Omaha Supernovas
{{Short description|American volleyball team}}
{{Infobox sports team
| team = Omaha Supernovas
| logo = 250px
| founded = 2023
| sport = Volleyball
| current = 2024 Omaha Supernovas season
| league = Pro Volleyball Federation
| history =
| arena = CHI Health Center Omaha
| city = Omaha, Nebraska
| colors = Pink, light blue, purple, navy blue
{{color box|#E0004D}} {{color box|#0092BC}} {{color box|#80286C}} {{color box|#071D49}}
| owner = Nebraska Pro Volleyball (Danny White & Jason Derulo)
| president = Diane Mendenhall
| coach = Laura "Bird" Kuhn
| playoff_berths = 1 (2024)
| championships = 1 (2024)
| website = [http://www.supernovas.com supernovas.com]
| first_season = 2024
}}
The Omaha Supernovas are a women's professional indoor volleyball team based in Omaha, Nebraska, that competes in the Pro Volleyball Federation (PVF). The team plays its home games at CHI Health Center Omaha. The Supernovas began play as one of the charter franchises of the PVF, and competed in its first two seasons in 2024 and 2025, winning the former.
Following a dispute with the league, the Supernovas plan to exit the PVF and become one of the charter franchises of the competing Major League Volleyball in 2026.
History
On April 12, 2023, Omaha was announced as one of the cities to get a Pro Volleyball Federation franchise for the league's inaugural season, led by an ownership group headed by Omaha businessman Danny White and R&B/pop singer Jason Derulo.{{Cite web |date=2023-04-12 |title=Pro Volleyball Federation Team Coming to Omaha |url=https://provolleyball.com/news/2023/04/pro-volleyball-federation-team-coming-to-omaha |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Pro Volleyball Federation}} The Supernovas name, logo and colors were announced on July 20.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-20 |title=Nebraska Pro Volleyball Reveals Official Team Name: OMAHA SUPERNOVAS |url=https://provolleyball.com/news/2023/07/nebraska-pro-volleyball-reveals-official-team-name-omaha-supernovas |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Pro Volleyball Federation}}
The first match, of both the Supernovas’ season and the inaugural Pro Volleyball Federation, was played on January 24, 2024, at home, with the Supernovas losing to the Atlanta Vibe in five sets. The attendance mark of 11,624 set a record for both a women's professional volleyball match in the United States, and in the Pro Volleyball Federation. The previous attendance record for a women's professional volleyball match in the United States was 10,213 fans, at an Olympic qualifier on January 9, 2016.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-25 |title=SMASHED! First Pro Volleyball Federation Match Sets Attendance Record |url=https://provolleyball.com/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=Pro Volleyball Federation |language=en}}
2024 Season
Before the season began, the Omaha Supernovas announced that head coach Shelton Collier would serve as an advisor to the organization. Assistant coach Laura “Bird” Kuhn was named as the interim head coach, with Jazz Schmidt joining the staff as an assistant coach and operations assistant.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-06 |title=Supernovas Announce Coaching Staff Promotions |url=https://provolleyball.com/news/2024/02/supernovas-announce-coaching-staff-promotions |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Pro Volleyball Federation |language=en}}
The team broke the record for the highest attendance at a women's professional volleyball match in the United States three different times throughout the season. The current attendance record was set on Saturday, March 16, 2024, when 12,090 spectators watched the Supernovas beat the Valkyries at the CHI Health Center. The team posted the highest attendance in the PVF, with an average home attendance of 9,656, and a total attendance of 134,969 over the entire season.
In the playoffs, the Supernovas beat San Diego and Grand Rapids to become the inaugural champions of the PVF.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-04 |title=Supernovas Welcome Over 134,000 Fans in Championship-Winning Inaugural Season |url=https://provolleyball.com/ |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=Pro Volleyball Federation |language=en}}
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|+Home Attendance Records{{Cite web |last=Omaha Supernovas |title=Omaha Supernovas Match Notes |url=https://storage.googleapis.com/provolleyball-prod/upload/2024/05/16/38bd39a5-6c64-4e44-8d4a-3b161a13cefd.pdf}} !DATE !OPPONENT !FANS |
Wednesday, Jan. 24
|Atlanta |
Saturday, Feb. 3
|San Diego |11,403 |
Wednesday, Feb. 7
|Vegas |9,076 |
Sunday, Feb. 18
|Orlando |11,918 |
Thursday, March 14
|Atlanta |8,114 |
Saturday, March 16
|Orlando |
Thursday, March 28
|Grand Rapids |7,505 |
Saturday, March 30
|Vegas |10,315 |
Thursday, April 4
|Columbus |7,411 |
Saturday, April 20
|San Diego |11,303 |
Friday, April 26
|Grand Rapids |7,107 |
Thursday, May 9
|Columbus |8,009 |
TOTAL
|12 Matches |115,875 |
|Average
|9,656 |
PVF Semifinals
|San Diego |8,416 |
PVF Championship
|Grand Rapids |10,678 |
TOTAL
|15 Matches |
2025 Season
2025 Roster
Current as of March 15, 2025.{{Cite web |title=Omaha Supernovas Roster |url=https://provolleyball.com/teams/omaha-supernovas/roster |archive-url= |access-date= |website=Pro Volleyball Federation}}
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Number
! Player ! Position ! Height ! College/Club | |
---|---|
align="center" |1
|{{flagicon|PUR}} Natalia Valentín-Anderson |Setter | align="center" |5'10" | |
align="center" |4
|{{flagicon|PUR}} Valeria Vázquez Gomez |Outside hitter | align="center" |6'1" | |
align="center" |5
|{{flagicon|USA}} Brooke Nuneviller |Outside hitter | align="center" |5'10" | |
align="center" |6
|{{flagicon|USA}} Kendra Wait |Setter | align="center" |5'10" | |
align="center" |8
|{{Flagicon|USA}} Reagan Cooper |Outside hitter | align="center" |6'2" | |
align="center" |9
|{{Flagicon|USA}} Mac Podraza |Setter | align="center" |6'2" | |
align="center" |10
|{{Flagicon|COL}} Camila Gómez |Libero | align="center" |5'2" | |
align="center" |11
|{{Flagicon|USA}} Kelsie Payne |Opposite Hitter | align="center" |6'3" | |
align="center" |14
|{{Flagicon|USA}} Ally Batenhorst |Outside hitter | align="center" |6'5" | |
align="center" |17
|{{Flagicon|USA}} Phoebe Awoleye |Middle blocker | align="center" |6'2" | Georgia, LMU, Minnesota |
align="center" |20
|{{Flagicon|USA}} Allison Whitten |Libero | align="center" |5'2" | |
align="center" |21
|{{Flagicon|USA}} Toyosi Onabanjo |Middle blocker | align="center" |6'1" | |
align="center" |22
|{{Flagicon|USA}} Lindsay Krause |Outside hitter | align="center" |6'4" | |
align="center" |23
|{{Flagicon|USA}} Kaitlyn Hord |Middle Blocker | align="center" |6'4" | |
align="center" |27
|{{Flagicon|USA}} Emily Londot |Opposite hitter | align="center" |6'3" | |
align="center" |28
|{{Flagicon|USA}} Kayla Caffey |Middle Blocker | align="center" |6'0" |
= Coaching staff =
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://provolleyball.com/teams/omaha-supernovas Omaha Supernovas official website]
{{Pro Volleyball Federation}}
{{Nebraska Sports}}
Category:Professional Volleyball Federation teams
Category:Women's volleyball teams in the United States
Category:Volleyball clubs established in 2023
Category:2023 establishments in Nebraska