KEARNEY, Neb., Oct. 15 -- The University of Nebraska Kearney issued the following news release:
By TYLER ELLYSON
UNK Communications
OMAHA - Growing up in Sidney, Austin Jacobsen thought his two older brothers were the greatest athletes in the world.
Andrew and Alex competed in a variety of sports - football, wrestling, soccer, baseball, track - and their little brother was usually there to watch.
"I was the younger brother who went to all of their events," Jacobsen said. "I would go to pretty much everything because I had to."
What started as a family obligation quickly became something more.
Jacobsen idolized his brothers. He wanted to be just like them, even though his own athletic abilities never quite matched their success.
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