MONTAGUE — Alissa Wynn, who excelled as the Montague libero during her Wildcat career, will further hone that skill set the next two seasons as part of the Muskegon Community College volleyball team. She celebrated the decision to attend MCC with a ceremony last Thursday at the high school.
Wynn is following in the footsteps of older sister Chloe, who also played at MCC. Part of what drew Alissa to the Jayhawks was the glowing reports she received from Chloe about Samantha Fehler, who is now the team’s head coach after being an assistant during Chloe’s time there.
“My sister loves her,” Wynn said. “I’m excited to have her as my head coach.”
Fehler said Wynn brings maturity and a measured approach to the court, a perfect trait for a libero, who has to captain the back row defense.
“She’s very calm, cool and collected,” Fehler said. “She’s not hotheaded. She carries herself very well. I think that she encourages her teammates as well. Her being an incoming freshman, it’ll be really important for her to have that positive mindset that I’ve seen her play with.”
Wynn is looking forward to joining former club teammates from the Michigan Volleyball Academy on the team next year; former Wildcat teammate Ana Trevino also played for the Jayhawks last season and may end up sharing the court with Wynn this fall.
Wynn is pursuing an education in exercise science in hopes of becoming an athletic trainer. If things go well on the court at MCC, she’d love to play at a four-year school too, but her love of the game is such that she said she’d likely play at a club level if not on a varsity team.
“I just don’t think I’m ready to be done yet,” Wynn said. “I love playing volleyball. It’s so much fun.”
