Love my job ๐โค๏ธ, this university and the PEOPLE I get to do it with every single day! What a first session of summer! Pumped for whatโs to comeโฆ๐ค
#lionhearted
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Well this happened today ๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ humbled, blessed, & thankful are understatements! Today was one of the best days of my life as I accepted the position of Head Coach for the Drury Ladyโฆ
Had to say goodbye this morn to my best friend, baby D โค๏ธ Itโs been a rough 24 hrs & the next few will be difficult as I adjust to life without her. My heart is broken. I look forward to the day I get to see her again playing in heaven! RIP Dakota, I love you so much! โค๏ธ
On Thursday at 3:00 the
@DULadyPanthers
took the court for their final day of practice before hosting the
@NCAADII
Midwest Regional.
That practice was cut short with news the tournament had been canceled.
HC
@MollyMiller33
talked with us about the heartbreak and frustration:
BREAKING:
@DULadyPanthers
Head Coach
@AmyEagan
has been named the 2022-23 GLVC Coach of the Year. Eagan guided Drury to a 27-1 regular season record, including a perfect 20-0 mark in conference play en route to a number one seed in the upcoming GLVC Tournament.
#allweDUiswin
1 year today! Andโฆ what a year it has been! My goal has always been to impact lives and grow young women and after reflecting back, Itโs amazing how much this group changed my life. My โค๏ธ is full of gratitude and thankfulness and I ๐ฌ knowing that the best is yet to come! ๐ฆ๐ค
Laid to rest my Aunt and godmother this morning after a battle wt Alzheimerโs. So many great memories with her growing up โค๏ธ could use some prayers for her husband Ralph and my cousins Corey, Kyle, Katie and all their kids.
#Alzheimersucks
Todays win makes #๏ธโฃ5๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃ for the ๐ Amy Eaganโผ๏ธ Making her the fastest to 50 WINS as a head coach in Program History!
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Now that is saying something with the great coaches that have led this historic programโผ๏ธ
#allweDUiswin
#50andcounting
Fact
#1
: Sat. marked our 700th game as a program.
Fact
#2
: We have won 583 of those games.
Fact
#3
: That is a .83 WIN percentage
Fact
#4
: Winningest program in Div II ๐ค
THANK YOU to all the coaches and players that came before us to make this possible! ๐ฏ
@DULadyPanthers
Simply amazing!!! Blessed to be a very small part of this! Thankful for all the coaches
@NylaMilleson
@MollyMiller33
and players (too many to tag lol) that came before us!
#DUfamily
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600 program wins? โ
Best winning % in NCAA-IIโ
Won 20 in a row?โ
Undefeated in the GLVCโ
๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ง๐ช๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐จ
#allweDUiswin
Thank you
@WBCA1981
for choosing my staff and I to do an on court presentation at the Womenโs Final Four convention this morning! It was an honor to help
#growthegame
๐
@DULadyPanthers
Congratulations Coach Kaci Bailey! Welcome to the winningest program in Div 2 history! โค๏ธ๐ค Canโt wait to watch all the great things you do!
#allweDUiswin
We are so excited to welcome a new little lion cub ๐ฆ to our family!! Everyone say hello to baby Grady! Congratulations to Sally, Jordan and older brother Griffin ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ Both mama and baby are doing great!
@LindenwoodWBB
@CoachJ_Mellott
Out on the road with 3 of the best! Lovinโ this staff andโฆ big announcement coming soon ๐ wt the addition of 2 more staff members! Stay tuned ๐ค
#LionHearted
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๐ coming to a city near you ๐
Excited to kick off July recruiting in Chicago and Louisville looking for future lionsโผ๏ธ๐
#LionHearted
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Piecing our Pride together one puzzle piece at a time! Please welcome Coach Mellott as our new Associate Head Coach coming with Head Coach Amy Eagan from Drury where he was the 2022 WBCA D2 Assistant Coach of the Year! ๐ค๐ฆ๐
#LionHearted
What a crazy, but fun year with some of my favorite people! โค๏ธMemories and feelings I will cherish forever...now time to get back to work as we have some
#UnfinishedBusiness
#DUwork
๐พ๐
Happy National Coaches day to my rocks and three of the best out there! Thankful for the amazing people you are and for everything you do for me and the program! Much love โค๏ธ
#DUfamily
๐พ๐
@TaylorBirch3
@CoachJ_Mellott
@CoachRollerDU
I got to hang with the ๐ of
@DULadyPanthers
tonight! Congratulations ๐ PRob on your Missouri Sports Hall of Fame Enshrinement Award! โค๏ธ๐๐พSo deserving! .Honor ๐ฏ
@paig3robinson
โ๏ธto finish this! Couldnโt be more excited for this group! Itโs gonna be another great day to be a Lady Panther yaโll! We are gonna do what we DU baby! ๐พ๐โค๏ธ
@BobbyHearnVideo
does it again...๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
โDefense is a will. You have want to do it, you have to embrace that. You can have slow feet but if you have a big heart it makes up for it. It has to start with meโ - Paige Bueckers
THIS IS BIG TIME
(Via
@thewinningdiff1
๐ฅ)
THANK YOU
@paig3robinson
for 4 years of loyalty, investment, & hard work to
@DULadyPanthers
! You will forever be a part of our family! We love you โค๏ธ and wish you nothing but happiness and success!
