Victoria Jayne Leibeck-Owsley (September 12, 1989 - September 16, 2020) was a high school English teacher from Columbia, Kentucky.
Early life[]
Born in Orlando, FL she is the daughter of Barbara Deniston of Columbia, KY and Jon Leibeck (Dinah) of Campbellsville, KY.
Education and career[]
Victoria was a 2012 graduate of Berea College, where she met the love of her life Sean Owsley and she received her master’s degree from Western Kentucky University in December of 2018.
Mrs. Leibeck-Owsley was a member of the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Glasgow, KY. She was an English and AP Language Teacher at Adair County High School and Academic Team Coach for the Adair County Middle School and Assistant Coach for the Adair County High School. She was also a member of the KEA Teachers Union.
Victoria was named a Kentucky Colonel and was inducted into the Kentucky Association of Academic Competition Hall of Fame. She was a Jeopardy Season 35 Teachers Tournament participant and she was named the 2020 Teacher of the Year for the Kentucky Council of Teachers of English. She enjoyed writing, reading, music festivals, her cats, being outdoors especially at the beach and spending time with her family and friends.
Death[]
She passed away due of pancreatic cancer on September 16, 2020.