PETOSKEY — The volleyball record books are just getting started within a young program at North Central Michigan College.
But sophomore standout Chloe Winchell made sure future Timberwolves will be chasing her for quite some time.
A two-time All Michigan Community College Athletic Association Northern Conference first team all-conference selection and 2025 All-MCCAA selection as an outside hitter, Winchell closed her career this fall with 16 volleyball school records.
Notable on that list included most career kills (660), most points in a career (717), most kills a match, regardless of set length, and single season kills (367).
Needless to say, the Freeland native made the kind of impact on the volleyball court that’ll be noticed for some time around Petoskey.
It also helped her get noticed outside of Petoskey and Winchell took advantage of that, becoming the latest NCMC volleyball player to find a home outside of two years in Petoskey.
Winchell recently made things official with Doane University, which competes at the NAIA level out of Crete, Neb., competing within the Great Plains Athletic Conference.
Winchell’s impact was also felt on the NCMC schedule, with the Timberwolves brining in back to back strong seasons of 20 and 16 wins, including a combined 14 conference wins.
Winchell follows’s former NCMC players Camille Wardin (Walsh University) and Analiese Fredin (Olivet Nazarene) as volleyball players to find collegiate stops after NCMC.
Also around Northern Central Michigan College Athletics this week:
Men’s and women’s basketball travelled to Bay College to compete in the Terrace Bay Hotel Holiday Classic where they played against Milwaukee Area Technical College on Friday, Dec. 12 and Glen Oaks Community College on Saturday, Dec 13.
• Women’s Basketball:
Lost to MATC 71-48; lost to Glen Oaks 58-51.
Notable performances
• Cadence Cullen (St. Ignace) had a solid weekend scoring 28 points, 17 boards, 6 assists and shot 6-7 from the free throw line. In Saturday’s game she had a double-double with her career highs of 19 points and 18 rebounds.
• Evelyn VanTol (Frankfort) had 24 points, 10 rebounds.
• Men’s Basketball:
Lost to No. 16 MATC 134-71; lost to Glen Oaks 95-78.
Notable performances
• Ryan Ehlert (Pembine, WI/Northland College) scored 29 points, collected 7 rebounds, and had 5 steals
• Rylan Matelski (Gaylord St.Mary) was consistent with 26 points and 10 rebounds.
• Point Guard, Ben Barringer (Freeland) dished out 11 assists.
• Jordan Guenette (Negaunee) had a great weekend scoring 24 points, passing out 4 assists & 4 steals.
Coming up this week
• The last game of the semester will be this Friday, Dec. 19 when the Timberwolves travel to Kellogg CC.
In their last meeting in November the women’s basketball team won the game 65-58 and the men’s team was close up until the end.
This article originally appeared on The Petoskey News-Review: NCMC volleyball player Winchell signs with Doane University
