D2 tourney in Hays Kansas lots of Nebraska connections

[kansashusker]

Went to d2 regional in hays this weekend.  Kearney was there and has a great team and had a great season. They are well coached and have good kids.  They lost to Missouri western last night in round of 32   I would expect kearney head coach to get a d1 coaching job within the next year or two— coach Williams sister was there. She Coaches d2 Minnesota state. They lost to 1 seed for hays in first round. Hays has a ton of Nebraska players and on roster including some good lincoln kids as their head coach won a national title I believe at Hastings so he has lots of Neb hs recruiting connections. Coach Williams sisters’ assistant coach is former Husker Janae Morton. It was fun to see her there.  — Fort hays is the 1 seed and hosting the regional. They will play missouri Western tomorrow night with winner getting a trip to elite 8 in Birmingham Alabama.  Mo west associate head coach is Emily Wacker (aka Woody). They r the 7 seed and making first sweet 16 appearance since 1997.  She is in her third season at mo western 

[whoopdeedoo]

11 minutes ago, kansashusker said:

Went to d2 regional in hays this weekend.  Kearney was there and has a great team and had a great season. They are well coached and have good kids.  They lost to Missouri western last night in round of 32   I would expect kearney head coach to get a d1 coaching job within the next year or two— coach Williams sister was there. She Coaches d2 Minnesota state. They lost to 1 seed for hays in first round. Hays has a ton of Nebraska players and on roster including some good lincoln kids as their head coach won a national title I believe at Hastings so he has lots of Neb hs recruiting connections. Coach Williams sisters’ assistant coach is former Husker Janae Morton. It was fun to see her there.  — Fort hays is the 1 seed and hosting the regional. They will play missouri Western tomorrow night with winner getting a trip to elite 8 in Birmingham Alabama.  Mo west associate head coach is Emily Wacker (aka Woody). They r the 7 seed and making first sweet 16 appearance since 1997.  She is in her third season at mo western 

wow..............remember Woody!!! hadn't thought of that name in a long time! thanks, kansashusker!

[Red Don]

So nice to see the Huskers putting a few in the coaching ranks.  They do seem to have success in getting players into the 'So You Want to be a Coach' program.

[kansashusker]

Rachel Blackburn is an assistant at a d2 adams state in Colorado I believe, Hailey Sample has been an assistant at d2 McKendree State for several years and jas Cincore is an assistant at a small d1 in Illinois working under former Illinois Univ coach I believe.  There are a bunch more former Huskers coaching I believe including lindsey moore but those are the recent grads I know of 

Edited March 13, 2022 by kansashusker

[Red Don]

Thanks @kansashusker.  So glad to know Rachel Blackburn is coaching (the others too, of course ) - I really would like to have seen more of her on the court were it not for her knee issues!

[whoopdeedoo]

2 minutes ago, Red Don said:

Thanks @kansashusker.  So glad to know Rachel Blackburn is coaching (the others too, of course ) - I really would like to have seen more of her on the court were it not for her knee issues!

amen to that!

[Bugeaters1]

57 minutes ago, kansashusker said:

Went to d2 regional in hays this weekend.  Kearney was there and has a great team and had a great season. They are well coached and have good kids.  They lost to Missouri western last night in round of 32   I would expect kearney head coach to get a d1 coaching job within the next year or two— coach Williams sister was there. She Coaches d2 Minnesota state. They lost to 1 seed for hays in first round. Hays has a ton of Nebraska players and on roster including some good lincoln kids as their head coach won a national title I believe at Hastings so he has lots of Neb hs recruiting connections. Coach Williams sisters’ assistant coach is former Husker Janae Morton. It was fun to see her there.  — Fort hays is the 1 seed and hosting the regional. They will play missouri Western tomorrow night with winner getting a trip to elite 8 in Birmingham Alabama.  Mo west associate head coach is Emily Wacker (aka Woody). They r the 7 seed and making first sweet 16 appearance since 1997.  She is in her third season at mo western 

Tony Hobson played college ball @ Hastings as well.

http://www.hastingsbroncos.com/hallOfFame/2/95.php

[kansashusker]

Missouri western upsets the 1 seed fort hays on its on court to advance to elite 8.