Sheri Hastings

Sheri Hastings served as an academic counselor at Nebraska from August 2006 until her retirement in August 2025. She served as the academic counselor for the women’s basketball, soccer, men’s and women’s gymnastics and bowling programs.

In 2022-23, the Husker bowling team finished the academic year with a team GPA of 3.567 to rank among the national leaders. Eight Huskers were named to the NTCA All-Academic Team while five bowlers were named Academic All-Big Ten.

Hastings work with the bowling program has helped Nebraska earn recognition from the NCAA for having a multi-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) in the top 10 percent nationally in each of the past four years.

Before coming to Lincoln, Hastings was a mathematics learning specialist for Student Support Services at UNL. She was also a secondary mathematics teacher at Grand Island High School.

A Grand Island native, Hastings earned her bachelor’s degree in secondary mathematics from UNL in 1987. Hastings continued her education at Nebraska and earned a master’s degree in educational psychology in 1995.

Hastings and her husband, John, have three daughters, Megan, Kathryn and Abigail.