CONNIE TRACEWELL INDUCTED TO ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME

Former basketball star added to
Dana College's list of outstanding athletes, Oct. 2

Connie Tracewell of Lincoln, Neb., was honored with Dana College’s highest alumni honor for athletics Oct. 2 in Blair, Neb., when the college named her to its Athletic Hall of Fame at a special ceremony held as part of Homecoming festivities.

Honorees are nominated for their excellence in athletics while attending Dana. In Tracewell’s case, her performance as a team leader for the Vikings stood out.

Women’s basketball was still in its early stages at Dana College back in 1978, when Connie (Kennedy) Tracewell arrived to play for the Vikings.

Her inside game was her strength. Although statistics from those early years of Viking Women Basketball are difficult scarce, Kennedy remembers that as an individual, one of her best performances came in her freshman year. "I don’t remember how many points or rebounds I had," she said, "but I remember that I played well." Success in that particular game was important to Tracewell, because her Wahoo High School Coach had made the trip to Blair to see her play.

Her fondest basketball memory came when her team made it to the regional tournament during her junior year. Although the team was soundly defeated in the first round game, Tracewell remembers how proud she and her teammates were to represent the school at a game at that level.

Tracewell used her bachelor of science in biology degree in her career. She spent 10 years working in the animal health industry as part of a team of reserarches who developed a vaccine that helps prevent pneumoniae in swine. Tracewell and her husband, Bill, live in Lincoln. They have a son, Mason and a daughter, Hayley. She is currently spending her time raising her children. She credits the hard work, desire and practice she put into basketball at Dana as something she now carries over and uses daily in raising her family.

Dana College is a place where all students actively participate. They make things happen — in their own lives and in the lives of others. Through a highly supportive faculty and campus community, Dana students develop interpersonal skills, leadership abilities, and other important values and knowledge as they make choices about their future. Dana’s outstanding academic programs in business, education, art and social work, among others, ensure that students have the knowledge, skills and experience necessary to pursue challenging careers or placement in graduate school.

Dana College is a private, liberal arts institution in Blair, Neb. To learn more, visit www.dana.edu.

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