CAREER HONORS:- 2014 America East Defensive Player of the Year
- 2014 America East All-Conference First Team
- 2014 America East All-Defensive Team
- 2014 NABC All-District I Team
- 2013-14 Team Captain
- 2013-14 America East Preseason All-Conference Team
- 2013 America East All-Conference First Team
- 2013 America East All-Defensive Team
- 2012-13 America East Academic Honor Roll
- 2012-13 America East Preseason All-Conference Team
- 2012 America East Championthip Reggie Lewis Most Outstanding Player Award
- 2012 America East All-Championship Team
- 2011-12 America East All-Conference Third Team
- 2011-12 America East All-Defensive Team
- 2011-12 America East Preseason All-Conference Team
- 2011 America East Academic Honor Roll
- 2011 UVM Underclass Athletic Achievement Award
- 2011 CollegeInsider.com Freshmen All-America Team
- 2010-11 America East Rookie of the Year
- 2010-11 America East All-Rookie Team
2013-14 SEASON: Finished his career as the only player in Division I basketball to have recorded 1,000-plus rebounds and 600-plus assists. ... Posted double-digit rebounds in four of the first five games ... Posted a double-double with 10 assists and 11 rebounds in a win over Siena ... Handed out nine assists at No. 6 Duke ... Reached double-figures in back-to-back games vs. Illinois State (12 and 9 assists) and at San Francisco (11) ... Posted a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds vs. Quinnipiac ... Grabbed his 1,000th career rebound at Harvard … Finished the game with eight … Became the third player in school history to reach 1,000 rebound milestone and ninth player in America East history ... Recorded his second double-double of the season, 12th of his career, at Dartmouth with 14 points and 15 rebounds ... Took over sole possession of second place among the all-time assist leaders at UVM with 10 helpers at Yale, finished the night with nine points, seven rebounds, 10 assists ... Became UVM’s all-time leader in rebounds with 15 in a win over UNH ... Broke the Vermont all-time assist mark with eight in a win at Albany (2/114) ... Has his UVM record of 129 consecutive games played snapped when he asks to step out of the starting lineup on “Senior Night” agaisnt Stony Brook to allow classmate Josh Elbaum, one of six seniors on the team, to make his first career start ... With 30 minutes played against Stony Brook he became the fourth Catamount to reach 4,000 minutes played ... Scored a season-high 15 points and added nine rebounds and five assists in Vermont’s overtime win at Binghamton in the regular season finale ... Recorded the first triple-double in America East Tournament history in a quarterfinal win over New Hampshire ... Scored 10 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and handed out 10 assists ... It was Voelkel’s first career triple-double and the first by a Catamount since 2003 ... 2014 Honors: America East Defensive Player of the Year; America East All-Conference First Team; America East All-Defensive Team; NABC All-District I Team.
Voelkel in the Vermont Record Books (career records):
1st - Rebounds (1,168)
1st - Assists (679)
1st - Assists - single season (190, 2013-14)1st - Games Played (134)
1st - Consecutive Games Played (129)
3rd - Minutes Played (4,134)
4th - Steals (207)
5th - Rebounds per Game (8.7)2012-13 SEASON: Started all 33 games … Was named to the America East All-Conference First team and was an all-defensive team selection for the second straight year … Finished the year ranked second in the conference in rebounding (8.6 rpg), assists (4.9 apg) and assist/turnover ratio (2.2) … Also ranked 10th in steals (45/1.4 stlpg) … He also chipped in 6.0 points per game and reached double-figures in the scoring column five times … Voelkel grabbed double-digit rebounds 14 times, including a season-high 16 twice (at UMBC, at Stony Brook) … He recorded four double-doubles (pts, reb) and one double-double (reb, ast) … With a 13 rebound, 10 assist performance against Maine (2/20/13) he became the first Catamount since Grant Anderson’s triple-double (1/8/03) to record double-figures in rebounds and assists in the same game … Voelkel took one shot in the game, marking the first time since the 1996-97 season that a Division I player took one or fewer shots and had double-digit assists and rebounds in a game.
2011-12 SEASON: Started all 36 games … Led the America East in rebounding (8.6 pg), was second in both assists (5.1 pg) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.6-to-1) and was third in steals (1.7 pg) … Tied for the most rebounds (16 vs. Boston U) and assists (11 at Towson) in a game in the America East this season … Nationally he finished 16th in assist-to-turnover ratio, 51st in assists and 60th in rebounding … Played a team-high 30.6 minutes per game … Pulled down double figures in rebounds on 13 occasions … Scored a season-high 13 points against Long Island … Named the America East Tournament’s Reggie Lewis Most Outstanding Player after averaging 4.0 points, 7.0 assists and 12.0 rebounds per contest … Opened the year with 11 rebounds and eight assists at South Florida … Grabbed 14 rebounds each in back-to-back wins over Old Dominion and Siena … Recorded a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds against Quinnipiac … Handed out a career-high 11 assists in a win at Towson … Matched a career-high with 16 rebounds in UVM’s first league win of the year over preseason favorite Boston U … Had 10 assists and seven rebounds in a win at UMBC … Pulled down 14 rebounds in a win at Albany … Had double figures in rebounds in five of the last seven games of the year … Grabbed 15 rebounds to go with seven assists in the America East Championship win over Stony Brook … Added 12 boards and seven assists in the victory over Lamar in the NCAA First Round.
2010-11 SEASON: Made an instant impact for the Catamounts, earning a starting spot from day one … He was the only Cat to start all 32 games during the year … Led the America East in rebounding (9.6 pg) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.2-to-1), while finishing second in both assists (4.5 pg) and steals (1.6 pg) … Nationally he finished 30th in rebounding, 48th in assist-to-turnover ratio and 84th in assists … He finished fifth on the team in scoring, averaging 7.0 points per contest … His 143 assists were more than the next three highest Catamounts combined … Had 16 double-figure rebounding performances and earned four double-doubles on the year … Nearly recorded a triple-double in his first career game with nine points, nine assists and 10 rebounds in a win at Siena … Had a breakout game in a win over Marist with career-highs for both points (23) and rebounds (16) … Just missed out on a triple-double in a win at Iona with 13 rebounds, nine assists and seven points … Earned a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds in the America East opener at Stony Brook … Handed out a career-high 10 assists in a win over Stony Brook at home … Recorded back-to-back double-doubles in wins over UMBC (19 pts./10 rebs.) and Binghamton (12 pts./13 rebs.) … Netted double figure point totals in three straight games, including each of the America East Tournament contests.
BEFORE VERMONT: Voelkel is a 6-foot-6 forward who also played at Iona Prep in New Rochelle, N.Y. along with current teammate Sandro Carissimo … As a senior he averaged 19 points, 13 rebounds and four assists, as he wrapped up his career with 1,245 points … As a senior he was named the team's most outstanding player and earned a spot on the Journal News First Team … As a junior he was an all-state second team selection, Journal News First Team, Daily News All-Bronx Team selection and was the team's most outstanding player … Voelkel also took part in the Jordan Brand Classic Regional Game at Madison Square Garden, in a game that featured the top prep players from the New York City metropolitan area in a City vs. Suburbs showdown … In the game he had five points, nine rebounds, seven assists and three steals.
PERSONAL: Is the son of Raymond and Mona Voelkel ... His brother Kevin played basketball at Randolph-Macon ... His father played basketball at American, where he held the NCAA record for most consecutive field goals made with 25 (over nine games in 1978) until 2011 … Is a sociology major.
