style="margin-left: inherit; font-size: medium;" |Nebraska Cornhuskers Women's Gymnastics

Year founded: 1975
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City Lincoln, NE Team Mascot Herbie Husker

Herbie Husker

Herbie Husker is the oldest current mascot of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's sports teams. Herbie was created by Lubbock, Texas, artist Dirk West and first appeared on the cover of the Husker's media guide in 1974. Soon after, he became the university's official mascot.Herbie has gone through...

; Lil' Red

Lil' Red

Lil' Red is one of two mascots at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's athletics teams. Lil' Red is the newest mascot, having been created for the 1993 season after a state wide contest run for that purpose. Associate athletic director Dr. Barbara Hibner was the driving force in the creation of...

Team Colors Scarlet and cream Head Coach Dan Kendig Home Stadium League/Conference affiliations
Conference History:

• Big Ten (2011 – present)
• Big 12 (1997–2011)
• Big 8
  Big Eight Conference
  The Big Eight Conference, a former NCAA-affiliated Division I-A college athletic association that sponsored football, was formed in January 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association by its charter member schools: the University of Kansas, University of Missouri, University...
  
   (1975–1996) Team history as of December 2010:

Big 8 Championships

• 1978, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996

Big 12 Championships

• 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007

NCAA Tournament Appearances

• 1982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010

NCAA Individual Champions

• 5

The Nebraska Cornhuskers represent the University of Nebraska–Lincoln

University of Nebraska–Lincoln

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a public research university located in the city of Lincoln in the U.S. state of Nebraska...

 in Women’s Gymnastics. The team was first established in 1975 without a coach. After the first season, the school hired head coach Karen Balke to lead a team of all freshman and sophomores for one year. Judy Schalk took over as head coach in 1977 until 1983. She led the Huskers to five conference titles and to one AIWA bid. In 1983, Rick Walton was hired to serve as head coach and led the Huskers to their first NCAA women’s gym event title when Michele Bryant came in first place on the vault. He captured four straight Big 8 championship titles and led the huskers to the NCAAs four times in a row. After the 1993 season, Rick Walton left the program and Dan Kendig was brought in. In his first year he became the Big 12 coach of the year after leading the Huskers to a Big 8 championship. In 1997 the Huskers reached the Super Six Finals for the first time by beating No. 1 ranked Utah

Utah Red Rocks

The Utah Utes women's gymnastics team represents the University of Utah and competes in the Pac-12 Conference. The Utes compete in the Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. As of the end of the 2011 season, the Red Rocks have won 10 Women's Gymnastics championships and been runner-up 8...

. Kendig was named national coach of the year in 1999 after earning 6 conference championships in a row. Kendig's team has won four event titles when Heather Brink won two NCAA event titles in all around and vault in 2000 and Richelle Simpson won the all around title and the floor exercise title in 2003. The huskers have never had a losing season.

2009 season

On March 23, 2009 the Nebraska Cornhuskers gymnastics team wqw seeded No. 13 in the NCAA National Championships

NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship

The NCAA introduced Women's Gymnastics as a championship sport in 1982. Since then, only four universities have claimed the overall Division I championship; Division II competition was discontinued in 1987. During the early years of competition, the University of Utah under the leadership of head...

' Southeast Regional (Reynolds Coliseum

Reynolds Coliseum

William Neal Reynolds Coliseum is a multi-purpose arena located in Raleigh, North Carolina on the North Carolina State University campus. The arena was built to host a variety of events, including agricultural expositions and NC State basketball games...

, Raleigh, North Carolina, Host: North Carolina State University). They will be competing with No. 1 Georgia

Georgia Gym Dogs

The Georgia Gym Dogs women's gymnastics team represents the University of Georgia and competes in the Southeastern Conference . The Gym Dogs compete in Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, Georgia and compete in NCAA Division I...

, No. 12 Penn State, No. 21 West Virginia, No. 29 North Carolina State, and No. 30 North Carolina on Saturday, Apr. 4. The team finished in 3rd place and was not invited to the NCAA tournament.

2007 season

Opponent	Results
Super Six	2nd of 6 195.20
Iowa State	Win 195.725
Missouri	Win 196.80
Oklahoma	Loss 195.05
Michigan and Illinois	2nd 195.35
Hearts Invitational	1st of 5 196.975
Masters Classic	1st of 3 196.40
Utah	Win 196.675
Iowa State	Win 196.50

NCAA Individual Champions

• 1990 Michele Bryant: Vault
• 2000 Heather Brink: All around
• 2000 Heather Brink: Vault
• 2003 Richelle Simpson: All around
• 2003 Richelle Simpson: Floor exercise