Nebraska’s Standout 2026 Liberos from ASICS Presidents’ Day

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>How about some shoutouts for the backcourt specialists?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We've recently covered Nebraska's standout 2026 attackers from <a href="https://prepdig.com/2024/02/nebraskas-standout-2026-attackers-at-triple-crown-nit/">Triple Crown NIT</a> and the <a href="https://prepdig.com/2024/02/nebraskas-standout-2026-attackers-at-asics-presidents-day/">ASICS Presidents' Day Classic</a>. Having frontcourt terminators is only one element of a team's success, and we need to give some credit to the ball-control anchors who take care of first contacts. This is the feature to do it.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Keep these 2026 liberos on your radar after their successful outings in Omaha.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"[player_tooltip player_id='518612' first='Trinity' last='Uhrmacher']","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2026","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"5'9u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"32926","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Aurora","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"Nebraska Juniors 16 Black","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"The Aurora-Nebraska Juniors libero pipeline remains strong. 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