Watching Nadia Comăneci at the 1976 Olympics on television inspired Hamilton at age nine to learn gymnastics, and she taught herself to tumble on her living room floor and on sidewalks.

[7] In her first year, while helping UCLA to finish third at the 1987 NCAA Championships, Hamilton earned a score of 9.80 in floor exercise, winning the event and setting a meet record.

[11][13] At the NCAA's, she had a chance to seize the team championship with an exceptional floor exercise, needing to score 9.95 to put UCLA in a tie with Georgia, but came 0.05 short.

[14] Additionally, Hamilton had a surprising first-place finish in vault with a routine that scored 9.75 (another meet record) and included her first competitive Cuervo.

[15] Hamilton (known after marriage as Kim Anthony) discovered spirituality through her future husband, whose teaching about Christianity comforted her not long after she was held at gunpoint in mid-1987.

[1] From 2000 to 2011, working for the Cru subsidiary Athletes in Action (AIA), Anthony and her husband served as chaplains for players, families, and others associated with the National Football League (NFL)'s Miami Dolphins.

[19] They lived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, while serving the Miami Dolphins, before moving to Xenia, Ohio, the headquarters of AIA, in 2011, when Corwin was promoted to an executive position.