As coaches we really appreciate that because it makes for better people on your team and positive support from the parents. Although this is her last year of volleyball eligibility, Kightlinger will not graduate until spring 2002. She loves the education program here at Washington State and is eager to enter the teaching profession, especially considering the fact her parents, Rick and Debbi, are both teachers. Then I'll be a student teacher, hopefully abroad in Australia. I want to teach elementary, probably first grade.
Teaching is so needed and available in a lot of places, especially California.
I'll get a job for sure, but I could travel too. I think going home would be nice. For Kightlinger, the future is pretty much mapped out. She has her family, her goals, her career aspirations, and of course, her extreme sports. Women's Volleyball Feedback Copyright 2001, Student Advantage, Inc. and Washington State University.