Photos: Claudia Lusk Photo Gallery In a pregame ceremony, the Hutcherson Flying Queens Foundation presented the current Flying Queens team, ranked No. 3 in the NAIA, with a 1,700-wins banner that will replace the 1,600-wins banner inside Hutcherson Center. A message from Flying Queens Foundation president Linda Pickens Price was read. Former players and coaches…
Read MoreFLYING QUEENS SECURE MILESTONE 1,700TH VICTORY
source: wbuathletics.com photo: Claudia Lusk The first-ever meeting between Wayland Baptist and Loyola University (La.) in women’s basketball wound up being an historic occasion for the Flying Queens. The winningest collegiate women’s basketball program in the nation picked up its milestone 1,700th win Thursday night in Hutcherson Center, coming away with a hard-earned 76-71 victory over the Wolf…
Read MoreKAYLEE EDGEMON NAMED SAC PLAYER OF WEEK
source: wbuathletics.com Wayland Baptist’s Kaylee Edgemon has been named Sooner Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week. Edgemon led the No. 8 Flying Queens (4-0) to a pair of road wins, 83-70 over Jarvis Christian and 92-71 over LSU-Alexandria. She scored a game-high 22 points and pulled down a team-best 10 rebounds for her first double-double of the season…
Read MoreNO. 3 FLYING QUEENS CELEBRATE MILESTONE WIN WITH VICTORY OVER ANOTHER UNBEATEN
photo: Claudia Lusk source: wbuathletics.com It was a battle most of the way, but third-ranked Wayland Baptist remained undefeated and handed Mid-America Christian its first loss of the season as the Flying Queens prevailed in a showdown of Sooner Athletic Conference unbeaten Saturday afternoon in Hutcherson Center, 77-68. “Today we played great team basketball. To…
Read MoreAS AD, NADLER LED WBU ATHLETICS TO GREATNESS
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…
Read MoreFLYING QUEENS OPEN SEASON RANKED NO. 8
source: wbuathletics.com Wayland Baptist is ranked No. 8 in the 2022 NAIA Women’s Basketball Preseason Coaches’ Top 25 Poll. The Flying Queens, who were ranked second in last year’s final poll before being upset in an opening round championship game, are the only Sooner Athletic Conference team ranked, although Science & Arts of Oklahoma and…
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