The on-field impact of Nevada Softball student-athlete Karolyn Glover is certainly known in Northern Nevada. A standout at Reed High School in Sparks, Glover was named the 5A All-Region Offensive Player of the Year in her senior year of 2023, and was an all-state selection on the diamond.
But her off-the-field impact on the local community has been just as significant if a bit under the radar. In seeking to fulfill the community service requirement of her membership in the National Honor Society while at Reed, Glover discovered Eddy House, a local organization whose mission involves serving homeless and at-risk youth and helping them develop life and job skills necessary for sustainable independence.
The impact of her experience at Eddy House remained with Glover, and her return home after two years of attending and playing softball at Louisiana Tech made this November’s “Gear Up For Good” initiative as obvious an opportunity to give back as a fastball right down the middle.
“I was in NHS in high school, and I had a certain amount of community service hours I had to hit, and I discovered the Eddy House. I cooked a meal down there, and the whole experience was super gratifying,” Glover said about her introduction to Eddy House. “They offered me a lot of perspective, being able to be with young adults who are also my age and seeing how different our lives were and [it made me] thankful for everything I’ve been given and the opportunities I have. I spent a lot of time there playing cards with them and doing chores around the house.”
Glover transferred back home to the University this past summer, joining the Wolf Pack softball team for the 2026 season. She quickly joined the athletic department’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and spearheaded the “Gear Up For Good” initiative. With November being “National Homeless Youth Awareness Month,” Glover saw the opportunity for Wolf Pack student-athletes along with the University and Northern Nevada communities, to take action.
“When I went away for two years and came back, being part of the Nevada Athletics community, we have a really good platform to use where a lot of people are here to help in making these things come to fruition,” Glover said.
Throughout November, SAAC and local community partners such as Custom Boat and Marine, Camie Craigg Fitness and Ruby’s Shake Shop collected donations of new socks, new underwear, new hygiene items and non-perishable foods in partnership with Eddy House.
During the first week of December, Glover, volunteers and Eddy House staff helped load a trailer with all of the campus donations for delivery to Eddy House. The items collected will help further Eddy House’s mission of serving local homeless and at-risk youth especially during the winter holiday season.
“We had an amazing partnership with the Nevada Wolf Pack. All November long they have been working hard to help raise different donated items to help the at-risk and homeless youth we serve at Eddy House. This was all for National Youth Homeless Awareness Month, and this was the first year we were able to partner and we’re excited to do many more years to come,” said Eddy House Marketing Director Kaitlin Young.
“It is just early December and we have served nearly 50,000 meals, 50 percent more than we served for the entire year of 2020. So, the need is rising and getting the community involved is very helpful for us,” Young said. “We’ve asked the Wolf Pack to help us collect necessary items that have a massive impact for the youth we serve — new socks, new underwear, pantry items, clothing. Because we serve 18-to-24-year-olds, this partnership is so amazing because the [students] here at the University of Nevada are the same age of the people we serve, so it’s a beautiful partnership where youths are supporting youth.”
The work of Nevada’s SAAC and Glover reflects the Wolf Pack’s determination to give back to its community. And for a local leader such as Glover, being able to continue the mission of giving back even before her first game in a hometown Wolf Pack uniform means that much more.
“The Eddy House is super important to me – they do a lot of really great things here in Reno for a lot of young adults. I really hope this can be something we do every year continuing from here,” she said.
