This is all class! Thank you
@SDCoyotesMBB
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A huge thanks to
@CoachLeeUSD
for having me on your staff, showing confidence in me & for your friendship. Good luck to the players, it’s been a privilege watching them grow. So many great memories for me & my family in Vermillion!
Serious conversations about 🏀 & life, & a friendship off the court. I’ll miss
@TylerJHagedorn
in many ways, oh & his 50%+ 3pt shooting😂. He’s worked hard to be here & will be rewarded throughout his 🏀journey. Now let’s finish this thing right!
#GoYotes
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First up in our senior spotlight series,
@TylerJHagedorn
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🐾5th-year senior
🐾leads the nation in 3-point percentage this season (51.9%)
🐾22nd player in program history to record over 1⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣ points and 5⃣0⃣0⃣ rebounds in a career
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His smile & laugh has brought me joy the last 2yrs.Going to miss coaching him, & him looking at my reaction every time someone shoots a midrange 2pt shot😂. He’s been a winner
@SDCoyotesMBB
& I have no doubt he will be a winner at whatever he does in life. Thank you
@SodakBlack3
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Next up in our senior spotlight series,
@SodakBlack3
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🐾 Has played in 122 career games in a Coyote uniform
🐾✌️-time honorable mention all-Summit League
🐾 the 47th member of the 1,000-point club
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Michael Jordan & “The Last Dance” is bringing people together!
@megandavidson26
is usually upstairs watching Survivor or the Bachelor, while I’m downstairs watching sports or working. Tonight we’re together downstairs😍
#LastDance
🏀🐺The Coyotes are heading home Rainbow Classic Champions‼️
USD is 3-0 for the second time in four seasons. Tyler Hagedorn scored 23 points and Triston Simpson added 22 for the Coyotes.
#WeAreSouthDakota
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Our team had an outstanding semester in the classroom 📚 led by Tyler Hagedorn with a 4.0 GPA. We also had nine scholarship players achieve a 3.0 or higher leading to a team GPA of 3.03, one of the highest ever for Coyote basketball!
#GoYotes
The game didn't go our way but great to catch up with my guy
@JackMcVeigh1
today. One of the great parts of being in the 🇺🇸 is seeing these Aussie boys growing into men.
#lovesthegame
One of the toughest & hardworking guys i've been around. I know he'll attack his recovery with the same fearlessness & passion he plays with with.
#GoYotes
#WeAreSouthDakota
#bradcantguardme
Thank you to everyone that has reached out with their love and prayers! I will be okay and I promise I will do whatever it takes to get back on that court with my guys 🙏🏽 it’s going to be a journey but I can’t wait to wear the red and white again in front of Coyote Nation 🔴⚪️
There’s no bigger heart than
@CoKel45
’s. To push through adversity on the court & thinking of teammates off it. A true leader who’s got everything out of his talents. As a coach he’ll be a great asset to future players, but there’s still work to be done!
#sparkplugJR
#GoYotes
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The third senior in our senior spotlight series is
@CoKel45
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🐾member of the all-Summit League Newcomer team last season
🐾has scored 570 points in a Coyote uniform
🐾🔥🔥 the nets for 27 points against Peru State on 6-of-8 from deep
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We’ve set up a “workout room” downstairs. To earn a snack the kids have to complete a “fun” task of catching, excercise, etc. The boys weren’t thrilled about their task & started kicking the ball in frustration. So the task changed to kick+catch=snack. 8-10mins later this...
Got my shoes & tie ready for
#CoachesvsCancer
game! To celebrate Australia Day i've pulled out the my 2006 Commonwealth Games tie for some Aussie flavour. As an extra, the game is played at Eastern Washington University where my good friend Lincoln Burton played!
#UNDproud
Thanks
@HawaiiMBB
, excited is an understatement! I appreciate everyone’s support & well wishes! And thanks to
@megandavidson26
for keeping “team Davidson” together AGAIN while I’m away.
Let’s go Aussies 🇦🇺
#Boomers
The respect
@EranGanot
has for the program & people of Hawaii was evident many years ago when we met, & reinforced to me in my first year in the program. This is well deserved, & earned through hard work. Congratulations Coach!
#ManaOhana
Basketball has given me so much! Experiencing other cultures and Pearl Harbor experience was special. With a long history of the Australia-USA alliance it makes you grateful to the all the people who have given service.
#GoYotes
#WeAreSouthDakota
Appreciate Costco playing “Land Down Under” when I got back to Hawaii. I had some time away & literally went around the 🌎.
