Senior pitcher Courtney Wallace was announced as a Rawlings/NFCA Gold Glove Award recipient by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association on Wednesday.

The 2022 season marks the first time that Rawlings Sporting Goods Company is presenting the Gold Glove Award to NCAA Division I softball athletes. Nine student-athletes from across the country - one at each defensive position - were presented the award by the NFCA, with Wallace earning the nod as the top defensive pitcher in the nation.

The Rawlings/NFCA Gold Glove Award highlights an impressive senior season for Wallace. Wallace was also a third-team All-Midwest Region honoree and a Big Ten All-Defensive team selection. She was also named to the Big Ten All-Tournament Team after posting two wins in Nebraska's three-game path to its first Big Ten Tournament title, including a relief victory over Michigan in the championship game.

Wallace, the first Division I softball pitcher to receive the Gold Glove Award, was perfect defensively in her 34 games and 26 starts in the circle. Wallace finished the season with a 17-8 record, four saves and a 3.12 ERA, while batting .284.
 
2022 Rawlings/NFCA Golden Glove Award Recipients 
Pitcher - Courtney Wallace, Nebraska 
Catcher - Jordan Rudd, Northwestern
First Base - Victoria Sebastian, Villanova 
Second Base - Hannah Adams, Florida 
Third Base - Sydney Sherrill, Florida State
Shortstop - Jenna Laird, Missouri
Left Field - Cassidy Chaumont, Missouri 
Center Field - Ciarra Briggs, LSU 
Right Field - Kristina Burkhardt, Michigan 

Ybarra Earns All-America Honors

Senior Cam Ybarra was honored as an All-American by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) on Wednesday. A native of Mission Viejo, Calif., Ybarra was named an NFCA third-team All-American.

Ybarra is the first Husker to be an All-American since Nebraska had two All-Americans in 2016. Ybarra is only the fourth second baseman to earn All-America honors in program history and the first since 2005.
 
The All-America award capped a decorated senior season for Ybarra. In addition to being recognized as an All-American, Ybarra was a first-team All-Midwest Region honoree and a first-team All-Big Ten selection while earning a spot on the Big Ten All-Defensive team. She was also the Most Outstanding Player of the 2022 Big Ten Tournament after she drove in the game-winning run in the eighth inning of Nebraska's championship game victory over Michigan, giving the Huskers their first Big Ten Tournament title.
 
Ybarra hit .365 this spring with 14 doubles, 10 homers and 39 RBIs. She led Nebraska in hits (65), doubles (14) and triples (3), while ranking second on the team with a .646 slugging percentage. Her 14 doubles were the second-most by a senior in program history. She finished with 27 extra-base hits in only 51 games and defensively, Ybarra posted a .972 fielding percentage and had a hand in 19 double plays.
 
Ybarra, who finished her career with the 14th-best career batting average (.333) in school history, is the 17th Husker to be named an NFCA All-American. Nebraska's 17 All-Americans have combined for 28 All-America awards in program history.

Bania and Borders Join Staff as Graduate Managers

Lincoln - Nebraska men's basketball coach Fred Hoiberg announced Wednesday that Michael Bania and Padyn Borders will join the Husker basketball staff as graduate managers for the 2022-23 season. Both Bania and Borders served as student managers and will join Kennan Holdman, who begins his second season on the staff, as the Huskers' three graduate managers for the upcoming season.

Bania has been a student manager in the Husker program for the last four year for coaches Fred Hoiberg and Tim Miles. Bania served as the head student manager for the last two seasons, overseeing nearly a dozen managers during both practices and games. He helped in daily operation of practices and a variety of office functions. The Issaquah, Wash., native received his degree in mathematics from Nebraska in May.

Borders, a Broken Bow, Neb., native, served as one of the Huskers' team managers for the 2021-22 season, where he helped in day-to-day operations of the program.  Borders played collegiately at both Central Community College and Peru State before transferring to Nebraska for his final two years of college. At Peru State, he was a Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete in 2020. Borders graduated from Nebraska with a degree in business administration this May.

NU Releases Non-Conference Wrestling Schedule

Lincoln – One of the premier wrestling tournaments and two home duals highlight Nebraska's 2022-23 non-conference schedule announced on Wednesday.
 
The Huskers will open the season at home on Friday, Nov. 4 against North Dakota State. The Bison qualified five wrestlers for the national tournament and finished in 34th-place last season.
 
NU wraps up the month of November with the Journeymen's Wranglemania on Nov. 12 against both Army and NC State. Last season, Army qualified four wrestlers for the NCAA tournament and finished tied for 41st, while NC State wrapped up its season in the top 10 and qualified a wrestler at each weight class. The following weekend, the Huskers will travel to Navy, a team who finished 48th at last season's NCAA tournament and qualified three wrestlers. 
 
