Nebraska Volleyball Portal Tracker

Inbound and outbound Huskers after the 2023 season

Kaleb Henry | Dec 19, 2023

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The transfer portal has been open for collegiate volleyball and now Nebraska can begin its delayed start to the offseason.

With the Huskers taking their season as far into December as possible with the national title match, NU players did not jump into the portal as early as those from eliminated teams. Attrition is expected, though, as Nebraska has no seniors and a pair of talented incoming freshman in Skyler Pierce—a 6-foot-2 outside hitter from Kansas and the No. 4 player in the 2024 class—and Olivia Mauch—the No. 2 defensive specialist in the class from Bennington.

Despite adding a high profile transfer last season in Merritt Beason and recently having Lexi Sun, Kayla Caffey, and Kaitlyn Hord brought in, don't expect coach John Cook to create additional attrition with a flurry of portal additions.

"I like what we're doing," Cook said after the championship loss to Texas, regarding the Longhorns' use of transfers. "I like recruiting kids and trying to make them be great."

Below is a list of players leaving Nebraska and those set to join the team as transfers.

Outgoing

Name	Position	Years Remaining	Reason/New School
Ally Batenorst	Outside	1	Transfer/USC
Caroline Jurevicius	Opposite	4	Transfer/Penn State
Hayden Kubik	Outside	2	Transfer/Tennessee
Whitney Lauenstein*	Opposite	2	Transfer/Texas
Maggie Mendelson	Middle	2	Transfer/Penn State

Incoming

Name	Position	Year Remaining	Previous School
Leyla Blackwell	Middle	1	Indiana/San Diego
Taylor Landfair	Outside	2	Minnesota

Last updated January 27, 2024 12:24 p.m. CST

Published Dec 19, 2023

KALEB HENRY

Kaleb Henry is an award-winning sports reporter, covering collegiate athletics since 2014 via radio, podcasting, and digital journalism. His experience with Big Ten Conference teams goes back more than a decade, including time covering programs such as the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Oregon Ducks, and USC Trojans. He has contributed to Sports Illustrated since 2021. Kaleb has won multiple awards for his sports coverage from the Nebraska Broadcasters Association and Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association. Prior to working in sports journalism, Kaleb was a Division I athlete on the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Track and Field team where he discussed NCAA legislation as SIUE's representative to the Ohio Valley Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.