Back row, l to r, are Anya Leavell, Lucy Tenore, Hannah Davidson, Scout Smith, Zoe Trujillo, Raven Vick, Chelsea Prescott, Cory Whitmore. Front, Emma Mathusek, Maya Toomey-Stout, Lucy Sandahl. (Photo courtesy Charlotte Young)
It’s been a busy summer so far for Cory Whitmore.
The Coupeville High School volleyball coach has been running around non-stop since school got out, bouncing from camp to camp.
Whether with the Wolves in Bellingham for the Western Washington University camp, or bouncing around the state by himself, it’s been a whirlwind.
Having been given a (brief) break, Whitmore filed this report from the bleachers in Pullman, where he was networking and coaching at the Washington State University camp.
WWU camp was fantastic.
The coaches, staff and players are very attentive to our goals and needs and run a well-organized and challenging camp.
They took us through some game challenges that extenuated strengths and exposed some weaknesses.
A big focus for us was to improve our attacking efficiency by creating comfortable serve receive options.
Losing Emma (Smith) and Ashley (Menges) (to graduation) meant that players had to step up from the JV speed to match the varsity game and expectations and I’m really excited about the ease in which players stepped up across the board.
We had seven seniors with us at camp and so the experience was extremely valuable to have, as there was a single junior, sophomore and freshman to round out our roster of 10.
We competed well and calmly and that’s a product of our senior leadership and experience.
This group works very well together already but we wanted to stress the productive communication and inclusivity of the entire team and we took great steps toward that goal.
Plenty to work on and we’re looking forward to the start of the season!
I’m really proud of how leaders stepped up and younger players followed.
Going to be a fun one with a great group! Go Wolves!
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