Wayland Baptist University’s, The Flying Queens 1948-1982, To Be Enshrined In The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Cements Legacy of this Legendary Basketball Program that is Vital to the History of Women in Basketball April 6, 2019 – Wayland Baptist University’s the Flying Queens 1948-1982 (the AAU and AIAW eras, will be enshrined…
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A Letter from the President #InductTheFlyingQueens Dear Flying Queens, Bees, Coaches, and Friends: Well, everyone, one week from today on April 6, 2019 we will know if all our joint efforts have been successful in our quest for Induction into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2019. This Saturday morning, as I sit…
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$100 and 100 cards for 100 years The letter posted below about the $100 DOLLARS and 100 CARDS FOR 100 YEARS campaign was sent to many of you via the US mail on July 22, 2019. If you did not receive it, it means that you, or your correct address, are not on our mailing…
Read MoreHead over to Twitter and follow @WBUFlyingQueens. Please retweet our Tweets and post some of your own. When you do so tag @HoopHall and use #InductTheFlyingQueens. Here are some messages you can use on your own account: The Flying Queens need your help! Please RT! #Inducttheflyingqueens @hoophall. It is time. http://bit.ly/FQVideo Beat the buzzer! The Flying…
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The Washington Post When Linda Price arrived on campus at Wayland Baptist College as a freshman in 1966, she encountered all of the prejudice against women that could be expected at a small, religious school in a farming town in the conservative Texas Panhandle. At Wayland, different sets of curfews meant she had an earlier…
Read MoreSan Antonio Express-News The turning point in women’s sports might not have been the landmark Title IX legislation or even the rise of global superstars in women’s tennis and basketball. Rather, it might have taken place on the campus of a small, conservative, Southern Baptist college in a small Texas Panhandle town in the early…
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