HAZEL TAYLOR NAMED TO NAIA HALL OF FAME

Hazel Taylor, one of the most talented players in the history of the Wayland Baptist Flying Queens, was named today to the 2023 NAIA Hall of Fame for women’s basketball, as announced by the National Association for Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The NAIA Hall of Fame was founded in 1952. The NAIA Hall of Fame Award…

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HAZEL TAYLOR NAMED TO NAIA HALL OF FAME

FLYING QUEENS ORAL HISTORY PROJECT: ENHANCING A LEGACY

Wayland Baptist University, in partnership with the Flying Queens Museum and the Hutcherson Flying Queens Foundation is launching permanent, on-going project that will advance and enhance the history of the Flying Queens basketball program. The Flying Queens Oral History Project will gather and preserve the history of the Flying Queens women’s basketball team by means…

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FLYING QUEENS ORAL HISTORY PROJECT: ENHANCING A LEGACY

KELLIE LaRELL MITCHELL, 1958-2023

The Hutcherson Flying Queens Foundation was saddened to learn about the passing of Kellie Mitchell. The Foundation and the Flying Queens Program owe her a debt of gratitude for her work as writer, director, producer, and camerawoman on the documentary “Flying Queens: A Basketball Dynasty”, which she produced through her company Aperature Art Productions, Inc….

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KELLIE LaRELL MITCHELL, 1958-2023

FORMER FLYING QUEEN CAROL FOSTER TO JOIN TEXAS BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME

Former Wayland Baptist Flying Queen Carol (Bailey-Sessums) Foster has been selected for induction into the Texas High School Basketball Hall of Fame. Carol Bailey helped lead the Levelland High School Loboettes to three consecutive state championships in 1987, 1988 and 1989. Under the direction of former Flying Queens coach Dean Weese at Levelland, Bailey was…

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FORMER FLYING QUEEN CAROL FOSTER TO JOIN TEXAS BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME

GLORIA ANN (HARMER) COX, 1934-2023

The Hutcherson Flying Queens Foundation was recently learned that Gloria Ann (Hramer) Cox, Flying Queen, 1951-54, died Aug. 2, 2023. She was born on Aug. 9, 1934 in Plano, Texas. Gloria graduated from Wayland Baptist College in Plainview, Texas in 1955 and was part of the Flying Queens teams that won a women’s collegiate basketball…

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GLORIA ANN (HARMER) COX, 1934-2023