{"id":1241,"date":"2019-09-16T12:35:25","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T18:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=1241"},"modified":"2019-09-16T13:10:34","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T19:10:34","slug":"athlete-spotlight-jackie-kingsbury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/16\/athlete-spotlight-jackie-kingsbury\/","title":{"rendered":"Athlete Spotlight: Jackie Kingsbury"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Athlete-Spotlight-Jackie-Kingsbury_mixdown.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tomorrow UTRGV&#8217;s Women\u2019s Volleyball will be playing their first home game of the 2019 season against Texas A&amp;M Corpus Christi in the South Texas showdown. One of the captains for UTRGV is local athlete Jackie Kingsbury who was a highly decorated high school player coming out of Los Fresnos High School. 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