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Mike Daum became the first native of Nebraska in the history of the NCAA to score 3,000 points in a career.
He is also the 10th all-time player to reach this mark in Men's Basketball Division I. He joins another member of this exclusive club with local connections. The former Creighton American, Doug McDermott, finished his career in 2014 with 3,150 points.
Daum – the senior South Dakota native of Kimball, Nebraska – hit Saturday's record against South Dakota. He entered the game with 19 points to reach 3,000, and he arrived with a small float with just over a minute to go in the second half.
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Daum finished the match with 25 points, which allowed SDSU to win a 94-89 victory, which allowed them to maintain their lead in the half-match at the top of the Summit League.
"Thank you, that's all I can really say," Daum said in a post-match television interview. "I can not thank my teammates, the coaching staff, the parents, all the fans who came today for what they did for me and allow me to be the person that I am today. "
Daum is now 10th overall with 3,006 career points. He is ready to move on to Hersey Hawkins – who won 3,008 points for Bradley from 1984 to 1988 – in ninth place.
A farmer from the Nebraska Panhandle farm, Daum has been named a two-time Summit League player of the year and twice honored as All-America. He has helped lead SDSU to the NCAA Tournament in each of the past three seasons.
Daum still has plenty of time to climb the ladder. He entered Saturday with an average of 25.8 points per game and the Jackrabbits are guaranteed at least two other contests after Saturday's meeting with the USD pair. An extended run in the Summit League tournament and an NCAA tournament bid would give Daum even more opportunities to climb the record books.
Mike Daum, welcome to the club of 3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣!
The Dauminator becomes just the 10th D1 player to reach 3K career points! pic.twitter.com/iPw2Gbr2gX
– NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) February 23, 2019
College and high school football decorated and wrestling star. High school teacher, coach and administrator. But Charles Bryant was first and foremost a pioneer. Prior to graduating in 1950, Bryant, an athlete from all states of Omaha South, became the first black football player of the modern era in Nebraska in 1952.
Cy Sherman, sports editor of the Lincoln Star, has already described George Flippin as a "loaded bull, in which the bulldog's tenacity, the ferocity of the tiger and the game of the man who does not know fear are born." Il fut le premier athlète noir du Nebraska, en 1891, avant que les athlètes noirs ne soient interdits par l'université de 1917 à la fin des années 1940.
L'ancien cowboy de Broken Bow, Paul Tierney, a remporté sans conteste les deux titres les plus prestigieux du rodéo. Il a terminé sa carrière professionnelle de 10 ans en dépassant le million de dollars en carrière, et son intronisation au Temple de la renommée du ProRodeo en 2008 en fait le cow-boy le plus accompli du Nebraska.
Shelby, dans le Nebraska, est l’une des villes les plus plates de l’un des États les plus plats d’Amérique. La différence d'altitude entre le point le plus élevé et le point le plus bas est de 7 pieds. C’est littéralement une ville sans colline, l’un des derniers endroits où vous espérez produire un médaillé d’or olympique en bobsleigh. Mais cela n'a pas empêché Tomasevicz.
Rhodes a tout fait. Le natif d’Ansley possédait trois records d’école secondaire en même temps (saut de cheval, saut en longueur, saut en hauteur); était l'entraîneur des joueurs de la première équipe de football d'Ansley en 1920, qui était invaincu cette saison-là; aidé Ansley à remporter une paire de titres de basket-ball d'État; et joué au baseball. Après avoir terminé ses études au lycée en 1922, Rhodes a reçu huit lettres universitaires au Nebraska – trois en football et sur piste, et deux en baseball.
Ruud est le meilleur plaqueur de tous les temps du Nebraska avec 432 arrêts. En tant que capitaine senior en 2004, il a été troisième aux All-American, premier dans l’équipe des All-Big 12 et joueur défensif par excellence du NU. Il a été sélectionné au deuxième tour du repêchage de la NFL. Ruud a disputé huit saisons dans la NFL, menant Tampa Bay à l’attaque pour quatre de ceux-ci.
L'entraîneur de Grand Island, Doug Whitman, a déclaré un jour que le nageur Scott Usher était "à surveiller". En fin de compte, tout le pays a eu la chance de regarder Usher. Usher a terminé septième au 200 brasse aux Jeux olympiques de 2004 et en 2008, il était tout juste en train de revenir pour une deuxième fois.
