Based on the post yesterday celebrating Nebraska’s #1 recruiting class, I noticed that no one besides me mentioned that 3 of the 6 we signed were from Nebraska. Also it was unmentioned that Creighton has the #5 recruiting class, also snagging a recruit from Nebraska.
I can’t find an article that dives deeper into it, but [this article](https://journalstar.com/sports/columnists/sipple/steven-m-sipple-easy-to-grasp-meaning-of-terry-pettit/article_433b24a0-aed8-555a-b61e-095338662ed1.html), celebrating opening the new volleyball arena, talks about the effort Terry Pettit went through to improve the quality of Nebraska Youth volleyball.
> “Nebraska, in a lot of ways, has been ahead of the curve in volleyball,” Pettit said. “I think this is just another example of that.”
> He hopes people see “Terry Pettit Court” and remember the commitment by high school coaches in the state. He hopes people think of the volleyball culture that’s developed in the state. He hopes people think of all the great players.
> His relationship with high school coaches was critical, he said. **By the end of his third season at NU, he had conducted clinics in every Nebraska community with a population of more than 3,000.** He always hired high school coaches to work his camps, as opposed to bringing in big-name coaches from elsewhere.
> The camps were not only designed to train players, but also coaches.
> Go back and look at Husker rosters. In many years, at least 50 percent of the players were from in-state.
And it’s absolutely insane how much this is still felt.
[Diller-Odell high school currently has 27 girls; 2 of them will play D1 volleyball](https://journalstar.com/sports/high-school/volleyball/state-volleyball-diller-odell-in-nebraska-s-smallest-class-has-two-top-150-recruits/article_c6925b31-b6a6-56f5-9710-4eb5eda2192d.html).
[Here’s an OWH list of committed players that played in the state volleyball tournament.](https://omaha.com/sports/high-school/recruiting/check-out-all-the-recruits-playing-in-the-nebraska-state-volleyball-tournament/article_8ceff1f8-7bfa-50fc-acfa-9e226f685917.html).
If all Nebraska did for Volleyball recruiting was sign the best in-state talent, they would still compete for championships.
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