Kensley Tolliver

Kensley Tolliver is the Founder and President of The November Saturdays Foundation, where she leads a mission centered on helping young people and families find access, belonging, mentorship, and support through sports and community.

Her connection to this work began long before the Foundation existed. As a teenager, Kensley experienced firsthand what it looked like to support someone navigating foster care, the juvenile justice system, sports, trauma, and instability. She saw how easily a young person's potential could become buried beneath circumstances they did not choose.

Those experiences shaped the way she understands access. Sometimes a barrier looks like a registration fee, a pair of cleats, or equipment. Other times it looks like a family carrying more than anyone around them realizes. November Saturdays was created to step into those gaps earlier and give young people more opportunities to stay connected, supported, and moving forward.

Originally from Athens, Alabama, Kensley studied Communications Media and Public Affairs at Alabama A&M University. Her experiences in Alabama and beyond have shaped a leadership style built around empathy, accountability, action, and a refusal to reduce people to the hardest chapter of their lives.

Kensley also co-founded and co-hosts ex.clusively: Beyond the Game, where she helps create honest conversations around athletes, coaches, families, identity, pressure, purpose, and life beyond performance. Together, that storytelling work and the Foundation reflect the same belief: people deserve to be seen, supported, and given a real chance to become who they are capable of becoming.