The Flying Queens played nine Sooner Athletic Conference games in January, finishing with a 7-2 for the month and pushing their overall conference mark to 11-3. For the season the Queens’ overall mark stands at 16-4. The story for January was Megan Nestor. The 6-foot-four-inch center from Canaries, St. Lucia in the West Indies, recorded…
Read MoreWAYLAND BAPTIST ANNOUNCES HEDGEPATH AS 14TH PRESIDENT, FIRST WOMAN TO LEAD UNIVERSITY
Friday, January 26, 2024 This morning Wayland Baptist University Board of Trustee member Mark Jones introduced Dr. Donna Hedgepath as the president-elect of the university. She will succeed Dr. Bobby Hall and will begin her tenure as president on July 1, 2024. Below are links to news coverage of today’s announcement: Print Articles Lubbock Avalanche…
Read MoreMEGAN NESTOR TAKES HOME NCCAA and SAC OKLAHOMA FORD DEALERS PLAYER OF THE WEEK AWARDS
Plainview, Texas – Sophomore Megan Nestor has been awarded Player of the Week for the week that ended January 21, 2024. She won back-to-back Oklahoma Ford Dealer’s Sooner Athletic Conference Player of the Week and the NCCAA Women’s Basketball Division 1 Player of the Week. Last week, Nestor averaged 23 points and 15.3 rebounds per…
Read MoreROBIN TUCKER NAMED TO 2023 OHIO BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME
Robin Tucker, a Flying Queen for one year, 1974-75, has been named to the 2024 Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony was held on June 10, 2024 in Columbus, Ohio. Below is the information used during the induction event. Birthdate: May 7, 1955Birthplace: Charleston, West VirginiaHigh School: Columbus Franklin Heights High School (1973)Colleges:…
Read MoreNESTOR TAKES HOME SAC OKLAHOMA FORD DEALER’S PLAYER OF THE WEEK AWARD
01/16/2024 Plainview, Texas – Sophomore Megan Nestor was the winner of this week’s Sooner Athletic Conference Oklahoma Ford Dealer’s Player of the Week after averaging 24 pointer per game and 17.5 rebounds per game. Nestor led the Queens to a 67-58 victory over SAGU on Thursday night, Nestor scored 24 points and tied a Flying…
Read MorePIONEERS AND FLYING QUEENS RANKED IN UPDATED NCCAA COACHES TOP 10 POLL
Plainview, Texas – The NCCAA released their January 8th Coaches Polls for men’s and women’s basketball, and both the Pioneers and Flying Queens cracked the Top 10 in the rankings. The NCCAA was established in 1968, and “the National Christian College Athletic Association uses intercollegiate athletics to further the Great Commission and is committed to…
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