Kailey Kellner
It’s kind of fitting that it’s pouring rain today.
Why, you ask?
It’s Kailey Kellner’s birthday, and few, if any, Wolves have her uncanny ability to make it rain buckets on the basketball court.
A tireless worker who scrambles back on defense and is constantly making off with steals, tips and rebounds to set up her offensive game, Kellner is a blossoming talent.
The leading scorer on the Coupeville JV girls’ squad (by a lot) she bounced up to varsity this year and immediately made an impact, draining the first shot she took at that level — a stone-cold three-point bomb in the face of the defense that would have made Larry Bird crack a smile.
Kellner has slipped in and become such a part of the fabric of CHS sports — whether as a player or a fan — that it’s almost hard to remember the easy-going young woman with the quiet smile is still a relative newcomer to the area.
It was just last school year that she and her family arrived from England, part way into the hoops season.
Moving to a new town, any town, is never easy. Making the jump from country to country makes the transition an even bigger one.
Kellner, though, slipped right in, making friends and doing whatever she could to become a solid part of Wolf Nation.
Whether on the basketball court, or doing all the behind the scenes work with last year’s Wolf softball squad as they broke a 12-year drought and went to state, Kailey has been a wonderful addition to the local sports scene.
She’s only a sophomore, which means we have two more years of watching her continue to evolve into the superstar she was born to be. And the amazing person that completes the other half of the picture.
Happy birthday, Miss Kellner.
Two years ago, we had no idea who you were. Now, we couldn’t think of Wolf sports without you being a vital, vibrant part of it all.
Coupeville Sports 
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