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Dana Backstrom – tennis (1983-86)
Dana Backstrom was a three-year member of the Lady Blues tennis team after transferring to Washburn from Missouri.
She won the NAIA District 10 Singles Championship her junior and senior seasons. She reached the NAIA National Championship Tournament twice and led the Lady Blues to the Central State Intercollegiate Conference regular season title her senior season, when she was also the assistant coach for Peg Marmet.
She was the first Washburn women's tennis player to qualify for the NAIA National Tournament. She was also part of the NAIA District 10 championship as a senior with Jalynda Pancin.
In the classroom, Backstrom was a two-time NAIA Scholar Athlete picking up the award her junior and senior seasons.
She earned her undergraduate degree in Physical Education from Washburn University in 1986 and a Master of Psychology from John F. Kennedy University Pleasant Hill, California in 2006. Dana passed away on May 25, 2022, after a heroic fight with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
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