McDaniel College

Meet Gina King

Gina King

Name: Gina King
Recruitment Area: Maryland: Baltimore City, Prince Georges County; New York; Colorado
College: McDaniel College
High school: North Caroline High School
Email address: gking@mcdaniel.edu

Do you play any sports? Used to – field hockey. If kickball counts, that always has a soft spot in my heart! Now, I just watch them and scream really loud!

Favorite Music: If Stevie Wonder and Janis Joplin had a child, and that child joined a band with Bill Monroe’s reincarnated spirit, their creation would be my favorite music.

Favorite TV Show: Jeopardy, Grey’s Anatomy

Favorite Movies: Jaws, Casablanca, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Pretty Woman

Favorite Books: Water for Elephants, The Alchemist, Pride & Prejudice, Old Man & The Sea

Favorite Board Game: OPERATION!!

Favorite Professional Teams: Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore Orioles

Favorite Color: Green or Blue, depends on the day

Any Pets? Yes, a lovely chocolate lab – Smokey “The Bear” King

Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate

The best place you have ever visited: The Amalfi Coast, Positano specifically.

If you could have dinner with three people who are no longer living, who would you want to eat dinner with and why? Funny – this was MY college application essay question. I picked Jimmy Buffett, Madonna and Albert Einstein. Now, I would pick Tim Russert, Adolf Hitler and Luciano Pavarotti.

If I were a zoo animal, I’d be a…. (tell us why): Elephant – I’d be safe from the poachers, I wouldn’t have to work too hard to get my food, and I’d be the most popular stop at the zoo. Plus, I’d be scared of mice and could eat lots of peanuts, which would be neat.

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