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April was a banner month in Women’s Sports. On April 4th, Stanford took home the trophy from the NCAA Division I women’s tournament when they defeated Arizona, who had just come off a shocking, semi final upset of heavy favorite University of Connecticut. On April 15th, Texas center, Charli Collier was drafted #1 overall by the Chicago Wings in the WNBA draft. All across the nation, women’s collegiate and professional sports are in full swing as the country continues to combat the Covid-19 Pandemic. But on April 11th, in a quiet little Arkansas town, a single athlete immortalized herself in...

Annie Wolfe didn’t exactly turn the heads of many College Volleyball programs. She was a solid part of an excellent squad from Omaha Marion, but she lacked the eye popping stats and resume that typically court the best programs in the country. UNK Volleyball coach Rick Squiers even admits to not recognizing the impact Wolfe would have on his program when she first joined. Prior to Wolfe’s first year on the team, the 2012 Loper Volleyball team was coming off one of the most successful seasons of Squire’s tenure. They posted a 35-3 record and an appearance in the Sweet...

If you had met Jennifer King near the beginning of 2018, you probably would have assumed that she had likely found her calling. Coming off of a USCAA Division II championship and being voted the USCAA 2018 Coach of the Year, just about anyone would expect the talented young coach would be buckling down for the long haul in basketball. Perhaps she would be settling in for a long tenure with Johnson and Wales --the North Carolina university she had brought from irrelevance to Champions in two years-- or even eyeing coaching opportunities at Division I programs and beyond.  But...

The daughter of Romanian immigrants and raised in California, Sabrina Ionescu (pronounced yo-ness-coo) is one of the most important names in women’s basketball today. lonescu, a standout highschool player, eventually made her way to Eugune Oregon to play for the Oregon Ducks starting in the 2015-2016 season.  In Eugene, Sabrina would create one of the most prolific basketball careers in NCAA history, rocketing the Ducks to national prominence. Playing point guard, she would amass 26 Triple Doubles (double-digit points, assists, and rebounds in a game) over the course of her four year career, shattering the NCAA record. In March of...

Sarah Fuller, a women’s soccer player for Vanderbilt University made history on November 28th, 2020.