Coupeville Sports

  Mckenzie Meyer: Master of all she surveys. (John Fisken and Deb Smith photos)

   Wolf track and field teammate Madison Rixe approves of Meyer’s electric socks. (Fisken photo)

Where do we start with Mckenzie Meyer?

Probably with the fact she is freakin’ brilliant. That’s always a good kick-off to things.

The Coupeville High School junior, who I have known since the day she was born, which was 16 years ago today, is mega-smart, but in more than just a “read a few books and memorized a couple of facts” way.

As good an athlete as she is (in cheer, soccer and, sometimes, tennis), as talented a musician as she is, as friendly and outgoing and compassionate and kind and strong as she is, it’s Mckenzie’s brain which is truly taking her places.

She showed it from an early age, back when she was running around Videoville as a wee one, and every time you turn around these days, she’s being flat-out brilliant.

There are smart people, there are ones who go beyond that and then there are the rare few where you know, without a doubt, that they are on a rocket trip to success, and their brain is fueling the trip.

At some point we’re going to see her do stuff which revolutionizes the world, and, after we’ve pulled our jaws off the floor and reattached them, you know what we’ll say?

“Yep, knew it was going to happen.”

Cause she’s just that special.

Not that she will tell you that herself, as Mckenzie is Miss Modest when it comes to tooting her own horn.

Which is why I, as her self-appointed PR person, have taken it upon myself to lecture the world how awesome and amazing she truly is.

In the world I cover — sports — Meyer is an ideal teammate, the kind of young woman who screams louder for her friends accomplishments than her own.

She’s fun-loving, she’s funky and she seems to be having a heck of a time boppin’ through life, utterly devoted to her large, sprawling family and her friends.

And by friends I mean anyone who meets her, since she instantly welcomes people into her wide world of wonder.

The people I write about are a diverse bunch, and I readily admit, I play favorites sometimes.

Everyone does, and, as much as I might say I try to balance coverage and give everyone their shot, reality is reality.

But guess what? Some people just deserve to have the spotlight.

They’ve earned it, with their spirit, their actions and the way they approach things.

Mckenzie is on my Mt. Rushmore, and she’s in no danger of ever losing her spot.

She was pretty dang awesome as a little girl and she has merely become a deeper, more wonderful person as she’s worked her way up through the birthday chain.

If you know her, you know I speak the truth.

If you don’t know her, man, you are missing out. Get on that, post haste.

So, happy birthday Miss Meyer.

And just in case you missed the first 33 times I said it — thank you for being truly, wonderfully, amazingly awesome.