For the 14th-straight year under Head Coach Drew Olson, Concordia will open the 2021-22 season with a top 25 national ranking. The Bulldogs checked in at No. 9 in the poll released on Wednesday (Oct. 27).
After placing second in the GPAC in 2020-21, the Concordia Women’s Basketball program landed in exactly that same spot this preseason. The Bulldogs have won a combined 12 GPAC titles under Head Coach Drew Olson.
Four starters, including First Team All-GPAC star Taysha Rushton, return for a Concordia Women's Basketball program coming off an appearance in the NAIA national quarterfinals last season. Depth will be a strength.
In six seasons as Assistant Women's Basketball Coach, Tae’lor Purdy-Korell has helped continue the rich tradition of success for Bulldog Hoops. Find out more about Coach Purdy-Korell in this Q&A.
Drew Olson returned to his alma mater as Head Women’s Basketball coach prior to the 2006-07 season. Olson was influenced in his career path by both his father and brother.
A new season of Concordia Women's Basketball will open up on Nov. 1 when the Bulldogs host Bellevue. Coach Olson's squad will also head to Hawaii as part of a 30-game regular season.
After leading the Bulldogs to the NAIA national quarterfinals, Taylor Cockerill was selected as the honorary captain of the Omaha World-Herald All-Nebraska team. Two other Bulldogs were also recognized.
Taylor Cockerill and Taysha Rushton were the ringleaders for a squad that reached the NAIA national quarterfinals while playing an exciting brand of hoops in 2020-21.
Announced as an All-American by the WBCA three days earlier, junior guard Taylor Cockerill has also been tabbed an honorable mention All-American in the official release from the NAIA.
After leading the Bulldogs to the NAIA national quarterfinals, Taylor Cockerill has been named an NAIA All-American by the WBCA. She topped Concordia in scoring, rebounding and assists this season.
After losing several key pieces from the 2014-15 team that made a run to the national title game, the Bulldogs have reloaded with a balanced approach in 2015-16.
It was only a matter of time before Sarah Harrison Krueger found her way into the Concordia Athletics Hall of Fame.
Since 1992, 14 Concordia women’s basketball teams have appeared at the national tournament with four advancing all the way to the national semifinals. But in 2015, the Bulldogs reached new heights by motoring to the national title game for the first time in program history.
It’s a Tuesday evening in the middle of July and two brothers have reunited over a familiar round, orange and leather-coated object that has been prevalent in their lives since birth. Jarrod Olson, now 41, drives and whirls a pass back out top to Drew Olson, 35, who rises and fires a three. They narrowly miss out on the Olson-to-Olson scoring connection.