WARRENSBURG, Mo. – Building to improve on its top-10 finish at the 2025 Intercollegiate Bowling Championships, UCM Women's Bowling has added 10 new freshmen to their roster for the 2025-26 season.
The group will include seven players from Missouri and Kansas, multiple high school all-state selections, and individual champions.
"We are incredibly excited to have the 2025-26 team finally on campus to see what they can do together," head coach
Ron Holmes said. "What a fun and energetic squad of ladies to have the opportunity to work and grow with! First and foremost, we want to say thanks to all the ladies and their families for selecting Central Missouri to continue their paths as student-athletes. The world of college athletics has evolved a great deal in a very short time period, including in the sport of women's bowling. Last season, we made great strides by earning our way back to the postseason and experiencing a national championship setting again. As we continue to compete in one NCAA division and a super demanding conference, we are reloading our team with players we believe will be outstanding representatives of UCM Athletics on and off the lanes."
Holmes believes the infusion of so many young bowlers will significantly benefit the team's immediate and long-term goals. "There are multiple players with high-level experiences and high school individual and team state titles. Although there will be an adjustment period from high school to college, several of these ladies will step into roles to help our team immediately and provide us with depth and strategy options our team has not had," Holmes added. "We look forward to seeing how the ladies work and grow together and are excited to let UCM see and learn more about them with our expanded 2025-26 home schedule."
2025-26 Jennies Bowling Newcomers
#19 Alex Beals – RH – Gladstone, Mo. – Oak Park HS
Beals joins the Jennies after completing a successful youth and high school career in the greater Kansas City area. While competing for Coach Brent Whitesell's Northmen squad, Beals helped her team earn an eighth-place finish at the 2025 Missouri High School Championships. As an individual player, she won tournament titles at the 2024 Midwest Youth Bowling Classic and the 2019 KC Open. She was awarded the 2023 MOUSBC Dorothy Johnson Scholarship. Academically, Alex was a member of Oak Park's Honor Roll, Quill & Scroll and Science Olympiad. Alex is the daughter of Laura Carr and Troy Beals and will major in mechanical engineering technology at UCM. Her impressive track record and dedication to both academics and sports make her a valuable addition to the team.
#8 Meghan Fowlie – RH – O'Fallon, Mo. – Incarnate Word Academy
Fowlie comes to UCM after competing as a four-year member for Coach Callum Stewart's Red Knights, helping her team earn a fifth-place finish in 2023 and seventh in 2025 at the Missouri BPA High School Handicap State Tournament. She also played softball at her high school, earning first-team Academic All-State honors four times, the MSHAA Sportsmanship Award and STEM Award. Fowlie was also a member of the National Honor Society and the National Art Honor Society. The daughter of Jennifer and Paul Fowlie, she is majoring in secondary education.
#25 Bailey Kinkelaar – RH – Olathe, Kan. – Blue Valley Northwest HS
Kinkelaar comes to Central Missouri after a very successful career for Coach Sarah Derks' Huskies, leading her team to back-to-back KSHSAA state appearances and a 2025 second-place team finish at the Kansas 6A High School State Bowling Championships, and a fourth-place individual finish. She earned 2025 Kansas 6A Second-Team All-State honors. As an Individual Qualifier, Kinkelaar also competed in three additional KSHSAA Championships from 2022 to 2024 and is a three-time Kansas Sunflower Games Gold Medalist. She was also a Kansas Unified HS State team member for three years and participated in the USA Bowling National High School Team Championships in 2022. In the classroom, Bailey was a multi-year member of the National Honor Society, the Blue Valley North West Honor Roll, Psi Alpha Honor Society and Tri-M Honor Society. The daughter of Kerry and Aaron Kinkelaar Bailey will be majoring in nursing.
#99 Sydney Lee – LH – Prairieville, La. – Dutchtown HS
Lee comes to Central Missouri after a highly successful high school and prep career in Louisiana. The Prairieville, La., native anchored Coach Karen Beam's Lady Griffins team to the back-to-back Louisiana 5A High School Championship titles (2023, 2024) and two additional final four appearances (second-2025, fourth-2022), while earning the 2023 LA Singles Champion title and three other top-10 player honors. Lee was a two-time District MVP and three-time first-team selection. She has also earned multiple youth individual titles, including being crowned twice as state Scratch Match Champion. On a national level, her success continued in regional and major events, finishing 35th at the 2025 U.S. Junior Championships (Jr. Gold) and earning two other top-80 finishes. Lee's high series is 759, with a high average of 217. While at Dutchtown High School, she excelled in the classroom, earning recognition as an Honors Graduate, FCCLA and Bi-Literacy Seal awards and she was named to the 2025 LHSAA All-Academic Team. The daughter of Adele and Noell Lee, she will major in aviation.
