The "Cobra Spotlight" is a weekly highlight of a student-athlete at Coker College. Each week we take a different athlete from a different sport and display some facets to get more familiar with them. This week we take a look at Claudia Jenkins and Kaitlyn Kimball, members of the women's lacrosse team.
Name: Claudia Jenkins
Sport: Women’s lacrosse
Position: Midfield
Hometown: Boonsboro, Md.
Year: Freshman
Major: Biology
Why did you choose Coker? It just felt like the right college for me!
What is your best memory at Coker (athletic related)? Playing Fall Ball with my team or beating Lees-McRee.
What is your best memory at Coker (non-athletic related)? Any and everything with my best friend, Karley!
Which athletic team would you play on at Coker other than your own? Basketball
Favorite class: Chemistry lab
Favorite professor: Dr. Boone
Plans after graduation: Get a good paying job, buy a big farm for my horses and have a nice, jacked up truck!!!
Favorite movie: Any movie that isn’t a scary movie!
Favorite type of music: Country
Favorite food: Chinese food or Chipotle
Favorite sports team: Cleveland Cavaliers
Favorite color: Blue
Favorite TV show: The Big Bang Theory
Most prized possession: My family! (Including my horses)
What is something people may not know about you? I ride horses and used to compete nationally.
Do you have a nickname? If so, how did you get it? The Claud; I couldn’t tell you where it came from because I have no idea!
One word that describes you: Dedicated
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Name: Kaitlyn Kimball
Sport: Women’s lacrosse
Position: Defense
Hometown: Winter Springs, Fla.
Year: Sophomore
Major: Double major in psychology and physical education with a concentration in exercise science.
Why did you choose Coker? The small-school setting and to play lacrosse.
What is your best memory at Coker (athletic related)? Either burying Newberry this season or the team finishing the national anthem ourselves when the power went out during the “Byerly Tornado”.
What is your best memory at Coker (non-athletic related)? When the bathroom door in Memorial fell off and gave me a black eye last year.
Which athletic team would you play on at Coker other than your own? Soccer
Favorite class: PE 200
Favorite professor: Dr. Parker
Plans after graduation: Go back to Florida for grad school.
Favorite movie: Every movie Ryan Gosling is in.
Favorite type of music: Literally anything but country.
Favorite food: Chicken tenders
Favorite sports team: Oakland Raiders
Favorite color: Green
Favorite TV show: The League
Most prized possession: My pillow pet, Albert.
What is something people may not know about you? I’m obsessed with dinosaurs.
Do you have a nickname? If so, how did you get it? K-Money and Special K, because my name starts with a K…
One word that describes you: Witty