Four years ago today was Pat Summitt's last full day on Earth. She would pass away at 5:05 a.m. in the pre-dawn hours of June 28, 2016. Never forget
#PatSummitt
. Honor her memory.
Back Pat. Always Back Pat.
💜🧡💙
@LadyVol_Hoops
@WeBackPat
@Pat_Summitt_LG
Found it,
@Candace_Parker
.
@debbieantonelli
and Lailaa on the drums with
#PatSummitt
in December 2010. I am not a photographer, but I tried to point camera every which way and take pictures anyway.
Six years ago tonight, the remarkable life of
#PatSummitt
was coming to an end. She would die at 5:05 a.m. June 28, 2016, just five years after being diagnosed with dementia. Alzheimer's is a wretched thief of time. Her legacy, though, can live forever. Back Pat. Always Back Pat.
Five years ago,
#PatSummitt
only had a few hours left in a remarkable life. She would die at 5:05 a.m. June 28, 2016, five years after being diagnosed in 2011 with dementia. Alzheimer's is a brutal thief. Don't take a single breath for granted. And Back Pat. Always Back Pat.
Breaking news from
@LadyVol_Hoops
: Tamari Key is out for the season because of blood clots in her lungs. Please keep Tamari and family in your thoughts.
June 27, 2016. Pat Summitt is slipping away on final night of iconic life. June 28, 2016. 5:05 a.m. Pat Summitt dies. Take a second. Remember her. Send strength to hearts that are still under siege seven years later, especially her family and players. Back Pat. Always Back Pat.
Little better focus
#PatSummitt
playing basketball with Lailaa,
@espnW
. Pat asked to see Lailaa's defensive stance. I took this
@LadyVol_Hoops
practice day before Texas game in December 2010. Love seeing it posted today by
@Candace_Parker
as part of Lai's 🏀 journey. So miss Pat.
#LVFL
Nicky Anosike took her twins to
@LadyVol_Hoops
practice to see
@KellieHarper
. The long orange line never breaks. All the feels. All of them. (And if you still want to help Nicky, you can. 🧡💙)
Very emotional Texas A&M Coach Gary Blair in post-game talking about playing at Tennessee, honoring Pat Summitt. He is wearing a We Back Pat pin and a purple tie for Alzheimer's awareness.
On this day 36 years ago,
@Candace_Parker
was born. And nets would be cut. And
#PatSummitt
would be happy. And little Lailaa would come to be. And sometimes I just want to see this photo I took in Austin, Texas, in 2010 and remember and celebrate living every moment of life.
Holly Warlick and
@DeMossMickie
said goodbye to
@TashaButtsHoyas
at her Georgia home. Nearly 25 years ago, Mickie DeMoss had walked into that same house with Pat Summitt to recruit Tasha. The long orange line never breaks.
#ladyvols
.
@LadyVol_Hoops
just got commitment from No. 1 point guard in the country
@ladylynn22_
in the Class of 2019. Wow, and welcome to Tennessee, Jordan Horston. 🏀🏀
.
@Candace_Parker
: ''I promised I'd never cheat the game & that I'd leave it in a better place than I came into it.'
Consider it done. Candace Parker elevated the game from the time she picked up a basketball to the day she had to leave it.
#ladyvols
#LVFL
If current
@LadyVol_Hoops
players see emotional social media reaction by Lady Vol Nation to
@Candace_Parker
leading team into
#WNBA
Finals, it's rooted in a place of love. And loyalty. And longing. Pat is missed, and Lady Vol Nation connects Candace and
#LVFL
to her legacy. (1)
Pay attention to photo selection in how athletes are presented. And do better than this. (And for anyone not paying attention, start watching the differences when it's a white player vs. a Black player. It can be obvious or subtle. And it crosses all sports, women and men.)
Chicago Sky star Candace Parker announced Tuesday on Instagram that her wife, Anna Petrakova, is expecting their child. Parker, 35, congratulated Petrakova, 37, on their wedding anniversary in the post as well.
#ladyvols
are wearing patches on shooting shirts in memory of Tasha Butts and Nikki McCray who died from breast cancer in 2023 at age 41 and 51, respectively.
@iamthathooper
played for Nikki at Mississippi State and tried to talk.
@SaraPuckett13
stepped in to help her teammate.
For the official photo,
@Catchin24
wanted Holly Warlick and Al Brown at her side and motioned for both to move next to her from their place on the line. Holly and Al coached her
@LadyVol_Hoops
. The graciousness of Tamika defined in 23 seconds.
