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Huskers Unveil Black Husker History Poster - Volume II
For the first time since 2004, Nebraska Athletics has created a special poster to commemorate the rich tradition of Black, African Diaspora and African-American student-athletes who have left their mark on Husker history.
Volume II of the poster will be released to fans at Nebraska's women's basketball game against Penn State on Thursday, Feb. 13, wrestling dual against Michigan on Friday, Feb. 14 and men's basketball game against Wisconsin on Saturday, Feb. 15.
A select number of posters will be available to fans at each of these three events and it will be the only way for fans to receive the poster. Due to this being a limited release, the poster will not be mailed out and will not be available afterwards at the Husker Shop.
Men's Sports
Jeff Carter: 1982-85
Career stolen bases school record holder (103)
All-conference honoree in 1983
Scott Hooper: 1981-84
Nebraska school record holder for stolen bases in a season with 60 in 1984
Earned all-Conference in 1984
Served as an assistant coach for the Huskers after graduation
Anthony Kelley: 1981-83
Nebraska school record holder for stolen bases in a season with 60 in 1984
Earned all-Conference in 1984
Served as an assistant coach for the Huskers after graduation.
Tyronn Lue: 1996-98
All-Big 12 and first-round NBA draft pick in 1998
Inducted into the Nebraska Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013
Ninth all-time leading scorer at Nebraska with 1,577 points
As head coach, he led the Cleveland Cavaliers to the NBA World Championship title in 2016
Shavon Shields: 2013-16
Nebraska Male Athlete of the Year in 2015-16
First Nebraska Men’s Basketball player to be named a first-team Academic All-American in 2015, repeating the honor in 2016
Wilbur Wood: 1908-10
First African-American basketball player at Nebraska
Second African-American player nationally at a predominantly white institution
George Flippin: 1892-94
First African-American football player at Nebraska
Voted team captain by his teammates in 1894 for the 1895 season but was denied position by coach and did not return for final season
Tommie Frazier: 1992-95
1995 Johnny Unitas Award Winner and All-American
Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2013
Led Nebraska to two national championships in 1994 and 1995
Rich Glover: 1970-72
1971 and 1972 All-American
Winner of both the Lombardi Award and Outland Trophy in 1972
Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1995 and Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017
Member of Nebraska’s first Football National Championship team in 1970 and helped team repeat as champions in 1971
Johnny Rodgers: 1970-72
1971 and 1972 All-American
Heisman Trophy and Walter Camp Award winner in 1972
All-American in 1971 and 1972
Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2000 and Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame in 2016
Member of the 1970 and 1971 National Championship teams
Mike Rozier: 1981-83
Heisman Trophy, Walter Camp and Maxwell Award winner in 1983
All-American in 1982 and 1983
Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1986 and Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame in 2018
Ndamukong Suh: 2005-09
Outland Trophy, Lombardi, Nagurski and Bednarik Award winner in 2009 and Heisman finalist
Current NFL defensive lineman for 10-plus years
Khalil Jackson: 2019-Present
All-America honors on the high bar finishing seventh nationally at the NCAA Championships in 2019
John K. Rhodes: 1984
First African-American Men’s Tennis letterwinner in 1984
Lennox Burgher: 1968-69
All-American and two-time national champion in the triple jump in 1968 and 1969
Competed at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City
Kevin Coleman: 1989-93
Two-time shot put national champion
First-team All-American in 1992 and 1993
Keith Gardner: 1957-58
Conference champion in the hurdles in 1957 and 1958
Two-time Olympic participant in 1956 and 19603
Jordan Burroughs: 2006-11
Three-time All-American (2008, 2009, 2011)
Two-time national champion (2009, 2011)
2011 Hodge Trophy winner as best collegiate wrestler
Gold Medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
Four-time World Championship Gold Medalist
James Green: 2011-15
Four-time All-American (2012-2015)
Big Ten champion in 2014
Six-time medalist in the Pan-American Games, Wrestling World Cup and World Championships
Women's Sports
Gazmine Mason: 2014-17
Three-time All-American and Academic All-Big Ten (2015, 2016, 2017)
Member of the Huskers’ 2015 national championship team
Maurtice Ivy: 1985-88
Big Eight Player of the Year in 1988
Three-time first-team All-Big Eight (1986, 1987, 1988)
Third all-time leading scorer in Nebraska history with 2,131 points
Yvonne Turner: 2007-10
Big 12 Co-Defensive Player of the Year and first-team All-Big 12 in 2010
Currently plays for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA
Vanessa Bouvet: 2018-Present
First black Women’s Golf letterwinner at Nebraska
Emily Parsons: 2005-08
2007 Big 12 Co-Gymnast of the Year
Seven-time first-team All-American and 2007 Honda Award Finalist
Bria Deveaux: 2013-16
Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2014, 2015, 2016)
Karina LeBlanc: 1997-2000
