
Wyoming Coaches Association Reveals 2025 Spring Sports Coach of the Year Recipients
The Wyoming Coaches Association Spring Sports Coach of the Year awards have been announced for 2025. These winners were selected by their fellow WCA coaches. They will be honored in a ceremony at 1 p.m. on Thursday, July 24, 2025, at Natrona County High School’s Auditorium.
Here are the winners by sport and classification, plus assistants:
Outdoor Track and Field:
1A Girls – Mike Lashley, Lingle-Ft. Laramie
2A Girls – Phil Thatcher, Kemmerer
3A Girls – Josie Rounds, Lander
4A Girls – Becky Sondag, Natrona County
1A Boys – Ryan Olson, Burlington
2A Boys – Kirk McLaughlin, Big Horn
3A Boys – Josh Sanders, Lovell
4A Boys – Taylor Kelting, Sheridan
Assistant – Brent Gross, Buffalo
Assistant – Jennifer Hudson, Kelly Walsh
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Soccer:
3A Girls – Marian Miears, Cody
4A Girls – Mary Hoelscher/Nate McClennen, Jackson
3A Boys – Dick Edgcomb, Buffalo
4A Boys – Matt Hoelscher, Jackson
Assistant – Alex Lassle, Sheridan
Softball:
4A – Haley Gray, Campbell County
Assistant – Ben Partlow, Thunder Basin
Jr High/Middle School:
Wade Messner, Wright
Mark Bedard, Rock Springs
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