Spokane, Washington is where Courtney was born, raised, and started skating. She has been skating for 17 years with 14 years of competitive experience. Courtney is a USFSA double gold medalist in Moves in the Field and Freeskate, 5 time Northwest Pacific Regional Figure Skating Championships medalist, 5 time Pacific Coast Sectional Figure Skating Championships competitor.

Courtney’s coaching experience includes being a Learn to Skate instructor for 7 years and coaching private lessons for 2 years at local skating clubs around Spokane, Washington. She has served as the head coach of Liberty Figure Skating for three years and has led the team to national qualification in all three seasons.

Then, she had the opportunity to skate professionally for 2 years with Feld Entertainment’s Disney on Ice traveling nationally and internationally from 2018-2020.

During the two seasons she skated for Liberty Figure Skating, she competed twice at the senior level for the National Intercollegiate Final competition the team qualified for in 2022 and 2023.

Graduated from Liberty’s School of Aeronautics in May of 2023 with Bachelor of Science in Aeronautics Commercial/ Corporate concentration. She also works as a flight instructor for Liberty’s School of Aeronautics.

Courtney’s goal for the team is that Liberty Figure Skating will be well known and respected for its team culture and the ability to compete against the nation’s best collegiate figure skating teams. This will be possible by growing each year, having high quality coaching and mentorship, and embracing the team vision statement: Integrity, Responsibility, and Humility.

Integrity- We are a team that strives to build one another up through speech and actions and to promote wholeness and undividedness.
Responsibility- We are a team that, with the best interest of the team in mind, is made up of individuals who take responsibility for effort put forth on and off the ice knowing that each athlete is a piece of a bigger puzzle.
Humility- We are a team that takes on the mind and heart of Christ and remains humble in character in loss or victory in order to maintain peace and harmony among all members of the team.

Name	Title	Email Address
Courtney Kirschke	Head Coach	cnkirschke@liberty.edu
Olivia Walker	Assistant Coach	otford@liberty.edu
Dawn Harter	Assistant Coach	dharter@liberty.edu
Tatiana Payne	Assistant Coach	tmgomez@liberty.edu

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2026-27 Figure Skating Coaching Staff

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