LEXINGTON, Ky. – Concordia-St. Paul sophomore
Makenna Nold was named the 2025 American Volleyball Coaches Association Division II Player of the Year, it was announced on Wednesday morning. Nold was also named All-America First Team, while junior
Mehlayna Straub was named an All-America Honorable Mention.
Nold's national player of the year selection is the third in program history, following Maggie McNamara, who earned the award twice in 2008 and 2009.
The 2025 AVCA All-Americans include 42 players—14 on the first, second, and third teams—from 26 schools, and 117 honorable mention selections. Two programs have three players on those teams: Point Loma (one on the first-, second-, and third-team) and Missouri-St. Louis (two first-team picks and a third-team selection).
In addition, Nold was named to the D2CCA All-America First Team.
It is the first career All-America selection for both Nold and Straub.
The Golden Bears captured their 13
th NCAA Central Region Championship last week and are set to take on Gannon (Pa.) in the Elite Eight in Sioux Falls, S.D. on Thursday afternoon.
#3 Makenna Nold (OH/RS, 5-9, SO., Jamestown, N.D./Jamestown HS)
- 2025 AVCA Division II Player of the Year
- 2025 AVCA All-America First Team
- 2025 D2CCA All-America First Team
- 2025 AVCA Central Region Player of the Year
- 2025 D2CCA Central Region Player of the Year
- 2025 AVCA All-Region First Team
- 2025 D2CCA All-Region First Team
- 2025 NSIC Player of the Year
- Two-time All-NSIC First Team selection (2024, 2025)
- 2024 NSIC Freshman of the Year
- Leads the NSIC and ranks 14th in Division II with 4.28 kills per set
- Ranks eighth in the country in points per set (5.18)
- Also sits 12th in the NSIC with 0.87 blocks per set
- Has logged 15 double-doubles and six matches with 20+ kills this season
- Ranks fourth in points per set in school history for a single season
- Named both NSIC Offensive Player of the Week (10/6) and Defensive Player of the Week (9/22) this season
#4 Mehlayna Straub (MB, 5-9, Jr., Jordan, Minn. / Southwest Christian HS)
- 2025 AVCA All-America Honorable Mention
- 2025 AVCA All-Region Honorable Mention
- 2025 D2CCA All-Region Second Team
- 2025 All-NSIC First Team
- Leads the team with a .357 hitting percentage
- Sits 15th in the conference with 0.77 blocks per set and 21st in the NSIC with 2.89 kills per set
- Has reached double figures in kills in 18 matches
- Matched her career high with eight total blocks in a win over St. Cloud State (11/4)
| CSP AVCA All-Americans |
| First Team |
| 2025 |
Makenna Nold |
| 2024 |
Teagan Starkey |
| 2023 |
Teagan Starkey |
| 2022 |
Jasmine Mulvihill |
|
Teagan Starkey |
| 2019 |
Jasmine Mulvihill |
| 2018 |
Sara Macek |
| 2017 |
Elizabeth Mohr |
| 2016 |
Riley Hanson |
|
Anna Schlaak |
| 2015 |
Riley Hanson |
| 2014 |
Riley Hanson |
| 2013 |
Kayla Koenecke |
|
Amanda Konetchy |
| 2012 |
Cassie Haag |
|
Kayla Koenecke |
|
Amanda Konetchy |
| 2011 |
Megan Carlson |
|
Kayla Koenecke |
|
Amanda Konetchy |
| 2010 |
Megan Carlson |
|
Cassie Haag |
| 2009 |
Maggie McNamara |
|
Emily Palkert |
|
Mary Slinger |
| 2008 |
Maggie McNamara |
|
Emily Palkert |
| 2007 |
Maggie McNamara |
| 2006 |
Jessica Lucia |
|
Kelsey Kyro |
| 2005 |
Jessica Lucia |
|
Cailin Terhaar |
| 2004 |
Joy Wubben |
|
|
| Second Team |
| 2023 |
Jasmine Mulvihill |
| 2018 |
Brooklyn Lewis |
|
Elizabeth Mohr |
| 2017 |
Brooklyn Lewis |
| 2016 |
Emma Lange |
| 2015 |
Emma Lange |
| 2014 |
Emma Lange |
| 2013 |
Heather Schiller |
| 2012 |
Ellie Duffy |
| 2011 |
Katie Habeck |
| 2010 |
Emily Palkert |
|
Amanda Konetchy |
| 2009 |
Megan Carlson |
|
Sadie Kessler |
| 2008 |
Whitney Meierotto |
|
Mary Slinger |
|
Maria Steinhagen |
| 2006 |
Maggie McNamara |
| 2004 |
Tia Lindberg |
| 2003 |
Tia Lindberg |
|
|
| Third Team |
| 2024 |
Emma Schmidt |
| 2023 |
Emma Schmidt |
| 2016 |
Kasey Williams |
| 2014 |
Kasey Williams |
| 2010 |
Kayla Koenecke |
| 2007 |
Maria Steinhagen |
| 2005 |
Kelsey Kyro |
| 2004 |
Cailin Terhaar |
|
|
| Honorable mention |
| 2025 |
Mehlayna Straub |
| 2023 |
Sophia Andersen |
|
Katie Mattson |
| 2022 |
Katie Mattson |
|
Emma Schmidt |
| 2021 |
Jasmine Mulvihill |
| 2017 |
Mariya Sampson |
| 2015 |
Kasey Williams |
| 2014 |
Anna Schlaak |
| 2013 |
Emily McDonough |
| 2008 |
Sadie Kessler |
| 2007 |
Mary Slinger |
|
Emily Palkert |
| 2003 |
Jill Kalvik |
|
Joy Wubben |
| Daktronics/D2CCA All-Americans |
| First Team |
| 2025 |
Makenna Nold |
| 2024 |
Teagan Starkey |
| 2023 |
Teagan Starkey |
| 2018 |
Elizabeth Mohr |
| 2016 |
Riley Hanson |
| 2015 |
Riley Hanson |
| 2013 |
Kayla Koenecke |
|
Amanda Konetchy |
| 2012 |
Amanda Konetchy |
| 2011 |
Megan Carlson |
|
Amanda Konetchy |
| 2010 |
Emily Palkert |
|
Amanda Konetchy |
| 2009 |
Maggie McNamara |
|
Emily Palkert |
| 2008 |
Maggie McNamara |
|
Whitney Meierotto |
| 2007 |
Maggie McNamara |
| 2006 |
Jessica Lucia |
|
Kelsey Kyro |
|
Maggie McNamara |
| 2005 |
Jessica Lucia |
|
|
| Second Team |
| 2014 |
Riley Hanson |
| 2012 |
Kayla Koenecke |
|
Cassie Haag |
| 2010 |
Megan Carlson |
| 2009 |
Sadie Kessler |
|
Mary Slinger |
| 2008 |
Emily Palkert |
| 2005 |
Cailin Terhaar |
| 2004 |
Joy Wubben |
|
|
| Third Team |
| 2022 |
Jasmine Mulvihill |
| 2010 |
Kayla Koenecke |
| 2009 |
Megan Carlson |
| 2003 |
Jill Kalvik |
|
|
| Honorable Mention |
| 2018 |
Sara Macek |
| 2011 |
Katie Habeck |
