CHALKBOX GYMNASTICS - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Owner
• Co Chair and Treasurer of the Colorado Association of Recreational Athletics Gymnastics League

Stacey is a proud mother to Joe (36), Ryenne (23), and Julia (21) and has lived in Elizabeth, CO since 1999. Stacey has been involved in the sport of gymnastics since the age of 7. She was a competitor in both YMCA and USGF Gymnastics Leagues until the age of 18 at which time she began coaching. Stacey has a Bachelor's degree in Physical Education. She has been coaching competitive gymnastics for 32 years in Pennsylvania, Louisiana, and for the last 21 years, here in Colorado. Stacey and her husband, Shawn, opened ChalkBox Gymnastics in 2007. She has been employed as the Elizabeth High School Head Gymnastics Coach since the team's beginning in 2006. She and Assistant Coach Val Koppinger have led the team to eight State Championships in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, as well as four state runner-up titles in the last 15 years. In 2009, Stacey was named the 4A Gymnastics Coach of the Year, and in 2010, she was awarded the title of All Colorado Gymnastics Coach of the Year. Stacey served at the 4A representative to CHSAA from 2013-2015 and is currently serving her second term as the Chair of the Gymnastics Committee at Colorado High School Athletics and Activities Association which she was appointed to in 2016. Stacey has served as both the Co Chair and Treasurer of the Colorado Association of Recreational Athletics Gymnastics League.

Val is a former competitive gymnast in both CARA and USAG Gymnastics leagues. She has coached both developmental and competitive gymnastics for over 21 years in Elbert County. She has been employed as both a team and developmental lead coach at ChalkBox since the opening in 2007.