Coupeville grad McKenzie Bailey is now a teacher and volleyball coach in Eastern Washington. (Photos courtesy Bailey)
Bailey and her undefeated Morgan Middle School squad.
She’s gone from delivering spikes to delivering pre-game speeches.
Coupeville grad, former volleyball and tennis star, and eternal Photo Bomb Queen McKenzie Bailey is now a teacher and the coach of an undefeated spiker squad.
After getting her college work done at Central Washington University, Bailey landed a job teaching 8th grade science at Morgan Middle School in Ellensburg.
Along with dealing with all the classroom issues raised by living in the Age of Coronavirus, she’s been coaching the school’s 7th grade volleyball team and led them to an undefeated campaign.
“I’m so proud of the progress my players made in the four short weeks we played together!,” Bailey said. “Also, how the heck did I coach an undefeated season my first season?!”
It’s been a busy time for the prairie legend, as she was also accepted into the STEM Leadership Masters Program at CWU, which she starts this summer.
“Somehow I’m still going, but I would be lying if I said I didn’t have a count down to the last day of school,” Bailey said. “I love my job, I love my students, and I’m still in shock that I get to do this every day.”
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