Husker Heroes Honored: Meet the 2025 Senior Award Winners
Nebraska football wrapped up its 2025 season by spotlighting five standout seniors whose careers epitomized dedication and resilience. Defensive backs DeShon Singleton and Ceyair Wright shared the Guy Chamberlin Trophy for their impact in the secondary, combining for over 95 tackles and multiple pass breakups this year alone. Seventh-year defender Javin Wright earned the Tom Novak Award after overcoming injuries to lead the team with 83 tackles and 7.5 tackles for loss. Quarterback-turned-tight end Heinrich Haarberg claimed the Cletus Fischer Native Son Award following his selfless shift to a new position, hauling in eight catches for 52 yards and a touchdown. Finally, walk-on standout Derek Branch took home The Cornhusker Award for his vital work on special teams and community engagement. Together, these five seniors—scholar-athletes who all graduated—will be celebrated at the Outland Trophy banquet in Omaha on Jan. 21 before playing their final game on New Year’s Eve.
Nebraska football’s senior awards ceremony may soon rival Hollywood’s Oscars—as long as Hollywood keeps it to a ten-minute acceptance speech. Here at Cornhuskerville, the excitement of honoring every third-string tight end who’s ever dressed out for the annual spring scrimmage is in full swing. Who needs playoff wins when you’ve got a banquet full of trophies named after long-forgotten coaches? We can’t wait to see the tearful speech from a guy who started as a quarterback and ended as a tight end, proving once again that the only constant in college sports is strategic position swaps. And let’s not forget our special teams walk-on whose greatest play this year might have been nabbing free T-shirts. Yet somehow, this is the plot twist we all needed: celebrating the true champions of Nebraska football—those who never got a 4K highlights package but snagged plenty of participation ribbons. Roll out the red carpet—and maybe invest in a bigger trophy case.
Volleyball’s Nearly Perfect Season: Nebraska’s Shining Disappointment
In Kansas City, Nebraska volleyball fans painted the town scarlet and cream—even if their beloved team didn’t set foot on the T-Mobile Center courts. After a dominant 33-1 season and a sweep of Big Ten foes, the Huskers’ national title hopes were dashed by Texas A&M, which captured its first NCAA championship. Despite falling just short, Nebraska shattered offensive records—posting a .351 hitting percentage, led the nation in opponents’ hitting percentage defense, and introduced a coach of the year and multiple All-Americans. Even without the Final Four appearance, the season boasted individual honors for Bergen Reilly, Andi Jackson, Harper Murray, Rebekah Allick and more. As the team pivots to future transfers, recruits and coaching decisions, the message from Lincoln remains: celebrate the highs, own the one blemish, and prepare for next year’s saving banner.
Turn the confetti cannons toward Kansas City—just maybe aim away from the court. Nebraska volleyball’s 2025 season was a blockbuster of stats, records, and highlight-worthy spikes, only to end in a plot twist no one asked for: a championship trophy that went to Aggies, not Cornhuskers. Don’t worry, though—huskers in the crowd can console themselves with individual awards galore, as if participation trophies were making a collegiate comeback. As fans lick their wounds, the coaching staff drafts players from the portal like it’s a Black Friday sale. Next up: a reality show following incoming freshmen learning to pronounce “antigua” and navigating Move-In Day. But hey, at least morale’s high, the fan base got its BBQ fix, and everyone learned an important lesson: you can’t have a four-set dream without at least one set of nightmares.
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