Editor’s note: This story is part of Peak, The Athletic’s desk covering leadership, personal development and performance through the lens of sports. Follow Peak here. During the 2018 NCAA men’s ...
Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the chaplain for the men’s basketball team at Loyola University Chicago who rose to fame when the school advanced to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in 2018, died on ...
Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt wasn’t just the chaplain for Loyola-Chicago basketball. She was its spirit. When the news came that she passed away at 106, fans across the country reflected on her life ...
She was struck down in her prime. Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, B.V.M., passed away yesterday, Oct. 9, at the ripe old age of 106. The loss is her family’s, her fellow sisters’, Loyola University ...