My name is Olivia Nicholson. 

I played varsity all 4 years in high school and was All-State senior year for state runner up, North Platte Bulldogs. I was involved in USA volleyball for 5 years and was a member of the silver medal USA Youth National Team at NORCECA championships in 2014.

I played 4 years at Colorado State University (CSU), and then played 2 years of beach volleyball at Texas A&M University - Kingsville.  Most Recently, I have played professionally in Germany during the 2022-2023 season and in Denmark during the 2023-2024 season. 

My name is Maddie Squiers. I started out playing college volleyball at Bellevue University where I was the NAIA National Freshman of the Year and a 2x All-American before transferring to UNK. After graduating, I played professionally in Austria’s top league. For the last two years I was the graduate assistant coach at UNK. I am the club director of Nebraska Pride Volleyball, where we have 20 teams. I coach the 11s gold team, as well.

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My name is Kayla Afoa. I played on a full ride scholarship at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) in the Mountain West Conference.   I have been coaching for Northern Nevada Juniors while playing college ball and finishing up my first year as an assistant coach for the 14 Black team at NORCO this club season. I am currently working on my master’s degree online through UNR, graduating in May 2024. 

My name is Jaden Ferguson. I played five years of collegiate volleyball at the Division II level -four years at Northwest Missouri State University and completed my final season at the University of Nebraska Kearney this past year. ​I graduated with my undergraduate degree in Multimedia Journalism and am currently working on my Masters in Public Communications. I plan to return to UNK in the fall as a Graduate Assistant Coach.