Talk:Alia Fischer

Scoring record

I see a preseason article for her senior season saying she was entering the season second in career scoring, rebounding and blocked shots. ("ON A WHIM, CENTER FISCHER FINDS UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS AT WU SHE ENTERS OPENER FRIDAY AS TWO-TIME NATIONAL PLAYER OF YEAR") It shows her with 1477 and the WU record book lists an earlier player (Amy Schweizer) with 1494 points. She scored 19 in the opener, but the local newspaper that I rely on heavily for this bio (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) ran the national Associated Press game recap with no mention of her breaking the record. I can find no mention of her breaking the school scoring record in the press even though in the fourth game when she broke the other two records it was covered. I did try to find press, but could not.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 14:49, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 15:52, 27 February 2025 (UTC)

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• ... that Alia Fischer was the first underclassman to win the WBCA Player of the Year in NCAA Division III?

• Source: paywalled

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Aquilegia gegica
  • Comment: 2nd of 2 QPQs

Moved to mainspace by TonyTheTiger (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 371 past nominations.

TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:47, 21 January 2025 (UTC).

• Hi @TonyTheTiger: This article, moved to mainspace on 19 Jan, is long enough, new enough, well-sourced, and presentable. QPQ done. However, I don't think this hook would be interesting to a large audience: it's a specific and quite technical superlative (we can't expect an average, not necessarily American, reader to understand "underclassman", "NCAA Division III" or "WBCA Player of the Year"). It's an interesting article. Did you have any other hooks in mind? Tenpop421 (talk) 19:19, 21 February 2025 (UTC)
• ALT1... that Alia Fischer made an NCAA Division III record-setting 18 consecutive Field goals?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 02:23, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

Thanks @TonyTheTiger: but this still reads to me as overly technical and specific. Tenpop421 (talk) 14:07, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

• ALT2... that Alia Fischer led the first women's college basketball team to achieve back-to-back undefeated seasons?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 17:51, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

@TonyTheTiger: Yes! That's it. This hook is short enough, interesting, in the article and cited. Good to go. Best, Tenpop421 (talk) 18:24, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

I'm having trouble finding where the hook is both mentioned and referenced. SL93 (talk) 01:48, 27 February 2025 (UTC)

Here: In the championship game, the Bears earned their 68th consecutive victory and achieved a 30–0 record, becoming only the second college basketball team to post consecutive undefeated seasons (joining John Wooden's 1971–72 & 1972–73 UCLA Bruins) by defeating Southern Maine 79–33 despite foul trouble 13 point from Fischer.[46] Fisher was selected as most outstanding player and a member of the all-tournament team.[33]? Tenpop421 (talk) 15:50, 27 February 2025 (UTC)