Skinny, Geddes, 14 ans, a quitté son père, ses huit frères et ses huit soeurs à Jacksonville, en Floride, et est arrivé à Boys Town en 1962. Geddes avait déjà joué au football une fois avant son arrivée, mais il avait été battu si durement contre des joueurs plus âgés que il n'a pas prévu de jouer à nouveau. Mais Skip Palrang, l'entraîneur de Boys Town, l'a repéré et l'a convaincu d'essayer. Il a finalement prospéré et a aidé les Cowboys à remporter un titre d'État.
En 1978, le diplômé du Holdrege refusa de nombreuses offres de bourses d’autres écoles, notamment un programme de football et de programmes en piste de l’État de l’Iowa, pour accompagner l’équipe de football du Nebraska. Le piétonnier de 150 livres est devenu une partie intégrante de l'infraction Husker. Le partant de trois ans s'est classé dans le top 10 des réceptions et des chantiers au moment de son départ en 1982.
Bien qu'une carrière dans la NBA ne se soit jamais concrétisée pour le diplômé d'Omaha Benson et de l'Iowa, Woolridge a joué à l'étranger pendant 13 ans. Ligues en Turquie, en France, en Allemagne, au Venezuela, en Israël et à Chypre. Et l'argent était bon. "Faire ce que j'ai aimé professionnellement pendant 13 ans, je ne peux pas m'en plaindre", a-t-il déclaré en 2013.
Louise Pound, dans tant de domaines, a été le pionnier de l'athlétisme féminin dans l'État. Et cela tout en devenant un enseignant de premier plan dans le département d'anglais de l'Université du Nebraska-Lincoln pendant plus d'un demi-siècle. En 1890, Pound remporta le championnat de tennis de la ville de Lincoln. Elle a remporté les titres du simple et du double masculin de l'université en 1891 et 1892 – la seule femme de l'histoire de l'école à avoir reçu une lettre d'intention masculine.
Dernier joueur à avoir survécu à la réduction du conseil de recrutement du Nebraska, Noonan est finalement devenu le nom du foyer Husker. Il a remporté les honneurs de la première équipe All-America et a été nommé l'athlète Big Huit de l'année en tant que senior. Ses 12 sacs de cette saison sont à égalité pour la troisième place de l'histoire de l'école et ses 24 sacs de carrière sont à égalité pour la quatrième place.
Une coupure de presse décrivait Hopp, un joueur de premier but et joueur de championnat, comme "une dynamo qui, peut-être plus que quiconque, caractérise le jeu frénétique, crapaud pour cuir" des Cardinals de St. Louis. La carrière de Hopp en quatorze ans and as many World Series appearances, including back-to-back World Series victories with the Yankees. In all, he won four World Series and was an All-Star in 1946, when he hit .333 and drove in 48 runs for the Boston Braves.
Hare picked Nebraska from a slew of offers after starting for four years for Omaha Tech, where he averaged 26.4 points a game as a senior in 1963. Tech won the Class A title that year after going 22-2 and cruising through the state tournament by an average of 21 points a game. That team was voted into the Omaha Sports Hall of Fame and recently was chosen as having one of the best starting fives in Nebraska high school sports history.
Osborne remains just one of two men to win The World-Herald’s high school (1955) and state college (1959) athlete of the year awards. In high school, Osborne was all-state in football and basketball in 1954-55 and helped Hastings win a state title on the hardwood. In track, he won the discus at the state meet and placed second in the 440-yard dash. The future coach and congressman also stood out on the baseball diamond and had a pro football career.
As a junior, Henry won golds for Bellevue West in the 200, 400 and long jump. Henry went on to set a national age-group record in the long jump and was part of the USA Junior World Team in 1995. At Nebraska, Henry won the NCAA indoor and outdoor long jump titles in 1996. All told, Henry was a three-time Big 12 champion and a 10-time All-American.
Kindig-Malone won gold medals at state in the long jump, hurdles and relays, but it wasn’t until she started getting scholarship offers from UCLA, Iowa and NU that she realized she might be good. Later, she won Big Eight heptathlon and pentathlon titles at Nebraska, becoming an All-American and helping the Huskers win their first indoor national championship in 1982. Kindig-Malone also won a Class C state basketball title with Hastings St. Cecilia in 1977.
