Coupeville Sports

Scout Smith (center) was an assistant coach for a CHS volleyball team which had the best season in program history in 2024. (Sarah Stuurmans photo)

They know her name and her game.

Scout Smith, a 2020 Coupeville High School grad who led the Wolves to the state tournament as a player, will be the next varsity head coach of the spiker program.

The hire, which was confirmed by CHS Athletic Director Brad Sherman, will be official once approved by the school board.

Smith sets a teammate up for a kill. (Brian Vick photo)

Smith, a record-setting setter in her playing days, replaces the man who coached her, Cory Whitmore, who stepped down in April after nine seasons at the helm.

Under his leadership the Wolves won 106 matches (even with one season reduced in half by the pandemic) and went to state three times, earning a 4th place trophy this past fall.

Smith was a sophomore on Whitmore’s first state team in 2017 and also played basketball and softball for the Wolves.

Coming off of two stellar seasons of middle school sports, Smith had an immediate impact in her very first high school contest.

Taking the court as a volleyball player, she burnt Mount Vernon Christian to a crisp, reeling off 27 points on her serve, including 18 straight winners at one point.

The American Badass gave herself a black eye during one playoff match but stayed on the court until the final point. (Charlotte Young photo)

Smith eventually made it to state in two of her three sports, was a captain in all of them, captured several All-League honors and was voted a CHS Athlete of the Year winner as a senior.

After high school, she earned degrees from the University of Washington and Gonzaga and has been working as a substitute teacher in Coupeville.

Smith, whose dad Chris and brothers CJ and Hunter have all coached at CHS, was a volunteer assistant with the Wolf volleyball program and is the current girls’ basketball JV coach.

As she prepares for her debut as the varsity volleyball coach, the school will need to build her a staff, as Whitmore, high school JV coach Ashley Menges, and middle school spiker gurus Cris Matochi and Kristina Hooks all recently stepped down.