"We do not take them for granted"- Andi Jackson opens up Nebraska Volleyball’s culture and representing women’s sports

Nebraska Volleyball junior Andi Jackson has reflected on the privilege of playing for the Huskers. She feels that Nebraska’s atmosphere is unique, led by its passionate fanbase.

Jackson also shared how she views her platform as an opportunity to inspire and empower younger athletes. Additionally, she felt honored to represent not only her team, but also women’s volleyball and women’s sports as a whole.

During Nebraska football’s game against the Akron Zips at Memorial Stadium, Andi Jackson was asked about her experience of being part of the record-setting volleyball match at the same venue, which saw a historic crowd of 92,003 fans. She was asked about how much she has enjoyed contributing towards pushing the sport forward. She said in an interview with BigTen Network:

“I'm so incredibly grateful. We talked about it all the time on our team. Just the platforms that we have here at Nebraska, we do not take them for granted. Obviously, people mean it when they say there's no place like Nebraska. So first of all we're so grateful for that.”

“It's so incredible and getting to represent it. I'm super grateful but it's just such an honor getting to represent not only women's volleyball but just women's sports as a whole and have such a big platform and try to empower younger athletes to also go and be great and just set high standards,” she added.

Andi Jackson also expressed her gratitude at becoming the captain of Nebraska, sharing that it was an honor to be voted into the position by her teammates. She added that it felt good to support her teammates and have them rely on her in a leadership role. She was announced as the captain of the team alongside Bergen Reilly and Rebekah Allick.

Notably, the Nebraska Volleyball team was honored at the Memorial stadium during their football game for winning two consecutive Big Ten titles with wins in 2023 and 2024.

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Nebraska Volleyball’s Andi Jackson makes her feelings known after team’s latest win against California

Andi Jackson at 2023 Division I Women's Volleyball Championship. Source: Getty

After Nebraska Volleyball’s latest dominant win over California by 3-0, Andi Jackson expressed her thoughts on how it felt to have not dropped any single set in the weekend. To which, Jackson reacted, saying:

“Feels great. It's really exciting to be 6 and 0 and especially I think with the preseason schedule that we've had so far. It's really exciting and definitely a confidence booster for our team. But we're not done yet. We're going to keep going, get back in the gym this week and keep working on things.”

So far, Nebraska Volleyball has not lost a single match, having played six games overall. While the Huskers recorded clean sweep wins against Stanford, Lipscomb, Wright State and California, they dropped one set against Pittsburgh in their opening game and registered a reverse sweep 3-2 win against Kentucky at the Broadway Block Party game.