To kick off the month of December, the Huskers will look to defend last year's second-straight Cliff Keen Title in Las Vegas, Dec. 2-3. On Dec. 18, the Big Red will travel to South Dakota State for a rematch of last season's canceled home dual against the Jackrabbits. SDSU qualified four wrestlers for the 2022 NCAA tournament and finished tied for 44th.
 
NU will then kick of the 2023 year as the team stays on the road to face both Campbell and Gardner Webb on Jan. 7 before returning home and hosting Pac-12 powerhouse Arizona State on Feb. 19. The Sun Devils wrapped up last season with five All-Americans and a fourth-place finish at the NCAA tournament.  
 
2022-23 Wrestling Non-Conference Schedule
Friday, Nov. 4: North Dakota State
Saturday, Nov. 12: at Army and NC State
Saturday, Nov. 19: at Navy
Friday, Dec. 2 – Saturday, Dec. 3: at Cliff Keen Invite
Sunday, Dec. 18: at South Dakota State
Saturday, Jan. 7: at Campbell and Gardner Webb
Sunday, Feb. 19: Arizona State

Huskers Announce 2022 Schedule

The Nebraska soccer team is set to play 18 games this fall, as the Big Ten released its 2022 women's soccer schedule. The Huskers will play 10 conference, eight non-conference and a pair of exhibition games in August.
 
NU will host 12 regular-season games in the eighth year of Hibner Stadium, after hosting 10 matches in the 2021 season.
 
The Big Red will face a challenging schedule as eight opponents qualified for the 2021 NCAA Tournament. Ohio State lost in the first round, Purdue, St. Louis, NC State and USC advanced to the second round, Penn State and Wisconsin made it to the Sweet 16 and Michigan fell in the Elite 8.
 
The Huskers will play two exhibition games to start the season. On Aug. 7, Nebraska will hit the road and face Omaha before returning home and matching up with Tulsa on Aug. 12 where attendance will be free.
 
The next week, the Big Red holds its season opener on Thursday, Aug. 18 against San Diego State. The game against the Aztecs will mark the first game of the five-game homestand as the Huskers host Oklahoma (Aug. 21), Arizona (Aug. 25), Weber State (Aug. 28) and Portland (Sept. 1).

Nebraska will then travel to St. Louis for a matchup on Sept. 4 before returning to Lincoln for four-straight home games starting with NC State on Sept. 8. The Huskers will then face USC on Sept. 11 and begin conference play with Minnesota on Sept. 16.

The Huskers will continue Big Ten competition with a home game against Northwestern on Sept. 22 and three-straight away games against Michigan (Sept. 25), Purdue (Sept. 29) and Indiana (Oct. 2).
 
On Oct. 8, the Big Red faces Ohio State at home to begin a two-game homestand. The following weekend, Nebraska hosts Illinois on Oct. 13 before traveling to border rival Iowa on Oct. 16.

To close out the regular season, Nebraska will host Penn State on Oct. 20 and travel to Wisconsin on Oct. 23.
 
The 2022 Big Ten Tournament starts Oct. 30, with games played on the campuses of the top four seeds. The semifinals will take place Thursday, Nov. 3 and the finals will be played on Sunday, Nov. 6 in Columbus, Ohio.

2022 Nebraska Soccer Schedule (all times central)
Sunday, Aug. 7: at Omaha (Exhibition) – 7:00 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 12: Tulsa (Exhibition) – 7:05 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 18: San Diego State  – 7:05 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 21: Oklahoma – 1:05 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 25: Arizona – 7:05 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 28: Weber State  – 1:05 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 1: Portland  – 7:05 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 4: at St. Louis – 1:00 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 8: NC State – 7:05 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 11: USC – 1:05 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 16: Minnesota  – 7:05 p.m.*
Thursday, Sept. 22: Northwestern  – 7:05 p.m.*
Sunday, Sept. 25: at Michigan  – 1:00 p.m.*
Thursday, Sept. 29: at Purdue  – 7:00 p.m.*
Sunday, Oct. 2: at Indiana – 1:00 p.m.*
Saturday, Oct. 8: Ohio State  – 1:05 p.m.*
Thursday, Oct. 13: Illinois  – 7:05 p.m.*
Sunday, Oct. 16: at Iowa  – 1:00 p.m.*
Thursday, Oct. 20: Penn State – 7:05 p.m.*
Sunday, Oct. 23: at Wisconsin – 1:00 p.m.*
Sunday, Oct. 30: Big Ten Quarterfinals 
Thursday, Nov. 3: Big Ten Semifinals
Sunday, Nov. 6: Big Ten Finals