Coupeville senior Chelsea Prescott plans to play volleyball at Medaille College in New York. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
Coupeville’s Renaissance woman is going to New York.
CHS senior Chelsea Prescott, who can rip out and replace a toilet, fix a car, bake a cake, excel in every sport she plays, and do about a million other things, is taking her substantial skill-set to Medaille College.
While attending the private school in Buffalo, she’ll study to be a Veterinary Tech, while also playing volleyball for the Mavericks.
Medaille, a member of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference, competes at the NCAA D-III level.
Prescott found the school through a recruiting website, and ultimately decided she was ready to travel across the USA in pursuit of her next set of challenges.
“So exciting!,” she said. “Even though the school is really far, I thought a change of scenery would be nice.”
Celebrating with fellow Wolves (l to r) Kylie Chernikoff, Maddie Vondrak, and Jaimee Masters. (Photo courtesy Coupeville volleyball)
Prescott has been at the forefront of Coupeville athletics in recent years, a standout through youth sports, middle school and high school.
In little league, she opted to play baseball most years instead of softball, and was one of her team’s top pitchers.
Middle school brought more success, including the time Prescott blasted a volleyball spike off of a rival player’s face — almost breaking the girl in half.
From day one of her freshman year at CHS, the multitalented Wolf has shone brightly on the volleyball court, basketball hardwood, and softball diamond.
Prescott went to the state tourney in her very-first semester at CHS, a young gun on a senior-dominated volleyball squad.
She was back at the big dance during her sophomore softball season, showcasing a booming bat, quick wheels, and a gun of an arm, which she often deployed from deep in the hole at shortstop.
That Wolf diamond team thumped highly-ranked Dear Park at the state tourney, and came within a play of upending Cle Elum.
Prior to Coupeville’s opener against eventual state champ Montesano, Prescott ripped a vicious foul ball which clanged off the leg of a rival coach who had been talking smack.
He had a pronounced limp the rest of the weekend, and a quieter mouth.
Covid prevented Prescott from getting back to state, cancelling her junior softball season last spring, and erasing any postseason activity during her senior year.
However, she has seized whatever moments have been granted her.
After teaming with longtime running mate Mollie Bailey to lead their final CHS softball squad to a 12-0 record this spring, Prescott is atop the stat sheet for a Wolf volleyball team which sits at 3-1.
Prescott leads the Wolves to a five-set win last Saturday. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
While the pandemic will eventually fade, Prescott’s star will continue to rise.
Chelsea has shown a willingness, and ability, to adapt, filling her lockdown days with the aforementioned toilet and car repairs, as well as pressure washing a house, and keeping her academic skills sharp.
Wherever she goes in life, and whatever she does — sports or real-world stuff — she’ll continue to be a bright, shining supernova.
Of that, you can be dang sure.
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