September 30, 2026
Even if you don’t know Raffi, you’ve probably seen his work. As a video content creator for Husker Volleyball, it’s pretty hard to miss — and it’s not a job he takes lightly.
“Working for a team like this feels like such a huge responsibility,” he says. “We have the best program in the country and the best fans in the country, so, in my eyes, they deserve the best content in the country. It’s tough, but I’m trying to live up to the standard they set.”
Match after match, Raffi is scouring the John Cook Arena to find the angles, moments and emotions that capture what it’s like to watch the powerhouse Nebraska Cornhuskers compete. That work turns into the videos and highlight reels that grace our feeds daily and keep us hyped all season.
“We always try to make our content as cinematic and immersive as possible, and capturing the fans is such a huge part that,” Raffi explains. “There are certain games where the atmosphere is just so electric that filming the fans becomes almost as important as capturing the players.”
The passion for creating sports content is one Raffi built while filming and editing videos for his high school sports teams in the suburbs of Chicago. It reached a whole new level, though, when he came to Nebraska to intern for Husker Athletics as a first-year student.
Raffi’s second game on the job? The 2023 Volleyball Day, where he quickly realized this wasn’t your typical program.
“I just had no idea what it was like,” he laughs. “Like, I knew the team was big, but selling out the football stadium was crazy — the scale of everything just blew me away. That set the tone for the culture pretty quickly for me.”
Three years later, both through his internship and his Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts coursework, Raffi has steadily honed his craft to become a key player in telling the story of Husker Volleyball for all those dedicated fans that left him speechless on Volleyball Day.
“Being able to make people feel like they're involved, even if they aren’t there, is so important to me because a lot of people aren't able to go to the games. I want to be able to tell the story of what's happening on every level for the fans because they truly care so much.”
Part of Raffi's evolution as a storyteller came earlier this year when he pitched a new idea for the pre-match video. His supervisors let him run with the concept, resulting in the hype video that fans are seeing before each game this season.
“It’s been so wild to see our work up there on the jumbotron. Just a few years ago I was making things in high school that absolutely no one watched, and today my videos are getting played in places I’d never dreamed of.”
Even though that might seem like a perfect way for the senior to cap his career, he still plans to work every bit as hard during his final season with the team.
“I’ve barely had two hours of waking consciousness without editing a volleyball video, and I’m not planning to stop now. I want to get everything I can out of this experience.”
Raffi Viton is a senior emerging media arts major from Naperville, Illinois.