New HS Coaches

Mike has been coaching high school cross-country and track for the last 20 years, most recently at Thompson Valley High School, where he has been the Head XC and Assistant Track (Distance) coach for the last 5 years.  He has been blessed to have coached multiple State Champion individuals and teams as well as All-Americans in XC and Track, but those have all been the result of focusing on process with an emphasis on character.

Mike competed in XC and track in both High School (Arapahoe) and College (Colorado Chrisitan University) and still enjoys running every day!  Outside of coaching, he manages a running store in Fort Collins (Altitude Running), and enjoys any events that allow him to hang out with his amazing wife, Sara and their energetic son, Nathan.

Head Cheer Coach: Emily Mitchell

Coach Mitchell recently moved to Colorado from Houston, Texas. She grew up competing in both cheer and dance. Emily continued to follow that passion through college while getting her degree. After graduating from Sam Houston State University with a bachelors in interdisciplinary studies, Coach Mitchell taught elementary school for five years. Over the last few years, she’s found her way back to her passion through coaching cross-country and track & field. However, Emily’s true roots lie on the sidelines of a football game! She is beyond excited to be coaching the Wellington Cheerleaders for the upcoming year. She’s ready to make this a spirit program that supports our school, community, and each other!

Head Girl's Volleyball Coach: Haley Unruh

Haley grew up in a rural, ranching community in southern Kansas. She helped lead her high school volleyball team to the state tournament during her senior year. After graduating from South Central High School in Coldwater, KS, Haley continued her volleyball career as a team captain at Hesston College while completing her Associates Degree in Early and Elementary education. She continued to play volleyball at Kansas Wesleyan University, then transferred to Kansas State University to finish her Bachelor's Degree. She is currently teaching 4th grade in Cimarron, Kansas where she is the high school varsity volleyball coach. She also assists with Jr. High girls' basketball.

Head Softball Coach: Catherine Foster-Cody

Coach Catherine was pretty much born with a mit on her hand, thanks to her dad's huge love of the game.  She grew up playing competitive ball with her girlfriends, while also playing pick up games all summer with friends whenever possible before scheduled practices and tournaments.  She was a catcher the majority of her career and loved every minute of it.  Catherine was blessed to grow up and play alongside the same group of girls from youth through high school, where they created friendships that have carried them through to today.  She is super excited to see our ladies transition from middle into high school softball fluidly and together, building their bonds and deepening their skills.  Catherine has a combined 7 years coaching experience and is excited to bring her knowledge and love of the game, positive energy,  along with her expertise in team building and personal development to the Eagles program.  Her coaching philosophy was adopted from coach Lou Holtz: "Do right, do your best, treat people well."  The ladies of Wellington Softball are going to soar!

Catherine grew up in Illinois and moved to Wellington, Colorado 16 years ago.  She and her husband Tom have 4 kids, 2 of them already out of school, 1 currently in middle school, and 1 who is going to be a freshman.  After having 2 that were transported to Fort Collins for high school, they are super excited to have a high school right here in Wellington and plan on being at all the things!  Catherine loves to adventure and will try anything once.   She hikes, kayaks, paddle boards, loves to camp, and loves roller coasters.   Her dream is to surf the big waves off the coast of Hawaii. She is an avid runner and loves to box.  Catherine is involved in the community, sitting on different committees and mentoring young ladies and women who are struggling.  She works in revenue integrity for Banner Health and is also the Women's Ministry Director for her church.  Catherine can’t wait to pour her heart into this program and the ladies who will be a part of it!

Head Track Coach: Josephine Abbey

I have always loved running, jumping, and everything track and field. I grew up in Telluride, Colorado and was lucky enough to have the most committed track coaches—Keith and Alicia Hamption, as well as the Ludwig brothers. Growing up in a small town meant we did track workouts around our 240 meter parking lot, and once a week our coach would drive us an hour and a half to a real track. Throughout high school I competed in cross country and soccer in the fall, basketball and ski racing in the winter, and track and field in the spring. Competing year round with dedicated coaches supporting me gave me life long skills that I so look forward to passing on to my students and athletes. In high school I competed in the long jump and sprints and in 2012, I finished my high school career as the  2A 400 meter state champion. I ran cross country and track at Colorado State University where I transitioned to competing in the longer distances. At CSU I met some of the greatest people in my life including my husband, an All-American, who maybe lets me beat him in the occasional 5k road race. I still love running and competing today. I regularly race half marathons across the country and local 5ks whenever I can. I got my first coaching job at Empire High School in Vail, Arizona in 2018 and greatly enjoyed helping my athletes grow and accomplish their goals. I am so honored to build the Wellington Track and Field program from the ground up—where there is great opportunity, there is great responsibility, and it is my privilege to start the Wellington High School's Track and Field Team with the help of some very experienced coaches and volunteers. 

