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Dawn Staley is getting a statue in Columbia (no joke)
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Feb 8, 2023, 7:41 PM
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USC’s Dawn Staley is getting a statue in Columbia. Here’s what we know
Sarah Ellis
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University of South Carolina head women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley on Monday, August 20, 2022 in Columbia, SC. Staley won numerous awards during her playing career including three Olympic gold medals and is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame. As a coach, Staley has lead two team’s to the NCAA Division I championship.
University of South Carolina head women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley on Monday, August 20, 2022 in Columbia, SC. Staley won numerous awards during her playing career including three Olympic gold medals and is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame. As a coach, Staley has lead two team’s to the NCAA Division I championship. jsiner@charlotteobserver.com
University of South Carolina women’s basketball Coach Dawn Staley will be honored with a statue in downtown Columbia.
Columbia Mayor Daniel Rickenmann told The State the city plans to erect a statue at the corner of Main and Gervais streets across from the S.C. State House, “so that everyone who comes through Columbia can see that, and it can be a reminder to everyone that opportunity is what you make of it, and nobody can stand in your way.”
A design for the statue is still in the works, and an unveiling could be about a year away.
“It’s going to be a reminder to every young girl that, ‘I have the ability and I have an equal value, and nobody should forget about that,’” Rickenmann said.
The statue is being created in partnership with international arts funding group Statues for Equality, a group that aims to “balance gender and racial representation in public statues” around the world.
Staley, the mayor said, has been an ambassador for leveling the playing field for girls and women in sports, pushing for equal funding, attention and respect as men’s sports. She and the university have already been consulted on the statue, and a rendering is in the works, the mayor’s office said.
Rickenmann expects about a 12-month timeline to complete the statue once the design is finalized.
The project is expected to cost $140,000, with half of the funding coming from Statues for Equality and half committed by local business people, the mayor’s office said.
“What the (USC women’s basketball) team has done is not only show excellent grace, at the same time, they’ve stood up for trying to level the playing field in sports,” Rickenmann said. “I’m excited that we have a coach who has really embraced our community and at the same time has really empowered her athletes to stand up tall every day.”
In 14 years coaching the Gamecocks, Staley has brought home two national championship trophies and vaulted the team into the perennial national spotlight. Among her myriad accomplishments, Staley has been named the national coach of the year three times and is USC’s all-time winningest basketball coach — men’s or women’s.
“Coach Staley is a fantastic ambassador for the university, the city and for women’s basketball,” USC Athletics Director Ray Tanner said in a statement. “Through her leadership and tenacity on and off the court, she exemplifies what it means to be a Gamecock. This planned statue would hopefully inspire excellence in generations to come.”
The city was approached by Statues for Equality, Rickenmann said, and put in a bid for funding for a statue of Staley.
“We’re going to be working with the coach on the right pictures and pose, and the artist will be providing us with the renderings,” the mayor said.
The Staley statue will be the second structure honoring a USC women’s basketball star in the capital city.
In January 2021, USC unveiled an 11-foot bronze statue of Gamecock great A’ja Wilson, a Columbia native who helped lead the team to its first national championship in 2017. Also an Olympic gold medalist, Wilson has gone on to star in the WNBA with the Las Vegas Aces, bringing home the league championship and her second WNBA MVP trophy last season.
This story was originally published February 8, 2023, 6:19 PM.
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Feb 8, 2023, 7:44 PM
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Ugh that face!
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Paw Warrior [4661]
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Does the Statue depict her Kneeling?????
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Feb 8, 2023, 7:54 PM
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Great Coach. But I have ZERO Respect for her!
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Oculus Spirit [40325]
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It Depicts Her Lying and Race-Pandering***
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Feb 9, 2023, 11:23 AM
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Paw Warrior [4830]
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Re: Dawn Staley is getting a statue in Columbia (no joke)
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Feb 8, 2023, 8:00 PM
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In 150 years it will be Removed.
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All-TigerNet [6093]
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Ought to put it on WOKE St.
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Feb 8, 2023, 8:18 PM
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Dem good ole boys in Cooterville ain't gonna like this...
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Paw Master [16191]
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What’s the issue?***
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Feb 8, 2023, 8:12 PM
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Feb 9, 2023, 9:19 AM
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Racism not acceptable from anyone.
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Feb 8, 2023, 8:17 PM
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I thought all the statues of racist were torn down. No need to build one.
