Remembering Ken Gunderson, Aaron Quiggle (Ridgeline Girls Q&A), College Recaps/Previews

Issue 17

This past week, the Utah lacrosse community lost a familiar face who was part of many players lives. Ken Gunderson passed away on February 10, 2020.

I felt that the UVU Instagram account said it best:

We are saddened to announce the passing of former assistant coach and one of the programs current photographers Captain (Ret) Kenneth Jay Gunderson at the age of 67.

Coach Ken “Fulcrum” Gunderson spent the 2014 season as an assistant coach at UVU coaching alongside his son former BYU 2x RMLC All-Conference and 2012 All-Tournament attackman Corey Gunderson. Coach Gunderson spent 23 years as a naval aviator and was a veteran of Operation Desert Storm. He would spend another 30 years as a pilot and flight instructor for Delta Airlines.

Before coaching at UVU he coached at local Jordan High School coaching his 5 sons on the lacrosse team. Coach Fulcrum had an incredible ability to influence the lives of the young men he coached. Many of them owning the direction of their lives to his guidance …