PHOTOS: Governor honors Kansas women’s basketball for WNIT victory
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Kansas Governor Laura Kelly displays a proclamation honoring the Kansas women's basketball team and their WNIT win on Thursday, April 27, 2023 at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka. Photo by Nick Krug
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and the state Legislature honored the WNIT-winning University of Kansas women’s basketball team on Thursday at the Statehouse in Topeka. The Jayhawks won the WNIT title with a 66-59 victory over Columbia earlier this month at Allen Fieldhouse.
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Kansas women’s basketball forward Katrine Jessen smiles as she and her teammates tour the Kansas Statehouse on Thursday, April 27, 2023.
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Kansas women’s head basketball coach Brandon Schneider talks with Rep. Barbara Ballard, D-Lawrence, in Gov. Laura Kelly’s ceremonial office on Thursday, April 27, 2023, at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka.
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Kansas women’s basketball manager Jack Zillner carries the WNIT trophy to the House chambers on Thursday, April 27, 2023, at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka.
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Kansas women’s basketball guard Chandler Prater shoots a selfie with Holly Kersgieter, right, and manager Jack Zillner holding the WNIT trophy on the floor of the Kansas House of Representatives on Thursday, April 27, 2023 at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka.
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The Kansas House of Representatives stands to recognize the Kansas women’s basketball team and their WNIT win on Thursday, April 27, 2023 at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka.
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Rep. Fred Patton, R-Topeka, left of center, and Rep. Barbara Ballard, D-Lawrence, stand with the rest of the Kansas House of Representatives to recognize the Kansas women’s basketball team and their WNIT win on Thursday, April 27, 2023 at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka.
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