Head Girl's Golf: Kayla Garey

Please help us welcome our Head High School Girls Golf Coach, Kayla Garey. Kayla was born and raised in Fort Collins. She was a four year varsity

letter recipient for the Fossil Ridge/Fort Collins Girls Golf Team. Along with playing on varsity for four years, she was a regional and state qualifier all four years and received First Team All-Conference three out of the four years. After High School she went on to play college golf at Chadron State College, holding multiple records for their golf program.

Kayla is looking forward to leading the new golf program and helping the girls grow their passion for the game of golf.

Excited to have you, Coach Garey!

Barb Andrews, Athletic Trainer

Barb is a Certified Athletic Trainer and allied health care professional that specializes in the prevention, examination, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of emergent, acute or chronic injuries and medical conditions. 

Barb received her degree from Northern Illinois University and recently has been working in Northern Colorado as a concussion management specialist with Orthopedic & Spine Center of the Rockies.  Prior to her move to Northern Colorado, she was the head athletic trainer for West Chicago High School, a 5A school with 5 levels of sport, where she managed the athletic training room and cared for over 700 athletes.

Barb is an avid runner and cyclist and former competitive swimmer.  She currently enjoys hiking, kayaking, paddle boarding and camping with her husband and 90-pound black lab mix rescue. She has 4 adult children and claims to literally have the globe covered as her children reside in Hawaii, North Carolina, California and Australia.

Barb is very excited to be returning to the high school arena and part of the Wellington High School athletic team.

Olivia Becker, Assistant Cross Country Coach

Olivia teaches Spanish, Psychology, and Health at Wellington Middle High School. She has coached Cross Country at Blevins and Track & Field at Wellington Middle School. She ran Cross Country and Track in high school (at Rocky) and college. She has run two marathons, including Boston in 2022. She loves coaching athletes to be stronger, faster, and more confident. Outside of school, she enjoys traveling and reading.

Kaitlynn Schmurr, Assistant Volleyball Coach

My name is Kaitlynn Schmurr and I am so excited to be the Assistant Coach for the brand-new WMHS Women's Volleyball team! 

I have been a fan of playing sports and competing in games my entire life, but volleyball has always held a special place in my heart. I remember the rush of playing on the court with my team and celebrating together as we pushed the ball back over the net time and time again. 

Volleyball is unique in the way is shows how communication and teamwork truly work together both on the court and in everyday life.

I cannot wait to build our team of reputable and communicative athletes who not only have the drive to succeed together but who also will have fun developing the WMHS volleyball program! Go Eagles! 🦅🤍🏐♥

Elija Ostin, A️ssistant Girl's Soccer Coach

Elija Ostin is a paraprofessional in the Integrated Learning Supports program at Wellington-Middle High school. She attended Wellington's very own Eyestone Elementary and Wellington Junior High School, graduating from Poudre High School in 2014. Elija went on to play collegiate soccer at Otero Junior College, earning her Associate of Arts degree in 2017, graduating Magna Cum Laude and Academic All-Region. Coach Ostin (soon to be Coach Collum) is currently attending Western Governors University to earn her bachelor's in Special Education K-12 with an Elementary Education endorsement. Coach Ostin has worked at WMS since 2020 as a paraprofessional and a Unified Basketball Assistant Coach. She is excited to bring her lengthy soccer experience to a brand new program and encourage kids to be the best people, students, and athletes they can be through the idea that "excellence is a habit". Outside of school, Coach Ostin is reading, doing homework, or planning her wedding.

Emily Moulton, Assistant Softball Coach

Emily Moulton is the School Psychologist at Wellington Middle High School and is excited to help develop the Eagles’ HS softball program as an assistant coach! Emily grew up in New Hampshire, went to Brigham Young University in Utah for college and a masters degree, then recently earned a doctoral degree from UNC in Greeley. She has worked for the district for over ten years at various elementary and middle schools and looks forward to the unique opportunity working at a combined middle-high school, including additional sports and other activities for students. “Coach M” has previously coached softball at the middle school level, including at WMS and in the community, along with often running the scoreboard/clock for other WMS sports like football, volleyball, and basketball. Other interests include playing/watching sports (especially baseball/softball, basketball, and football), hanging out with her several nieces and nephews, cross-stitching, and reading.  She is passionate about the game of softball, especially the opportunities for growth and learning for all players, no matter their level of experience and skill.

Colleen Slane, Assistant Cheer Coach

Hi! My name is Colleen. I grew up in Fort Collins and recently moved to Wellington with my fiancé! When I was younger, my passions were ballet and horseback riding. Once starting high school, I decided to try out for the cheerleading team and instantly fell in love. Tumbling quickly followed, and my obsession for the sport was unmatched. Performing on the sidelines of football and basketball games and hyping up the students and families gave me an unparalleled feeling of happiness. I loved Cheerleading so much in high school, I joined an All-Star team and competed in Florida at the NCA All-Star Championship. I am so excited to be the assistant coach for the Wellington Eagles and help foster this passion in our cheerleaders! 

