Doherty alum punches ticket to Paris Olympics

(COLORADO SPRINGS) — Doherty High School alumni Haleigh Washington is headed to her second Olympic games to represent Team USA at Volleyball.

The stars and stripes clinched the program’s first Olympic gold medal in Tokyo, and hope to come home with another medal.

The team trains in Anaheim, CA where Washington lives in her camper van named ‘Charlie,’ which she loves very much.

The team will head to Paris on July 20.

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