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WHO WE ARE Rachel Loftin Whaley ’05 is a TXWES athletics legend that keeps moving as a chiropractor
Long before she became one of the best volleyball players ever to play for Texas Wesleyan University, Rachel Loftin Whaley knew what she wanted her future to be. And, like volleyball, it involves exact maneuvering and adjustments.
Whaley is now a chiropractor and owner of the Chiropractic Wellness Cafe in Crowley. She holds the program record for career kills with 1,781 in her four seasons, including third and fourth all-time in a single season (536 in 2004 and 533 in 2003). After graduating from Texas Wesleyan with an exercise science degree she went to Parker College of Chiropractic (now Parker University) and got another bachelor’s degree in anatomy and physiology, a bachelor’s in health science, a minor in chemistry and a doctorate of chiropractic license. Her husband, Aaron Whaley ’03, runs the Morton Fitness Center at Texas Wesleyan. He played basketball for the Rams from 2000 to 2003 and is a former 24
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junior varsity and assistant coach for the school. “It makes for some friendly competitive moments at home,” she said with a chuckle. She and Aaron have three children, son Addox,10, and daughters Everly, 7, and Oakley, 5. “Addox enjoys playing flag football, guitar, Fortnite and Minecraft, and is definitely the jokester and silly one in the family. Everly is our uber competitive one and is a natural athlete who is pretty much good at anything you throw at her. Right now she loves basketball and piano, but is also playing soccer and wants to learn tennis. Oakley is our sweetie pie and people pleaser and is super cuddly and definitely the peacemaker between the three kids. She is just now getting into sports and has started playing soccer the past couple of weeks. “Two of my kids want to grow up and work in my office alongside me, enjoying the chiropractic profession, while Everly wants to be an artist. I really hope that they continue to have a desire to be chiropractors and we can work alongside each other one of these days – that would be so cool and fulfilling to me.” And no matter where life takes her from here, she will always take her memories from TXWES with her, she said. “When I look back on my college years, what I remember loving the best was playing with my T-dub girls. Most of my favorite memories revolve