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What's the problem
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Feb 8, 2023, 8:55 PM
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She's actually won something unlike all their other coaches.
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Re: What's the problem
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Feb 8, 2023, 9:07 PM
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She deserves the recognition but not at the place that has been picked.
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Game Changer [1818]
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Re: What's the problem
Feb 10, 2023, 8:22 PM
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USC should have a loss since Dawn canceled BYU game
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Orange Phenom [14639]
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LOL.***
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Feb 8, 2023, 9:00 PM
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Pigeons, have at it.
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Feb 8, 2023, 9:06 PM
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Wish I could.
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Paw Master [16128]
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Across Gervais...Because racism isn't tolerated on...
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Feb 8, 2023, 9:19 PM
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State House grounds.
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Feb 8, 2023, 9:30 PM
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Her statue will have spurs.
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She’s won 2 natties and were ranked #1 when Covid
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Feb 8, 2023, 9:40 PM
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cancelled the tourney. She is a hof’er as college and pro player and will be as a coach. She deserves a statue.
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The coots did not win a Natty the year of covid...
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Feb 8, 2023, 9:46 PM
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The national championship tournament was canceled. It would be like us claiming a NC in football when OSU played 6 games in 2020.
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Re: The coots did not win a Natty the year of covid...
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Feb 8, 2023, 9:59 PM
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Her statue will probably go where the Confederate soldier’s used to be.
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Paw Master [16128]
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#1 and top seed has zero to do with winning NCs***
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Feb 9, 2023, 2:36 AM
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Re: Dawn Staley is getting a statue in Columbia (no joke)
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Feb 8, 2023, 10:19 PM
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Great basketball coach. Not so good ambassador for moUSC. They can have her in my opinion.
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A paragon of intolerance, racism, and stupidity
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Feb 8, 2023, 10:58 PM
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Sounds like a perfect fit.
She's a nasty piece of work.
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Feb 9, 2023, 4:09 AM
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Hopefully, she will be kneeling.
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Feb 9, 2023, 5:17 AM
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What a joke. She is a liberal activist. Get her out of our state.
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Feb 9, 2023, 7:48 AM
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BYU says hello
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Good for her***
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Feb 9, 2023, 6:32 AM
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Coots gone woke !?!?!?!***
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Feb 9, 2023, 7:15 AM
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Re: Dawn Staley is getting a statue in Columbia (no joke)
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Feb 9, 2023, 7:15 AM
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Never a good idea to put a statue, name a road etc after a living person especially one so young. Too much time to mess up and cause embarrassment (see Joe Paterno). Usually this is done to appease the subject
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Feb 9, 2023, 7:56 AM
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So after it’s built can we tear it down since she’s a racist. Seems only fair.
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Feb 9, 2023, 10:11 AM
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Dude what
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I do not personally like Dawn Staley. Her personality is
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Feb 9, 2023, 8:06 AM
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abrasive, to say the least. And, her coaching style is also rough. But, all that aside, you have to RESPECT what she has accomplished in that cesspool known as Cootlumbia. My only other comment, because I certainly do not pay attention to such drivel, is, does Ray Tanner already have a statue? If not, I would think he has a prior claim to one far ahead of Ms. Staley.
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Pretty sure you know the reason Tanner doesn't have one while Staley is getting one.
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The amount of stupid in your post is incredible. Coot.***
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Feb 9, 2023, 11:32 AM
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Feb 9, 2023, 10:10 AM
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IMHO building statues or monuments for humans is a violation of the "graven image" commandment.
I'm an unchurched former baptist but in all the conversations regarding taking down confederate monuments, etc. no one has even opined on whether we should have ever built any monuments at all. Seems to me the evangelicals should recognize a larger scope and lobby for abolition of all these graven images.
Personally, i vote for no more statues to anyone or anything.
And take down ALL the others.
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Feb 9, 2023, 11:32 AM
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She checks all the boxes on the Woke agenda. Next step, White House Press Secretary!
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Feb 9, 2023, 1:08 PM
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I don't have an issue with them honoring her as a Coach and mentor to the young ladies she mentors. She is outspoken, her opinions can sometimes be controversial, I am not going to comment on the political aspect of this statue but only as a Coach and mentor. However, let's be honest, as a Coach she has done an excellent job as Coach of the Lady Coots.
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it will take a good artist. to make a statue that ugly***
Feb 9, 2023, 5:14 PM
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Bigger racist than
Feb 9, 2023, 5:41 PM
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