Can you tell me the significance of the following numbers?
19, 17 of 19, 12 of 17, 6 of 12, 6, 3 and 1 of 5?
If you guessed they have something to do with Lady Hornet Basketball you would be correct.
No apologies for talking sports today because the success and tradition of Lady Hornet Basketball transcends any criticism you might make.
Nineteen is how many years ago Cindy Stein became the ESU coach and started the modern era of Lady Hornet basketball!
Now before some of you old times get upset we had Lady Hornet Basketball prior to Cindy and it was successful, but Stein raised the bar and got us all involved and the rest is as they say….history.
Those other numbers?
17 of 19 represents the number of times the Lady Hornets have made the NCAA tournament field.
12 of 17 is the incredible number of times our ladies have played in the Regional Championship game!
6 of 12 is the number of times the Lady Hornets have won the Sweet Sixteen game and advanced to the Elite 8.
Six is the number of times our ladies have eliminated the host and number 1 ranked team on their home court in the Regional Tournament!
Three represents the coaches: Stein 3 years, Brandon Schneider 11 years; and Jory Collins completing his fifth year.
And finally 1 of 5 is the number of times the Lady Hornets have won a National Championship – 2010 in St. Joe, Missouri.
Those numbers are incredible?
It has been fun reading Posts on social media from Lady Hornets congratulating Jory, his staff and the players.
Emily Bloss Carpenter, a former all everything Lady Hornet remembered when Jory started as a scrimmage player for the Lady Hornets 15 years ago!
Jory’s rise to the top job has been documented many times and his story is far from complete. I’m thinking it may be difficult to keep him in Emporia.
The Lady Hornet tradition is bigger than life and getting better.
