A round of applause and cheers erupt from a class of second graders as their physical education teacher lets them know that a familiar visitor is joining them for class: Miss Morgahn, better known at UT as Morgahn Fingall, star volleyball player and public health master’s student.
As she’s done for more than three years, Fingall is volunteering at Knoxville’s Lonsdale Elementary School. For an hour, she runs around the gym playing variations of the game tag and throwing colorful scarves into the air. The children gaze up at her with admiration and wide smiles.