Wischmeier Named Volleyball Director of Operations

Lincoln ? University of Nebraska Head Coach John Cook announced Thursday the hiring of former Husker captain Lindsay Wischmeier (pronounced WISH-my-er) as Director of Operations for the Nebraska volleyball program.

In her role, Wischmeier will handle a variety of duties for the Husker volleyball team, including team travel, budgeting, coordinating tournaments and camps and assisting visiting teams. She also serves as a liaison for volleyball support units, including facilities and events, media relations, marketing, compliance, HuskerVision, the ticket office, alumni and The Match Club.  She will also provide radio color commentary during Nebraska's road matches.

Cook said that Wischmeier brings an impressive background to the position after serving coaching stints at Virginia Tech and Northern Colorado along with her experiences at Nebraska.

“Lindsay emerged from a very strong pool of candidates as the right person for our Director of Operations position,” Cook said. “She went away and worked at other programs to gain experience outside of Nebraska. Lindsay bleeds Husker Red and accomplished a lot as a player, and we are confident she will bring her passion to her new position.”

Wischmeier comes to Nebraska after serving as an assistant coach in the Northern Colorado program for the past year after joining the Bears’ staff in March of 2005. At Northern Colorado, she worked extensively with the setters and liberos and helped with recruiting in the Midwest. In 2005, she helped a pair of Northern Colorado players earn first-team Division I Independent honors, including libero Abby Mayne, who was named Division I Independent Co-Defensive Player of the Year after averaging 4.44 digs per game.

After serving as an undergraduate assistant coach at Nebraska in 2003, Wischmeier was on the staff at Virginia Tech, helping the Hokies finish with a 13-16 record, including a 7-9 mark in the program’s first season in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

During her playing career, Wischmeier was a four-year performer in the Nebraska program from 1999 to 2002, helping the Huskers to a 123-10 record, including a national title in 2000. Wischmeier played in 133 matches as a Husker, including 438 of a possible 440 career games. She finished her career holding the school record with 1,111 career digs, despite playing three positions during her Nebraska career.

She competed as a setter her freshman year and a defensive specialist her sophomore and junior years before taking over the newly created libero role her senior season (2002). Wischmeier was the team captain in 2002, averaging 3.35 digs per game, a total that was fourth in school history at the time.  As a setter in 1999 she posted a freshman record 724 set assists and was a second-team All-American Farm Team selection.

In the classroom, Wischmeier was a three-time, first-team academic All-Big 12 selection, a six-time selection to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll and finished her degree in business administration at Nebraska in 2003 when she serve as an undergraduate assistant coach. In that role, she assisted with recruiting, game day preparation and various coaching duties.

A native of Burchard, Neb., Wischmeier led Lewiston High School to a pair of Class D-2 State Championships (1995 and 1997), and D-2 Player of the Year honors while also being a three-time academic all-state selection.

 

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