Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, Loyola’s 98-year-old chaplain, charmed a room full of reporters Friday morning at the Final Four.
Her fame throughout the NCAA Tournament has prompted schools to find their own figures of inspiration, and Father Rob Hagan of Villanova and Father Ben Hawley of Ann Arbor, Mich., who counts Wolverines coach John Beilein as a parishioner, have gained a level of popularity this week.
What about the other Final Four participant, Kansas?
That’s what Jan-Eric Anderson of Lawrence and some of his diehard KU friends wanted to know. Then an idea came to them.