{"id":22162,"date":"2023-06-12T15:22:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T19:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/?p=22162"},"modified":"2023-06-13T08:23:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T12:23:34","slug":"national-champion-transylvania-pioneers-attend-ncaa-college-athlete-day-at-the-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2023\/06\/national-champion-transylvania-pioneers-attend-ncaa-college-athlete-day-at-the-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"National Champion Transylvania Pioneers attend NCAA College Athlete Day at the White House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/06\/TransylvaniaUniversity_WBB_WhiteHouse-730x408.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/06\/TransylvaniaUniversity_WBB_WhiteHouse-730x408.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/06\/TransylvaniaUniversity_WBB_WhiteHouse-350x195.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/06\/TransylvaniaUniversity_WBB_WhiteHouse-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/06\/TransylvaniaUniversity_WBB_WhiteHouse-1536x858.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/06\/TransylvaniaUniversity_WBB_WhiteHouse-2048x1143.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/06\/TransylvaniaUniversity_WBB_WhiteHouse-810x452.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/06\/TransylvaniaUniversity_WBB_WhiteHouse-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite a light rain, the national champion Transylvania Pioneers women\u2019s basketball team were all smiles at the NCAA\u2019s College Athlete Day celebration Monday at the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The undefeated Pioneers joined NCAA championship teams from across the country representing all three collegiate divisions at the event with Vice President Kamala Harris. Transy won the Division III women\u2019s basketball championship in Dallas on April 1, capping off an undefeated 33-0 season.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Madison Kellione, the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year and championship MVP, joined other national title winners onstage with the vice president. The event included 47 teams from 19 different sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou inspire so many across our country, people you may never meet,\u201d Harris said. \u201cYou remind all of us of what we can achieve.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pioneers also visited Capitol Hill, where U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers\u2019 office provided a tour. 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