Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, beloved nun who inspired Loyola’s NCAA Tournament runs, dies at 106

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the longtime chaplain of the Loyola men’s basketball team who became a national sports icon, died Thursday. She was 106.

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