source: wbuathletics.com The Wayland Baptist Flying Queens are seeded third in their quadrant of the NAIA Women’s Basketball National Championships, presented by Ballogy, and will welcome teams from Idaho, Kansas and San Antonio at next week’s Opening Round in Plainview. The Sooner Athletic Conference regular-season and tournament champion Flying Queens, with their 29th overall and…
Read MoreFLYING QUEENS CAPTURE 4TH STRAIGHT SAC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP
source: wbuathletics.com OKLAHOMA CITY – Wayland Baptist dominated the fourth quarter to defeat Texas Wesleyan, 85-71, and capture its fourth consecutive Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament title. The eighth-ranked Flying Queens (31-3) led the Lady Rams (25-6) by just three going into the fourth quarter, but Wayland made 13 straight shots to pull away and secure…
Read MoreKAYLEE EDGEMON REPEATS AS SAC PLAYER OF YEAR; COOPER, KAITLYN EDGEMON, HAYDEN RECOGNIZED
source: wbuathletics.com Wayland Baptist senior Kaylee Edgemon repeated as Sooner Athletic Conference Player of the Year while teammates Jenna Cooper, Kaitlyn Edgemon and Angel Hayden also were honored on the All-SAC Women’s Basketball Team. Kaylee Edgemon and Cooper were voted to the First Team for the second year in a row, Kaitlyn Edgemon made the…
Read MoreFLYING QUEENS FOUNDATION BREAKS GROUND ON MUSEUM
by Jonathan Petty, director of communications, Wayland Baptist University Members of the Hutcherson Flying Queens Foundation (HFQF) gathered with Wayland Baptist University officials, the WBU Flying Queens basketball team and members of the community Saturday morning at the Jimmy Dean and Llano Estacado Museum to break ground on the Flying Queens Museum. A project driven…
Read MoreFLYING QUEENS WRAP UP OUTRIGHT SAC TITLE
source: wbuathletics.com Behind another strong offensive showing and one of their stingiest defensive efforts of the season, the Wayland Baptist Flying Queens secured the second outright Sooner Athletic Conference title in program history, ending the regular-season with a 107-45 victory over North Texas-Dallas on Saturday afternoon at Hutcherson Center. “It was a great way to…
Read MoreTEXAS HISTORICAL FOUNDATION AWARDS $5,000 GRANT TO HFQF
AUSTIN – The Texas Historical Foundation, a 68-year-old preservation organization, has awarded a $5,000 grant to the Hutcherson Flying Queens Foundation for the Flying Queens Museum Project. Funds will be used for digitizing game films from the 1950s to mid-1980s. “On behalf of the Hutcherson Flying Queens Foundation, it is an honor to receive this…
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