Hayley Densberger Season 2018

Honors & Awards
• Big Ten Sportsmanship Award (2020)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2018, 2019, 2020)
• Nebraska Outstanding Scholar Award (2021)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2018, 2019, 2020; Beach-2019, 2020, 2021)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020; Spring 2019, 2020, 2021)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)

2020 (Senior)
• Had 20 digs and eight service aces in 16 matches played
• Had a season-high eight digs with two aces in a win at Michigan on March 25
• Served a pair of aces in an NCAA Regional Semifinal win against No. 11 Baylor
• Was named Nebraska's Big Ten Sportsmanship Award recipient
• Finished her Husker career with 205 career digs and 39 service aces 

2019 (Junior)
• Played in 28 matches and tallied 23 digs and five service aces
• Posted five digs and one set assist against Wichita State on Sept. 21
• Served an ace and added two digs in a 3-2 comeback win at No. 20 Illinois
• Had one dig in the Aug. 30 win over Creighton and against High Point on Sept. 13
• Served an ace and had one dig at No. 20 Purdue
• Recorded an ace and a dig at No. 7 Minnesota
• Posted two digs in a 3-0 win over Ohio State

2018 (Sophomore)
• Played in 32 matches and had 124 digs, 16 service aces and 11 set assists
• Tallied a career-high 11 digs at Penn State
• Posted eight digs and a career-high three aces at No. 9 Wisconsin
• Followed up with eight digs at No. 3 Minnesota
• Had seven digs against Ohio
• Added seven digs at No. 14 Creighton and against Central Michigan, Michigan and Indiana
• Posted six digs against No. 7 Florida and against New Mexico
• Served a career-best three aces against Central Michigan
• Had seven digs in the Big Ten opener against No. 18 Michigan
• Tallied six digs and a pair of aces at No. 7 Illinois
• Served two aces against Iowa
• Served an ace in the NCAA regional final win over Oregon

2017 (Freshman)
• As a freshman serving specialist, recorded 10 aces and 38 digs in 30 matches played
• Served a pair of aces and had a career-high seven digs in the NCAA Tournament first-round win over Stony Brook on Dec. 1
• Had four digs against UNI on Sept. 16 and served two aces
• Tallied three digs at Rutgers on Sept. 23
• Served an ace and had two digs vs. Minnesota on Sept. 29
• Recorded one ace, one assist and one dig against Illinois on Oct. 21
• Tied her career high with two aces in each of her first three career NCAA Tournament matches

Before Nebraska
• Joined the Husker volleyball program from Malcolm High School in Malcolm, Nebraska
• Played outside hitter for the Clippers
• Helped Malcolm to a 34-1 record and a berth in the Class C1 state championship match as a senior in 2016
• Earned Class C1 second-team all-state honors following her senior season
• As a senior, totaled 316 kills, 262 digs and 61 aces while hitting .324
• Played club volleyball for VCN and was named an All-American at the AAU national tournament in June of 2016 after leading her team to a runner-up finish in the Premier Division
• Also played basketball at Malcolm

Personal
• Born Aug. 10, 1999
• Parents are Donald and Becky
• Earned bachelor's degree in psychology at Nebraska in May of 2021