Coupeville Sports

Tiffany Briscoe

I have known Tiffany Briscoe most of her life.

As I cover sports in Coupeville, athletes come and go, but then there are the ones who you actually watch grow up before your eyes, and it’s sort of weird and sort of awesome at the same time.

The shy little blond girl who used to run amuck in the video store with lil’ sis Kyla is now a sophomore at CHS and a three-sport athlete.

Volleyball spiker. Basketball enforcer. Softball slugger.

Tiff goes full-bore in all her sports and the first thing you always notice about her, whether you’re a first-time fan or a long-time viewer, is the smile.

Even in the heat of battle, she enjoys herself.

She’s able to laugh at herself in those moments when she gets smacked in the head with an out-of-control volleyball and she explodes in joy when she hugs a teammate after a successful play.

The only time the smile vanishes is if you mess with her sister. Do that and she will drop the world on your head in 0.2 seconds.

As Tiffany celebrates a birthday today, I just have to say a little something.

Miss Briscoe, you may not know it, but you are freakin’ remarkable.

Seeing you grow more confident in yourself, willing to put yourself out there on the line, always supporting your teammates and friends, being fiercely loyal and deeply caring to those you hold close, you are an amazing young woman.

You should see the way your parents, Rich and Amy, look at you when they think you can’t see them (so as not to over-inflate your ego).

There is such pride in their eyes, and it is well-deserved.

You and Kyla, the battlin’ Briscoes, are a huge part of Wolf athletics at the moment. That is true.

But as people, as young women of great character, you are even better.

It really is an honor to have the chance to write about your accomplishments, to make sure the world out there knows that there is this young woman who is quietly doing remarkable things.

You’re pretty dang awesome, Tiff. Never forget that.