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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source: WBUathletics.com Mary Williams could be considered the Jackie Robinson of Wayland Baptist Flying Queens basketball. According to longtime head coach Harley Redin, in 1969 Williams became the first black student-athlete to play for the Flying Queens. Not only did she break the color barrier of one of the most storied sports programs in the…
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Former Wayland Baptist Flying Queen Alice “Cookie” Barron on Saturday was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. Barron, who helped establish the Flying Queens’ national record 131-game winning streak in the 1950s, was one of eight people inducted as the Class of 2022, along with former West Texas A&M coach…
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