Seven Huskers Earn Academic All-Big Ten Awards

Seven members of the Nebraska women's basketball team earned Academic All-Big Ten recognition when the conference announced its annual awards for the winter sports season.

Alexis Markowski headlined the list of honorees. The senior management major and four-time All-Big Ten selection on the court, earned academic accolades for the third time in her career.

Markowski was joined by Kendall Coley, a graduate student from Minneapolis, who claimed the fourth Academic All-Big Ten honor of her career.

Kendall Moriarty added the third Academic All-Big Ten award of her career. The senior from Wheaton, Ill., is a dual major in advertising and public relations and sports media and communication.

Redshirt junior Allison Weidner joined Markowski and Moriarty as a three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection. Weidner is a child, youth and family studies major from Humphrey, Neb.

Markowski, Coley, Moriarty and Weidner have led Nebraska to three NCAA Tournament appearances and three 20-win seasons over the past four years, including a first-round game with Louisville on Friday in Fort Worth, Texas.

Junior Callin Hake, a management and marketing major from Victoria, Minn., captured Academic All-Big Ten honors for the second time, while Husker sophomores Logan Nissley, Jessica Petrie and Natalie Potts also earned academic all-conference accolades for the first time in their careers.

Nebraska will participate in pre-tournament press conferences today in Fort Worth, beginning at 3:45 p.m. (CT). The Huskers will practice at 4:30 p.m. following their press conference. Nebraska will face Louisville on Friday at approximately 5 p.m. The game will be televised by ESPN and can be heard across the Huskers Radio Network.