Coupeville Sports

Kacie Kiel (right) teams up with Breeanna Messner last season. (Shelli Trumbull photos)

A small chapter of the Kacie Kiel Fan Club.

The irrepressible one herself.

No one lights up a room like Kacie Kiel.

The Coupeville High School senior (and yes, it’s sort of odd to think of her as a senior) plays both of her sports — volleyball and basketball — with wild abandon, skill and, always, great joy.

Even when she’s getting conked on the head by defenders, or finds herself under fire, she’s usually sporting a smile.

Quick to pick up her teammates with a word, a high five or a quiet hug while (briefly) sitting on the bench, she radiates energy wherever she goes.

Now, as she and her Wolf teammates prepare for the start of practice Monday, Kacie was kind enough to offer some insight into what’s going through her brain at the moment.

Her thoughts as the start of her final chapter of her high school sports career approaches:

Being a senior all I want to do is go out with a bang!

And with the new league coming our way, I am looking forward to showing other schools what Coupeville is made of!

With practice starting I am hoping that this year will be full of victories and lessons! Our new coach (Breanne Smedley) is making volleyball a blast already!

I’m hoping though to get the position I want, which is to become an outside hitter and use my strength there and with passing.

I also am dreaming to become a captain and take leadership to help this team become a dream team.

My one last dream for the season is to make it to state, and I know we’d have to work harder then we ever have before but anything is possible!