“We are really excited to have Jeri joining the team,” head coach Peter Kobelt said. “The goals that we’ve set for the program are ambitious, so it was important for us with this recruiting class we found players that think like us.
“Jeri is great at tennis but what stood out to us the most was his strong mentality. We’ll look for him to come in and be a great Husker student-athlete on the court, in the classroom and in the community.”
Before Nebraska
The Finland native committed to the Huskers in the summer of 2025 and started his freshman season in the fall of 2025-26. He was one of the top juniors in Europe. Lassila participated in numerous amounts of tournaments and had his best results in the J30 Portimao and J60 Vierumaki where he reached the singles semifinals in both of those tournaments. He currently holds an ITF ranking of 1134.