Hunnicutt passed away in 2013, but her contributions to athletics in the Swannanoa Valley were vast and extended well beyond the hallways of the high school.
She was a teacher in the Owen school district for 30 years. She served as the athletic director of Owen Middle School, as well as at one of its predecessors, Black Mountain Middle School.
Hunnicutt's biggest contribution to the high school however, was "feeding the horses," which is how her act of providing pregame meals for the football team for over 30 years is referred to, colloquially, around campus.