The W&M Athletic Foundation would like to highlight Kirsten Schimke Jones '93, an alumna of the Tribe's volleyball program and a member of the William & Mary Athletics Hall of Fame.
Jones came to the Tribe for her junior season, after transferring from San Diego State. By her senior season in 1992, she had earned consecutive first-team all-conference honors and was named the Colonial Association's Player of the Year. Despite just having two years in the league, she was named to the CAA's 25th Anniversary team, recognizing the top 25 players in the league's first quarter century. After graduating from W&M in 1993 armed with a degree in East Asian Studies and a proficiency in Japanese she found herself working for NIKE's Eastern European offices and eventually NIKE's World Headquarters in Portland, OR.
She left NIKE in 2008 to realize her dream of becoming a Sports Parenting Coach.
She is currently the Co-Host of a podcast #RaisingAthletes, and lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their three kids.
Below you will find a recent podcast Jones conducted, featuring fellow Tribe alumna and Athletics Hall of Famer, Julie Shackford, who is also the head coach of the Tribe's women's soccer team.
The topic of the podcast centers on the importance of parenting and the life of coaching and playing sports.
