2009: Freshman
Mancuso became a valuable performer for the Huskers as a back-row specialist on the right side, averaging 1.58 digs and 0.28 service aces per set to rank fourth in the Big 12 in aces • Reached double figures in digs in three matches in 2009 and has had multiple service aces nine times • Totaled a kill, an ace anf seven digs in a sweep of Iowa State on Dec. 11 • Recorded three kills and a pair of service aces in a sweep of No. 20 Northern Iowa on Dec. 5 • Finished the regular season with five digs and a pair of service aces on Nov. 28 • Totaled three kills and added four digs at Kansas on Nov. 21 • Collected a pair of aces and six digs in a sweep of Texas A&M on Nov. 11 • Totaled three aces and added seven digs in NU’s sweep of Missouri on Nov. 4 • Established a career high with 15 digs and added a service ace against No. 14 Iowa State on Oct. 21 • Totaled a pair of aces and seven digs in a loss at No. 2 Texas on Oct. 30 • Drilled a season-high four service aces and added five digs in a sweep of K-State on Oct. 10 • Tied her season best with 13 digs in a five-set win at Oklahoma on Sept. 30 • Had a pair of kills, a service ace and eight digs in NU’s sweep of Colorado on Sept. 19 • Made her Husker debut on the right side against Virginia and totaled five kills and six digs against BYU on Sept. 11 • Had eight kills on .312 hitting and matched her season best with four blocks against Tulane on Sept. 5 • Started at outside hitter three times, including a season-high 10 kills and eight digs against UL-Lafayette on Sept. 4 • She made her first start against No. 11 Minnesota, totaling nine kills, 13 digs and four blocks against the Golden Gophers.

High School
Mancuso was one of the nation’s top outside hitters playing for coach JJ Toczek at Papillion-LaVista High School • Named the 2008 Gatorade National Player of the Year, becoming the first-ever high school athlete from Nebraska to earn Gatorade National Player-of-the-Year accolades • Also named National Player of the Year by Volleyball Magazine and was a first-team All-American by the publication and the AVCA • Selected to play in the Under Armour/AVCA High School All-America match at the Qwest Center • Was a three-time first-team all-state performer who finished second on Nebraska’s all-time high school list with 2,371 kills and set the Class A career record for digs (1,320) • Tabbed for Volleyball Magazine’s Fab 50 • Led PVHS to a 41-1 record and a state title in 2008, totaling 721 kills on .452 hitting, 373 digs, 53 blocks and 39 service aces • Named captain of the all-state teams by the Lincoln Journal Star and Omaha World-Herald• Totaled a match-high 25 kills in the state title match against Papillion-LaVista South • Led the state in kills in each of her final three years, including 669 kills on .373 hitting while adding 418 digs and 76 blocks to lead PVHS to a state crown • Drilled home 32 kills in the championship match against Grand Island • Earned first-team all-state honors in 2006 with a state-best 568 kills • Was a member of the U.S. Junior National Team in 2008, as she led Team USA with nine kills and 13 points in the gold medal match at the 2008 NORCECA Continental Women’s Junior Championships • Played club volleyball for coach Gwen Egbert and the Nebraska Juniors, winning a pair of Junior Olympic titles (2007-09) • Named the MVP of the 18-and-under Division in 2009 and was a two-time All-American • Selected as the Nebraska High School Athlete of the Year by both state papers, as she played basketball and ran track in high school • Earned second-team All-Class A honors in basketball as a senior after averaging 15.7 points and 5.5 rebounds per game • Carried a 4.0 GPA and ranked eighth in her graduating class • Comes from an athletic background as her father (Mike) was a quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers, while her older sister (Dani) was a four-year letterwinner and started on NU’s 2006 NCAA title team.