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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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source: wbuathletics.com Former Wayland Baptist Flying Queen Alice “Cookie” Barron has been voted to the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. Barron, who helped establish the Flying Queens’ national record 131-game winning streak in the 1950s, was one of eight people named as the Class of 2022, along with former West Texas A&M coach Bob Schneider….
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