Kadie Rolfzen Leads 15 First-Team All-Americans

Nebraska's 2015 All-America Student-Athletes

Nebraska junior outside hitter Kadie Rolfzen (pictured above in the Huskers' NCAA Volleyball Championship run in Omaha) earned first-team All-America honors for the first time after two straight years as a third-team All-American. Rolfzen is one of 15 Husker individual student-athletes who earned first-team All-America athletic honors in 2015. Here's the complete list of 2015 Nebraska athletic All-Americans, listed alphabetically:

Oladapo Akinmoladun, Junior, Grandview, Mo., Men’s Track & Field (1st Team, 60 Hurdles)

Jacob Bender, Junior, Naperville, Ill., Men’s Track & Field (1st Team, Indoor 4x400; 2nd Team, Outdoor 4x400)

Hollie Blanskie, Junior, Oak Grove, Minn., Women’s Gymnastics (1st Team, Floor; 2nd Team, All-Around)

Julia Bond, Freshman, Aurora, Ill., Bowling (3rd Team/NCAA Championships Most Outstanding Bowler)

Steven Cahoy, Sophomore, Grand Island, Neb., Men’s Track & Field (2nd Team, Indoor & Outdoor Pole Vault)

Jaycee Carter, Freshman, Live Oak, Calif., Rifle (Honorable Mention, Air Rifle)

Marusa Cernjul, Junior, Celje, Slovenia, Women’s Track & Field (1st Team, Outdoor High Jump; 2nd Team, Indoor High Jump)

Jessie DeZiel, Senior, Rogers, Minn., Women’s Gymnastics (1st Team, All-Around; 2nd Team, Vault)

TJ Dudley, Sophomore, Irmo, S.C., Wrestling (1st Team, 184 Pounds, 8th)

Ellie Ewere, Senior, Hillsborough, N.J., Women’s Track & Field (2nd Team, Indoor & Outdoor Triple Jump)

Mikaela Foecke, Freshman, Outside Hitter, West Point, Iowa, Volleyball (Honorable Mention)

Levi Gipson, Junior, Lincoln, Neb., Men’s Track & Field (1st Team, Indoor 4x400; 2nd Team, Outdoor 4x400)

James Green, Senior, Willingboro, N.J., Wrestling (1st Team, 157 Pounds, 3rd)

Mollie Gribbin, Junior, Montpelier, Vt., Women’s Track & Field (2nd Team, Outdoor Triple Jump)

Ricco Hall, Senior, Kentwood, Mich., Men’s Track & Field (2nd Team, Indoor 200; 2nd Team, Outdoor 4x100)

Kelly Hunter, Sophomore, Papillion, Neb., Volleyball (Honorable Mention Setter)

Robert Kokesh, Senior, Wagner, S.D., Wrestling (1st Team, 174 Pounds, 3rd)

Liz Kuhlkin, Senior, Schenectady, N.Y., Bowling (1st Team/National Tenpin Coaches Player of the Year).  Liz, pictured above, was named Nebraska's first best female athlete in 2015. The best male athlete award winner was Miles Ukaoma, the 2014 NCAA 400-meter hurdle champion.

Ashley Lambert, Sophomore, Newport News, Va., Women’s Gymnastics (2nd Team, Floor Exercise)

Antoine Lloyd, Freshman, Kentwood, Mich., Men’s Track & Field (2nd Team, Outdoor 4x100; 2nd Team, Outdoor 4x400)

Will Lohman, Senior, Chewelah, Wash., Men’s Track & Field (2nd Team, Outdoor Hammer Throw)

Ethan Lottman, Junior, Omaha, Neb., Men’s Gymnastics (1st Team, Pommel Horse)

Gazmine Mason, Sophomore, Cranston, R.I., Bowling (3rd Team)

Denise Martin, Chewelah, Wash., Junior, Rifle (2nd Team, Smallbore)

Rachel Martin, Peralta, N.M., Sophomore, Rifle (NCAA Smallbore Champion, 2nd Team, Air Rifle, Honorable Mention, Smallbore)

Nikita Pankins, Sophomore, Riga, Latvia (2nd Team, Outdoor 4x100)

Nick Percy, Freshman, Ventnor, England (2nd Team, Outdoor Discus)

Amber Rolfzen, Junior, Papillion, Neb., Volleyball (2nd Team, Middle Blocker)

Kadie Rolfzen, Junior, Papillion, Neb., Volleyball (1st Team, Outside Hitter)

Cody Rush, Junior, Grand Island, Neb., Men’s Track & Field (1st Team, Indoor 4x400; 2nd Team Indoor 400;2nd Team, Outdoor 4x100; 2nd Team, Outdoor 4x400)

Kiki Stokes, Junior, Olathe, Kan., Softball (3rd Team, Outfielder)

James White, Senior, Grandview, Mo., Men’s Track & Field (1st Team, Indoor & Outdoor High Jump)

Justine Wong-Orantes, Junior, Cypress, Calif., Volleyball (3rd Team Libero)