By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – University of Nebraska at Kearney head women’s basketball coach Carrie Eighmey has a promise to keep. “I will buy a hot tub if we win the conference championship today,” she told her players – on video – shortly before Sunday afternoon’s MIAA Tournament final in Hays, Kansas. Looks like the Lopers will relax in style during their next team get-together at the Eighmey house. UNK knocked off rival Fort Hays State … [Read more...] about ‘Dream come true’: Lopers win first MIAA title, qualify for national tournament
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Love and Basketball: UNK coaches dedicated to their team and each other
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – He’s the goofy one. The self-proclaimed king of one-liners. The guy who showed up to practice last December dressed in an elf costume. Someone who once reproposed to his wife (on a dare from their players) using a vending machine-quality plastic ring. “I try to make her laugh every day,” says Devin Eighmey, head assistant coach on the University of Nebraska at Kearney women’s basketball team. “I don’t know if she … [Read more...] about Love and Basketball: UNK coaches dedicated to their team and each other
The right fit: Denver transfer Haley Simental destined to be a Loper
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Haley Simental believes everything happens for a reason. “It’s all according to God’s plan,” she says of her unexpected journey to the University of Nebraska at Kearney. There was a time when Simental didn’t know whether she’d ever play collegiate basketball again. Now, she’s the starting point guard on a UNK team that’s 23-3 and ranked No. 26 in Division II. A native of Pueblo West, Colorado, Simental committed … [Read more...] about The right fit: Denver transfer Haley Simental destined to be a Loper
