At 7:35 a.m. the locker room door slams and one after another, new players trickle in. Each one is mentally preparing for practice, chatting with friends and putting on their gear. Someone is putting up nets while others sit in the locker room waiting. The coaches are preparing for practice, writing down drills and greeting players as they come onto the court. The quietness soon disappears and practice begins. This is when volleyball coach Skyler Teague takes the initiative and gathers her team into a huddle so she can instruct them on what to do next.

 At a young age, Teague fell in love with the sport of softball. She continued to pursue the sport throughout college. Now, as a first year teacher, Teague is gaining coaching experience over volleyball and softball as well. which then led to her being hired here as a geometry teacher, softball coach to volleyball coach. This is Teague’s first year of teaching. 

For 18 years of her life, Teague played softball. She immediately fell in love with the sport as a child and had hopes of playing in college since the start of her career. 

“I started playing softball at three years old so I never stopped,” Teague said. “Playing in college was just a dream I had from being young.” 

Teague played at Hendrix college as a pitcher for all four years of her college career. She created many memories, but her favorite were bus rides to and from games. 

 “As a team we were able to spend eight hour trips bonding and getting to know each other better,”  “We would spend the time hanging out and playing bus karaoke and it allowed us to become better friends and thus better teammates.” 

The experience of playing softball in college helped Teague get a job as a coach in FISD. She decided to come to be a Racoon because of what Frisco High School offered that other schools did not. 

“The requirement for this job is a coaching position and being able to coach came from playing in college,” Teague said. “Out of all the schools I interviewed for and got accepted for I liked the atmosphere with the teachers and admin the best here.” 

After volleyball season, Teague will be coaching softball she hopes to be able to teach the girls lessons about life and how to be a better player.

“Mainly just more off the field things about life in general,” Teague said. “Then the on-the-field stuff will come with that.”