Royals Hall of Fame
Jena Ready is the fourth women’s lacrosse athlete inducted into the Queens Athletics Hall of Fame. The Queen City native joined the Royals as a sophomore transfer in 2013. Leading the Royals in goals for three seasons, the attacker/midfielder completed her Royals career with 195 points on 158 goals and 37 assists after competing in 55 games.
In 2014, the three-time all-conference first team honoree earned Conference Player of the Year recognition following Queens’ first year of competition in the South Atlantic Conference. She was also named to the 2014 and 2015 SAC All-Tournament teams after the Royals swept the SAC Regular Season and Tournament Championship titles in both seasons. The championship titles won in 2014 were the first in program history, and the beginning of an eight-year reign for Queens in the SAC.
On Queens’ all-time list, Ready currently sits in the top 10 in points (195) and No. 5 in goals (158). Her 58 goals scored during the 2015 season rank No. 6 in the Royals’ single-season records. Nationally, she sat as high as No. 21 in goals and No. 25 in goals per game (3.22) during the 2015 season.
Ready graduated from Queens in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in communication. She then earned her master’s degree in sports and exercise from Lenoir-Rhyne before beginning her career as a strength and conditioning coach. Currently serving as the
Vanderbilt women’s basketball director of strength and conditioning, Ready has previously worked with the women’s basketball teams at Clemson and Wake Forest. She began her career at Winthrop, where she served as the associate strength and conditioning coach for two seasons.
