Skyler Pierce Season 2024

Honors & Awards
• Academic All-Big Ten (2025)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2024; Spring 2024, 2025)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2024, 2025)
• Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar (2025)

2025 (Redshirt Freshman)
• Totaled 32 kills, nine digs, three blocks and an ace in 24 sets played
• Saw her first playing time as a Husker on Aug. 29 at Lipscomb, recording six kills on .333 hitting with a pair of digs
• Posted six kills on .417 hitting with two digs and a block in a sweep at Rutgers on Oct. 4
• Recorded five kills and hit .308 in a sweep of Grand Canyon on Sept. 13
• Had four kills on .286 hitting against Illinois on Nov. 6
• Provided three kills and a block against Wright State on Sept. 5
• Served her first career ace and added a kill against Ohio State on Nov. 29

2024 (Redshirt)
• Redshirted in her first year at Nebraska

High School/Club
• Selected to the U.S. U21 National Team that finished sixth at the 2023 FIVB U21 World Championships in Mexico  
• Had nine kills and two blocks in the final match for the U.S. U21 Team
• Was an alternate team member for the U.S. Girls U19 Team that won the gold medal at the 2023 FIVB U19 World Championships in Croatia
• Was part of the U.S. Girls U19 National Training Team in 2022 and selected to the 2020 USA Volleyball High Performance Girls Youth A2 Team
• Voted Most Valuable Player of the Under Armour All-America match after 17 kills on .536 hitting to lead Team Fire to victory 
• Named to the Kansas 6A All-State First Team at Olathe Northwest
• Led Olathe Northwest to a third-place finish at the Kansas 6A state tournament as a senior, averaging 4.6 kills per set with a .402 hitting percentage for the season while totaling 230 digs, 67 aces and 43 blocks
• Was named an AVCA first-team High School All-American and a MaxPreps Underclass All-American
• Was the MetroKC Volleyball Player of the Year as well as the MetroKC All-Star Game MVP as a junior in 2022
• Received the 2023 Evelyn Gates Award winner given to the best volleyball player in the Kansas City metro area, and chosen for exemplary skills, character and service to others
• Named 2023-24 Best Female Performer by Children’s Mercy Sports Medicine Center and 810 Varsity 
• Chosen a three-time unanimous Olathe Player of the Year and a two-time Sunflower League Player of the Year
• As a freshman, led the Ravens to the Kansas 6A state championship match and was the only freshman named to the Kansas 6A All-State First Team
• Played club volleyball for Team Dynasty, leading her team in the USAV Open Division to second place as 17s, third place as 16s and national champions as 15s in 2021, and was selected as MVP by PrepVolleyball
• Led Team Dynasty to the 2022 Triple Crown 16s Open Championship and was named MVP 
• Ranked as the nation’s No. 4 overall prospect and top outside hitter recruit by PrepDig.com

Beach Volleyball
2024: Finished 18-9 overall, including 9-4 with Laney Choboy and 8-5 with Merritt Beason...tied for highest individual single-season win total in school history