Student-athletes in basketball dominated major awards – including Jenna Cooper-Jackson and Parrish Hewitt earning the prestigious Roscoe Snyder Award – when Wayland Baptist handed out accolades at its spring awards ceremony Monday night in the McClung University Center. Not only did Cooper-Jackson and Hewitt earn recognition as the top senior student-athletes, basketballers Kaitlyn Edgemon and…
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The Wayland Baptist Flying Queens have announced the signing of three high school seniors: Peyton North, Karleigh Gutierrez and Bobbie Fouquet. North played at Lubbock Cooper High School, helping the Lady Pirates to the Class 5A state championship game. According to Flying Queens head coach Jason Cooper, North is a “quick and skilled shooting guard with…
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The 2023 Hutcherson Flying Queens Golf Tournament is moving to an earlier date – Aug. 28 from Oct. 31 while still teeing off at the Texas Star Golf Course in Euless, Texas. Since the Hutcherson Flying Queens Foundation began in 2012, members have raised funds to support the Wayland Baptist Flying Queens women’s basketball team….
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A group of former Flying Queens recently went one-on-one with current players and the community as they teamed up to offer remembrances and advice during a panel discussion. Following a screening of the documentary Flying Queens: A Basketball Dynasty, former Flying Queens Rita Alexander Colman, Alice “Cookie” Barron, Valerie “Val” Goodwin-Colbert, Cherri Rapp, Darla Armes…
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Jenna Cooper-Jackson became the fifth Flying Queen to be named a three-time NAIA All-American when she was named today to the Honorable Mention team. It marks the second time Cooper-Jackson earned honorable mention recognition (2019-20) and follows last season’s Second Team honors. Last week, she was voted to the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association NAIA Coaches’…
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Wayland Baptist Flying Queen Jenna Cooper-Jackson has been named to the 2023 Women’s Basketball Coaches Association NAIA Coaches’ All-America Honorable Mention Team. The No. 6 points producer in Flying Queens’ history, Cooper-Jackson is a two-time NAIA All-American, making the Second Team last season and earning Honorable Mention status in 2019-20. She is a four-time All-Sooner…
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