HEAD HS COACH:
ABBY CHAFEY
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Chafey Bio
Abby Chafey begins her first season as the Head Coach for Westmoore High School.
Prior to Westmoore she served 4 years as an Assistant Coach at Southern Nazarene University (NCAA DII). During her time at SNU she helped guide them to their first ever Great American Conference Tournament Championship and their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament in school history.
Prior to SNU, Chafey was the Freshman Head Basketball Coach at Edmond Memorial and also served as the Varsity Assistant and Freshman Head Basketball Coach at Putnam City North the following year, coaching primarily the guards with the varsity squad.
Chafey was a 4 year NCAA DII Collegiate player, being a three-time All-GAC selection as she played for Southern Nazarene from 2013-17. She is a 1,000 point scorer, finishing with 1,334, and is third all-time in 3-pointers made with 222. She became the 10th player in SNU history to finish with over 1,300 points as well as 300 assists. She was also a three-time Academic All-GAC selection.
A native of Yukon, Chafey played two seasons at Yukon High School where she was an All-Metro Conference and Big All-City selection her senior year.
Chafey is married to Nick Chafey, Mustang Athletic Trainer and they currently reside in Oklahoma City with their dog Yose.
Abby Chafey begins her first season as the Head Coach for Westmoore High School.
Prior to Westmoore she served 4 years as an Assistant Coach at Southern Nazarene University (NCAA DII). During her time at SNU she helped guide them to their first ever Great American Conference Tournament Championship and their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament in school history.
Prior to SNU, Chafey was the Freshman Head Basketball Coach at Edmond Memorial and also served as the Varsity Assistant and Freshman Head Basketball Coach at Putnam City North the following year, coaching primarily the guards with the varsity squad.
Chafey was a 4 year NCAA DII Collegiate player, being a three-time All-GAC selection as she played for Southern Nazarene from 2013-17. She is a 1,000 point scorer, finishing with 1,334, and is third all-time in 3-pointers made with 222. She became the 10th player in SNU history to finish with over 1,300 points as well as 300 assists. She was also a three-time Academic All-GAC selection.
A native of Yukon, Chafey played two seasons at Yukon High School where she was an All-Metro Conference and Big All-City selection her senior year.
Chafey is married to Nick Chafey, Mustang Athletic Trainer and they currently reside in Oklahoma City with their dog Yose.
Pickron BIO
Krystal is in her 5th season as an Assistant Varsity coach, and her first season here at Westmoore. She is also a teacher in the science department at West Junior High. Before coming to Westmoore, she was the head JV basketball coach and Varsity assistant at Commerce High School in Texas for four seasons, where she also worked in the special education department.
Coach Pickron also has extensive playing experience, playing high school basketball at Royse City High School where she was an all-around player. After high school, she went on to play collegiately at Collin County for 2 years and then transferred to Texas A&M University of Commerce to finish out her years as a shooting guard/small forward.
Powell BIO
Coach Powell is entering his 1st year as an Assistant Coach at Westmoore, after spending the previous 8 seasons as the Head Coach of Girls’ basketball at Brink Junior High. He is currently a teacher in the SPED department at BJH. Before coming to Brink, he was a 6th grade teacher at Sky Ranch Elementary in the SPED department. He also has additional coaching experience as a softball & football coach within the Moore Public School District.
Coach Powell has an extensive background of playing multiple sports throughout his high school and college career. He was a 4-sport athlete coming out of McGehee High School where he lettered in all 4 sports his junior and senior year. He earned a basketball scholarship to attend Carl Albert State College after his senior year of high school and was also drafted as a pitcher by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2002 & 2003 MLB player draft. After his 1st year of college at Carl Albert, he signed to play with the Cardinals in the summer of 2003. He went on to play for 3 years with the Cardinals before returning back to school in 2006 at Seminole State College to continue his basketball career. After Seminole State, he attended Oklahoma Christian University where he played under Hall of Fame coach Dan Hays. Coach Powell graduated from Oklahoma Christian in 2009 with a Bachelors in Sport Wellness & Recreational Management.
Couch BIO
Olivia Couch-Nixon graduated from Purcell High school in 2015 where she was an active participant in cheer, basketball, track and Student Council. Upon graduating from high school, she pursued her bachelor's degree in Sport Management with an Emphasis in Fitness and graduated from Rogers State University in May of 2019. While at Rogers State, Couch participated in both track and cheer as well as being a member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee. Couch then went on to get her master's degree in Applied Sport and Exercise Sciences at the University of East London. While at East London, Couch played for the university's basketball program which advanced to the Elite Eight during playoffs.
This is now Couch’s third year here at Westmoore. She teaches Anatomy & Physiology as well as Earth & Space Science. She is also the Black Student Union Co-Sponsor, has been a coach on the Westmoore high school track team for the last two years, head coach of Westmoore junior high track for one year, an assistant girls' basketball coach for Brink junior high, and this will be her second year with Westmoore girls' basketball. Coach Couch is looking forward to the upcoming season and getting to change her last name!
Krystal is in her 5th season as an Assistant Varsity coach, and her first season here at Westmoore. She is also a teacher in the science department at West Junior High. Before coming to Westmoore, she was the head JV basketball coach and Varsity assistant at Commerce High School in Texas for four seasons, where she also worked in the special education department.
Coach Pickron also has extensive playing experience, playing high school basketball at Royse City High School where she was an all-around player. After high school, she went on to play collegiately at Collin County for 2 years and then transferred to Texas A&M University of Commerce to finish out her years as a shooting guard/small forward.
Powell BIO
Coach Powell is entering his 1st year as an Assistant Coach at Westmoore, after spending the previous 8 seasons as the Head Coach of Girls’ basketball at Brink Junior High. He is currently a teacher in the SPED department at BJH. Before coming to Brink, he was a 6th grade teacher at Sky Ranch Elementary in the SPED department. He also has additional coaching experience as a softball & football coach within the Moore Public School District.
Coach Powell has an extensive background of playing multiple sports throughout his high school and college career. He was a 4-sport athlete coming out of McGehee High School where he lettered in all 4 sports his junior and senior year. He earned a basketball scholarship to attend Carl Albert State College after his senior year of high school and was also drafted as a pitcher by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2002 & 2003 MLB player draft. After his 1st year of college at Carl Albert, he signed to play with the Cardinals in the summer of 2003. He went on to play for 3 years with the Cardinals before returning back to school in 2006 at Seminole State College to continue his basketball career. After Seminole State, he attended Oklahoma Christian University where he played under Hall of Fame coach Dan Hays. Coach Powell graduated from Oklahoma Christian in 2009 with a Bachelors in Sport Wellness & Recreational Management.
Couch BIO
Olivia Couch-Nixon graduated from Purcell High school in 2015 where she was an active participant in cheer, basketball, track and Student Council. Upon graduating from high school, she pursued her bachelor's degree in Sport Management with an Emphasis in Fitness and graduated from Rogers State University in May of 2019. While at Rogers State, Couch participated in both track and cheer as well as being a member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee. Couch then went on to get her master's degree in Applied Sport and Exercise Sciences at the University of East London. While at East London, Couch played for the university's basketball program which advanced to the Elite Eight during playoffs.
This is now Couch’s third year here at Westmoore. She teaches Anatomy & Physiology as well as Earth & Space Science. She is also the Black Student Union Co-Sponsor, has been a coach on the Westmoore high school track team for the last two years, head coach of Westmoore junior high track for one year, an assistant girls' basketball coach for Brink junior high, and this will be her second year with Westmoore girls' basketball. Coach Couch is looking forward to the upcoming season and getting to change her last name!