Maggie King joins Hall of Fame

The late Maggie King, a former Mountlake Terrace High School teacher, coach and lifelong advocate of girls sports, was inducted into the Snohomish County Sports Hall of Fame.

The late Maggie King, a former Mountlake Terrace High School teacher, coach and lifelong advocate of girls sports, was inducted into the Snohomish County Sports Hall of Fame.

King, who died earlier this year at age 84, was one of nine individuals, along with the 1952 Everett High School football team, 2014 Hall of Fame inductees. King, remembered as a ferocious advocate of girls sports, was also inducted into the Mount Lake Terrace High School’s Hall of Fame in 2012.

Born in Friday Harbor in 1929, King is the daughter of Louise Karen Lovaas King and Carleton Wright King. Her partner, Bette Story, was at her bedside when she passed.