Tuesday, August 28, 2001

‘Dynamic’ King positioned to set several school records
By Adrienne Burch
skiff staff

Senior Marci King received a strange plea from her soccer coach in sixth grade.

“My soccer coach got roped into coaching volleyball,” King said. “It was the first year for it and he didn’t know any of the girls that were coming out. (He asked me), ‘Will you come out for it, just so I’ll know someone?’”

Fortunately for TCU, she listened. King is now a starting outside hitter for the TCU volleyball team. She led the team in kills her first two seasons and finished second on the team last season. The senior has a chance to set school records in kills, consecutive matches played, total attacks and digs.

Erin Munger/Photo Editor Marci King, a senior outside hitter, has a chance to set program records in kills, consecutive matches played, total attacks and digs this season.

Assistant coach Chris Rudiger said King is a standout player because of her work ethic.

“She works hard in the weight room,” Rudiger said. “She is in the best physical condition she’s ever been in, so her confidence is higher.”

Head coach Sandy Troudt agrees.

“She has the capability of being a dynamic player,” Troudt said.

King came to TCU because she wanted to remain close to her family. The coaching staff’s interest also helped her decision. The prospect of more playing time appealed to King, who came to TCU knowing she would have a chance to play right away as opposed to waiting until her junior or senior year.

The Frogs have become her family away from home. She said she has grown close to other team members, especially seniors.

“When you’re in the fall, you’re together 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” King said. “It’s awesome, because the minute you get here you have 12 automatic friends who will stand by you.”

After graduation King hopes to play professionally, even if that means going overseas.

“They have teams all over Europe, and in South America as well,” King said. “It just depends on who’s looking for an outside hitter.”

She already has a plan for putting her broadcast journalism degree to work.

“I want to take Hannah Storm’s job,” King said. “I want to sit on the couch during the Olympics and just talk about everything. If I could be on ESPN, I would die a happy woman.”

For now, King chooses to focus on the present. As her last college season starts, she is learning to be a leader. Senior setter Lindsay Hayes has seen King’s leadership.

“She works really hard,” Hayes said. “She’s determined and outgoing on the court.”

For now, King has one thing on her agenda.

“I want to live in the moment,” she said. “I want to remember it.”

Adrienne Burch
a.n.burch@student.tcu.edu