Sarah Weinburger, a native of Jacksboro, TN is one of four members of her family to call Bryan home. Her oldest brother John Cain is a '15 graduate and former pitcher for the Lions, Tucker Cain is a '19 graduate from the baseball team and the 2019 Male Lion of Valor recipient, and sister Anna Cain is wrapping up her sophomore year with the volleyball team. She is also newly married, as of July 2020, to Wade Weinburger Jr. of the baseball team, who was the 2020 Male Lion of Valor recipient. Weinburger is graduating this May with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology with a 3.9+ GPA. She has been accepted into Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, TN, where she will be attending this fall to continue to pursue her dreams of being an optometrist.


In addition to excelling in the classroom and earning her third consecutive Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) All-Academic honor this season, Sarah has played a key role in helping her teams leave their mark in the Women's Basketball history book at Bryan College. During her four years as a Lady Lion, she has accumulated a 103-17 overall record, an 83-5 AAC record, 64 consecutive AAC regular-season wins, 4 AAC regular-season championships, 3 AAC tournament titles, and 4 NAIA National Championship appearances. Individually for her career, Weinburger has tallied 808 points, 374 rebounds, 125 assists, and shot 40.1% from the field. She also ranks fifth on the all-time list for career three-point field goal percentage with 36.6%.


Head Coach, Jason Smith had this to say about Sarah, "If we had an image and true definition of "Lion of Valor", it would have to be a picture of Sarah (Cain) Weinburger. Sarah has been a leading example of our program's "We Over Me" mentality. She has never put her own interests or desires before our team or school. Any role she has been asked to do she has gone in to accomplish without hesitation. As a two-year captain, her leadership went well past the court as she has shown her faith and love of Christ in all she has done. She will be deeply missed within our Lady Lion program as well as our campus, but what she is destined to achieve in the world will far exceed all she's already accomplished. We are proud of Sarah, we are proud of her recognition as "Lion of Valor", and we will forever be proud to have her as a Lady Lion for life! Her contributions to our program and school will be felt for years to come."