Texas Tech University could soon welcome the tallest woman in NCAA women’s college basketball history. Stephanie Okechukwu, who is 7-foot-1 tall, is set to make her basketball debut at the university.

If Stephanie Okechukwu is officially cleared to play this season, she will make history as the tallest player ever in women’s collegiate basketball — and she’s arriving with both presence and promise.

River Hills Village has a very special guest, a life size replica of Ella Ewing, the world’s tallest woman, that will be visiting for two weeks. Ewing, dubbed the “Missouri ...