Coupeville Sports

Tori Wellman, kickin’ butt and takin’ names.

Already a gamer in the early days.

She is the unsung warrior.

Coupeville High School senior Tori Wellman, who celebrates her birthday today, is one of those young women who is skilled at everything they do, but don’t always get the full attention they deserve.

Wellman, who can, and has, played every sport you can name (softball, basketball, cheer, BMX racing, gun shooting and horse riding, to name but a few), made her biggest impact on the soccer field.

Playing for both the Wolves and with the GU18 Whidbey Islanders select squad, she was always a key piece of the puzzle.

A hard worker, a scrapper (“I’m not afraid to take out a girl every once in awhile”), a hustler, she made the uniforms better by wearing one.

I can’t say that I know her all that well, but everything I have seen of Tori, on and off the field, speaks of one thing — quiet grace.

Plus she let me use one of her photos for a Throwback Thursday one time, which was super cool of her. So, there’s that, too.

Tori is a class act, day in and day out, and her parents, Josh Wellman and Leona Lidral, should be very proud of the young woman they shared with Coupeville.

Happy birthday, Miss Wellman, and may life continue to reward you.