Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the men’s basketball chaplain at Loyola University Chicago who became an international celebrity during the team’s improbable Final Four run in 2018, cheering courtside in her basketball vestments — a letterman jacket, a burgundy and yellow scarf and custom Nikes — died Oct. 9. She was 106.
Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the men’s basketball chaplain at Loyola University Chicago who became an international celebrity during the team’s improbable Final Four run in 2018, cheering courtside in her basketball vestments — a letterman jacket, a burgundy and yellow scarf and custom Nikes — died Oct. 9. She was 106.