PRIOR TO MSU: Coakley and Audrey Adkins both hail from Cabell Midland High School, which won the state cross country meet last year. It was the school’s first-ever team cross country crown. Coakley ran in the state cross country championships three times and finished 10th (2025), 12th (2024) and 19th (2023). At the regional meet, the Ona, W.Va., native was third in both 2023 and 2024, sixth in 2025 and 13th in 2022. CMHS won three conference and regional titles each year she was on the team. She was named first-team all-state as a senior and to the second team as a junior. In 2024, she set the school record in two cross country distances (3K and 5K), with the former having stood for more than a decade. Coakley also won state awards for HOSA (Health Occupation Students of America) and social studies. She also was a member of the victorious team at the 2024 Foot Locker South Regional Cross Country Championships, where she placed 100th individually. She also ran in the 2021 Middle School Cross Country Nationals, where she finished 74th in the 4,000-meter race. In 2024, she won the Marshall University Half Marathon in the women’s 19 & under division. In track and field, Coakley was third in the 3,200m and sixth in the 1,600m at the regional championships. At the 2025 meet, she placed fifth in the 3,200m. Outside of athletics, she received the Rural and Small-Town Recognition program award and the School Recognition Award by the College Board National Recognition Program in 2025.