Middle School Coaching Staff

Coach Chris Wallace enters his second year as the girls head coach for the combined Orange Middle/ Berkshire Middle team. Wallace had previously been a high school boys assistant and middle school boys head coach over the last six seasons.

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Wallace wrestled at Orange Middle School and Orange High School, captaining the team his junior and senior seasons. As a senior, he qualified for districts at 160 lbs to finish his competitive career. Wallace is Orange and Blue, throughout.

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Wallace served eight years with the US Air Force and is employed with the Defense Logistics Agency as a Quality Assurance Specialist. In addition to wrestling, he enjoys training in jiu jitsu at Ronin.

Coach Carroll enters her seventh year on the middle school staff, first with Olentangy Fire club, then as a Trailblazer assistant.  

 

As an senior athlete, she was a state-ranked 101 pounder for the Pioneers and competed in the first OHSWCA girls state championship, where the program finished as state runner-ups.

 

Coach Carroll is employed with Mazda, and hopes to continue in that field or in air traffic control.  In her free time, she enjoys working on cars and hanging out.  

Coach Camille Ramey joins our middle school coaching staff for the 2026-27 season. She is a recent alumni of the Pioneer program.

 

Ramey has been a part of Orange wrestling since 5th grade, competing for the Crush youth, then the Olentangy Fire girls middle school club. In high school, she placed in the district tournament twice, winning 88 matches over three seasons (she was injured as a junior). Over this time, she helped coach Spark, the girls youth team at Orange.

 

Ramey is studying business at Columbus State and likes to walk, lift, ride her bike and work. Her family has been involved with Orange wrestling for many years, and both her brothers wrestled.

Coach Simmons enters her sixth season with the Trailblazers as a middle school girls assistant. She has also worked with youth wrestlers at camps.

 

In her competitive career, Simmons captained the OOHS Pioneer squad for two seasons and was a 3x state qualifier.  At the time, she was only the second Orange girl to place twice in the state tournament, finishing 6th in 2020 and 5th in 2022. During her senior season, her team won the state dual title and finished 3rd in the state championship.

 

Coach Simmons is at Otterbein University, studying to be a middle school teacher and is also a licensed nail tech.