Jenna Cooper-Jackson became the fifth Flying Queen to be named a three-time NAIA All-American when she was named today to the Honorable Mention team. It marks the second time Cooper-Jackson earned honorable mention recognition (2019-20) and follows last season’s Second Team honors. Last week, she was voted to the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association NAIA Coaches’…
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Wayland Baptist Flying Queen Jenna Cooper-Jackson has been named to the 2023 Women’s Basketball Coaches Association NAIA Coaches’ All-America Honorable Mention Team. The No. 6 points producer in Flying Queens’ history, Cooper-Jackson is a two-time NAIA All-American, making the Second Team last season and earning Honorable Mention status in 2019-20. She is a four-time All-Sooner…
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Wayland Baptist Flying Queen Kaitlyn Edgemon has been named to the 2022-23 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America® NAIA Women’s Basketball Second Team. The CSC (formerly CoSIDA) academic program recognizes the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom. To be nominated, student-athletes must have at least a cumulative…
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Four Flying Queens have been named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes. Those recognized were Jenna Cooper-Jackson, Kaitlyn Edgemon, Taryn Shultz and Emily Sigala. Cooper-Jackson is a grad student who earned a bachelor’s in fitness management from Claude; Edgemon is a sophomore biology major from Littlefield; Schultz is a sophomore biology major from Bushland; and Sigala is a sophomore…
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source: Wayland Athletics Three Wayland Baptist Flying Queens were recognized by the Sooner Athletic Conference, with Jenna Cooper-Jackson named to the First Team, Kaitlyn Edgemon making the Second Team and the All-Defensive Team, and Taylor Houston voted to the All-Freshman Team. Cooper-Jackson, a 6-foot senior forward from Claude, is a four-year all-conference honoree, including the…
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source: Wayland Athletics Four Wayland Baptist basketball players – Flying Queens Kaitlyn Edgemon and Taryn Shultz and Pioneers Jaxon Recer and Josh Servantez – have been named to the College Sports Communicators NAIA Academic All-District® teams. The 2022-23 Academic All-District® Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams, selected by College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA), recognize the nation’s…
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Harley Redin had retired from coaching by the time Kathy Harston came to Wayland Baptist to play basketball in 1976. But, much to Harston’s delight and appreciation, the esteemed Flying Queens coach was still involved with the Flying Queens program. “My freshman year I flew on the plane where Harley was a pilot. I didn’t…
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