Glyna Masten was a 6’0 guard from the small town of Sudan, Texas, when she arrived at Wayland Baptist in September 1959.  During her four years at Wayland, Masten was an integral part of a group of Flying Queens which accumulated an overall record of 90-12, won one AAU Championship, and finished as the runner-up three years.

One of only two freshmen to see extensive playing time with the Flying Queens during the 1959-60 season, Masten turned out to be “one of the finest guards at the tournament this year….”

Masten earned AAU All-American honors her sophomore season as she helped lead the Queens to a 24-2 record, an AAU Championship, and a National Girl’s Basketball League Championship.  “Possibly the best guard in AAU basketball this past year,” is how the 1961 Traveler described Masten.  It went on to say, “A big basketball player who moves quickly, she rarely makes a repeated mistake.”

An added highlight to an already eventful year occurred in the spring of 1961 when seven members of the Queens, including Masten, were selected to play on a United States All-Star team that traveled to the Soviet Union to play eight games against Russian teams and one against a Swedish team.  Among those games was one memorable one when the Americans played the Russians on an outdoor court in the rain.

The 1961-62 Flying Queens won the NGBL championship, but fell just short of their second straight AAU title with a loss to Nashville Business College in the finals.  Masten, the “outstanding guard in women’s AAU basketball,” won her second AAU All-American honor.

Chosen as a co-captain in her final year at Wayland, Masten helped lead the Flying Queens to a 21-4 record.  She earned AAU All-American honors for the third straight year and was selected to be a member of the U.S.A. women’s team that went on to win the gold medal in the 1963 Pan American games in Sao Paolo, Brazil.

Masten, who was voted Senior Class Favorite, graduated from WBC in May 1963 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physical Education and English.