleyball coach John Cook. Now, she’s joining forces with him and the Omaha Supernovas.
Cook once tried to recruit TeBrake to the Big Red, but the Papillion-La Vista product went with the in-state rival Creighton Bluejays and never looked back.
“Playing Nebraska was always just like next level,” TeBrake told Hurrdat Sports. “We always got extra up for that game. There’s so many familiar faces for me, being from Nebraska, but then also just the in-state rivalry was always fun and exciting.”
The opposite hitter committed to the Bluejays during her sophomore year of high school, never imagining that she’d stay in Nebraska for college.
“I just visited Creighton, and it immediately felt like home,” TeBrake said. “I loved just all the things that Coach (Kirsten Bernthal) Booth stood for and what she had built in that program. Also just being around the girls and the commits that I would eventually play with just made that a really easy yes.”
In TeBrake’s four seasons with the Bluejays, she cemented her name into the Creighton record books, finishing second in program history with 1,664 career kills and fifth in aces with 113.
Named Creighton’s first ever AVCA Second-Team All-American, All-Big-East four times, Big East Freshman of the Year, and Big East Player of the Year during her career, the former Monarch helped the Bluejays reach a new level in 2024 with their second Elite Eight appearance in school history while posting their winningest season in program history with 32 victories.
“We just had so much talent, and also so much heart in our class,” TeBrake said. “Our class changed a lot from freshman year to senior year. We had a couple people leave. Our class started at three and then turned into like eight our senior year. There was a core group of me, and Kendra (Wait) and Abbey Milner. We got so close, and we just all shared the same heart and love for the game and our teammates and coaches that it just made all the successes so much more special and not just a trophy, but a trophy with the people that we love the most.”
Following her senior season with the Bluejays, the Orlando Valkyries drafted TeBrake with the third overall pick in the first round of the 2024 Major League Volleyball draft. She spent one season winning a title with the team before becoming a free agent and signing with the Supernovas on Aug. 8. The 6-foot-1 pin hitter got the call from Cook, who she will now be siding with.
“He was just super complimentary,” TeBrake said. “He obviously knows this program well, and he was just super fired up for what could be in this program, and that got me fired up. So after a few conversations, it was a pretty easy ‘yes.’”
After playing with Creighton for so long, TeBrake is familiarizing herself with a new team, while growing every day.
“I think (head coach) Luka (Slabe) and the coaching staff have kind of tried some things that I’ve never really heard before,” TeBrake said. “I feel like being coached by the same coach or just similar coaches, you kind of hear the same things over and over again, so I feel like he kind of just takes like a technical spin on things. He’s coaching me and our team in ways that I’ve never heard before, which has been really exciting. I love to learn, so it’s just been a fun little change and challenge.”
Recently, TeBrake got her nursing degree, and she is now focusing solely on volleyball.
“I’m excited to just give volleyball my all, and give this team my all,” TeBrake said. “I’m super excited about just the things that we’re able to do in our free time that actually impact the way that we play on the court. The way that we recover, the way that we build relationships with each other. I’m just learning that now that this is my job, it really is how much you put into it.”
The Supernovas open the 2026 season by welcoming the San Diego Mojo to CHI Health Center Omaha on Thursday. First serve is set for 7 p.m. CT, available on YouTube, Nebraska Public Media, and the Supernovas Radio Network.
“I’m super excited to just see what we can do on the court,” TeBrake said. “It’s felt like a long training camp of just putting pieces together, so we’re just pumped up to be able to compete on Thursday.”
