KEARNEY, Neb., Oct. 26 -- The University of Nebraska Kearney issued the following news release:
By TYLER ELLYSON
UNK Communications
KEARNEY - Sydney Owen was a Loper long before she was a college student.
As a young girl, she attended the former Child Development Center on the University of Nebraska at Kearney campus and cheered on the blue and gold at athletic events. She even served as a ball girl for the basketball, volleyball and soccer teams.
Her mother, Carla Kegley-Owen, is a senior lecturer in the Department of Chemistry, and both of her parents graduated from UNK. So did her older brother and several other family members.
In many ways, the campus has always felt like home.
"I grew up coming to UNK, so there's always been tha...