Biography:
Coaching at EDS since the winter of 2015 - Football, Basketball, and Baseball
Coach Carter has lived in Augusta his entire life and attended Richmond Academy, where he played basketball for the Musketeers. He enjoyed playing football, basketball, baseball, and track growing up. In addition to coaching basketball, he also coaches softball and umpires baseball and softball games. He and his wife, Tiffany, have three great-kids, Liana, Leila, and Wayne Jr., and two granddaughters, Saylor and Cali.
Biography:
Coach Melbourne has been coaching at EDS since 2018. She was raised in Augusta and attended EDS through 5th grade before moving to San Diego, California. Kirby played competitive tennis throughout high school and went on to play Division II college tennis for Franklin Pierce University in New Hampshire. After graduating, she was the assistant tennis coach at Franklin Pierce University and taught elementary school in Keene, NH. Most recently, she spent the last year in Florida, where she worked as a tennis pro for a group offering clinics and lessons for all ages on public tennis courts in the area.
Alyssianna Baca.
Co-Head Coach
Biography:
This is Coach Baca’s first year coaching at Episcopal Day School. Originally from California and raised between Northern California and Southern Florida, she brings a wealth of experience in leadership, athletics, and service. A retired U.S. Army Captain, Coach Baca served for more than a decade before continuing her career as a Cyber professional with USCYBERCOM.
She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Juvenile Justice from Florida A&M University, where she first discovered her love for coaching and mentoring through ROTC, community programs, youth sports, and collegiate drill teams. A lifelong athlete, Coach Baca competed in basketball from middle school through college intramurals and also participated in track, cross country, softball, and flag football—while playing the saxophone throughout her school years.
With over two years of experience coaching and managing youth football and basketball in the Augusta recreation and AYF leagues, Coach Baca is passionate about developing young athletes. A proud mom of three boys, she believes athletics build accountability, confidence, and leadership. Coach Baca is thrilled to bring her energy, structure, and passion for growth to the EDS girls’ basketball program this season.