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Board commends Fox Creek coach Julie Jordan after she sheltered softball team during nearby shooting
Summary
The Bullhead City School Board commended Julie Jordan, Fox Creek Junior High health and nutrition leader and girls softball coach, for directing students to shelter and shielding them during a shooting incident near Centennial Park on April 30, 2025, and for later helping to disarm a student who brought a knife to school.
The Bullhead City School District Governing Board on May 15 formally commended Julie Jordan, a health and nutrition leader and girls softball coach at Fox Creek Junior High, for actions that district officials say protected students during a nearby shooting on April 30.
At the regular meeting board members read a commendation describing a sequence of events the district presented to the board: while the Fox Creek girls’ team was at Centennial Park for a game, shooting incidents unfolded in the area. The commendation says the suspect was reported near Grace Lutheran Church and later was sighted near Kingman Airport; the suspect’s vehicle crashed about a half-mile from the students shortly after 5 p.m., and law enforcement exchanged gunfire with the suspect.
According to the board’s statement, Julie Jordan, drawing on prior law-enforcement and health-care training, ordered players and adults to shelter in the Centennial Park dugout — the only immediately accessible protected area — and instructed them to use sporting equipment and helmets for shielding. The commendation credited Jordan with keeping students calm while coordinating an evacuation and contacting Fox Creek athletic director Brent Sharp to arrange the teams’ safe return to campus. The district also noted that days later Jordan helped diffuse a separate incident by disarming a student who had brought a knife to school.
Board President Melinda Sobrowski presented the commendation and told Jordan, “You are phenomenal,” while the board praised her “quick thinking and calm action.” The board also said a monetary travel stipend would be provided to Jordan’s team, and Sobrowski said a formal check was forthcoming.
Why it matters: The board’s commendation documents a campus-adjacent public-safety incident in which staff took immediate protective measures for students. The board’s recognition underscores the district’s assessment that staff training and preparedness reduced risk to students during an unfolding law-enforcement response.
What’s next: The district said the teams were safely evacuated and returned to Fox Creek; the board’s commendation is part of the district’s public record of staff action. The transcript indicates the district will follow up with the travel-stipend check and any internal reviews the administration deems necessary.
