Davenport University Athletics

Jazzae Ford has really grown a love for dance over the 20 years that she has been dancing. She grew up dancing in Grand Rapids. During these years, she received numerous scholarships and national recognition as a dancer. In 2012, Jazzae was accepted into the Western Michigan University Dance Program. Jazzae moved back to Grand Rapids in 2014 to attend Grand Valley State University, continue dancing professionally and to share her love of dance by opening up her dance studio, Imprint Dance Company. Jazzae has a strong love for coaching, instructing, setting choreography, judging dance competitions, and teaching master classes in tap, jazz, lyrical, and contemporary for her studio, and other studios and dance teams throughout Michigan. Her choreography and teaching has been recognized and awarded at the regional and national competition level. Jazzae was a member of the Grand Rapids Drive Basketball Dance Team for two years and recently graduated from Grand Valley State University with a degree in Business (Human Resource Management). Jazzae is beyond excited to be a part of the Davenport family.  

Head Coach Kylene Geyer stated, "Jazzae is going to be a huge asset to our team as we continue to strongly recruit and move up competitively in Division II. I am greatly looking forward to our collaboration in advancing this team both technically and personally. We work well together and have a common goal in the achievements we want our team to make as we enter the 2017-2018 season."