Maddy Hilkey: Class Act.
Maddy Hilkey lights up the universe.
The Coupeville High School freshman, who celebrates the big 1-5 today, is the kind of athlete every coach hopes for.
Positive, hard-working, scrappy, loyal to her teammates and friends, willing to do the dirty work, but also quite capable of being the star.
And then you top that off with one of the sunniest personalities in all of Wolf Nation, and you have a real winner.
Parents Travis Hilkey and Emrie McCauslin gave her good genes, which helps athletically, but their greatest achievement has been that their daughter is first and foremost a wonderful human being.
With close friends (and fellow CHS athletes) like Ashley Menges, Emma Smith, Ashlie Shank and Lindsey Roberts, Maddy is part of what seems like an especially strong freshman class this year.
As a group they are close-knit (or at least seem that way), supportive of each other and already making an impact on the athletic stage.
Hilkey is one of the true leaders, a young woman who helped anchor the Wolf JV volleyball squad all season, then jumped up and shined when ever called upon by the varsity.
With team captain Valen Trujillo gone for a funeral, Hilkey was called on to start at libero against powerful Bellevue Christian.
Playing on the road, holding down the position that is the linchpin to the attack, she more than held her own, impressing coach Breanne Smedley, who remarked that night, “Maddy did an amazing job.”
When the season was done, Hilkey joined Tiffany Briscoe in taking home an A.C.E.S. Award, which is given to the spikers who best demonstrate Coupeville volleyball’s four core covenants — attitude, competitiveness, effort and service.
Now, she brings the same pluck and passion to her work for the Wolf JV basketball squad and is one of those players who bring out a smile in CHS hoops coaches David and Amy King when they discuss her work ethic and commitment.
Again though, as solid an athlete as she is, our greatest praise should always go to the kind of person Maddy is in everyday life.
Every thing I see, every thing I hear, point to her being the real deal, the kind of young woman who is going to achieve great things in her life.
And now that we’ve (possibly) made her blush a bit, I just want to wish her the best of birthdays.
May your cake day rock, Miss Hilkey, as much as you do.
Coupeville Sports 