#allweDUiswin
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Couldnโt be more blessed to be surrounded by these people! Wrapped up our first summer of camps as a staff and Iโm not sure it could have went any better! THANK YOU all for being rockstars and killing it! THANK YOU for being role models for roughly 600 kids this summer! โค๏ธ U ALL!
Dawgs with the dub! ๐ช๐ป 11-1 and the best start in Truman history! What a special group of young women! Super proud of them!
#bewareofdawg
๐๐๐ถ
Super proud of this baller right here๐๐ป Plays both ends of the floor and works her butt off! Has grown a lot this year and...she ainโt done yet ๐๐ป
@paig3robinson
#letsDUthis
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BREAKING: Lady Panthers junior Paige Robinson has been named the 2021 NCAA Division II National Player of the Year by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association.
More details to follow at .
#allweDUiswin
DRAFTED๐คฉ
Paige Robinson becomes the first player in Illinois State women's basketball history to be drafted to the WNBA after being selected 31st overall by the Dallas Wings!
#WNBADraft
What a great Labor Day weekend! Spending tonight getting ready for my first official day tomorrow! Excited for what is to come! Gonna be reppin some of my new panther gear!
#DUwork
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CONGRATULATIONS ๐ฏ to our girl Paige Robinson (P-Rob๐) on moving into 2nd all-time scoring! She has scored over 2,000 pts! ๐ณ Nowโฆthatโs a lot of buckets ๐
@DULadyPanthers
@paig3robinson
So so happy for you
@CoachRollerDU
! Very thankful that you came into my life! THANK YOU for everything you did for
@DULadyPanthers
and for pushing me to continue to grow! Cannot wait to see all the amazing things you do in the lives of young women! Love you โค๏ธ
@CedarvilleWBB
Great day at NIU clinic! Especially when I got to see some of my Truman coaching tree! So proud of them and their passion to impact lives!
#dawgfamily
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What an outstanding year for the Lady Birds! Most kids dream of playing in a state championship and you all made it happen with hard work!
#ProudAlum
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A new era of Lindenwood Womenโs Basketball tips-off in Hyland Arena Monday Nov. 6 ๐
Be there as they take on Tulsa 6๏ธโฃ:0๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃ p.m.
#GoLions
Congratulations ๐ to
@DULadyPanthers
incoming Freshman, Reese Schaaf, on a STATE ๐ CHAMPIONSHIP! WOW!!!! ๐๐ป Big time winner right here ๐๐๐ป
@schaaf_reese
A GREAT afternoon celebrating Jordan Mellott, the reigning Div 2 Assistant Coach of the Year & our 2021-22 WBB GLVC Championship Team as they both received Special Achievement Awards by MO sports HOF!
#ProudCoach
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@DULadyPanthers
Just so everyone knowsโฆ. Itโs Coach Ward nowโฆ๐
Congratulations ๐ to our DOBO and
@LindenwoodWBB
alum Lindsay Medlen & her husband, Ryan ๐ฅฐ!
@coachlindsayp
Pretty special seeing all her LU people by her side ๐ฆ๐ค
How I feel about our first week together for ๐๐๐ปโโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ pre-season!
#DUwork
๐พ
@DULadyPanthers
ballers let me know how you feel? ๐ฌ
We got a little reminder in the mail about the accomplishments and perseverance the Lady Panthers showed last season and what a BEAUTIFUL reminder they areโผ๏ธ๐๐๐พ๐พ
Best thing about Springfield, Illinois-My college roomie and fam live there. Donโt get to see them much wt this crazy coaching life, but I cherish it when I do! Sheโs one of my favs for life & my ride or die after those college years together ๐คฃ! Love you Marn โค๏ธ
@TitansLadyHoops
A HUGE THANK YOU to all our fans, boosters, & parents that traveled this weekend! Also to everyone cheering us on & watching from a far! My phone has been blowing upโฆ& itโs only the beginning ๐ Donโt know a lot of kids that have a ๐ fam this big ๐พ
#BlessedAndGrateful
๐ข๐จCongratulations to the BEST coach in the Nation
@AmyEagan
๐on receiving the Special Achievement Award from the Missouri Sports Hall of Fameโผ๏ธ๐๐โค๏ธ๐พ๐
Pumped for our first summer of camps ๐ค get signed up ๐๐ป
Click the link below to find out more information and get registered! If you have any questions please email jmellott
@lindenwood
.edu
๐: โฆ
Today is
#ThankYouThursday
so wanted to say a special thanks to these people, aka my staff! They are the best in the biz and Iโm not sure what I would do wtout them! THANK YOU!!! Love you all โค๏ธ
#DUfamily
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Got home yesterday from 8 GREAT days of recruiting and got our first commit tonight ๐
#110
%committed
#allweDUiswin
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#lunathegoldendoodlepup
@ O'Reilly Family Event Center
2019-20 NCAA DII Statistical Champions in 4๏ธโฃ categoriesโLook ๐ at some of the reasons we were
#1
๏ธโฃ in the country & 3๏ธโฃ2๏ธโฃ-0โผ๏ธ
#allweDUiswin
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Congratulations to my favorite football staff
@Truman_FB
on their bowl WIN and for setting the record for number of wins in a season! So much respect for Coach Nesbitt and staff! Class act people and program!
#alumproud
6th 20 win season in Truman history and the first time itโs ever been done during the regular season! Super proud of these young women and what they stand for!โฆ