Kansas City, MO. – Wayland Baptist junior forward Megan Nestor has been named a 2025 NAIA Women’s Basketball First Team All-American after her dominant 2024-25 season that saw her lead the Flying Queens to the Second Round of the 2025 NAIA Women’s Basketball Championships. A native of Canaries, St. Lucia, Nestor displayed true dominance all…
Read MoreNESTOR NAMED 2025 NCCAA DI WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND 1ST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN, JERDEN NAMED NCCAA 3RD TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
Greenville, SC — The NCCAA has announced that Megan Nestor has been named the 2025 NCCAA Division 1 Women’s Basketball Player of the Year and a First-Team NCCAA All-American after her career year for the Flying Queens. Graduate Kaitlyn Jerden was recognized as an NCCAA Third Team All-American. Nestor, a junior from Canaries, St. Lucia,…
Read MoreHARSTON NAMED TO SPRING 2025 PLAINVIEW ISD ATHLETIC HALL OF HONOR
By Danny Andrews Former Wayland Flying Queen All-American Kathy Harston will be inducted in the third class of the Plainview High School Athletic Hall of Honor on Friday, Jan. 17, between games of a PHS basketball doubleheader. Harston, WBU Class of 1980, posted records of 17-9 and 19-7 in her first two years as coach…
Read MoreLEANN SHIELDKNIGHT GILLASPIE’S HALL OF HONOR REMARKS
On Saturday, September 28, 2024, Leann Shieldknight Gillaspie was among five Wayland Baptist University former athletes inducted into the Wayland Baptist Athletics Hall of Honor. Below are her remarks presented at the ceremony. Thank you deeply for this honor! I am incredibly humbled as I acknowledge this recognition places my name among some truly talented…
Read MoreHALL OF HONOR: FLYING QUEEN LEGACY, LEANNE SHIELDKNIGHT GILLASPIE, CARVES LEGACY OF HER OWN
source: wbuathletics.com Leann Shieldknight Gillaspie was a legacy Flying Queen, but it was her savvy play, outstanding recognitions, and faith in God that would catapult Gillaspie into a legacy of her own. Leann Shieldknight Gillaspie is a Spearman, Texas, native who chose to pursue a basketball career after watching her sister, Marcia Shieldknight, and the…
Read MoreNESTOR’S JERSEY TO BE DISPLAYED AT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME
source: wbuathletics.com Plainview, Texas – Megan Nestor had a record setting season in 2023-24 for the Flying Queens and received many honors for her play. Now, Nestor will have her jersey on display at the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tennessee. Megan Nestor’s jersey will be on display in the “Ring of Honor”…
Read MoreSHARLA HARRISON RICH SELECTED TO 2024 NAIA HALL OF FAME FOR WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
source: naia.orgSharla Harrison Rich’s storied basketball career at Wayland Baptist University (Texas) was marked by record-breaking success and a commitment to elevating the game. From 1985 to 1989, Sharla helped lead the Flying Queens to four straight NAIA national tournament appearances. Along the way, Sharla racked up numerous achievements herself, including earning spots on the…
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