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Coming out of Loyola Marymount (2019-23) and Stony Brook (2023-24), Denver native Khari Clark plans on playing professional basketball for as long as she can, but with her degree in biochemistry, she also has a solid Plan B, or rather Plan A2 (with basketball being Plan A1).
Apart from that, Clark talked with Swish Appeal about her college career, playing in Mexico and the art of rebounding. Highlights from the talk include:
On how she started playing basketball:
Honestly, my dad gave me an ultimatum. He was like, “You’re gonna play sports. Which one do you want to play, volleyball or basketball?” And I was like, “Okay, I guess I’ll play basketball.” And it was that simple. And I was like, “Okay, I’m playing basketball.”
On whether she intends to remain socially active in the places she’s playing in:
I think that I am a student at best, and I can’t really say, globally, I’m very aware of the stuff that’s going on at a level that I would like to be. For instance in Mexico, it was a really great experience because not only did we play basketball, we did a lot of community outreach and we got to meet a lot of different organizations within the community. We were doing community service through basketball, of course, but it was just really nice to be able to see the kids. And I don’t know what it is, but the community in Mexico, the kids really appreciate women’s basketball. The energy was so different. They were just really happy to see us and I think using my platform to just be an inspiration is always great and when I can do that in different countries, it’s lovely. The experience that I had in Mexico is the reason why I continue to play professionally…just being involved in different communities. I was just like, “Wow, I have a platform that I can use and inspire kids,” and it was just really great. It was a great feeling and I hope that I can be able to do that overseas and be able to sustain my overall happiness while doing it. That’s something that would be great.
A special thank you to Lorenzo Gallotti of Two Points agency for arranging the interview.