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Tom Berg USD Sports Information Coordinator

Annie Roche has traveled all across the United States as a member of the University of South Dakota women’s basketball team. The Coyotes have played games in states like California, Texas, Washington, Colorado, Utah and North Carolina while Roche has been part of the team.

Now, Roche – who will be a junior on the USD squad this fall – is taking another trip. Only this time, it will be to another continent.

Annie Roche

Roche will be going on a mission trip with Campus Crusade for Christ to Ghana, which is located in western Africa.

She will be part of an 11-person team that will take the trip, which begins on Aug. 7.

“I’m really excited about it,” said Roche, a native of Vermillion. “It’s going to be a challenge. But it’s a really great experience that God has presented for me.”

Part of the trip will be doing work involving campus ministry, working at a local orphanage plus conducting basketball clinics.

On Aug. 7, the group will fly out of Sioux Falls to Minneapolis, and then fly to Atlanta. From there, it’s a 12-hour flight – Roche says she’s never been on a flight that long before – to Accra, Ghana, which is the country’s capital city.

The group is slated to return on Aug. 18.

Roche she is hoping to have a positive impact on the people she interacts with in Ghana – but says “I’m absolutely positive I’ll be impacted.”

Updates on former Coyotes:
--Former Coyote men’s basketball standout Shane Murphy was named the head men’s basketball coach at Dakota Wesleyan University earlier this summer. Murphy, who had a successful coaching stint at the University of Sioux Falls before going into private business, replaces another former Coyote, John Hemenway, who took a coaching job in Kentucky earlier this summer. Both Murphy and Hemenway are members of the Coyote Sports Hall of Fame.

--Former Coyote football player Ko Quaye is with the Jacksonville Jaguars as that team is in the midst of training camp. Quaye, an all-american defensive tackle with USD last season, is listed as a defensive tackle on the Jaguars’ roster. Jacksonville reported for camp on July 29 and opens its preseason on Aug. 13 at Philadelphia.

--Former Coyote football star Stefan Logan is listed first on the depth chart at kick and punt returner for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers reported for camp on July 30 and open the preseason on Aug. 14 against Detroit.

--Former USD football standout A.J. Schable is listed as a member of the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League.

About Coyote Chatter

Coyote Chatter is the sports information blog put together by USD sports information coordinator Tom Berg. This will be updated periodically, and also includes the Where Are They Now? Feature. If you have any submissions for updates on former athletes, coaches, etc., for this feature, please email tom.berg@usd.edu. We will also provide short tidbits on other former Coyotes.

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