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2017–18 Weber State Wildcats Women's Basketball Team
The 2017–18 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball team represents Weber State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by sixth year head coach Bethann Ord and play their home games at the Dee Events Center. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 21–10, 11–7 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky women's tournament to Idaho State. They were invited to the WBI where they defeated Texas Southern in the first round before losing to Central Arkansas in the quarterfinals. On June 7, it was announced that Bethann Ord has resigned from Weber State and accept the head coaching job at Binghamton. She finished at Weber State with a 6 year record of 77–137. Radio Broadcasts All Wildcats games are heard on KWCR with Nick Bailey calling the action. All home games and conference road games are also streamed with video live online throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bethann Ord
Bethann Siviter (born 1963) is a British Registered Nurse and author originally from the United States. She overcame sudden illness and resulting disability to return to work in the NHS and has since used her experiences as a patient to highlight issues in healthcare delivery. Her American nursing education did not transfer to the UK, so upon relocation in 1999, she earned a BSc in Community Nursing. In May 2004, Siviter wrote ''The Student Nurse Handbook'', a guide for nursing students. Mrs Siviter is known for her work as an advocate for disabled people, herself becoming disabled as a result of an illness in 2006. Her used of an assistance dog from the charity Canine Partners Canine may refer to: Zoology and anatomy * a dog-like Canid animal in the subfamily Caninae ** ''Canis'', a genus including dogs, wolves, coyotes, and jackals ** Dog, the domestic dog * Canine tooth, in mammalian oral anatomy People with the surn ... was highlighted as the first use of an assistance do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolet High School
Nicolet High School is a public secondary school located in Glendale, Wisconsin. It is the only school in the Nicolet Unified School District, which serves Glendale, Fox Point, Bayside, and River Hills. Primary schooling is administered by three feeder districts. The Nicolet Unified School district is one of the few school districts in Wisconsin to be made up of only one school. Its main feeder schools are Milwaukee Jewish Day School, Glen Hills Middle School, Maple Dale Middle School, and Bayside Middle School. Academics The school offers French, German, Hebrew, and Spanish languages. Nicolet High School has an advanced placement program that includes calculus (AB and BC), statistics, computer science, physics (B, C: mechanics, and C: electromagnetism), chemistry, biology, environmental science, English language and composition, French language, Spanish language, Spanish literature, German language, music theory, American history, European history, macro-economics, micro-e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meridian, Idaho
Meridian is a city located in Ada County in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, the population of Meridian was 117,635, making it the second largest city in Idaho after Boise. Meridian is considered the state's fastest-growing city and among the fastest-growing cities in the United States. History The town was established in 1891 on the Onweiler farm north of the present site and was called Hunter. Two years later an I.O.O.F. lodge was organized and called itself Meridian because it was located on the Boise Meridian and the town was renamed. The Settlers' Irrigation Ditch, 1892, changed the arid region into a productive farming community which was incorporated in 1902. Meridian was incorporated in 1903. The information in the following sections (Irrigation, Village, Rail Transportation, and Creamery) is found on the displays in the Meridian City Hall Plaza. Irrigation (1890– ) Early settlers arriving in the area came with no knowledge of gravity flow irrigation. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salesian College Preparatory
Salesian College Preparatory (formerly Salesian High School and Salesian House of Studies) is a private, Roman Catholic, co-educational, college-preparatory high school in Richmond, California, United States. Established in 1927, it is part of the Salesians of Don Bosco and is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland. It is a Salesian school and is situated on in the North & East neighborhood. It has rivalries with St. Patrick-St. Vincent High School and Saint Mary's College High School. History The Salesian House of Studies opened on the campus as a seminary for future Salesians. In 1960, the school became Salesian High School and began allowing boys of west Contra Costa County to attend. In 2006, the school changed its mascot from the Chieftain to the Pride, amid nationwide controversy over the use of Native American related mascots in athletics. In 2013, the school began using iPads instead of textbooks for some classwork. In 2014, on the 50th anniversary of i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vallejo, California
Vallejo ( ; ) is a city in Solano County, California and the second largest city in the North Bay region of the Bay Area. Located on the shores of San Pablo Bay, the city had a population of 126,090 at the 2020 census. Vallejo is home to the California Maritime Academy, Touro University California and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. Vallejo is named after Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, the famed Californio general and statesman. The city was founded in 1851 on General Vallejo's Rancho Suscol to serve as the capital city of California, which it served as from 1852 to 1853, when the Californian government moved to neighboring Benicia, named in honor of General Vallejo's wife Benicia Carrillo de Vallejo. The following year in 1854, authorities founded the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, which defined Vallejo's economy until the turn of the 21st century. History Vallejo was once home of the Coastal Miwok as well as Suisunes and other Patwin Native American tribes. There are three co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pullman High School
