source: wbuathletics.com Former Wayland Baptist Flying Queen Alice “Cookie” Barron has been voted to 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 named as the Class of 2022, along with former West Texas A&M coach Bob Schneider….
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source: wbuathletics.com Because basketball was the main reason that Wayland Baptist University came into her life, one might expect that Dr. Sylvia Nadler was being inducted into the WBU Harley Redin Athletics Hall of Honor as a result of her prowess on the basketball court. That’s not the case; her success was off the court…
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source: wbuathletics.com Flying Queens Jolie Donaldson, Payton Brown, and Kaylee Edgemon and the Flying Queens basketball team were among a dozen Wayland Baptist teams and 34 WBU individuals have been recognized as NAIA Scholar Teams and Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes. The recognition is based on the 2020-21 academic year. With 3.54 grade point averages, the men’s…
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source: wbuathletics.com A date for Wayland Baptist University’s Athletics Hall of Honor postponed induction has been set…again. The ceremony to induct the 2020 class of longtime supporters Joe and Freda Provence, former athletics director Dr. Sylvia Nadler, veteran baseball coach Brad Bass, all-American high jumper Kim (Kayler) Clemmons and standout baseball player Todd Jeffress – as well as recognize Harley Redin Coach’s Award winner Tim…
Read Moresource: wbuathletics.comKaylee Edgemon has been named NAIA All-American for the third time, becoming the fourth player in Wayland Baptist Flying Queens history to earn that distinction. After receiving honorable mention all-American honors the past two seasons, Edgemon today was named to the First Team. A 5-foot-11 senior forward, Edgemon is the 14th NAIA First-Team All-American…
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(Clockwise from top left): Kaylee Edgemon, Jenna Cooper, Kaitlyn Edgemon, Alesha & Andy Ellis, Tayjanna McGhee-Pleasant, Payton Brown. source: wbuathletics.com Sisters Kaylee and Kaitlyn Edgemon were named Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year, respectively, as five Flying Queens and head coach Alesha Ellis were recognized on the All-Sooner Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball…
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