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NMC admissions director also serves as a hockey official
Courtesy Photo. Cathryn Claerhout, the director of admissions at Northwestern Michigan College, is also an off-ice official for Ferris State University’s D-1 men’s hockey team. She has held the position for 2 years.
By Greg Gielczyk
Contributing Writer
TRAVERSE CITY – Cathryn Claerhout has attended every Ferris State University Division I men’s ice hockey game for the last 12 years, except for when she went to see her daughter in her high school homecoming court. It’s not just because she’s a Ferris hockey fan, which she is. She’s also an off-ice official, and scores the games, sitting in a box at ice level.
She developed her interest in hockey when she was a student at Ferris, and met her husband, Scott, there as well. He ran the men’s league at the Ferris State Ice Arena, and her son, Kevin, grew up playing hockey.
Her life began to revolve around being in a hockey rink, and it was a natural inclination for her to take the next step… Read More »