Nicklin Hames Season 2020-21

Honors & Awards
• AVCA All-America Second Team (2020)
• AVCA All-America Honorable Mention (2018, 2019, 2021)
• AVCA All-North Region (2019, 2020, 2021)
• AVCA All-Region Honorable Mention (2018)
• All-Big Ten First Team (2019, 2020) 
• All-Big Ten Second Team (2021)
• All-Big Ten Freshman Team (2018)
• Big Ten Setter of the Week (Oct. 11, 2021; Oct. 25, 2021)
• Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Sept. 24, 2018, Nov. 12, 2018)
• NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team (2021)
• NCAA Austin Regional All-Tournament Team (2021)
• NCAA Austin Regional Most Outstanding Player (2021)
• NCAA Minneapolis Regional All-Tournament Team (2018)
• Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team (2019, 2021)
• Husker Invitational All-Tournament Team (2018)
• Nebraska Outstanding Female Newcomer (All Sports, 2018-19)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2021; Beach-2022)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022; Beach-2021, 2022)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022; Spring 2020, 2021, 2022)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
• Nebraska Heart & Soul Award (2023)

2022 (Senior)
• Became Nebraska’s career assists record holder with 5,086 to end her career
• After playing the first weekend of the season as a defensive specialist, returned to a setter role in a 6-2 system for the Husker Invitational against LMU and Ole Miss, posting 22 and 18 assists, respectively
• Had 11 digs and two service aces against Tulsa (Aug. 26)
• Notched 12 digs against Pepperdine (Aug. 27)
• Posted a season-high 38 assists with 17 digs in a 3-2 win at No. 17 Creighton (Sept. 7)
• Returned to the starting lineup after one month out with an injury and recorded 20 assists and eight digs in a 3-0 sweep of No. 14 Penn State (Oct. 14)
• Put up 23 assists and eight digs with a pair of aces in a 3-0 win over Northwestern (Oct. 16)
• Posted 21 assists and six digs with a block in a sweep at No. 12 Purdue (Oct. 19)
• Recorded 20 assists and 13 digs in a 3-0 win at Illinois, where she became Nebraska’s all-time leader in career assists by surpassing Fiona Nepo’s total of 4,824 (Oct. 22)
• Set 31 assists and had 19 digs in a 3-2 win at Northwestern (Nov. 6)
• Notched a double-double of 32 assists and a season-high 21 digs at No. 6 Ohio State (Nov. 13)
• Had 25 assists and nine digs against No. 3 Wisconsin (Nov. 25)

2021 (Senior)
• Received AVCA All-America Honorable Mention, AVCA All-North Region First Team and second-team All-Big Ten recognition
• Averaged 10.76 assists, 3.40 digs, 0.28 aces and 0.46 blocks per set
• Posted a team-leading 24 double-doubles on the season
• Ranked fourth in Big Ten play for assists per set (11.12) and seventh for aces per set (0.34)
• Named Big Ten Setter of the Week back-to-back weeks (Oct. 11, Oct. 18)
• Recorded a season-high four blocks along with 38 assists and 14 digs in a sweep of No. 15 Penn State (Nov. 19)
• Set the Huskers to a road upset of No. 2 Texas with 43 assists, 13 digs, two blocks and three kills in the NCAA Regional Final (Dec. 11)
• Selected the NCAA Austin Regional Most Outstanding Player while earning a spot on the all-tournament team after averaging 10.86 assists, 3.29 digs and 0.57 blocks per set against Illinois and Texas
• Finished with 45 assists, 13 digs and a season-high-tying four blocks vs. No. 3 Pitt in the NCAA Semifinal (Dec. 16)
• Capped the year by dishing out a season-best 56 assists, 23 digs, a block and an ace vs. No. 4 Wisconsin in the NCAA title match (Dec. 18)
• Honored with a spot on the NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team
• Became Nebraska’s all-time leader in career NCAA Tournament assists with 760
• Accounted for 19 career NCAA Tournament aces, the third-most in NU history
• Ended the season ranked second all-time at Nebraska for career assists (4,581), which also set the Huskers’ rally-scoring era record
• Also finished the year ranked seventh all-time in career digs (1,339)

