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A&M-Commerce Lions 2017 NCAA Division II National Champions (PHOTOS)

By Jasmine Baker & Photos by Drew Ivery
Published December 18, 2017 at 12:06 PM CST
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The A&M-Commerce Lions football team did what 168 teams couldn’t do, winning the 2017 NCAA Division II National Championship, its first in school history. The Lions finished its record-breaking season 14-1, second national championship in school history, after defeating West Florida 37-27 in Kansas City, Kan. 

KETR's first year student Drew Ivery captured the excitement of the Lions historic run from the 2017 NCAA Division II National Championship.

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Jasmine Baker
Lifelong sports fan, Jasmine Baker, has been covering sports for KETR 88.9 since 2016, under the tutelage of Mark Haslett. She's co-hosted the award-winning student produced program 'Lions After Dark' and produced online content covering Lion Athletics. As an undergraduate she began her journalism career writing for student-run campus newspaper The East Texan. Jasmine has covered high school basketball playoffs, college and professional sports in the Dallas Metroplex. Her experience has allowed her to be a guest on various sports talk shows, including guest play-by-play with Charlie Chitwood. In the 2018 WNBA season she covered the Dallas Wings for High Post Hoops.
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