Gallery: National Girls and Women in Sports Day at Nebraska

It was an evening of of interaction and celebration for fans and athletes at the Hawks Championship Center in Lincoln

Amarillo Mullen | Feb 7, 2024

Gallery: National Girls and Women in Sports Day at Nebraska /

Fans and Husker female athletes gathered Wednesday evening at the Hawks Championship Center to celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day. The event was open to all families with children in grades K-8. Representatives from all women's sports showed up to interact with fans and play games related to their respective sport.

Volleyball's Andi Jackson high-fives a fan.

A fan hits a tennis ball at Nebraska tennis' table.

Husker cheerleaders hold a young girl on a pyramid.

Track and field's Zoie Ecord teaches a fan how to relay race.

A fan passes the baton to another at track's relay activity.

Wednesday's event was the first of its kind for Nebraska Athletics.

A fan plays cornhole with basketball player Logan Nissley.

Soccer's Gwen Lane signs a girl's T-shirt.

Athletes from all women's sports came to celebrate the 37th National Girls and Women in Sports Day.

Golfer Brooke Bream gets the ball ready for a fan.

Basketball's Alexis Markowski signs the top of a fan's hand.

Soccer players gather to run drills with fans.

Rifle's Madelynn Erickson watches as a fan shoots a Nerf gun.

Basketball's Kendall Coley places a temporary tattoo on a young girl's hand.

Gymnast Emalee Frost autographs a fan's shoe.

Published Feb 7, 2024

AMARILLO MULLEN

Amarillo Mullen is from Blair, NE, and is currently studying Advertising and Public Relations in the College of Journalism at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She can be reached at amarillomm9@gmail.com.