AUSTIN, Texas – College Sports Communicators (CSC) released its 2024 Academic All-America® volleyball teams on Tuesday, and Concordia-St. Paul setter
Teagan Starkey was selected Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year for Division II volleyball, in addition to earning Academic All-America® First Team honors for the second consecutive season.
Starkey becomes just the third Golden Bear and second CSP volleyball player in history to earn the prestigious honor, following Bryan Lippincott who earned the award twice in baseball in both 2010-11 and 2011-12 and Riley Hanson who secured the honor in volleyball in the 2016-17 season. Lippincott went on to be named CoSIDA Academic All-America of the Year for all sports at the conclusion of the 2012 season.
A senior setter from Lakeville, Minnesota, Starkey has a 4.00 cumulative GPA as a mathematics and actuarial science major. A two-time D2CCA first team All-American, she led Division II in assists per set (12.63) and total assist with 1,515. She is a three-time AVCA first team All-American team and a three-time AVCA all-region selection. Starkey was named All-NSIC first team for the third consecutive season. She was named to Academic All-America® first team in 2023 and the second team in 2022.
There are seven repeat selections on the Academic All-America® teams. In addition to Starkey, the others are Kenzie Foley
(St. Cloud State), Maureen Reilly
(Rockhurst),
Sabrina VanDeList (Colorado Mesa), Taya Beller (Wayne State, Nebraska), Isabella Ray (Lewis), and Cassidy Snider (Pennsylvania Western University - Clarion). VanDeList is a six-time Academic All-America® pick including At-Large (beach volleyball) selections in 2022-23 and 2023-24. Starkey, Reilly, Beller, and Ray all earned their third honor. The Division II team had a 3.89 cumulative GPA.
The Division II Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II national governance structure to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2024-25 Division II Academic All-America® program.
#5 Teagan Starkey (S, 5-8, Sr., Lakeville, Minn. / Lakeville South HS)
- 2024 CSC Academic All-America Division II Volleyball Team Member of the Year
- Two-time CSC Academic All-America First Team
- 2022 CSC Academic All-America Second Team
- Three-time CSC Academic All-District Team
- Two-time D2CCA All-America First Team
- Two-time D2CCA All-Region First Team
- 2022 D2CCA All-Region Second Team
- Three-time AVCA All-America First Team
- Three-time AVCA All-Region First Team
- 2024 NSIC Outstanding Senior for Volleyball
- Three-time All-NSIC First Team
- Three-time NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence
- Two time NSIC All-Tournament Team
- 2024 NCAA Central Region All-Tournament Team
- 2023 Colorado Premier Challenge Tournament MVP
- Three-time Colorado Premier Challenge All-Tournament Team
- Six-time NSIC Setter of the Week (9/16, 10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 11/4)
- Led the nation with 12.63 assists per set this season
- Cleared 40 assists 25 times, including 13 matches with 50+
- Had 12 double-doubles on the season
- Had an NCAA DII season-best 75 assists against WSC on November 23
