On Monday, less than 48 hours after leading the Mile High Blaze to a national title, Kimberly Santistevan was back to work. First there was an early-morning summer camp as a football coach at Douglas County High School, then off to her job as a pre-K teacher.
It was there, working with 4-year-olds, that the magnitude of quarterbacking the Blaze to the biggest feat in Colorado women’s tackle football history began to sink in.
“I’m still almost in disbelief it actually happened,” Santistevan said Monday. “But then I was playing catch with a bunch of the little girls.