Nebraska Cornhuskers women's soccer

The women's soccer team at the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers - Lincoln is an official part of the NCAA. They are a "Division 1" team, and are part of the Big Ten Conference for sports.

The women's soccer program at UNL stands out scholastically with an Academic Support Center specifically catering to the athletes. In fact, special tutoring is available for athletes who are managing a hectic workload.

For the past 22 years, the team has been led to many successful seasons by John Walker, who is originally from Canada.

Along with Walker, the coaching staff is made up of two assistant coaches (Ian Bridge and Marty Everging), a Volunteer Coach (Zach Lind), and the Soccer Secretary (Cathy Robertson).

The first year for the Women's Soccer Team was 1994.

In 1994, Nebraska, a Big Eight School, was the first to add Women's Soccer as a varsity sport. The success of coach Walker and the Huskers was established in 1996 when they had a breakthrough season. The Huskers entered the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals. Walker led the season to a 19-0 season and a Big 12 Title. This winning streak continued to 21-0 by receiving two additional wins at the Big 12 Conference Soccer Championship in St. Louis. The Huskers entered the NCAA Tournament with the longest streak of wins, all while remaining unbeaten and the only untied team in the country. These wins put the Huskers Women's Soccer team in the record book and also established a fan base.

Their 2016 season they had 27 players on the Roster. Players come from all over the United States. Some come from Texas, California, Chicago and Kansas. They also have one player from Brazil as well.

The Women's Soccer Team has won 5 of the 15 Big-12 Tournaments. They received titles for the following years; 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2002. In the 15-year history of the conference, Nebraska accomplished a league best, 106-47-15 with a .631 percentage of wins. The team, as a whole, has an astonishing track record of wins, but it doesn't stop there. The number of individual wins is just as impressive. The Women's Team has won 70 individual all-conference selections and 33 All-Big 12 Tournament awards.

Over the past 22 years, 12 of the Women have won a total of 18 NSCAA All-American certificates from the National Coaches Association of America. Some players have even went on to compete at international levels, while many have continued professional careers as well.

One player on the huskers, Jaycie Johnson was named first-team All-Big Ten. Jaycie is a senior forward. Jaycie has played a vital role on the team after returning from an injury last year. She is third in the big ten with 11 goals. The women's goalie, Aubrei Corder was named Big Ten defensive player as well as the Big Ten freshman of the week. She earned her third shutout against the Rutgers. Corder has played in every single game in the 2016 season.

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