David Jimenez, Assistant Baseball Coach

Coach Jimenez was born and raised in Fort Collins and has an attachment to the Wellington community as he spent a lot of time with family there growing up. Baseball has been an unhealthy obsession of his for as long as he can remember, even to this day getting himself in trouble with his family by spending too much time consumed by the game. Becoming a parent in his freshman year of high school, and other poor decisions, derailed his plans to play sports there after. Fortunately as his kids grew up he was given an opportunity to coach his kids. Through that journey of coaching over the last 6 years he has spent the last several years coaching different levels of youth travel baseball as well as assistanting at Resurrection Christian High School. He has also spent the last few years traveling the country, as a tag along to his son, developing and networking with high level travel, high school, college and developmental coaches attaining a wealth of knowledge of the game and teaching. His biggest accomplishment though is returning to college several years after those previous mentioned mistakes, and working towards his masters in psychology. Utilizing those mistakes, life lessons, knowledge of the game and relationships to develop a culture based around full human growth. Bringing a correlation of life skills and baseball skills to create great individuals that will first and foremost succeed in a life outside of sports and hopefully play baseball as long as they can. He is extremely excited to be a Wellington Eagle!! Go 🦅 

Brooke Coates, Assistant Softball Coach

Coach B (Brooke), moved to Wellington from Fresno California in 2021. She graduated from Fresno State University where she competed as a division 1 softball player from 2014-2018. During her 4 year career at Fresno State they won 2 Mountain West Championships and competed in 3 NCAA regional tournaments . After college shebegan to coach competitive travel softball,where she has helped players achieve their goals of competing in college. Coach B also coached High school softball at Washington Union High School where she helped lead the team to win a Valley Championship in 2018. Coach B is excited to be apart of the Eagles team and is looking forward to developing strong, confident, independent athletes and ensuring they reach their full potential on and off the field. Go Eagles! 

Thomas Blehm, Assistant Baseball Coach

I grew up right here in Wellington, Colorado! I have played baseball for a long as I can remember. In high school, I was a 3 year varsity lettermen at Poudre High School. My main position was catching, but I pitched and played the infield throughout my time playing. Unfortunately, I did not get the opportunity to play in college due to an arm injury pitching. During my time playing high school baseball, I developed a passion for coaching. I assisted my dad here in Wellington with an intermediate team and just found a new love for the game. In that time I also became a baseball instructor for Fort Collins Baseball Club. And right out of high school I got the opportunity to coach at Poudre. I coached there for 2 years at the C and JV level. I am so excited to be apart of Wellington Middle High School coaching staff. Can't wait to be apart of a up and coming program!

Andy Altschwager, Assistant Wrestling Coach

Born & raised in Wisconsin, Andy has since been a resident of Northern Colorado for the past 20 years. He was a 4 year varsity wrestling letter earner & three time state qualifier. He also wrestled Greco & Freestyle, winning a Greco state championship. He's been a farrier for the last 17 years & spent the last two years coaching wrestling at the Wellington Middle School. He's looking forward to this next step in his coaching career & helping create confident, well rounded young athletes.

Robert Garza, Assistant Baseball Coach & Assistant Wrestling Coach

Hi everyone I am Coach Garza, growing up playing baseball in Colorado I was a four year varsity letterman for Clear Creek High School. In college I was a relief pitcher for four years with Colorado State University. During my time there we made appearances in four regional tournaments on the road to being two time Mid America Champions with two World Series appearances. In those four years, I was named an all conference reliever during my third year of play. 

I first started coaching while in college, my first experience being with little league as an assistant for a 14 and under team in 2012. From there I went on to coach fundamental baseball and softball skills with Colorado State University’s Youth Sport Camps (ages 5-13) in the summer of 2014. After graduating, I began pursuing my masters degree and while student teaching, I was a JV pitching coach for Windsor high school during the spring 2017 season. After coaching with Windsor I began teaching and coaching at Highland High School in Ault Colorado. During my three years with Highland I spent time each season as both a Varsity and JV assistant.

Currently I am coaching at the College level as a pitching coach for the Fort Collins Force Collegiate summer team. The program is geared towards helping players get more reps and reach their goals that they have for their current college, while also helping recent high school graduates get experience before entering the college baseball world or get on with a college somewhere.  

I am looking forward to working with the baseball program and teaching with Wellington this upcoming school year. 

Henrik Andersen, Head Swim Coach 

 

 

 

 

Coach Henrik was raised in Greensboro, North Carolina and was thrown into a pool at the age of four, joining a summer swim team at the age of five.  Swimming has been a lifelong passion of his, and his goal is to share that passion with others through coaching.  Henrik has been a swimmer for 19 years, was a varsity swimmer for 5 years, competed on a travel swim team for 8 years, and played travel club water polo for 4 years.  Besides swimming and water polo, Henrik enjoys spending time coaching his esports team, hanging with his dogs, and playing video games.