Kim Clarke

Kim Clarke was a basketball player in college at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa. As a sophomore and junior she helped her team reach the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) Final Four. She began playing handball while in high school and tried to make the 1984 Olympic team, but did eventually play at the 1988, 1992, and 1996 Olympics. Clarke won gold medals at the 1987 and 1995 Pan American Games. She also competed at the 1986 Goodwill Games and the 1982, 1986, 1993, and 1995 World Championships.

Clarke graduated from St. Ambrose in 1991. She later earned a masters’ degree in sports administration from the University of Northern Colorado in 1994 and a masters’ in information technology from American Intercontinental University in 2001. Clarke later settled near Atlanta where she worked for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia. She is a member of the St. Ambrose Athletic Hall of Fame and the Quad City Ties Sports Hall of Fame.