News Articles – 2008

The next phase

Erin Bolen
Springfield News-Leader (October 5, 2008)

Jackie Stiles is all grown up. The former Missouri State women’s basketball star turns 30 in December, and she has finally come to terms with the fact her basketball career is over. It wasn’t an easy decision. After leading the Lady Bears to the Final Four in 2001…
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Her Story

By B.D. Tharp,
Women’s Focus Magazine (September 2008)
“Never give up,” says Jackie Stiles, a young woman whose dreams have come true. When she was a little girl, she always knew she’d play professional basketball, and she never let anyone tell her she was too short (5’ 8”) or from the wrong town. This Claflin, Kansas native followed her dreams. In high school she played basketball and tennis, and ran cross-country and track.
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Gold Medal Moment #6: Jackie Stiles, the scoring machine

KSN.com, August 21, 2008
WICHITA, Kansas, Aug. 21, 2008
You voted on our 20 gold medal moment finalists. At number six is Jackie Stiles, the scoring machine whose legend started at Claflin High School when she scored more than 3,600 points, the most of anyone, male or female, who has ever picked up a basketball in Kansas. Stiles did the same in the NCAA…
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