SAN ANTONIO — Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the iconic Loyola University basketball team chaplain who captured sports fans' hearts during the 2018 Final Four in San Antonio, has died. She was 106.

The university confirmed "Sister Jean" died Thursday . No specific cause of death was provided.

Sister Jean had been the men's basketball team chaplain for more than 30 years, but she found herself in the spotlight during Loyola's trip to the Final Four during the 2018 NCAA Tournament. She was spotted cheering courtside throughout the Ramblers' improbable run.

That year's team surprised the country by winning its way through four rounds to make it to the Final Four alongside national powers Villanova, Kansas and Michigan in the Alamo City.

Sister Jean traveled with the team to San Antonio, as

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