{"id":997,"date":"2024-12-15T19:05:03","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T01:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thexradio3.com\/news\/?p=997"},"modified":"2024-12-15T19:11:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T01:11:02","slug":"blair-hardieks-jersey-retired-as-50-years-of-womens-sports-at-ehs-is-celebrated-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/basketball\/997-blair-hardieks-jersey-retired-as-50-years-of-womens-sports-at-ehs-is-celebrated-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Blair Hardiek&#8217;s Jersey Retired as 50 Years of Women&#8217;s Sports at EHS is Celebrated Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>(WITH HER UNCLE STEVE BONE BEAMING PROUDLY NEXT TO HER, BLAIR HARDIEK ACKNOWLEDGES THE RETIREMENT OF HER JERSEY AND SPEAKS ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT SPORTS CAN PROVIDE YOUNG PEOPLE SATURDAY AT EFFINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL)<\/p>\n<p>A celebration of 50 years of women&#8217;s sports at Effingham High School was highlighted by the retiring of the jersey of Blair Hardiek, the all-time basketball scoring leader in EHS history.<\/p>\n<p>(FROM LEFT, EFFINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC DIRECTOR MACK THOMPSON, BLAIR HARDIEK, BLAIR&#8217;S SON MACKLIN, AND THEN AND NOW EHS GIRLS VARSITY BASKETBALL COACH JEFF SCHAFER)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mack-blair-macklin-jeff-12-14-24-640.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hardiek scored 2,540 points for EHS from 1999 to 2003. She went on to a highly successful career at the University of Missouri, where she was a team captain. She continued in basketball on the coaching staff at the University of San Francisco, was a Golden State Warriors sports analyst for NBC in the Bay Area, coached at San Francisco State, and is now the Chief Strategy Officer for the two-time champion Las Vegas Aces of the WNBA.<\/p>\n<p>Blair is married to Olympic gold medalist Jennifer Izzi. They have a son Macklin and a daughter Camden.<\/p>\n<p>Our Greg Sapp had the opportunity to talk with Blair prior to Saturday&#8217;s jersey retirement ceremony. 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