Sauer and Bernie Masterson — No. 43 on the Nebraska 100 — paired together in the backfield to usher in one of the first great runs for Husker football. The two led Nebraska to Big Six championships in 1931, ’32 and ’33, when the Huskers went undefeated in league play. Sauer was an All-American in 1933 for the second-ranked Huskers. He also lettered in track, baseball and wrestling.
Cantwell, from Crete, won four straight Class B shot put and discus titles, including three consecutive all-class gold medals in the shot. She was a two-time NCAA shot put champion at SMU and was the 2002 U.S. indoor and outdoor champion as well as a 1999 world indoor bronze medalist. Cantwell also competed in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
A two-way football player even during his professional career with Green Bay, Charles Brock helped revolutionize the linebacker position in the pros while helping the Packers win two NFL championships. The Columbus native was recalled as a fierce competitor by the late Lee Remmel, a team historian who covered the Packers for nearly 30 years.
The image of Cory Schlesinger barreling into the end zone for the winning touchdown in the 1995 Orange Bowl burns brightly in the memories of Nebraska football fans. Schlesinger did some barreling in his day, but prided himself on being a bruiser. That trait served him well, especially in his 12 years with the Detroit Lions.
Schmidt represented the U.S. in the 2008 Olympics in the 800. Four years later, she returned to run the 800 and 1,500. The Olympic appearances are accompanied by plenty of other honors: a 2006 U.S. indoor 800 championship; a pair of U.S. outdoor silvers in the 800 (2006, 2008); and while with the North Carolina Tar Heels, two outdoor 800 titles and a distance-medley relay championship.
Mann was a jack of all trades, but a master of all of them, too. “Les did everything well. He was tops at football, basketball, track and baseball. He would have been equally great in other sports,” said Mann’s close friend, Scott Dye, in a newspaper account following Mann’s 1962 death in a car accident.
Dan Brand’s path to an Olympic wrestling medal was anything but typical. He competed in football, basketball and track at Bellevue High, but never was all-conference. He made the Nebraska freshman team in basketball, but after being cut, he signed up for the intramural wrestling tournament. He won and went on to compete in the Olympics.
Vinciquerra played football at Tech High and Creighton University, but is better remembered for making the 1936 U.S. Olympic boxing team. A natural heavyweight, he won a national Golden Gloves championship that year as a 175-pounder. He had a pro record of 42 wins (26 by knockout), four losses and five draws from 1937 through 1941, fighting over 20 times in 1937.
Skinner won two high school state golf titles, two junior state championships and the 1980 state match-play crown. She went to Oklahoma State, where she was a two-time Big Eight champion and was named Golf Magazine’s 1982 college player of the year. On the LPGA Tour, Skinner won events in 1985, ’86, ’87, ’93, ’94 and ’95 before leaving in 2003.
Woohead rushed for the second-most yards (7,962) in the history of college football in all divisions and won the Harlon Hill Trophy (Division II’s version of the Heisman) twice. He finished his NFL career with 2,238 yards and 15 touchdowns rushing, along with 2,698 yards and 17 touchdowns receiving.
As a senior in 1985, Rathman produced the best season ever by a Husker fullback. He ran for 881 yards, a position record by 164 yards. He went on to win two Super Bowls with the San Francisco 49ers in a nine-year NFL career. In 1989, he led NFC running backs with 73 catches, and he capped the season with two touchdowns in a Super Bowl victory over Denver.
Losing was something Olson never dealt with at Omaha Northwest, going 27-0 with a 0.76 ERA, 276 strikeouts, seven no-hitters — including four in the state playoffs and one in the state championship game — and four state titles before playing at Auburn and being drafted fourth overall in the 1988 MLB draft.
Stecher won the world wrestling championship on July 5, 1915, in Omaha, beating Charlie Cutler in two falls at Rourke Park in front of 15,000 fans. Stecher wore a championship belt studded with 308 diamonds. He became a celebrity across Nebraska. In 1920, he reportedly earned a winner’s purse of $40,000 — four times what Babe Ruth earned the year before.
As a senior, Jones earned all-state honors in football as a halfback and then as a point guard, helping Boys Town win the Class A state basketball championship. But where he really excelled was track. He was the state champion in the mile run, became an All-American at Iowa and was a two-time Olympian.
