Former Wolf gridiron giants (l to r) Josh Bayne, Nick Streubel and Jake Tumblin.
Monica Vidoni (18), back row, fourth from left, with her Rainy River Community College teammates.
Tyler King, the lone CHS grad to be a current D-1 scholarship athlete.
At least 15 former Coupeville High School athletes are currently pursuing their athletic dreams in college.
And, as soon as I say 15, someone will drop a name or two and I’ll realize my memory is truly shoddy, but oh well, here goes.
Josh Bayne and Jake Tumblin — The former Wolf two-way football stars are both freshmen at Simon Fraser University in Canada.
While there is no word yet on whether they will redshirt, both are on the Clan roster and listed as defensive backs.
Bayne sports #17, while Tumblin is tabbed as #21 (though is wearing a different number in his school photo.)
Aaron Curtin — Coming off a stellar senior year at CHS, where he was a standout tennis, basketball and baseball player, Curtin plans to walk on the Central Washington University baseball squad.
Amanda d’Almeida — A junior at Carleton College in Minnesota, she’s currently listed as a student manager for the Knights soccer squad after playing for the team the past two years.
While battling through a string of injuries, she’s played in 27 games, starting nine and has been on the pitch for 1,074 minutes of action.
Ben Etzell — Played baseball as a freshman pitcher last spring at Saint John’s in Minnesota.
The former Cascade Conference MVP earned the save as his squad captured the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletics Conference tournament title and a berth in the NCAA D-III playoffs.
Hailey Hammer — Scheduled to be a freshman softball slugger at Everett Community College, where she’ll be on scholarship.
Tyler King — The elder statesmen for Wolf athletes in college, he’s a scholarship athlete at the University of Washington heading into his senior year as a cross country and track stud.
Currently owns the sixth-best time in the 10K in school history and was an All-American in cross country, where he teamed with Aaron Nelson to be the first Husky male duo to ever achieve that honor in the same season.
Morgan Payne and Aaron Trumbull — The former Wolf baseball teammates plan to reunite and take the diamond as freshmen at Olympic College in Bremerton the spring.
Mitch Pelroy — The junior returns for another campaign with Montana Western, which is ranked #26 in the NAIA Football Coaches’ Preseason Poll.
The Bulldogs open Sept. 5 on the road against Rocky Mountain College.
In 20 games at the college level, Pelroy has racked up 600 return yards (541 on kickoffs and 59 on punt returns), while collecting 32 tackles, six assists and a sack as a defensive back.
Madeline Roberts — As a freshman last year, she played basketball and softball (scholarship) for Shoreline Community College.
Wearing #21, Roberts played in 32 games on the diamond, racking up 22 hits, 19 runs, 14 walks, a home run and 12 RBI.
Nick Streubel — #68 on the Central Washington University football roster, the 6-foot-3, 301-pound carved-in-granite-these-days Big Hurt is a redshirt scholarship freshman offensive lineman for the Wildcats.
He and his teammates kick off the season Sept. 5 at Colorado State.
Madison Tisa McPhee — The former Wolf track star will be riding with Central Washington’s rodeo team.
Mad Dawg will be running barrels, goat tying and breakaway calf roping.
Monica Vidoni — The former Wolf made her debut as a volleyball player for Rainy River Community College in Minnesota last weekend.
The Voyageurs took second at the Fergus Falls Tournament, falling to Bismarck State College in the championship match, with Vidoni, who just joined the team, getting in for a few plays.
She currently plans to play basketball and softball in addition to volleyball.
Joel Walstad — The record-setting Wolf QB has taken his talents to America’s Heartland.
A three-sport star for Coupeville (football, basketball, soccer) he is a freshman on scholarship at Midland University in Nebraska.
He’s currently listed as a kicker/punter (roles he also handled at Coupeville) and will wear #9 for the Warriors.
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