NYTimes: Far From Reservation, Sisters Lead Louisville

By JERÈ LONGMAN
Published: April 6, 2013

OKLAHOMA CITY — Louisville had just advanced to the women's Final Four, and the sisters Shoni and Jude Schimmel had helped cut the nets in celebration, a rare achievement for American Indian athletes. But it was not the biggest family news of the day.

As the sisters left the court Tuesday night, their father beamed and their mother waved and flashed her wedding ring. After 25 years of companionship and 8 children, Ceci Moses and Rick Schimmel had been officially married, inspired in part by Louisville's epic run through the N.C.A.A. tournament, a mother's deferred dream realized and an accomplishment by her daughters that was as much a cultural triumph as an athletic success.

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Posted April 8, 2013, 8:19 AM PST