NU Basketball Hall of Fame Class Featured Saturday

Lincoln - One of the central figures in the Huskers' NCAA Tournament run in the early 1990s will be honored this weekend with his induction into the Nebraska Basketball Hall of Fame. Bruce Chubick will be recognized for his accomplishments as a Husker, as he will be honored on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 18-19. He will be the 62nd person inducted since the hall of fame began in 1989.

One of only two players in school history to play in four straight NCAA Tournaments, Chubick will be joined in the celebration that weekend by Harley and Marcia Bergmeyer, the Bud Cuca Special Merit Award winners, and Albert Maxey Sr., the Nebraska Basketball Hall of Fame Whitehead Distinguished Alumni Award winner.

All four will be honored at an induction banquet hosted by the Nebraska Athletic Department and the Rebounders Club this Friday, Feb. 18, at Lincoln Station and will be introduced in pregame ceremonies prior to Saturday's game with No. 3 Texas (12:30 p.m. tipoff). Fans are encouraged to in their seats by 12:15 p.m. to see the pregame festivities.

Chubick was an integral part in helping Nebraska to an 85-39 record and four NCAA Tournament bids during his playing career. As a senior, he was instrumental in helping Nebraska to a 20-10 record and the school's first Big Eight Tournament title, averaging 11.7 points on a team-best .563 shooting percentage and a team-high 7.3 rebounds per game, as the Huskers finished 22nd in the final AP poll.

He was at his best in the 1994 Big Eight Tournament, scoring a career-high 23 points and grabbing 13 rebounds in the opener against Oklahoma before pulling down 16 rebounds and scoring 17 points in a 98-91 win over third-ranked Missouri in the semifinals. Chubick earned a spot on the Big Eight All-Tournament team, while his 16 rebounds against the Tigers remains the school record for rebounds in a conference tournament.

In his career, Chubick played in 119 games as a Husker, totaling 878 points and ranking in the top-15 in school history in both shooting percentage (.561, sixth) and rebounds (618, 15th). He was fourth on the team in scoring and second in rebounding as a junior, following a sophomore season when he was named to the league's All-Improved Team despite suffering a broken foot in the preseason. Chubick served as a key reserve on NU's record-setting 26-8 team in 1990-91, seeing action in 29 of 34 games that season. Away from the court, he was a three-time first-team academic All-Big Eight pick.

Albert Maxey Sr. will be recognized with the Whitehead Distinguished Alumni Award, which honors a former player and Hall of Fame member who has been a positive force in the state and local community since his playing days ended. This year, the award was renamed after Bus Whitehead, who passed away in 2010, to recognize his contributions to the Nebraska basketball program.

Maxey, who was inducted into the Nebraska Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995, has been active in the community since his playing career ended. He served as Director of Basketball for the Cornhusker State games, drawing over 60 teams annually to the event and worked for the Lincoln Police Department for 35 years. He has also served as a visiting artist in Lincoln Public Schools for the last 13 years and was the 2009 Tour de Nebraska Spirit Award winner. He has been active in supporting Husker Athletics as a member of the Rebounders, Relay and Touchdown Clubs.

Harley and Marcia Bergmeyer will receive the Bud Cuca Special Merit Award, becoming the second and third honorees since the award was renamed in 2003. The award is given to someone who helps shape the Husker basketball program from a supporting role and was renamed in 2003 in honor of Bud Cuca, a long-time Husker basketball supporter who passed away in 2002 following a battle with cancer. 

Harley and Marcia have been long-time supporters of Nebraska sports, serving as members of the Rebounders Club and the Courtside Club, as well as the Devaney Society. Harley, who graduated from Peru State College, is a long-time Rebounders Club board member and is currently the Chairman of the Board for First State Bank and a current member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank Topeka. He has also been a former chairman of the NU Foundation, former president of the Nebraska Bankers Association and former treasurer of the American Bankers Association (ABA). He worked closely with his daughter Heidi Cuca and Athletics, making contributions to men's basketball in son-in-law Bud Cuca's honor after his death in 2002. Marcia, who graduated from Doane College, serves on the Nebraska Independent College Foundation Board, is a former Trustee for Doane College and Nebraska Wesleyan and past president of Sertoma. She is also a Trustee for the NU Foundation. In addition to daughter Heidi, the Bergmeyers also have a son, John, daughter-in-law Krissy and three grandchildren, Ben and Meg Cuca and Allison Bergmeyer.