Hermann Trophy finalist and second-team All-American in 2000
Represented Canada in five World Cups and at the 2008 Olympics, winning a bronze medal
Kiki Stokes: 2013-16
Two-time first-team All-Big Ten and third-team All-American in 2015 and 2016
Ndali Ijomah: 1998-2001
First black female tennis letterwinner at Nebraska
Rhonda Blanford: 1982-85
Four-time individual national champion
18-time Big Eight Champion
Eight-time All-American
Inducted into the Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019
Nicola Martial: 1993-96
Three-time All-American (1994, 1995, 1996)
Three-time national champion
Four-time conference champion (indoor and outdoor)
Inducted into the Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame in 2016
Greichaly Cepero: 1999-2002
Two-time Big 12 Player of the Year and Division I Player of the Year in 2000
Three-time All-American (2000, 2001, 2002)
Member of 2000 National Championship Team
Also lettered in basketball
Inducted into the Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019
Jazz Sweet: 2017-Present
Member of 2017 National Championship Team
All-Big Ten Freshman Team in 2017
Nebraska outside hitter Jazz Sweet #12 Volleyball vs Stanford Nebraska Women's Volleyball Lincoln, NE Date: September 18, 2019 Photo by Allyssa Hynes/NU Communications
Nebraska Cornhuskers forward Shavon Shields #31 MBB vs Purdue Nebraska Men's Basketball Lincoln, Nebraska Game Start Time: 7:00 PM Game Date March 1, 2016 Photos by Nate Olsen/NU Communications
Khalil Jackson Men's Gym vs Michigan Nebraska Men's Gymnastics Lincoln, Nebraska Game Start Time: 1:30 PM Game Date March 23, 2019 Photo by Scott Bruhn/NU Communications
Vanessa Bouvet 2019-20 Nebraska Women's Golf Nebraska Women's Golf Lincoln, Nebraska Game Start Time: 8:30 AM Game Date September 12, 2019 Photo by Scott Bruhn/NU Communications
STUDENT-ATHLETES FROM VOLUME I POSTER (released in 2004)
Ken Harvey: 1997-99
First African-American baseball player at Nebraska to be named an All-American (1999)
National Defensive Player of the Year in 1999
Jerry Fort: 1973-76
First three-time All-Conference player at Nebraska
Inducted into the Nebraska Basketball Hall of fame in 1991
Albert Maxey Sr.: 1959-60
Inducted into the Nebraska Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995
Deb Powell: 1982-85
First All-Conference Women’s Basketball player at Nebraska (All-Big Eight in 1983-84)
Erick Strickland: 1993-96
Big Eight Freshman of the Year in 1993
Inducted into the Nebraska Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009
Played 10 seasons in the NBA with six teams
Wilbur Wood: 1908-10
First African-American basketball player at Nebraska
Second African-American player nationally at a predominantly white institution
Bob Brown: 1961-63
All-American in 1963
First African-American football player from Nebraska to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame (1993)
First African-American football player from Nebraska to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame (2004)
Inducted into the Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017
George Flippin: 1892-94
First African-American football player at Nebraska
Voted team captain by his teammates in 1894 for the 1895 season but was denied position by coach and did not return for final season
Turner Gill: 1981-83
Inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame in 1989
Served as an assistant coach with the Huskers from 1992-2004
Tony Jeter: 1963-65
First black Academic All-American in Nebraska history (1965)
All-American in 1965 and inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame in 1986
Will Shields: 1989-92
All-American and Outland Trophy winner in 1992
Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2011
Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2015
Inducted into the Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame in 2016
Pat Tyrance: 1988-90
First African-American NCAA Top Six Award winner in Nebraska history (1990)
Inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame in 2005
Racine Smith: 1985-88
First African-American Women’s Gymnastics letterwinner at Nebraska
Sharolta Nonen: 1996-99
First African-American soccer letterwinner
Three-time All-American (1997, 1998, 1999)
Big 12 Player of the Year in 1999
Peaches James: 2001-04
All-American and Big 12 Player of the Year in 2004
Inducted into the Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame in 2018
Ndali Ijomah: 1998-2001
First black female tennis letterwinner at Nebraska
Fungai Tongoona: 1999-2002
Four-time men’s tennis letterwinner
First African-American multi-year letterwinner
Cleophas Boor: 1996-97
All-American in 1996-97
Placed 3rd at 1996 NCAA Championships
Charlie Greene: 1965-67
First Indoor Track and Field All-American in Nebraska History
Six-time national champion and Olympic Gold Medalist in 1968
Inducted into the Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015
Merlene Ottey: 1980-84
Most decorated athlete in Nebraska Athletics history
Four-time All-American and 14-time individual national champion
Multi-time Olympic silver and bronze medalist
Member of three national championship teams (1982, 1983, 1984)
Inducted into the Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015
Ray Oliver: 1981-83
First black wrestler at Nebraska to be named All-American (1983)