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 Nebraska 1, Texas 0 (15 inn.) (March 28, 2015) 

The Husker's made national headlines after a series-clinching extra inning win over the Texas Longhorns. On March 28, 2015, the Husker's squared off against the Texas Longhorns in game that consisted of a mid-game no hitter, 12 total hits, 1 run and 27 strikeouts.

The Longhorns came into Lincoln, Nebraska as the 16th best team in the country and one year removed from being in the College World Series. The Longhorns were the heavy favorite heading into the weekend series but found themselves down in the series after being defeated Friday night by the Huskers. In front of a crowd of 5,852, the Husker's made history. The Husker pitching staff combined for 19 strikeouts, 3 walks, 4 hits, 210 pitches thrown and 15 innings of work. The impressive part about this stat line wouldn't of even been noticed unless you attended the game. The Husker pitching staff threw 9 innings of no-hit baseball during this 15 inning marathon. From the 4th inning to the 14th inning, the Longhorns were unable to record a single hit off the Husker pitching staff of Kyle Kubat, Jake Hohensee, Colton Howell and Jeff Chesnut. These four pitchers were honored with the Louisville Slugger National Players of the week award; for the first time in NCAA history, this award was given to four pitchers from the same school, in the same week. Kubat threw 8.0 innings, Hohensee 2.0, Howell 2.2 and Chesnut 2.1 as well as the win.

The Husker offense had numerous opportunities to score in extra innings as they had base runners in scoring position in the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 15th inning. They even had bases loaded twice during this streak but were unable to push across any runs against a tough Longhorn bullpen. In the 15th inning, the Husker's finally won after an RBI base hit by Austin Darby which scored Tanner Lubach from second base.

The Husker's went on to sweep the Texas Longhorn's that weekend, due in part to the dominant pitching that happened all weekend. The Husker pitching staff allowed just 3 runs in 33 innings of work (1 run Friday,0 runs Saturday and 2 runs Sunday). During this 33 inning stretch, the Husker pitching staff also recorded 33 strikeouts with just 5 walks. This was the most strikeouts in a single weekend for Coach Erstad since he took over in 2012. JeffChesnut (talk) 04:03, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

Ted Kooser
Education:

Growing up, Ted attended Ames Public Schools and worked various jobs including wrapping gifts at Younkers and making posters for Ames Carnegie Library. When Ted went to Ames High School, his interest diverted from the library and went to cars. He joined the Nightcrawlers Car Club and became secretary of the group in 1956. His motivation for writing in high school can be in part credited to one of his teacher’s, Mary McNally, who encouraged him to continue writing essay's and poems that reflected his life. Ted decided as a teenager that he was going to be a famous poet for three reasons: glory, immortally and to leave the bohemian lifestyle behind.

He graduated from Ames High School with a class of 175 students and enrolled at Iowa State University, the alma mater of his uncles. Ted began writing short nonfiction stories for the Iowa State student literary magazine. He also joined the Iowa State Writer’s Round Table, which he credits for fine-tuning his writing skills; Iowa Senator Tom Harkin was also apart of the group. In 1961, Ted moved to Marshalltown, Iowa, to student teach English classes. The following year he graduated with a BS in English education from Iowa State University and moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to live with his parents. He was offered a graduate readership opportunity at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and in 1963, he and his wife moved to Lincoln, Nebraska. After winning the Vreeland Award for poetry in 1964, he soon after lost his graduate readership from the University for his poor GPA. In order to pay for college, he decided to become a correspondent for Bankers Life, an Insurance company in Lincoln; he quickly flourished at the insurance company and got promoted a year later. In 1967, he received his MA from Nebraska. JeffChesnut (talk) 04:29, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Awards
Awards & Honors:

Pushcart Prize: 1984, 2005, 2009 & 2012. Named United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry: 2004 & 2005. Delights & Shadows named as “Best Book of the Year”: 2004. Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (Delights & Shadows): 2005. The Best American Essays: 2005. University of Nebraska Presidential Professorship: 2005, 2006, 2007. Selected on the three-person jury for Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: 2006 & 2011. Dedication of Ted Kooser Elementary School: 2009. New York Times Best Illustrated Book, for House Held Up By Trees: 2012. Mark Twain Award from The Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature: 2013. Independent Publisher’s Gold Medal Award for The Wheeling Year: 2015. JeffChesnut (talk) 05:10, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Personal Life

Ted Kooser was born in Iowa on April 25, 1939. He's lived most of his life in the Midwest, preferring a more rural lifestyle, as he's chosen to live on an acreage in Nebraska. Kathleen and Ted have one son, named Jeff, who has two kids named Margaret and Penelope. JeffChesnut (talk) 04:31, 22 November 2016 (UTC)