Honors Roll in for Nebraska's Jackson Brockett After No-Hitter

Five days after pitching a no-hitter, Nebraska baseball's Jackson Brockett was showered with accolades Monday. He also enjoyed a special rendezvous with history.

The junior lefthander from Omaha was named national pitcher of the week by D1Baseball, Perfect Game and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. To no one's surprise, he was also named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week.

Brockett's gem came Wednesday night in the Huskers' 8-0 win over Kansas State in Lincoln. He struck out 12 batters and walked two in his first start of the season.

It was only the second nine-inning individual no-hitter in Nebraska program history. The first Husker to pull off the feat was Richard Geier, a 19-year-old sophomore southpaw from Lincoln, way back in 1954 against Kansas.

Monday morning, a meet-up was arranged between Brockett and that hero from 70 seasons ago. Photos and video posted on social media by the Athletic Department show Brockett and Geier conversing while perusing a scrapbook from Geier's playing days.

Brockett talked about the pressure of knowing for the last several innings that a no-hitter was possible. Geier noted that a no-hitter is made possible not just by the pitcher, but also by the defensive play of his teammates.

It's a rare feat indeed. Will it be another 70 years before it is repeated? If so, Brockett had better be ready to bring out his own scrapbook to share in 2094.