The first woman from Nebraska to make the U.S. Olympic team, Frost competed in the discus at the 1968 Mexico City Games. In June 2015, at the age of 70, Frost set one world (javelin) and two American records (shot put, discus) for the 70-74 age group. She already owned two USA Track and Field age group records in the discus — 60-64 and 65-69.
Schonewise had been a three-sport star at Bertrand High School, earning All-Nebraska honors in volleyball and basketball while winning state titles in the 100-meter low hurdles in 1981 and 1982. She helped Nebraska reach its first national title game in 1986 and won the Honda-Broderick Award, the Heisman Trophy of volleyball, in 1987.
Scott Frost — a Parade All-American in football and a state champion shot-putter in track at Wood River — battled through criticism to lead the Huskers to the 1997 national title. He became the first NU quarterback to accumulate more than 1,000 rushing yards and 1,000 passing yards in the same season.
Nicknamed "The Burr Oak" after his hometown, Steinkuhler rode a strong work ethic when he enrolled at Nebraska in 1979 as a freshman. In practices, he prided himself on finishing first in running drills. The effort paid off. Steinkuhler was a starter at guard for Husker teams that were never ranked lower than eighth in his junior or senior years. In his final season, he became one of only 13 players to win both the Lombardi and Outland — the most prestigious awards given to college lineman — and his No. 71 jersey became one of only 17 to ever be retired at Nebraska.
Hokuf was twice All-Nebraska in football and basketball and state pentathlon champion at Crete High; three-time all-conference in football at Nebraska; two-time All-Big Six in basketball for the Huskers and a charter member of the school’s basketball hall of fame; the 1933 Big Six javelin champion while scoring in three events; played three years in the NFL with the Boston Redskins. Not to mention his versatility for the Husker football team.
Roland "Gip" Locke was called the "greatest of all time" by his coach, Henry Schulte — and for good reason. Locke held world records in the 100 and 220 (20.5 seconds on May 1, 1926). He went on to become the NCAA outdoor champion in both the 100 (9.9) and the 220 (20.9) in 1926. He captained the NU track team in 1925 and '26, and lettered in football and baseball.
Presnell was a three-year letter winner at halfback for Nebraska, earning All-Missouri Valley Conference honors in 1926 and 1927. As a senior in 1927, he led the nation in total yards. The two-time All-Pro, who was 5-foot-10 and 190 pounds in his playing days, played halfback, quarterback, safety and kicker in the NFL. Presnell led the league in scoring in 1933 for the Portsmouth Spartans — the forerunners of the Lions.
Born near Blue Springs, Nebraska, he had no opportunity to play high school football. But he quickly caught on to the sport when he went to college at Nebraska Wesleyan. He then transferred to Nebraska, where he played mostly halfback his junior year — scoring on runs of 90, 85, 70 and 58 yards — before moving to end as a senior.
In 1976, Vollertsen led Palmyra to its first state tournament, earning all-state honors. After helping the Americans win bronze at the 1982 world championships, Vollertsen was part of a breakthrough for Team USA. The women won silver at the 1984 Los Angeles Games — the first Olympic medal in volleyball for the U.S.
The 1981 Gothenburg High graduate was named to five Pro Bowls and finished his professional career with 422 receptions, 4,630 yards and 30 touchdowns. But what stands out most in a diverse athletic career that also included All-America football and track and field honors at the University of Wyoming? “My highlight was my senior year of high school football at Gothenburg,” Novacek said.
Forget for a moment that he amassed 3,094 all-purpose yards as a four-year starting halfback for NAIA power Central Oklahoma or that he led the NFL in average yards per kickoff return for Detroit in 1969. It’s the winning time by Williams in a now legendary 100-yard dash that still raises eyebrows — nine-and-a-half seconds.
After winning gold medals at state for Omaha Central in the 100- and 220-yard dashes in 1958, Sayers went to Omaha University to compete in track and football. On the track, he won NAIA championships in the 100 in 1962 and the 100 and 200 in ’63. His 100 time of 10.2 in ’62 was tied for second best in the world, and his 200 time of 21.0 was tied for fifth. He beat future Olympic gold medalist “Bullet” Bob Hayes twice in the 100 during ’62.
Projected for greatness by the older fighters at the C.W. Boxing Club as a youth, Terence “Bud” Crawford lived up to lofty expectations by becoming a top-ranked amateur and then Omaha’s first world champion. His accomplishments and stardom have continued to skyrocket since these rankings were released in 2015.
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