Husker quarterback Adrian Martinez earned preseason recognition on Monday morning, as he was named to the Maxwell Award watch list. The Maxwell Award has been presented to the College Player of the Year since 1937. Making his third straight appearance on the Maxwell Award watch list, Martinez enters the 2021 season with 13 school records. Martinez is bidding to be the Huskers’ fifth Maxwell Award winner, along with Mike Rozier (1983), Tommie Frazier (1995), Eric Crouch (2001) and Ndamukong Suh (2009). The Maxwell Watch List is the first of 16 award watch lists over the next two weeks by the National College Football Awards Association.
The University of Nebraska will have seven athletes representing four countries at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The group includes a pair of current Nebraska student-athletes as well as five former Huskers. Four Huskers will represent the United States in Tokyo. Jordan Larson, Kelsey Robinson and Justine Wong-Orantes make up one-quarter of the USA women’s volleyball team, while former Husker runner Amber (Parkinson) Neben is a member of the road cycling team. Four-time All-American Sarah Pavan will compete in beach volleyball for her home country of Canada. Beatriz Padron, an incoming freshman, will swim in the 200-meter freestyle for Costa Rica, the country’s lone female swimmer in Tokyo. Keisei Tominaga, an incoming sophomore guard for the Nebraska men’s basketball team, will represent the host country Japan in 3-on-3 basketball. The Huskers’ Olympic schedule begins with women’s beach volleyball on July 23. Team USA volleyball begins play on July 24, the same day that the 3-on-3 men’s basketball competition begins and the women’s road cycling race is held. The heats of the women’s 200-meter freestyle swim are on Monday, July 26. Fans can follow the progress of the Huskers in Tokyo by visiting huskers.com/olympics.
With a roster that included three Nebraska freshmen, the United States volleyball team placed fifth at the 2021 FIVB U20 World Championship, which concluded Sunday. Outside hitters Ally Batenhorst and Lindsay Krause and libero Lexi Rodriguez each played a prominent role in the United States posting a 6-2 record at the tournament. After helping Team USA to its highest finish since the 2011 U20 World Championship, the trio now turn their attention to their first collegiate season, as the Huskers open the 2021 season next month.
Legion Baseball Schedules:
Runza Seniors (20-15) – Hosting Area 7 Seniors Tournament @ Memorial Field
– Monday
– Game 7: #3 North Platte def. #1 Kearney – 10-8 (Elimination Game)
– Tuesday
– Game 8: #2 Hastings vs. #3 North Platte – 5:00
– Game 9: If Necessary – 7:30
