Team Details

Whitney Gillett is from The Woodlands, TX. While in Texas, she was on a National Championship winning competitive dance team, performed at TUTS, and attended Humphrey's School for the Performing Arts. She later received a B.F.A. in Musical Theater from The University of Michigan where she trained in dance, acting, voice, and direction/choreography. After graduating UofM, Whitney most notably went on to perform in Wicked the Musical, and choreographed for The Juilliard School, New York Fashion Week Events, and Off-Broadway Productions. At Duchesne, she currently runs the Middle School and Upper School dance programs, works with Upper School Musical Theater students, and coaches the Duchesne Charger Girls.

Rachel Poe is our Outreach Athletic Trainer from Houston Methodist West Hospital. Through Duchesne's partnership with Houston Methodist, we have access to the top Sports Medicine Doctors, the Concussion Center at Houston Methodist, and a full-time Certified Athletic Trainer, Rachel Poe, to provide the best care for our student athletes. 

Rachel attended the University of Houston for both her BS in Kinesiology and her Master of Athletic Training degrees. She spent most of her early career in collegiate sports medicine at Houston Baptist University and the University of Houston before taking a position at Dobie High School for the 2021-2022 school year. Since June of 2022, Ms. Poe has found a home at Houston Methodist Hospital primarily assigned to Duchesne Academy.