
veteran Coyote guard whose leadership still echoes
Kelly Stewart is best known as a high-IQ, winning guard for South Dakota, helping power the Coyotes’ 2016 WNIT championship run and finishing her career with more than 800 points and nearly 400 rebounds. In the 2015-16 season, she averaged 9.8 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.1 assists, and shot 38% from three, showing the kind of two-way versatility coaches love. Her differentiator was toughness and poise: she was a team captain, a steady postseason performer, and the kind of glue player who made good teams better.