Dear Sioux Empire Cornhuskers,
   Greetings to all of you. This is a short note to thank you again for the award you presented to me at the March 2001 Founder's Day Banquet. It was very beneficial to me in my first year at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. As I look back at my first year as a Cornhusker and all the memories I have from those months, I owe a big thank you to you and to your organization for helping me attend the University. It was a priceless experience.
   I also want to report that I was successful in accomplishing one of my goals stated in my interview for the Sioux Empire Cornhuskers scholarship: I made the Cornhusker Marching Band. As a member of the Cornhusker Marching Band I played at all the home games as well as the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. It was a great experience. Unfortunately, I will not be in marching band next year, which is bad news, but I have good news to go with it. I won't be marching because I was selected to be a member of the 2002-2003 Nebraska Spirit Squad and am really excited about being on the team. Tryouts were in April and judging by my experience at our first cheering event, the Spring Football Game, I am in for a great year. I invite you to come down by the field and say "hi" if you are at any games.
   Thank you once again not only for the award, but also for the moral support you gave me. The entire experience was wonderful and I am proud to be able to call myself a Sioux Empire Cornhusker award recipient. I hope to see you at a game next year. Go Huskers!

Sincerely, Robert A. Heuer

The annual Sioux Empire Cornhuskers summer picnic was held August 14th at Sertoma Park. The approximately 50 attendees were treated to gourmet picnic fare, bratwurst superbly prepared by master chef Gordy Schulte.
   Fun and fellowship abounded. A raffle was held, many items were given away, including a pair of Troy State football tickets that went to Monica and Gerry Heuer.
   A number of individuals addressed the group. President Mary Dick made several announcements, the one that

garnered the most response concerned the annual bus trip, this year to the Texas game. Marc Skolnick, associate executive director of the Alumni Association, spoke of budget cuts handed down by the Nebraska legislature affecting UNL. He also welcomed all alumni visiting Lincoln to the Wick Alumni Center, especially on Saturdays before home football games. He also spoke of a proposal expected to be passed by the Board of Regents, to allow children of an alumnus of UNL to attend UNL paying resident tuition, an announcement that elicited a very positive reaction from the gathered multitude.
   A word of appreciation to all who attended, special thanks to those involved with planning and putting on the picnic. To those of you who didn't make it to this year's event, try to make an effort to attend next years. It's a nice, relaxing event, and what better a group of people to hang with than Cornhuskers.

By Paul Davidson, UNL Class of '81'

With all the changes and successes over the last few years with Cornhusker Football, a noticeable difference in Game-Day is the radio play-by-play coverage. Well Husker Fans, the excitement is back! The first game with Arizona State gave us a glimpse of what Jim Rose has to offer and he is offering up a Husker Cornucopia.

At 39 years of age, Jim Rose ascends the immortal throne of broadcasting Nebraska Cornhusker Football. His past predecessors (Dick Perry, Jack Payne, Lyell Bremser, Kent Pavelka, and Warren Swain) understood the phenomenon that is Husker play-by-play and the power and pressure that is centered on those blessed game-days.

There is a fascinating article about Jim Rose in Saturday's, August 24th Lincoln Journal Star. Dick Piersol interviews a few Nebraska notables including Jim Rose (his "Bio" and resume) and attempts to describe this phenomenon that has been created over the course of Nebraska Football history.

Jim Rose's first job in radio came at the young age of 15 as a high school sports reporter for KFOR-AM in Lincoln, Nebraska. Other jobs included radio station in Kansas before returning back to Lincoln in 1001 for KLIN-AM doing talk shows, high school play-by-play, and college baseball. After a stint in Kansas City (KMAZ-AM), Jim returned to Nebraska again as a co-host with KFAB-AM's morning radio show. Now he joins the highly coveted fraternity as the "Voice of Husker Football".

It is of course the responsibility of the play-by-play announcer to be fair and objective during the game. But, that's not what Husker fans crave! Who doesn't like Lyell Bremser's call of Johnny Roger's famous touchdown run in 1971, "Holy Man, Women, and Child!", or Kent Pavelka's "Touchdown, Touchdown, Touchdown!" And not forgetting, the wide spectrum of vocal inflection of Kent Pavelka's call of Tommie Frazier's touchdown run at the Fiesta Bowl.

We know it is early, but Jim Rose's knowledge and love for Nebraska Football combined with his "great command of the English language", should provide us with the same excitement that has caused fans in the stands at Memorial Stadium to once again, don their headsets for the play-by-play euphoria. Husker fans around the globe, however, will be the judges and the jury waiting to give their verdict. The big question is, when, where, and what will be Jim Rose's call that we remember.

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The Husker baseball team ended a very successful year at the College World Series in Omaha. Nebraska lost both games in the bottom of the 9th inning standing on the field falling to Clemson 11-10 and to South Carolina 10-8. But the Huskers finished strong at the end of the season. After beating Creighton, the team won 23 of 29 games winning the Big 12 title and then beat Richmond in the Super Regional to proceed to the College World Series.

After the season ended, Coach Van Horn left NU for the University of Arkansas. As head coach he accumulated a 214-92 record winning 3 Big 12 tournaments, 3 NCAA regionals, and 2 straight College World Series appearances. He is replaced by new head coach 37 year old Mike Anderson who has been in the NU system for 8 years. Coach Anderson is very optimistic about Nebraska's prospects for the 2003 season; with many very good athletes returning.