Hannah Whitish joins the Milwaukee basketball staff for her first season in 2025-26.
Whitish joins the Panthers’ staff after playing professionally for the past five seasons and enjoying a standout career at the University of Nebraska.
Away from a decorated on-court career, Whitish has been an assistant coach and skills director with Team Herro since March 2025 and has been a skills trainer since April 2020.
Whitish most recently played for Hosbo Basket following two seasons with Östersund Basket, both in the Swedish Basketball League. Before playing in Sweden, her professional career began in Germany’s Damen-Basketball-Bundesliga 2, competing as a member of Rhein-Main Basket.
At Nebraska, Whitish played in 121 games for the Cornhuskers and averaged more than 28 minutes per game over four seasons. She finished with 1,228 career points, an average of 10.1 points per game, ranking 19th in all-time scoring at the time of graduation.
A sharpshooter from deep, Whitish recorded 258 career three-pointers and tallied 470 assists, both top-10 marks in Husker history. A two-time All-Big Ten selection, she became the first player in program history to reach 1,000 points, 400 assists, and 200 three-pointers.
During her time in Lincoln, she helped Nebraska to 59 wins, including an NCAA at-large selection as a sophomore, where they faced Arizona State. The Huskers also tallied 30 Big Ten victories during her career.
Whitish was a team captain at Nebraska as a senior and twice named the team’s Offensive Player of the Year. She was also a three-time member of the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team, which recognizes student-athletes for their commitment to service and community involvement.
The 2016 Wisconsin Miss Basketball, Whitish was selected as the state’s top high school girls’ basketball player while representing Barneveld High School. She was also the Wisconsin Gatorade Player of the Year, a four-time All-Wisconsin First Team selection, and a two-time Conference Player of the Year.
Whitish earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Management in May 2020 from Nebraska.