2020 (Junior)
• Named an AVCA Second-Team All-American for the first time in her career
• Received All-Big Ten First-Team and AVCA All-North Region honors for the second straight year
• Led the Big Ten in assists with 10.91 per set
• Posted 10 double-doubles in 19 matches and served 16 aces
• Set the Huskers to a .270 hitting percentage, the second-best mark in the Big Ten
• Ranked second on the team in digs at 2.91 per set
• Surpassed 3,000 career assists, becoming the fourth Husker setter in school history to reach that mark 
• Had a season-high 57 assists to go with 14 digs against No. 11 Ohio State on March 13
• Recorded 52 assists and 12 digs in a win over Maryland on Feb. 5
• Posted a season-high 18 digs with 44 assists and four kills against No. 5 Minnesota on Feb. 19 
• Tallied 51 assists and 12 digs in a 3-2 win over No. 11 Ohio State on March 12
• Recorded 35 assists, 16 digs and five kills in a win at Michigan on March 25
• In the NCAA Regional Final against No. 5 Texas, had 34 assists, 13 digs and a season-high three service aces

2019 (Sophomore)
• Earned AVCA All-North Region and All-Big Ten First-Team honors, as well as AVCA All-America honorable mention for the second year in a row
• Started all 33 matches and led the Huskers to a .266 hitting percentage with 10.88 assists per set, 2.87 digs per set, a team-high 26 service aces and 49 blocks
• Helped the Huskers to the No. 2 hitting percentage in conference play (.284) with the third-most assists per set (11.37)
• Named to the Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team after averaging 10.30 assists and 3.20 digs per set in the Huskers’ three wins over High Point, Denver and Loyola Marymount
• Set a career high with 57 assists to go with 11 digs in a 3-2 win at No. 20 Illinois, one of her team-high 16 double-doubles on the season
• Put up 55 assists, 12 digs and had a season-high five kills in a 3-2 win over Iowa
• Led the Huskers to a 3-2 win over No. 7 Penn State with 54 assists, 22 digs and four blocks
• Had 54 assists at No. 20 Purdue
• Notched a career-high five blocks with 51 assists and 12 digs at Indiana
• Had 51 assists and 17 digs in the four-set win over Loyola Marymount 
• Had 49 assists and 17 digs in a five-set win at No. 25 San Diego
• Posted 35 assists and 15 digs in the season-opening 3-1 win against No. 18 Creighton
• Had 40 assists and 16 digs against No. 2 Stanford
• Recorded 46 assists and 14 digs against Michigan State
• Tallied 48 assists and 11 digs with four kills against No. 20 Purdue
• Had 56 assists and 15 digs in a 3-2 win at No. 7 Minnesota

2018 (Freshman)
• Selected to the All-Big Ten Freshman Team and received AVCA All-America honorable mention and AVCA All-North Region honorable mention
• Finished the season with 10.49 assists per set and 3.32 digs per set, along with 40 service aces, second-most on the team
• Broke Jordan Larson's school record for double-doubles with 25 during the season
• Set the Huskers to a fourth-straight NCAA Final Four, as they came up just a few points short of a national title in a 3-2 loss to No. 1 Stanford
• Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Sept. 24 after 44 assists and 10 digs against No. 18 Michigan and 40 assists and 16 digs against Michigan State
• Earned a second Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor on Nov. 12 after 52 assists and 18 digs in a 3-1 win at No. 15 Michigan
• Had a season-high 56 assists with 11 digs in a 3-2 comeback win at No. 14 Creighton
• Provided 54 assists and 12 digs at No. 3 Minnesota
• Named to the Husker Invite All-Tournament Team after setting the Huskers to a .371 hitting percentage with 11.20 assists per set in three wins
• Posted 35 assists and 19 digs against No. 7 Florida in her collegiate debut
• Recorded 47 assists and 11 digs against Iowa
• Notched 44 assists and 18 digs against No. 5 Minnesota
• Tallied 44 assists and 13 digs at Ohio State
• Posted 49 assists and 18 digs at No. 9 Penn State
• Had a career-high 23 digs to go with 45 assists against No. 6 Illinois
• Had 41 assists and 15 digs in sweep of No. 14 Oregon in NCAA Regional Final and was named to the All-Regional Team

Before Nebraska
• Attended Webb School in Knoxville, Tennessee
• Ranked the No. 4 overall prospect and the top setter recruit in the nation by PrepVolleyball.com
• Was an Under Armour first-team All-American in 2017
• Led Webb School – coached by her mother, Chris – to five Division II-A state championships in her career, as she played on the varsity squad as an eighth grader
• Was named the most valuable player of the state tournament four times
• Played as both a hitter and a setter at Webb School and was named to the All-USA Volleyball first team after her junior season in 2016 and second team in 2017
• Began her prep career by earning PrepVolleyball.com’s National Freshman of the Year in 2014
• Set for the U.S. Youth National Team in Argentina at the U-18 Junior World Championships in the summer of 2017
• Played club volleyball for K2 

Personal
• Born Jan. 18, 2000
• Parents are Jason and Christine
• Major is child, youth and family studies (bachelor's degree from Nebraska, May 2022)
• Pronounced “Hayms”