Friday Five: Nebraska keeps Rhonda Revelle through 2031
The Huskers also picked up Big Ten sportsmanship honors, a Futures Game selection and another major award for Asher Cohen.
Not long after publishing Tuesday’s newsletter, which focused on Nebraska women’s athletics, the Huskers made one more pretty significant announcement.
Rhonda Revelle received a contract extension through the 2031 season after leading Nebraska softball back to the Women’s College World Series and a school-record 52 wins.
That leads this week’s Friday Five, along with a pair of Big Ten sportsmanship honors, another Futures Game selection, a major academic award for Asher Cohen and four former Huskers heading to NBA Summer League.
Let’s get to it.
Rhonda Revelle signs extension through 2031
Nebraska announced Wednesday that Revelle has signed a contract extension through the 2031 season. Anyone surprised?
Nebraska went 52-8 in 2026, won both the Big Ten regular-season and tournament titles and returned to the Women’s College World Series for the first time since 2013. The 52 wins set a school record.
Revelle is already the winningest coach in Nebraska athletics history and her 34th season became one of the best of her career.
“As we said when we had the privilege of naming the field at Bowlin Stadium in her honor, Rhonda Revelle is Nebraska Softball,” athletic director Troy Dannen said in a statement. “Rhonda is not only a great leader of our softball program, but she is a world-class individual who elevates our entire athletic department in many ways. The trajectory of our program is at an all-time high coming off a record-breaking season and we are excited for the years ahead under the leadership of Rhonda and her outstanding staff.”
The announcement also included several staff changes following Lori Sippel’s retirement.
Revelle will take on a larger role with Nebraska’s pitchers. Diane Miller has been promoted to associate head coach, while Mandie Nocita moves into an assistant coaching role. Olivia Ferrell and Jordy Frahm will also serve as assistants.
Hannah Coor and Hannah Camenzind have been added as graduate assistants, while Lauren Camenzind will be a graduate manager.
“I love Nebraska and am grateful to Troy and our administration for entrusting me to continue to lead the Red Team,” Revelle said. “I am passionate and energetic to continue our quest for excellence. We are blessed to have assembled the staff we have. They are talented, smart, hardworking and all in on Nebraska Softball. We are excited to get our team on the field and build something special together.”
Callin Hake and Rienk Mast earn Big Ten honors
Callin Hake and Rienk Mast were selected as Nebraska’s Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners for the 2025-26 season. Each Big Ten school chooses one male and one female winner from its larger group of sportsmanship honorees.
Hake becomes the first Nebraska student-athlete to win the award twice across all sports. She also earned the honor in 2024-25.
The women’s basketball senior averaged 7.2 points, 3.6 assists, 2.5 rebounds and 1.3 steals last season. She also drew a school-record 33 charges, which feels like an especially appropriate stat for a sportsmanship award winner.
Her impact went well beyond the court. Hake served two terms as president of Nebraska’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and chaired the Big Ten Student-Athlete Issues Commission in 2025-26.
Mast helped Nebraska men’s basketball win 28 games and reach the Sweet 16 for the first time in program history. He averaged 13.3 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.1 assists while earning All-Big Ten recognition for the second time. He was also a two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection and received the Sam Foltz 27 Hero Leadership Award for his community work.
Max Anderson added to Futures Game
Former Nebraska All-American Max Anderson will play in the 2026 MLB All-Star Futures Game.
Anderson was added to the American League roster for the July 12 game at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. The game will air on NBC at 11 a.m. CT.
The former second-round pick is having a strong season at Triple-A Toledo in the Detroit Tigers organization. Anderson is hitting .303 with a .349 on-base percentage and a .502 slugging percentage. He also has 13 doubles, nine home runs and 32 RBIs.
Anderson becomes the sixth former Husker selected for the Futures Game. The previous five are Brice Matthews, Spencer Schwellenbach, Joba Chamberlain, Alex Gordon and Jamal Strong. All eventually reached the major leagues.
Asher Cohen named Academic All-America Team Member of the Year
Asher Cohen added one more major honor to an already decorated senior year. Cohen was named the College Sports Communicators Academic All-America Team Member of the Year for Division I Men’s At-Large.
He graduated with a 3.97 GPA in biological sciences and earned his third career Academic All-America selection. He was also one of 42 recipients of the NCAA Winter Postgraduate Scholarship.
The academic recognition followed a championship season in the gym. Cohen won the NCAA title on rings after also winning the event at the Big Ten Championships. He finished his Nebraska career with 10 individual titles, including eight on rings and two on parallel bars. He was named Nebraska’s Most Outstanding Male Athlete and the College Gymnastics Association Specialist of the Year.
Cohen plans to continue training with the goal of earning a place on the U.S. National Team while also pursuing graduate school.
Four former Huskers head to NBA Summer League
Nebraska will have four former players competing in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.
Rienk Mast will play for the Indiana Pacers, Sam Hoiberg will join the Phoenix Suns, Josiah Allick will suit up for the Charlotte Hornets and Brice Williams will return with the Detroit Pistons.
It is the second straight summer Nebraska has had four Summer League participants.
Mast and Hoiberg will make their professional debuts after helping Nebraska reach the Sweet 16 last season.
Hoiberg finished his career with one of the more memorable paths in recent program history, going from walk-on to Big Ten All-Defensive Team selection. He set Nebraska’s single-season assist-to-turnover ratio record and finished with 70 steals as a senior.
Mast averaged 13.3 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.1 assists last season. His Nebraska career included two All-Big Ten selections and a triple-double against FIU.
Allick will play in Summer League for the first time after helping the Greensboro Swarm win a G League championship. He averaged 6.6 points and 5.7 rebounds while shooting 68% from the field.
Williams is back for a second summer with Detroit after averaging 14.0 points for the Motor City Cruise. He shot 42.4% from 3-point range in his first professional season.
Each team will play at least five games between July 9 and July 19.
Summer League does not guarantee anything but it gives all four another chance to make an impression. For Mast and Hoiberg, it is the first step. For Allick and Williams, it is another one.
And for Nebraska fans, it provides something to keep up on during the slow college sports stretch of July.