She was a student athlete at LaSalle University and Bishop Shanahan High school in Philadelphia, PA. Coach Hobson was a state qualifier in high school, running the 100, 200 and 400 meters. In college, Coach Hobson moved up to middle distance and focused on the 800 meters, where she finished third in the Atlantic-10 Conference. She holds two school records at LaSalle University, in the 400 and 500 meters indoors. Coach Hobson then moved to Rhode Island to train with the New England Distance Project, before moving to Colorado and joining the Centaurus staff.