Allison Weidner blacked out.
Nebraska’s homegrown guard remembers sprinting again down the ground in December, chasing after Kansas’ Chandler Prater. Weidner remembers going up for the swipe, her second block of the sport, however then?
Nothing. The ache from slamming her knee into a tough object beneath the basket, although? That’s vividly seared into her reminiscence.
Nebraska’s Allison Weidner (3) drives previous Wyoming’s Emily Mellema in December at Pinnacle Financial institution Area.
“My knee simply felt prefer it exploded in a manner,” Weidner advised the Journal Star. “There was this bizarre jolt, pop, after which unexpectedly probably the most excruciating ache I’ve ever felt.”
She couldn’t hear the pop over the gang noise, however she knew immediately that her prognosis was unhealthy. Additional imaging and her subsequent surgical procedure confirmed a torn ACL and a barely torn meniscus in two locations in her left knee.
Earlier than Weidner’s ACL tear, she had by no means missed a full sport as a consequence of damage. The one time she’s needed to sit the bench for medical causes was earlier within the season when she sustained an eye fixed damage in opposition to Tarleton. She was again within the beginning lineup for NU’s subsequent sport.
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“There have been a variety of lengthy days,” Weidner mentioned. “At first, I couldn’t journey with the staff. I’d simply sit there and watch them. It damage me that I couldn’t even be there with them or be on the market combating with them. It was so exhausting.”
Appointments with NU’s sports activities psychologist helped.
Via these visits, Weidner labored on shifting her mindset. Simply because she couldn’t play, that didn’t imply she couldn’t contribute in different methods.
She, admittedly extra of a lead-by-example particular person, grew into her vocal management. She started voicing what she noticed from the sidelines — a special however helpful perspective than on-court imaginative and prescient.
“She actually purchased into the truth that folks hearken to her, and her voice carries throughout our staff,” Jaz Shelley advised the Journal Star. “She was actually good at having the ability to talk with folks on the ground and see issues that possibly we’re not seeing.
“She’s already matured a lot off the courtroom. It’s simply unimaginable to see. She’s already going to be probably the greatest leaders for us subsequent 12 months.”
Weidner isn’t 100% but. She has no thought when she might be.
She was again on the ground capturing for particular person exercises 108 days after her Jan. 10 surgical procedure.
“I used to be so excited the night time earlier than, I couldn’t even sleep,” Weidner mentioned. “I used to be simply so excited that I used to be going to have the ability to get again on the courtroom and go like 70% velocity. I had goosebumps. Regardless of if I used to be lacking, I used to be smiling the entire time.”
These smiles carried over into Friday night time.
She, alongside Shelley and Creighton’s Morgan Maly (and present NU males’s participant Cale Jacobsen and former NU star Sam Griesel), teamed up for a one-night basketball camp with fourth to eighth grade women at Speedway Village.
“The place Allison’s from, she’s a once-in-a-generation sort participant to come back from a small city and make it to the large time of the Huge Ten,” mentioned Thomas Viglianco, who organized the camp and works with a number of NU athletes.
“It’s nice for her and all these younger women in small cities across the state to see that when you work your butt off, you’ve gotten an opportunity. It won’t be at Nebraska, nevertheless it may very well be some place else. And it might change your life as a result of I do know it modified the life for Allison.”
Allison Weidner, Jaz Shelley and Morgan Maly serving to coach 4th-Sixth grade women at Friday night time’s women camp with @VigliancoHoops. pic.twitter.com/CnJ7dhlUM0
— Amie Simply (@Amie_Just) Might 20, 2023
For Weidner, Friday was a full-circle second.
A decade in the past, she was of their footwear, going to camps placed on by NU gamers.
“Simply being from a small city and going to Husker camps and searching as much as these women,” Weidner mentioned. “Now being within the place that I’m, I simply wish to give again to the little women like these folks earlier than me.”
What’s subsequent for Weidner?
She’s going to proceed her rehab. She’ll be going to Greece with the staff, however gained’t be capable to play simply but. And, in fact, she’s trying ahead to this subsequent season.
“I’m so excited,” Weidner mentioned. “Simply to get again on the courtroom and play in a Husker uniform.”
Prime Journal Star pictures for Might 2023
Kloefkorn Elementary College college students and lecturers stroll by means of close by neighborhoods for the annual Kloefkornucopia Parade to honor the previous 12 months’s college students and the college’s namesake on Monday, Might 22, 2023.
Gov. Jim Pillen kisses new child Gemma Pond of Lincoln on the signing ceremony of LB574 on Monday on the Capitol.
Brady’s Dillion Miller (proper) celebrates after ending first within the class D 100 meter sprint remaining on the fourth day of the 2023 State Monitor and Area championships on Saturday, Might 20, 2023, at Burke Stadium in Omaha.
Lincoln Lutheran’s Logan Lebo celebrates as he crosses the end line through the class C boys 800 meter remaining on the fourth day of the 2023 State Monitor and Area championships on Saturday, Might 20, 2023, at Burke Stadium in Omaha.
Lincoln East’s Troy Peltz (2) celebrates with Landon Sandy (16) and others after his throw to residence plate retired the potential game-winning run within the Class A championship sport Friday at Tal Anderson Area.
D Mack and Billie Douglass of Lincoln console one another after senators handed a invoice limiting gender-affirming care and abortion in Nebraska. Lots of of protesters once more gathered within the Rotunda on Friday for votes on the invoice.
Lincoln Northeast’s Laney Songster and Lincoln Pius X’s Kate Campos leap over hurdles through the Class A women 100-meter hurdles remaining on the state observe and subject meet Thursday at Burke Stadium in Omaha.
