Superstitions probably don’t make athletes play any better, but that doesn’t stop them having some. Wayne Gretzky covered his hockey stick in baby powder. Michael Jordan wore North Carolina shorts under his NBA shorts. Jason Giambi wore a slump-busting gold thong. Jesse McGinley does coloring books and listens to Biggie Smalls.
But before you get to know Jesse McGinley and her pre-game rituals, you have to know how she arrived at Colorado State.
Hailing from a small northern California town, McGinley is the redshirt junior holding down the fort in goal for the CSU women’s soccer team.