Hinman ’95, Member of Atlanta Rollergirls, Profiled for Atlanta Magazine
Katy Hinman ’95 is profiled in the March 2010 edition of AtlantaMagazine.com in an article called “Wonder Women!” Hinman, a biology major at Carleton and executive director of Georgia Interfaith Power and Light, goes by the moniker Bat L. Royale in Atlanta-area roller derby circles and is on the Toxic Shocks, one of four teams in the Atlanta league. The article’s author, Hollis Gillespie, writes: “Hinman herself is a walking model of diversity, which explains her attraction to the sport. She has a B.A. and M.A. in biology, a Ph.D. in ecology and evolution, and presently (when not trying to knock the badunkadunk out of opposing derby girls) she coordinates the regional program for Georgia Interfaith Power & Light and is a pastoral scholar at her church. In 2007 she saw signs advertising the Rollergirls near her Little Five Points office and decided to attend that year’s championship bout. She was hooked. “I loved to skate as a kid—Xanadu was one of my favorite movies—and I’d seen a lot of old-school, kitschy roller derby on TV back in the day,” Hinman recalls. “But seeing hard-core flat track for the first time, I fell in love. Great athleticism and full contact, but everyone looked like they were having so much fun.” She attended a Rollergirl recruitment skate the next weekend, and bought skates and pads later that day.”
Katy Hinman ’95 is profiled in the March 2010 edition of AtlantaMagazine.com in an article called “Wonder Women!” Hinman, a biology major at Carleton and executive director of Georgia Interfaith Power and Light, goes by the moniker Bat L. Royale in Atlanta-area roller derby circles and is on the Toxic Shocks, one of four teams in the Atlanta league. The article’s author, Hollis Gillespie, writes: “Hinman herself is a walking model of diversity, which explains her attraction to the sport. She has a B.A. and M.A. in biology, a Ph.D. in ecology and evolution, and presently (when not trying to knock the badunkadunk out of opposing derby girls) she coordinates the regional program for Georgia Interfaith Power & Light and is a pastoral scholar at her church. In 2007 she saw signs advertising the Rollergirls near her Little Five Points office and decided to attend that year’s championship bout. She was hooked. “I loved to skate as a kid—Xanadu was one of my favorite movies—and I’d seen a lot of old-school, kitschy roller derby on TV back in the day,” Hinman recalls. “But seeing hard-core flat track for the first time, I fell in love. Great athleticism and full contact, but everyone looked like they were having so much fun.” She attended a Rollergirl recruitment skate the next weekend, and bought skates and pads later that day.”