(clapping) -[Jackson] You dream of it, like obviously like you want to like dream about doing all that, like throwing a perfect game.

No hitter, but like it's not something that's always on your mind.

I would say.

(gentle music) -[Narrator] May 1st, 2024 Hawks Field, Nebraska Junior, left-hander, Jackson Brockett takes the mound just as he has done dozens of times before, but this time something was different.

The morning of the game, Jackson made an offhand comment to his teammates.

-[Jackson] It's funny, like that morning after we got done working out, I did tell like two my teammates that I was gonna throw a no hitter.

So I guess you could say I kind of called it.

(upbeat music) -[Narrator] But inning after inning hit after hit never came.

(upbeat music) -[Jackson] I think it was after like the fifth inning when I came off is when I first like kind of realized that I didn't have any hits.

And then like the sixth inning, I thought it was like for sure my last inning.

'cause I mean I wasn't even supposed to go five, six, let alone, so I thought like six, like I got through halfway through the game and did, gave me everything I could.

So I thought six was my last inning.

And then I come off after the six and coach Childress was like, "one more."

And I was like, okay, this is, I'm going, I'm gonna go to the game -[Announcer] Kicks and deals.

The two, two pitch swinging and a Miss.

Strike three (crowd cheering) Jackson Brockett has the first nine inning no hitter for the Nebraska Cornhuskers since 1954.

And he did it on his 12th strikeout.

(crowd cheering) The night belongs to 33.

(upbeat music) -[Narrator] 70 Years.

That's how long it has been since the last nine inning.

No-hitter for Nebraska baseball.

That last pitcher was Richard Geier who threw his no-hitter in 1954 against Kansas.

And now he and Brockett are forever linked in Husker history.

-[Richard] Actually (laughing) -[Narrator] The similarities between them are striking.

Both are southpaws, both are students of business and now both share one of the rare feats in baseball.

(uplifting music) (uplifting music) -[Narrator] For Brockett.

The moment was surreal.

(uplifting music) -[Jackson] I guess I really didn't like unders or know about the whole like, record thing, but I guess like you could say it like a rare moment, probably like in the ninth when it, I went out and like the crowd like kind of all got up and they were clapping, like gave me goosebumps.

I'm not gonna lie.

I think it was like in that that moment it kind of really hit me the most that like something was going on.

(uplifting music) -[Narrator] Even in a moment of personal triumph, Brockett knew it wasn't just about him.

-[Jackson] I was the last one to like leave the field.

And I was walking up and I think it was our trainer was like, they want you in the locker room.

I was like, okay.

And then like, like as soon as I opened the door, they were like throwing water at me and all that.

Like I, I think that was the coolest part.

Just 'cause like, you know, like I said, I have some of the best teammates and they always have your back.

They're always rooting for you.

They're always wanting everyone to do good and just want the best outta everyone.

And I think that was the coolest part was just getting able to like being able to share it with them.

(uplifting music) (laughing) (people chatting) -[Narrator] Richard Geier in 1954.

Jackson Brockett in 2024.

Two names.

One legacy forever, part of Nebraska baseball history.

- Good luck.

-Yeah.

Thank you.

(gentle music) (gentle music)