Pullman High School is a public secondary school in the city of Pullman, Washington, the home of Washington State University. It is the only traditional public high school in the city and in the Pullman School District (#267). A four-year high school, it accepts students from Lincoln Middle School in Pullman (fed by four public elementary schools: Franklin Elementary School, Sunnyside Elementary School, Jefferson Elementary School, Kamiak Elementary School) and other schools around the area in different towns. Pullman High School's mascot is the greyhound and the school colors are blue and gray. History Pullman High School formerly occupied the building that is now the Gladish Community & Cultural Center at Main and State Streets (). Built in 1929, it closed as PHS in 1972 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. The present campus opened in September 1972 as an "open concept" design with minimal walls. It is located on Military Hill at the northwest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pullman, Washington
Pullman () is the largest city in Whitman County, located in southeastern Washington within the Palouse region of the Pacific Northwest. The population was 29,799 at the 2010 census, and estimated to be 34,506 in 2019. Originally founded as Three Forks, the city was renamed after industrialist George Pullman in 1884. Pullman is noted as a fertile agricultural area known for its many miles of rolling hills and the production of wheat and legumes. It is home to Washington State University, a public research land-grant university, and the international headquarters of Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories. Pullman is from Moscow, Idaho, home to the University of Idaho, and is served by the Pullman–Moscow Regional Airport. History In 1876, about five years after European-American settlers established Whitman County on November 29, 1871, Bolin Farr arrived in Pullman. He camped at the confluence of Dry Flat Creek and Missouri Flat Creek on the bank of the Palouse River. Within the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Catholic High School (Portland, Oregon)
Central Catholic High School is a college prep school located in Portland, Oregon, United States. Central Catholic is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church, and is the only archdiocesan high school in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland. History Central Catholic was founded 1934 by Archbishop Edward Howard as a diocesan high school for boys. In 1930, St. Mary's Cemetery was closed and the interments were relocated, mostly to Mount Calvary, and Central Catholic High School was built on the site of the old cemetery. Although the Great Depression made fund-raising difficult, the Knights of Columbus staged fund-raising affairs and a generous bequest made it possible to open the first unit of the school in 1939. It was dedicated on May 9, 1939, and opened with about 125 freshman and sophomore students. The first principal was Father Francis Schaefers. Initially the school operated on a pay-as-you-go basis, meeting its expenses with its tuition, which was $50 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland, Oregon
Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous county in Oregon. Portland had a population of 652,503, making it the 26th-most populated city in the United States, the sixth-most populous on the West Coast, and the second-most populous in the Pacific Northwest, after Seattle. Approximately 2.5 million people live in the Portland metropolitan statistical area (MSA), making it the 25th most populous in the United States. About half of Oregon's population resides within the Portland metropolitan area. Named after Portland, Maine, the Oregon settlement began to be populated in the 1840s, near the end of the Oregon Trail. Its water access provided convenient transportation of goods, and the timber industry was a major force in the city's early economy. At the turn of the 20th century, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas Tech Lady Raiders Basketball
The Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team represents Texas Tech University and competes in the Big 12 Conference of NCAA Division I. History The 1975–76 season saw the debut of women's basketball at Texas Tech University. In 1993, the team won the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. Home arenas All six home games were played at the on campus Women's Gym during the Lady Raiders' inaugural 1975–76 season. The following two seasons, the Lady Raiders began playing select home games along the Red Raiders basketball team at Lubbock Municipal Coliseum. By the 1978–79 season, the team no longer split time between the two venues, playing only at Lubbock Municipal Coliseum until the United Supermarkets Arena opened in time for the 1999–2000 season. Head coaches Players Retired jerseys Year-by-year results Notes NCAA tournament results The Lady Raiders have appeared in 20 NCAA Tournaments, with a recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madison Central High School (Kentucky)
Madison Central High School is a public high school located in Richmond, Kentucky, United States. The school has an enrollment of approximately 2000 students. History The original Central High School was built in 1938 and was one of several small high schools in Madison County. Additions were made to the school beginning in 1953 and Madison Central (consolidated) High School was opened in the fall of 1954. Central was a consolidation of four Madison County system high schools (Central, Kingston, Waco and Kirksville). It was the lone high school in the county system until Madison Southern High School was opened in the fall of 1988. In 1989, Richmond's city high school (Madison Madison may refer to: People * Madison (name), a given name and a surname * James Madison (1751–1836), fourth president of the United States Place names * Madison, Wisconsin, the state capital of Wisconsin and the largest city known by this ...) was dissolved and its students were moved to Central. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richmond, Kentucky
Richmond is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Madison County, Kentucky, United States. It is named after Richmond, Virginia, and is home to Eastern Kentucky University. In 2019, the population was 36,157. Richmond is the fourth-largest city in the Bluegrass region (after Louisville, Lexington and Covington) and the state's sixth-largest city. It is the ninth largest population center in the state with a Micropolitan population of 106,864. The city serves as the center for work and shopping for south-central Kentucky. In addition, Richmond is the principal city of the Richmond-Berea, Kentucky Micropolitan Area, which includes all of Madison and Rockcastle counties. History Richmond was founded in 1798 by Colonel John Miller from Richmond, Virginia. A British American, Miller served with the rebels in the Revolutionary War. According to lore, he was attracted to the area by its good spring water and friendly Native Americans. With the original county seat of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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