Blair’s Myles Jackson reacts after he units a report within the Class B boys 100 meter sprint remaining on the state observe and subject meet Thursday at Burke Stadium in Omaha.
They Would possibly Be Large’s trombonist Dan Levine, trumpet participant Mark Pender and saxophonist Stan Harrison play collectively throughout a reside efficiency on Sunday on the Bourbon Theatre in Lincoln.
Wayne’s Laura Hasemann is photographed by means of a bush of flowers as she rounds the far nook of the observe through the women 4×800 meter relay on the primary day of the 2023 State Monitor and Area championships on Wednesday, Might 17, 2023, at Burke Stadium in Omaha.
Norfolk’s Jackson Bos prepares to throw throughout shot put warmups on the primary day of the 2023 state observe and subject championships on Wednesday at Burke Stadium in Omaha.
Omaha Skutt gamers have fun in opposition to Norris through the Class B women state soccer event, Monday, Might 15, 2023, at Morrison Stadium in Omaha.
Wahoo’s Conor Sales space (14) is known as out at third base after making an attempt to steal in opposition to Elkhorn’s Ryan Ellison (left) throughout a Class B state baseball sport Saturday at Werner Park.
The ball sails simply over Omaha Duchesne’s Claire Niehaus, who’s defended by Norris’ Nicole Keetle (left) and Clare Macklin (proper) within the second half of a Class B state semifinal Saturday in Omaha.
Elkhorn South’s Cole Eaton celebrates after scoring a triple within the sixth inning through the Class A boys state baseball event, Friday, Might 12, 2023, at Werner Park in Papillion.
Lacey Eddy (proper), Scottish Ceremony Educator of the Yr, embraces kindergarten college students, together with Reina Schomaker (left), after she was honored at an announcement ceremony Friday at Hartley Elementary.
Creighton Prep’s Thomas Pisasale (3) hits a again flip whereas being cheered on by Max Matthies (7) and Jack Johnson (11) after scoring the go-ahead aim in opposition to Lincoln Southwest throughout a Class A state semifinal match Friday in Omaha.
Omaha Duchesne’s Sophie Owens (left) appears to cross to an open teammate through the Class B women state soccer event, Thursday, Might 11, 2023, at Morrison Stadium in Omaha.
Lincoln fighter Andrew Huffman is caught within the face by Kwajuan Mensah throughout their bout in Dynasty Fight Sport’s Annual Spring Brawl on Saturday, Might 6, 2023, at Pinnacle Financial institution Area in Lincoln.
Bennington’s Ethan Korth (from left) and Conestoga’s Kaden Simmerman and Rowdy Watson compete for the ball through the Class B boys state soccer event, Wednesday, Might 10, 2023, at Morrison Stadium in Omaha.
Lincoln Southwest runs to have fun after defeating Lincoln Pius X in a penalty kick shootout on the Class A women state soccer event Tuesday in Omaha.
Lincoln Southeast’s Angel Arellanes (proper) and Papillion-La Vista South’s Brodie Anderson (16) conflict through the Class A boys state soccer event Monday in Omaha.
Mid-Plains Group School’s Casey Reis will get shaken off throughout a bull-riding occasion for the Cornhusker School Rodeo on the Lancaster Occasion Heart on Saturday, Might 6, 2023.
Conestoga’s Pelayo Biagioni lifts Jayden Widler on his shoulders to have fun a 3-2 shootout win in opposition to Norris within the B-8 district championship on Saturday in Firth.
Kristin Syde carries her niece Margot Wyrick, 1, as she runs along with her daughter Anna Syde, 6, through the Mayor’s Run Saturday on the state Capitol.
Wahoo/BN/LL’s gamers have fun after defeating Waverly within the B-2 District remaining at Sam Crawford Area on Friday in Wahoo.
Lincoln Southwest gamers take turns kissing the A-2 District championship plaque after defeating Elkhorn South on Thursday at Seacrest Area.
Lincoln East JV’s Reid Voog loses his grip on his golf membership after driving the ball from the sixth gap tee field through the LPS Boys Golf Championship on Thursday, Might 4, 2023, at Mahoney Golf Course in Lincoln.
Automobiles drive throughout a bridge alongside North twenty seventh road, as a low water stage measuring round 2.0 ft reveals the creek mattress beneath, one 12 months earlier than on the identical date the water stage was measuring practically 4 ft, on Wednesday, Might 3, 2023 in Lincoln. Drought circumstances have gotten so unhealthy in Lancaster County that the U.S. Division of Agriculture has declared it a catastrophe space. This most up-to-date announcement expands drought catastrophe designations to greater than two-thirds of the state’s counties. Final month, the division designated 55 counties as main catastrophe areas.
Lincoln Metropolis Council candidate Tom Duden (proper) embraces his spouse Ronda Duden (heart), alongside together with his brother-in-law Rob Treptow at a Republican election night time watch occasion Tuesday at Rosie’s Downtown.
Adam Morefeld is hugged by Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird as she enters an election night time occasion for Democrats on Tuesday, Might 2, 2023, on the DelRay Ballroom in Lincoln.
An excavator works to clear particles from the world the place a piece of the Gold’s Constructing as soon as stood as redevelopment of the positioning continues on Tuesday, Might 2, 2023, alongside eleventh and N streets in Lincoln.
Arwen Wiechman, third grade, spins round whereas studying ballet through the Everett Group Studying Heart after-school program on Monday. Dancers from the American Ballet Theatre led the scholars in dance workout routines upfront of the corporate’s performances on Tuesday and Wednesday of “Giselle” on the Lied Heart for Performing Arts.
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