Pat, I had to run an errand downtown, so wanted to drop by and tell you one of your forever daughters needed
#LadyVols
Nation. 450 donors have raised $32,000+ for Nicky Anosike in one week. She had to be hospitalized to save her twins. (1)
Pat Summitt would applaud that effort - lesser opponent but competed throughout no matter who was on the field
@Vol_Football
. That's how you set the tone. Thank you for always honoring and remembering her and celebrating her legacy
@UTKnoxville
.
Thank you to everyone who got vaccinated. And masked up since the beginning and are doing so again. You did your part. You tried. You saved lives. You prevented infections. And thank you to health care providers and scientists. You did everything you could.
If you would have told me we'd have 85,000 hospitalizations in a 4th wave, when there are free, very safe, highly effective vaccines (90% protective vs hospitalizations w/ Delta), and enough for everyone over age 12, I wouldn't believe you.
But here we are. And we're not done yet
Yet again, UConn-centric. What about spotlight on your projected top seeds? This is what we mean when we say incessant promotion of one program. Pick N.C. State, South Carolina, Stanford or Tennessee to feature in photo. Point out SEC has two projected No. 1 seeds. Do better.
UPDATED BRACKETOLOGY:
The NCAA selection committee will reveal its top 16 teams Thursday. ESPN's projection has UConn as a No. 4 seed. The SEC leads the way with four teams in our top 16.
Nine years ago today on Aug. 23, 2011, Pat Summitt announced she had early onset dementia. Five years later, Pat was gone. Never forget her. Back Pat. Always Back Pat. 🧡💜
@BerniceKing
The time for white people to stop clipping audio of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to buttress their position is right about now. Not unless you make it a life habit to uphold all of it, not the cherry-picked parts. It's reductive and rather manipulative.
Dec. 12, 2010. Another photo of
#PatSummitt
with
@Candace_Parker
and Lailaa. I took it at Texas when Candace came to practice. (And that one of Pat and Lailaa playing. Didn't get it fully focused.) Also one
@debbieantonelli
on drums with Lai. No idea just two seasons left. 🧡💙
Second
#Moderna
shot flowing through me, so immune system can do its thing. Thank you, scientists, pharmacists, physicians, nurses and all health care workers. Let's end this pandemic. And special shoutout to Dr. Katalin Kariko. If you don't know who she is, you should.
Tennessee misses you, Pat. You would have gotten people to wear a mask. To be a team. To get through it together. And if someone didn't wear a mask, well ...
#leadership
Said it in 2014 when
#ladyvols
logo was removed, will say it again: Lady Vols are a brand. Forever grateful to relentless fans who got it back,
@joancronan
for fighting for it,
@John_Currie
for restoring it and
@AD_DannyWhite
for expanding it. We all know who is smiling today.
.
@QadenceS
will visit
@LadyVol_Hoops
on Saturday. The 6-1 guard from Forestville, Maryland, holds an offer from Tennessee and is an elite recruit in Class of 2023. Photo is one she tweeted after offer.
#ladyvols
are now getting a visit.
While everyone waits for official way to help
#VFL
Zakai Zeigler, we are $2,595 from completing GoFundMe for
#LVFL
Nicky Anosike, told to terminate one twin in 2021; instead fought to bring both into world. Let's do this,
#Vols
and
#LadyVols
Nation. 🏀🧡💙
Anonymous donor sent $2,265 to reach goal of $45,000 for Nicky Anosike, husband and twins. To whoever that was,
#LadyVols
and
#Vols
Nation thanks you. Both twins home, getting stronger. Cheluchi almost didn't make it. What a photo. Thank you to everyone!
Women built this sport. Women like Billie Moore. Pat Summitt. C. Vivian Stringer. Sue Gunter. Dorothy Gaters. Sonja Hogg. Marian Washington. Cathy Rush. Kay Yow. Margaret Wade. WTF. (Edited to add Jody Conradt and Tara VanDerveer.)
I want to thank
#HollyWarlick
for all she did for
#Tennessee
after the diagnosis and death of
#PatSummitt
. When Holly held this up at Pat's service in 2016, the AD responsible for trying to dismantle the
#LadyVols
logo was in front of her. Fierce courage.
Kudos
@seattlestorm
for getting
@ladylynn22_
on roster already online. Jordan Horston just played in Seattle in March in the Sweet 16. She will return to the Emerald City as a pro
@wnba
.