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Jacksonville State's hiring of Bryan and Shannon O'Keefe pays off with 2024 NCAA Women's Bowling title that makes history for school
JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Saturday, April 13, 2024 9:00 pm
Jacksonville State after winning the 2024 NCAA Women's Bowling Championship on Saturday. Photo by NCAA.
A year ago, Jacksonville State didn’t have an NCAA women’s bowling team, and had never won a national title in any sport since it moved up from Division II to Division I in 1993-94.
In May 2023, Jacksonville State hired McKendree University director of bowling Bryan O'Keefe and coach Shannon O’Keefe to start its women’s bowling program, in news broken by 11thFrame.com in this story.
All six of O’Keefe’s McKendree varsity players transferred to...