Meet Nebraska volleyball’s 2023 recruiting class, ranked No. 1 in the country

For the second time within the final three years, Nebraska has the No. 1 recruiting class in school volleyball.

Signing day for the game was Wednesday, and Nebraska unveiled a recruiting class with 5 gamers — every of them ranked among the many top-15 recruits within the nation by PrepVolleyball.com.

The category: outdoors hitter Harper Murray; setter Bergen Reilly; defensive specialist Laney Choboy; right-side hitter Caroline Jurevicius; and center blocker Andi Jackson.

For the place rankings, Nebraska obtained the highest setter (Reilly) and defensive specialist (Choboy); the No. 2 outdoors hitter (Murray) and the No. 3 center blocker (Jackson).

Every of the 5 gamers plans to graduate from highschool early and prepare with the Huskers this spring.

“The category of 2023 is a particular class,” coach John Prepare dinner mentioned in a information launch. “We fill our wants at each place, they usually all have very high-level worldwide expertise representing the USA. The bonds they shaped on these groups have run deep.”

The primary 4 gamers within the class every dedicated over a stretch of about two weeks in July 2021. However Choboy was a late addition, committing about one week in the past. She had beforehand pledged to Minnesota however opened her recruiting again up after coach Hugh McCutcheon introduced he gained’t coach the Gophers subsequent season.

It’s one other group that ought to add to the expertise on the roster and will assist maintain Nebraska among the many greatest groups within the sport. The rankings for Nebraska’s six most up-to-date recruiting lessons: 1, 2, 1, 26, 2, 5.

This class joins No. 1 recruiting lessons Nebraska additionally had for 2021, 2013 and 2004.

In line with the Prepvolleyball.com rankings, the top-five recruiting lessons are Nebraska, Texas, Purdue, Stanford and Ohio State.

Harper Murray, 6-foot-2, outdoors hitter, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Of word: She’s the No 2 total recruit within the class. This summer season she gained gold with the U.S. Ladies U19 Crew on the Pan American Cup and acquired the Greatest Spiker award on the event. Her sister, Kendall, is a junior on the Michigan volleyball crew.

Prepare dinner says: “Harper has performed on the U.S. Below 18 and Below 19 Groups the previous couple of summers, so she is coming to Lincoln with some beneficial worldwide expertise. We anticipate Harper to return in instantly and push to be a six-rotation outdoors hitter from the day she steps on campus.”

Bergen Reilly, 6-1, setter, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Of word: Reilly is Ranked No. 4 total and the No. 1 setter by PrepVolleyball.com. She’s a two-time South Dakota Gatorade Participant of the Yr after main O’Gorman to back-to-back Class AA state championships in 2020 and 2021. Her sister, Raegen, is the beginning setter for South Dakota State.

Prepare dinner says: “Not solely is Bergen an outstanding technical setter, however what units her aside is her demeanor on the courtroom. She has a really calm presence and is a good chief. The setter place requires loads of intangible expertise, and we will see these in Bergen. We anticipate her to be the chief and glue of our 2023 class and to battle for the beginning setter place subsequent fall.”

Laney Choboy, 5-3, defensive specialist, Raleigh, North Carolina

Of word: She’s the No. 5 total recruit and the highest defensive specialist. Whereas enjoying for the U.S. junior nationwide crew final summer season she was chosen as the very best participant at serve-receive on the Pan American Cup.

Prepare dinner says: “Laney was a really latest addition to our class, however she’s a vital addition. All of our greatest groups the final eight years have had two nice liberos on our roster. As a top-five recruit and the No. 1 libero on this class, as soon as Laney determined to re-open her recruiting, we jumped on the probability to get her to Lincoln.”

Caroline Jurevicius, 6-2, right-side hitter Gates Mills, Ohio

Of word: She’s the No. 7 total recruit within the class and prime right-side hitter. Her father is Joe Jurevicius, who was a Tremendous Bowl champion huge receiver with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2002.

Prepare dinner says: “In recruiting, discovering a participant who can play (right-side) at a world degree will be tough. Caroline performed on the U.S. Below 18 Crew that went to the World Championships in 2021, so she brings invaluable worldwide expertise as nicely. … She brings a physicality that can immediately elevate the extent of our program and we anticipate her to push to play as soon as she will get to Lincoln.”

Andi Jackson, 6-3, center blocker, Brighton, Colorado

Of word: She’s ranked because the No. 13 total participant. For her highschool crew this season she’s averaging 3.4 kills per set with a .382 hitting share. She additionally leads the crew in ace serves.

Prepare dinner says: “Andi comes from a household of elite athletes. Her mother was a excessive jumper and her dad performed hockey in Alaska, the place she was born. Andi is a once-in-a-decade kind of athlete and has solely gotten increasingly more bodily the older she’s gotten. She performed outdoors hitter for each her membership and highschool groups however has frolicked as a center blocker with the U.S. Below 19 Crew this summer season.”