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The Big Ten Conference announced Tuesday the selection of Nebraska senior Mara Griva as women’s field athlete of the year, while Nebraska coach Gary Pepin was named men’s outdoor track and field coach of the year.

At the Outdoor Championships, Griva won the long jump with a season-best leap of 20’9″ and took first in the triple jump with a leap of 43′-5¼”. Griva also earned the conference’s indoor long and triple jump titles in February.

Pepin was honored in a vote by other Big Ten coaches after leading the NU men to their first Big Ten team title at last weekend’s 2013 Big Ten Outdoor Championships. Pepin has been named a conference coach of the year 24 times.

The Big Ten also chose Teran …

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Colorado offensive lineman Alex Lewis will transfer to Nebraska, according to a report from 247Sports’ Michael Bruntz on Friday.

Lewis, who started 12 games last season and must sit out a year, is the son of 1985 Nebraska All-American center Bill Lewis and has two seasons of eligibility.

Bill Lewis, who confirmed the transfer to 247Sports on Friday, played 71 games in the NFL.

The report (subscription required) states that Alex Lewis made an official visit to NU this week.…

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Nebraska’s Jordan Hooper was among 31 players to earn an invitation to compete at the 2013 USA Basketball Women’s World University Games Team Trials competition, USA Basketball announced Wednesday.

Hooper earned honorable-mention All-America honors for the second straight season in 2012-13 while helping Nebraska to the NCAA tournament’s Sweet 16. The 6-foot-2 forward from Alliance, Neb., a candidate for the Wade, Naismith and Wooden National Player-of-the-Year awards as a junior and a two-time first-team All-Big Ten selection, led the Huskers with 17.9 points and 8.8 rebounds per game.

The roster of invitees includes 10 players who have won gold medals with USA Basketball in international competition, and will be coached by Oklahoma’s Sherri Coale, along with assistants Brian Giorgis (Marist) and Coquese Washington (Penn State).…

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Former Nebraska quarterback Tommie Frazier was selected to the College Football Hall of Fame on Tuesday.

You’ll want to watch his comments to the media Tuesday afternoon, and don’t forget to check out Tom Shatel’s latest column for even more on the topic.

Video: Tommie Frazier discusses selection to College Football Hall of Fame:

Video: Frazier headed to College Football Hall of Fame (via Husker Athletics):

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Nebraska right-hander Tatum Edwards was named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week on Tuesday for the second consecutive week. It is the fourth time the junior has received the honor in her NU career.

Edwards was honored after posting a 2-0 record with a 0.50 ERA at Penn State last weekend. She opened the series with a three-hitter, allowing only one run in the Huskers’ 3-1 victory. Edwards then tossed a one-hit shutout to help NU clinch the No. 2 seed for this week’s Big Ten Tournament. She held opposing hitters to a .098 batting average to help her finish with the lowest ERA and lowest opponent batting average of any Big Ten pitcher during the conference season.

— World-Herald News Service…

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The World-Herald’s Focus on Nebraska photography contest gives fans a chance to share their shots from the 50-year sellout streak and show what Husker football means to them.

The contest includes a category for tailgating, and photos from past years are welcome. You also can enter photos from other parts of the Lincoln game-day experience: the pageantry, the players, the coaches and most of all, YOU. The World-Herald this fall will publish a book about the sellout streak that will feature the best of the photos submitted.

Register online to begin uploading your photos. Then start voting for the ones you like. Winners in 20 categories will receive free books. For more details and to register, go to the Focus on Nebraska website.

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The number of Twitter followers a person has doesn’t necessarily translate into anything specifically, but Tulsa World staff writer Kelly Hines posted Friday a list of the most followed coaches in college football.

No. 10 on the list? Husker football coach Bo Pelini, with 43,162 followers.

LSU coach Les Miles takes the cake with more than double that count, coming in at 105,760. Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly (91,042) and Tennessee coach Butch Jones (75,300) come in second and third, respectively, while Georgia Bulldogs coach Mark Richt, the coach of NU’s January bowl opponent, was fourth at 65,240.

Former Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema came in fifth with 57,958, and was the only Big Ten coach with more followers than Pelini before bolting for Arkansas …

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The Nebraska athletic department announced Friday that all public season tickets for the 2013-14 men’s basketball season at Pinnacle Bank Arena have been sold. A waitlist has now started at Huskers.com/arena in the event tickets become available.

“First of all, it is a tribute to the greatest fans in college athletics,” Executive Associate Athletic Director Marc Boehm said in a press release. “Secondly, it also shows the enthusiasm that fans around the state have for Husker basketball. We want to thank coach (Tim) Miles for the hard work that he and his staff have done over the past 13 months, as well as the commitment of our athletic staff in helping us to make today’s announcement possible.”

General public ticket sales have increased nearly 95 …

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Nebraska had another busy week, with coaches visiting schools — including several in Florida — to get a closer look at some of the top targets and even making offers to some.

For the best recruiting analysis, check out Sam McKewon’s latest column, “Huskers yet to offer promising D-line duo” (and don’t forget his “Big, Fat Recruiting Update” from Tuesday).

But that’s not all the news. On the Omaha.com/recruiting page, we’re constantly linking to the latest stories, videos, Twitter posts and more to keep you informed about what’s shaking on the NU recruiting front.

Here are five of the week’s top stories:

1. Virginia athlete excited by NU offer
via HuskersIllustrated.com (subscription required)

Quick Hit: Alexandria (Va.) West Potomac’s Demornay …

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The first sellout in Nebraska’s 50-year streak drew 36,501 fans. In the photo at right, you can see Memorial Stadium in 1960, with bleachers in the end zones instead of permanent structures. The first expansion, in 1964, brought capacity to 48,000 and by 1972 the facility could hold 73,000. The work to be completed this year will bring capacity to more than 90,000.

The World-Herald’s Focus on Nebraska photography contest gives fans a chance to share their shots from the 50-year sellout streak and show what Husker football means to them.

The contest includes a category for the stadium, and photos from past years are welcome. You also can enter photos from other parts of the Lincoln game-day experience: the tailgating, the pageantry, the players, …

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