Volleyball interview - Oregon

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09/05/2018 Added

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Ronnie Green hosts men's basketball player Thomas Allen, who talks about a school-supply drive he organized on behalf of a Lincoln elementary school.

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[00:00:00.103](upbeat electronic music)
[00:00:03.150]Greg Sharpe back on our Husker Volleyball Practice.
[00:00:05.280]Delighted to be joined by University of Nebraska-Lincoln
[00:00:07.930]Chancellor Ronnie Green.
[00:00:09.100]Another school year underway, here we go.
[00:00:11.700]And volleyball season underway.
[00:00:13.410]This is an exciting time of year.
[00:00:15.200]It sure is.
[00:00:16.033]We knew when we had the red/white game here
[00:00:17.670]a week ago that we were geared up
[00:00:20.110]and things were kicking into high gear.
[00:00:23.395]To see a full crowd like that for a red/white scrimmage game
[00:00:28.380]was exciting following what we'd seen in football in April.
[00:00:31.719]So, Husker Nation's ready to get rolling, I think.
[00:00:34.700]Would be nice to end where we ended last year.
[00:00:37.305]With the International Championship run.
[00:00:38.821]Oh, sure, you sure would, right?
[00:00:41.771]Two out of three years to be a national champion
[00:00:44.640]and a contender in the other year, you know,
[00:00:47.230]it's just a legacy that continues to build here.
[00:00:50.860]Seeing the national championship banner hung last weekend.
[00:00:54.740]And highlighted, I'm hearing from Coach Cook
[00:00:57.410]who's been such a great leader for our team.
[00:01:00.450]And this team of leaders that are back
[00:01:03.060]after such a run that they had last year.
[00:01:06.060]Everything from the Mikaela Foecke seasoned veteran
[00:01:09.360]to our new freshman hitter, it's gonna be an exciting season
[00:01:12.380]to watch and to have 19, a record number
[00:01:16.200]of home games in Devaney, it's gonna be an exciting season
[00:01:19.070]for us to get through the fall.
[00:01:20.930]We talk throughout the school year,
[00:01:22.080]we always talk about things that the University is doing
[00:01:24.430]to give back to the state or the community
[00:01:26.290]and we've got a great example of that with us here today,
[00:01:28.690]Husker Men's Basketball player, Thomas Allen is joining us.
[00:01:32.120]A couple of weeks ago he put together a service project
[00:01:34.720]in the Lincoln community to help a grade school.
[00:01:37.850]And Thomas, great to have you with us here today.
[00:01:40.010]Tell me about the project that you put together,
[00:01:41.900]and kinda how you got the idea.
[00:01:43.490]Okay.
[00:01:44.630]I organized a back-to-school drive
[00:01:46.440]for Everett Elementary School
[00:01:49.770]on August the fourth.
[00:01:52.330]We got a lot of items such as notebooks,
[00:01:55.200]bags, crayons, markers,
[00:01:57.920]and also clothes such as like,
[00:02:00.040]shirts, pants, shoes.
[00:02:03.390]The way it came about, I was in my room one day
[00:02:06.320]just thinking about how I can help somebody else,
[00:02:08.900]and that's how it came about.
[00:02:11.480]How'd you pick the school then,
[00:02:13.480]to help this for?
[00:02:15.130]I was online just looking at schools that needed help.
[00:02:18.300]Then I came across a school.
[00:02:20.560]I went there with Coach Eaton.
[00:02:24.120]We talked to some of the staff there.
[00:02:26.450]And that's how it came about with that school.
[00:02:28.420]Did your teammates help out at all on that day?
[00:02:31.060]Yes, all my teammates was there
[00:02:33.090]besides the ones that went home.
[00:02:35.050]We had some that went home early.
[00:02:36.620]But most of 'em came out to show support.
[00:02:40.060]Have you been back to the school since that day?
[00:02:42.580]I haven't but we're going back, I wanna say next week
[00:02:46.293]to drop everything off.
[00:02:48.840]The Chancellor of the University does have
[00:02:50.070]such a great reputation of helping folks
[00:02:51.960]throughout the state and in the Lincoln community as well.
[00:02:54.860]This is a perfect example of how the University
[00:02:56.980]and its students can help out.
[00:02:58.360]Well, to see a student athlete like Thomas
[00:03:01.610]have this idea on his own,
[00:03:03.960]and reach out to a school that this help
[00:03:06.890]is really meaningful for,
[00:03:09.640]in the city and do that with his teammates,
[00:03:13.700]that's a pretty cool and amazing thing to see, number one.
[00:03:17.950]The Life Skills program that our athletes have
[00:03:22.620]and is kinda world renowned in collegiate athletics,
[00:03:27.720]emphasizes that service.
[00:03:30.950]I can't speak highly enough of what Thomas has done here
[00:03:34.440]for Everett and for LPS.
[00:03:36.820]We have lots of relationships with LPS
[00:03:39.900]through the University and through the education college.
[00:03:43.150]This directly impacts those students
[00:03:45.420]that are going back to school
[00:03:47.030]to get their educations underway
[00:03:50.040]here in Lincoln this fall.
[00:03:51.700]Well, Thomas, well done, congratulations.
[00:03:53.300]We can't wait to see you get out on the basketball court
[00:03:55.020]here in a few months.
[00:03:55.890]I appreciate it.
[00:03:57.020]Chancellor, always good to see you.
[00:03:58.130]Good to see you, go Big Red!
[00:03:59.680]More volleyball action coming up from the Devaney Center.
[00:04:01.367]Straight ahead.

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