#2 Maddie Ley – RH – Round Lake Beach, Ill. – Greylake North HS
Ley comes to the Jennies from outside Chicago, Illinois, and was a three-year varsity starter and co-captain at Graylake North under head coaches Samantha Knab and former Coach Laura Bertermann's squads. In 2025, she anchored the Lady Knights to a fourth-place finish in the Northern Lake County Conference. Ley also led her team to a fourth-place finish at the 2024 IHSA Regionals, where she placed fifth individually. Her current high average is 204. Academically, Ley was named Greylake North's Honor Roll throughout her junior and senior years. The daughter of Jennifer and Michael Ley, she will major in Kinesiology in preparation to become a certified athletic trainer.
#17 Carie Mascarello – RH – Bellevue, Neb. – Bellevue West HS
Mascarello joins UCM after leading Coach Laura Scott and former Coach Phil Burlingame's Lady Thunderbirds most recently, including a third-place finish at the 2025 Nebraska High School Girls Class-A Championships. Mascarello's team was also the 2025 Nebraska Class A-3 District Champions and won the 2023 Metro Conference. Individually, she finished second at the 2023 NHSAA Class-A Bowling Championships and was the Girls Individual Champion of the 2022 Metro Conference Tournament. The Nebraskan has also qualified to complete the last six U.S. Jr. Team USA Championships (Jr. Gold) seasons. She is the daughter of Erica and Scott Mascarello and will major in computer-aided drafting (CAD).
#44 Natalie Moss – RH – Lenexa, Kan. – Shawnee Mission West HS
Moss comes to Central Missouri after competing the last four seasons for Coach Jason Reese's squad and leading the Lady Vikings to three appearances at the Kansas High School 6A Girls Bowling Championships, finishing seventh twice, first in 2023 and 2025, and sixth in 2024. She also helped lead her squads to three district championships and two regional championships during her career. Individually, Moss finished 11th at the 2025 KHSAA Championships. Academically, Moss was named to the Shawnee Mission West's Principal Honor Roll in 2025 and the traditional Honor Roll from 2022-24. The daughter of Matthew Martinez, she intends to major in interior design at UCM and owns her own company.
#10 Giana Nichols – LH – Lee's Summit, Mo. – Lee's Summit West HS
Nichols joins Central Missouri after a successful high school career competing for MeiLing Billingsly and Mark Emry's Lee's Summit West Titans. Nichols led her squads to four Missouri High School Bowling Championship appearances, including State Runner-Up in the 2024 event, as well as two fifth-place finishes in 2025 and 2023 and a 12th-place finish in 2022. Individually, Nichols was selected to the 2025 Missouri High School Bowling Girls All-Star Team in 2025 and she earned a sixth-place finish at the 2024 KC Women's Classic. Nichols has a high average of 200 and a high series of 768. Academically, Nichols graduated with honors and was a member of Lee's Summit West's Honor Roll for three consecutive years. She is the daughter of Rackel and Jeff Nichols and will be a criminal justice major.
#34 Elizabeth Poling – RH/2H – Topeka, Kan. – Washburn Rural HS
Poling comes to UCM after a successful four-year career playing for the Washburn Rural High School and Head Coach Jolene Ricard's squad, three of which she was on the varsity squad. Poling's Junior Blues team finished third at the 2025 Kansas High School Activities Association 6A Bowling Championships. Individually, she finished fifth and was selected to the 2025 Second Team All-State squad. Her 2024 team finished as 6A State Runner-Up and the 2023 team finished sixth at the KHSAA Championships. She was a part of the Centennial League Team Champions the last three years (2023-25). In the classroom, Poling was a member of the National Honor Society and a Silver Honor Graduate. She is the daughter of Susan and Jeremy Poling and will major in Kinesiology.
#6 Myranda Rogers – RH – Gardner, Kan. – Gardner-Edgerton HS
Rogers arrives at UCM after a stellar high school career competing for Coach Derek Wilson's Lady Blazers squad. Rogers was a four-time medalist at the Kansas High School Activities Association 6A Bowling Championships, including winning the 2025 Individual title. Her other State finishes were sixth in 2024, 10th in 2023 and 13th in 2022, respectively. Rogers was also a three-time selection to the Kansas 6A First-Team All-State squad from 2023 to 2025. Academically, she earned Academic Honor Roll recognition from Gardner-Edgerton for all four years in school. Rogers, the daughter of Jennifer Whitmore and Ryan Rogers, is majoring in criminal justice.
