Flying Queens soar into Basketball Hall of Fame
The Wayland Baptist Flying Queens program from 1948-1982 was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday night September 6th in Springfield, Massachusetts. The women who were a part of the historic teams were honored for their contribution to women’s basketball and for changing the game.
Sue Crow, from Hereford, Texas played on the 1948 team and made the journey to Springfield to make history again. Wayland’s President Dr. Bobby Hall and former Flying Queen Linda Pickens Price proudly display the trophy at the Enshrinement Ceremony. Thirty-seven former Flying Queens and their families made the trip to be a part of the historic event and to view first-hand the coveted orange blazer!
This is the highest honor possible for a basketball team and entirely fitting for the Flying Queens. As groundbreakers in women’s collegiate basketball, the Wayland team’s rich history includes several induction worthy accomplishments:
• Wayland gave women full basketball scholarships in the 1950s, 25 years before the Title IX was passed.
• The Flying Queens are the ONLY team in collegiate basketball history (men or women) to record a 131 game consecutive winning streak (1953-58). In 2013 the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame honored this winning streak.
• The Wayland Team is the winningest team in women’s college basketball. The Flying Queens have posted over 1600 wins, around 300 more wins than the nearest competitors.
• The Wayland Team has won 19 National Championships.
• The Flying Queens’ program has had nine individuals inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.
• Members of the Wayland Hutcherson Flying Queens have received 197 All-American Awards.
