BIO

Honors & Awards

• Big Ten Weekly Honor Roll (Nov. 11, Dec. 16, 2019)
• Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Feb. 4, 2019)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2020)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2018)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2019, 2020)
• No. 122 Player in the Nation (Prospects Nation, 2018)
• No. 125 Player in the Nation (Blue Star, 2018)
• No. 28 Guard in the Nation (ESPN, 2018)
• First-Team Minnesota Class 4A All-State (2017)

Sophomore (2019-20)
Sam Haiby (pronounced HY-bee) ranked second among the Huskers in scoring (10.0 ppg) and assists (3.3 apg) while leading Nebraska in steals (1.5 spg) in 2019-20.

The 5-9 sophomore from Moorhead, Minn., had a career-high 28 points, including a career-high three threes, in a 90-85 OT win at Missouri (Nov. 10). Her third three came with three seconds left to send the game to overtime. She added the final field goal and two free throws with 13.3 seconds left in OT to seal the win.

Haiby produced her second 20-point game of the season with 20 points, five rebounds and four steals in a win over ORU (Dec. 14). She had 19 points, four rebounds, three assists and three steals at Michigan State (Dec. 31). Haiby pitched in 18 points and tied her career high with three threes in a win over Michigan (Jan. 19). She added 17 points, a career-high eight rebounds and three assists in a win over No. 24 Minnesota (Jan. 4). Haiby also had 17 points, seven rebounds and four assists against Creighton (Nov. 24).

She had 11 points, a season-high seven assists and three steals in a win over Wisconsin (Jan. 9). She added 11 points, six rebounds and a career-high five steals in the sweep of the Badgers (Jan. 25).

Haiby managed 10 points while leading the Huskers in rebounds (6), assists (5) and steals (3) and adding a block against Purdue (Jan. 22). She had 10 points and six assists in a win over Manhattan (Dec. 22). She ended the season with 10 points, four assists and three steals against Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament (March 5).

Freshman (2018-19)
Haiby provided consistent sparks for Nebraska off the bench in all 30 games throughout the season. Nebraska’s second-leading scorer, Haiby averaged 10.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.6 assists.

She scored in double figures 15 times, including each of the final four games. 

Haiby erupted for a career-high 20 points - all after halftime - at Washington State (Nov. 16). She recorded her best Big Ten effort with 17 points against Indiana (Feb. 3) and had 17 more at Creighton (Dec. 2).

She was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week after averaging 15.0 points on 10-of-15 shooting at Purdue (Jan. 31) and Indiana (Feb. 3).

She closed the regular season with a team-high 16 points in a win at Penn State (March 2), including 12 points in the fourth quarter. She also had 16 points in a win over No. 23 Minnesota (Jan. 20).
She scored six in the fourth quarter including NU’s final four points of the game to seal the victory. 

Haiby added 16 more to go along with a career-high three steals at Arkansas (Dec. 18). 

She scored 14 points at No. 24 Miami. She also led NU with 13 points in her college debut against Drake (Nov. 7). She added 13 points with a career-high three threes in a win at Purdue (Jan. 31). 

Haiby scored 12 points four times, including No. 5 Louisville (Nov. 29), Michigan (Dec. 28), No. 12 Iowa (Feb. 25) and at the Big Ten Tournament against Purdue (March 7). She added 11 points in a win at Northwestern (Feb. 21) and 11 at No. 7 Maryland (Feb. 14).

Haiby had a strong all-around game with seven points and career highs of six rebounds, eight assists and a block in a win over Denver (Dec. 15).     

Before Nebraska
Haiby was ranked as the No. 122 player in the country by Prospects Nation and the No. 125 player in the nation by Blue Star. She was also ranked as the No. 28 guard in the country by ESPN.

She overcame an early season knee injury as a senior to average 25.1 points, 7.1 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game, including a monstrous 46-point performance in a 54-49 win over White Bear Lake on Dec. 10, 2017. It followed a 45-point effort in a win over Brainerd on Nov. 28. Haiby finished her high school career with more than 2,000 points. As a junior, she averaged 22.1 points, 7.6 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 4.1 steals, including a huge 44-point performance against Fargo Shanley on Jan. 17, 2017. A first-team Minnesota Class 4A selection for Coach Jed Carlson at Moorhead, Haiby finished her junior season with 1,856 career points.

Haiby played her club basketball alongside Husker teammate Kayla Mershon for North Tartan and Coach Gerard Coury. Haiby was a part of five consecutive Minnesota State AAU championships with North Tartan.

In addition to playing basketball, Haiby was a starting outfielder and pitcher on Moorhead High School’s baseball team in the spring of 2017. She was the first pitcher to ever throw a pitch in U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, taking the mound for the Spuds against the Sartell Sabres at the home of the Minnesota Vikings and Super Bowl LII in the Twin Cities. She also became the first female in history to pitch a scoreless inning in a Minnesota High School boys baseball game in the spring of 2017.