🌈🏝Hawaii ➡️ 🇦🇺Australia❤️➡️ 🇮🇳India (stop over) ➡️🇶🇦Qatar ➡️🗽NY ➡️ 🌈🏝Hawaii
It’s nice to be home! Just need
@megandavidson26
& the kids back now.
1/2. I won’t miss
@typeterson22
because I know the night time text messages will continue. I’ll be beating him on a golf course somewhere & hopefully organizing places for him to go when he visits Australia. TP had 1 D1 scholarship offer out of HS,
@SDCoyotesMBB
got a steal!!
Last but certainly not least is
@typeterson22
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🐾pre-game coffee is a must for this senior
🐾Has played in a program record of 129 games in a Coyote uniform 👀
🐾48th member of the 1⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣th point club
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Happy Australia Day! 🇦🇺 has been top of mind recently with the fires. I’ve really appreciated my US colleges & friends who’ve shown genuine care for our countryside & animals. I hope everyone back home enjoyed themselves & did like we did & had a sausage sizzle for dinner!
Sometimes the least vocal guys have the best things to say.Brandon is that guy! With his sharp basketball mind,he’s quietly giving observations that are 100%🔥.The care attention
@Thatkidb20
gave our youngest boy at 🏀 camp warmed my heart & makes him a Davidson family favorite!
The fourth senior in our senior spotlight series is
@Thatkidb20
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🐾1-of-5 Coyotes to play in all 35 games in 2017-18, a school record
🐾Has the best dreads in the conference
🐾Has played in 127 games, second-most in school history
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Watching
@OfficialBlueyTV
the Mothers Days episode, was the way
@megandavidson26
started her Mother’s Day. Then, the kids hit the spot AGAIN with school made presets. Although we don’t show her, or tell her enough, we’re grateful for everything she does! ❤️
Perfectly said
@CoachShanksUMD
. Thank you to all the black teammates/ coaches/ players & friends that have enriched my life through basketball. I don’t sit here believing I know what you’re going through, but I’m here if you need me.
I thank the game of basketball everyday for allowing me the chance to create relationships and bonds with people from different backgrounds and ethnicities at a young age... I can wholeheartedly say my life has been exponentially improved by the ability to be around diversity.
“It takes a village to raise a child”. We’re grateful to have
@BeckyFlynn33
in our “village” to help our young men be successful in life after
@usd
#GoYotes
Our players and staff want to say THANK YOU to
@BeckyFlynn33
for all of her hard work in helping our team achieve its highest semester GPA of the Division I era. Thank you, Becky‼️
#WeAreSouthDakota
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I truly love the game of basketball. I really do! I always joked I played because I loved it, not because I was tall...but the friendships, connections & relationships are the greatest part....with back to back 3pters not far behind😂.
@CarsonShanks05
Thanks for hanging out mate!
Great to catch up with this Aussie,
@braddavidson14
over some real, authentic Australian cuisine. Can’t believe it was his first time at an Outback. Was shocked to find out that Aussies don’t really eat bloomin’ onions and drink only Fosters in Australia... 🇦🇺
Thanks
@Joeingles7
! So many takeaways.
📌Teammates are family= listen, argue, care for each other
📌Add new skills & improve strengths
📌Take care of your body & MIND
📌Keep working= teammates & coaches see your work which builds confidence from team & in yourself
#GoYotes
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Juneteenth is a time to honor Black history and celebrate the liberation of enslaved people. Today, members of the Vermillion and USD community came together to chalk messages of hope, support, education and celebration. 🐾
#YoteLife
#Juneteenth
Joe Ingles is giving a clinic about the ‘Art of Passing’! Look also how all his passes are with 1 hand, his timing is perfect, always staying in control and keeping his vision over the court. Loving how easy and efficient he keeps his game! Basketball IQ on another level! 🤯
Today I attended my first ANZAC Day Memorial service in the US. The Aussie/NZ accents made me feel like I was back home, & Punchbowl Crater was an amazing location. As always “The Last Post” gave me chills. Well done
@AusintheUS
!
#AnzacDay
#AnzacDayinHawaii
.
@SDCoyotesMBB
was well represented on the Summit League awards! 👏👏
Congrats to our all-Summit trio, Newcomer of the Year and Coach of the Year!
📰:
#GoYotes
x
#WeAreSouthDakota
Excited to say that I’ve accepted a Graduate Assistant position with the Kansas City Men’s Basketball team! Thanks to Coach Donlon and the rest of the staff for the opportunity, let’s work 👊🏽
#KCsBasketballTeam
#ROOUP
Appreciate the effort Aussies make to catch up over here in the US.
@jacob__chance
you need to make it to a home game on the island 🏝️🌈 next time mate! We’ll get you an Aloha shirt to fit in 🤙🏻