The Grand Island Independent Online People in cities across the state watch the Nebraska volleyball team with special pride. There are 10 Nebraskans on the Cornhuskers' roster this season. People in cities across the state watch the Nebraska volleyball team with special pride. There are 10 Nebraskans on the Cornhuskers' roster this season. They aren't competing with any professional or major college teams, and they've kind of got the whole state to themselves.
Boys grow up in Nebraska trying to be football players.
They have some good players, and their kids tend to be good students as well, and those are the kinds of kids we recruit. Koziol is one of four in-state players who see significant time off the bench. Bellevue West's Nikki Henk, Chappell's Kim Behrends and Grand Island Central Catholic's Jenny Kropp also see action. Stanford was one of the hundreds of schools trying to recruit Behrends, who was named runner-up for the national high school player of the year by Volleyball Magazine in 1996. By the time Behrends decided on a college, Nebraska was out of scholarships.