Ally Roberts
As spring volleyball practice kicks into high gear, we’ll be taking a look at a variety of players from Coupeville High School, with an emphasis on younger players and rising stars.
Ally Roberts is a busy young woman.
As befits one of the younger members of one of Coupeville’s top sports families — dad Jay, uncle Jon, aunt Sherry and grandfather Sandy all made big names for themselves as Wolves, while older Madeline is a CHS softball sensation — Ally plays multiple sports, and is talented at all of them.
A competitive horse rider, she’s juggling that with training for being a two-sport athlete when she becomes a freshman in the fall. She’ll join Madeline, a senior, on the Wolf cheer squad, while also playing volleyball.
“This will be my third year in volleyball,” Roberts said. “I started in seventh grade and I wanted to do a winter sport while I couldn’t ride my horse. I love to be active.”
While playing for Amy King’s Coupeville Middle School squad, Roberts was a setter. She enjoys the position, but would like to continue to expand her game.
“I love to be a setter,” Roberts said. “I think my strengths are probably setting and passing.
“I need to work on my overhand hitting and serving,” she added. “I hope that I can become a better hitter and I want to learn how to jump serve.”
A huge Macklemore fan (“Because he inspires me!!”), Roberts picks language arts and science as her favorite classes in school (“They really are a lot of fun”) and is grateful for the support and help of her family and teammates.
“My older sister has definitely helped me become a better cheerleader and she helps me when I have fallen,” Roberts said. “And I definitely think that I can and have already learned a lot from McKenzie Bailey and Haley Sherman.”
