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As we round out the year, here are the remaining No. 5 thru No .1 most read stories on NDNSPORTS.COM.
5. HASKELL WINS A.I.I. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CROWN; 4 Lady Indians Named to All-Tournament Team
The Haskell Indian Nations University women’s basketball team won the Association of Independent Institutions Conference tournament for the first time in school history and earned a birth into the NAIA National Championship Tournament. The lady indians also placed 4 team members on the all-conference team.
4. Current Native American Athletes Playing NCAA Division 1 Lacrosse
First year contributing writer Chris Vale gave us some of the current Native American athletes who played NCAA Division I Lacrosse and a profile of each athlete.
3. The NDNSPORTS.COM Basketball Section
If there was any evidence that basketball is one of the more popular sports in Indian Country, our basketball category section was the third most visited area of the website over all other stories posted this season. Whether people where following up on the latest or looking up older stories, Basketball remains king in Indian Country for news.
2. New WNBA President wants more “Connected-ness” she witnessed with Shoni Schimmel for other League Players
Shoni Schimmel’s impact on the WNBA has been documented for years and when the newly appointed WNBA president Lisa Borders was named to her position she spoke of Schimmel’s impact, .a missing ingredient might be “connectedness,” something she saw when Atlanta drafted Shoni Schimmel, a Native American, and now has a connection with Native American fans as a result. “The Native American community came out in droves. You can see that connection with her heritage and her being an athlete was very fruitful for her….”
1. Ashton Locklear (Lumbee Tribe) headed to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as one of three alternate athletes
Our number one most read story for 2016 was the announcement that Lumbee Tribal member Ashton Locklear would be going to the 2016 Rio Olympics as one of three alternates for the USA women’s gymnastics team. Although she didn’t get to compete, she was still recognized as an Olympian by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
