Nolan Hakel left Lincoln two years ago to hone his baseball skills at Hutchinson Community College in Kansas.
Returning home was not just a goal, it was part of his baseball dream. Dialogue with Nebraska coach Darin Erstad picked up recently, and on Wednesday, Hakel reached out to the Huskers to inform them he wanted to don Nebraska red in 2018 and 2019.
"Growing up in Lincoln, it's every kid's dream to one day become a Cornhusker," said Hakel, a Lincoln Pius X graduate. "The whole reason for going to Hutch was to go down for two years, get some collegiate at-bats, get some experience, and hopefully one day return to Lincoln.