Tough. Focused. Connected.

Growing up in Des Moines, WA and a 2008 graduate of Mount Rainier high school, Alfie was a four year varsity player and the schools all time leading scorer. In 2008, he was name Seamount League MVP and his team finished 4th in state, the highest finish in school history.

Following Mount Rainier, Alfie played two years at Shoreline Community College where he helped the program win the North Region in the 2010 season. After finishing his two years at Shoreline, he received a scholarship to play at Montana State University-Northern in Havre, Montana. While at MSU Northern, he would become an all conference player, and help his team reach the NAIA National Tournament in consecutive years.

After finishing his college career in 2014, he immediately started to get into coaching. He has coached boys and girls of various levels, from elementary through college, for both school and AAU/club teams. He is currently an assistant coach at Ingraham High School.

Off the court, Alfie has a degree in Business Administration and a Masters Degree in Sport and Athletic Administration from Gonzaga University.

Emma Seymour was a four year member of the Smith College basketball team playing the position of small forward/shooting guard. Majoring in the Study of Women and Gender and minoring in Exercise and Sports Studies, Emma holds the current Smith College record for field goal percentage in a game going 9 for 9. During her junior year she recorded a career high 22 points and 11 rebounds in 19 minutes against Mount Holyoke College; in the same season she led the team in blocks. In the 2017-18 season Smith won the NEWMAC regular season conference and was ranked 1st in the league. During the 2018-19 season Smith was ranked 2nd in the NEWMAC received an at-large bid to the NCAA National Tournament where they made it to the 2nd Round. Emma became a member of the NEWMAC All-Academic Team for the 2018-2019 season.

A born and raised Seattleite, Emma grew up attending Storm games, being coached by our very own Sara Wetstone, and playing basketball for Roosevelt high school. Since graduating, she has coached a variety of teams and grade levels at Ballard Select and worked as a varsity assistant coach at Roosevelt high school for two seasons. She enjoys playing pick up in her free time, working on her career in public health, listening to podcasts, and hanging out with her cat Frank! Emma is passionate about women's participation in sport and has worked to bring awareness to the inequalities that female athletes face both in college and professionally. She has writing published in Ms. Magazine, Forbes Magazine, and The Hampshire Gazette calling attention these matters.  Emma is excited to apply what she has learned on the court and in the classroom to help the players that she coaches. 

Coach Peterson is from eastern Washington and has been playing basketball since she was seven years old. She started out playing in rec leagues and eventually found her way into more competitive leagues. In high school at Medical Lake, she was a team captain for two seasons and was able to take those leadership skills with her to  Pacific Lutheran University. She has continued to coach youth teams after college. Currently, she is getting her master’s degree in athletic training and will be working with UW women’s basketball & men’s baseball. She's SUPER excited to work with the Ballard players and be a part of their athletic and personal development paths! 

Coach Liz graduated from Lind-Ritzville High School and was a 4-year letterman in basketball and softball with two years of volleyball. Her basketball team went 28-0 to win the 2003 State B Championship and placed 2nd in the 2004 State A Championships.  After high school, Liz attended Big Bend Community College where she earned basketball & softball scholarships. Post-college, she was the assistant coach for both basketball and softball teams at Big Bend CC for the next 5 years. Liz completed her bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice/Forensic Science at ASU online in 2019 with hopes of becoming a crime scene investigator or possibly the next Annalise Keating (defense lawyer). She's worked for the Innocence Project and helped fight for Justice and equality for women and minorities. 

Liz comes from a big sports loving family, with some who still are playing/coaching at the collegiate and professional level including uncle Wayne Tinkle, OSU men's head basketball coach.  

Coaching philosophy: Having played all positions, Coach Liz has a high basketball IQ and the ability to teach all positions. She loves building relationships, helping players learn to love the game and teaching the core values, bonds, and mindsets that last far after you’re done playing. She says, "Seeing kids grow and do things they thought they couldn’t do on and off the court is awesome as a coach!"  Currently, Coach Liz is a youth development professional/athletic staff program at the Ballard Boys and Girls Club and coaches multiple Ballard Basketball trainings and in house leagues.