ATHLETICS REPORT
JENNIFER KING ’06
Tackling Stereotypes and Pushing Boundaries learned how to relate to people of different backgrounds and experiences.
After basketball season, Jennifer joined the Quakers’ softball team, where
“Entering college you come from
she was a four-year starter. She was
motto used by the College’s admissions
your little bubble in high school, and
more than an athlete at Guilford and
office in the early 2000s: “Be the change
then you’re suddenly somewhere where
developed administrative and relational
you wish to see in the world.”
there’s all types of people,” Jennifer
skills through participation in different
said. “Guilford laid the groundwork for
campus organizations. A resident
diversity, which is huge in coaching.”
advisor and Judicial Board member, she
GUILFOR DIANS MAY R ECALL the
Jennifer King ’06 lives out that slogan, some 13 years after her graduation, as a football coach. The former two-sport
After a decorated high school career
coordinated musical acts for Serendipity
standout started coaching college
at nearby Rockingham County High
and participated with the Blacks
basketball, but her love and hunger for
School, the accolades continued to
Unifying Society club. Jennifer was
football, plus the willingness to risk and
pile up in Greensboro. Jennifer earned
chosen for a developmental coaching
grind for a dream, have her on the cusp
Guilford’s top athletics honor, the
program sponsored by the Women’s
of a full-time coaching position in the
Nereus C. English Athletic Leadership
Basketball Coaches’ Association of
National Football League (NFL).
Award, along with the school’s 2005 Best
America, which helped crystalize her
Undergraduate Female Athlete Award.
coaching dreams.
Jennifer didn’t play or coach football at
After graduation, she assisted the
Guilford, and instead starred in basketball
As a senior, she was named Best Female
and softball. The Sport Management
Athlete and received the Jack Jensen
women’s basketball team at Greensboro
major built a network of friends and
Ideal Student-Athlete prize.
College. She spent nine seasons with
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