GREENWOOD, Ind. – College Sports Communicators (CSC) released its 2025 Academic All-America® volleyball teams on Tuesday, and Concordia-St. Paul sophomore
Makenna Nold was named the Academic All-American® of the Year for Division II volleyball, while both Nold and senior
Cassie Sieling earned Academic All-America First Team selections.
Nold becomes just the fourth Golden Bear and third 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, Riley Hanson who secured the honor in volleyball in the 2016-17 season, and
Teagan Starkey who earned the honor in volleyball just last season in 2024-25. Lippincott went on to be named CoSIDA Academic All-America of the Year for all sports at the conclusion of the 2012 season.
Nold has a 4.00 cumulative GPA as a nursing major. She earned AVCA Division II Player of the Year honors and was named both AVCA and D2CCA Central Region Player of the Year. Nold earned AVCA and D2CCA All-America first team honors. She was selected as the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Player of the Year and earned her second consecutive first team all-conference accolade. Nold finished second in the nation in total kills (563), eighth in total attacks (1,334) and 11th in kills per set (4.40).
Sieling, a mathematics major with a 4.00 GPA, wrapped up her four-year Concordia career with an impressive senior season, ranking seventh in the NSIC with 4.35 digs per set. She earned All-NSIC First Team honors and was named the NCAA Elite Scholar-Athlete for Division II Volleyball.
There are three repeat selections on the Academic All-America® teams -- Anna Coulter (East Stroudsburg), Kayla Giroux (Wayne State, Mich.) and Peyton Neff (Nebraska-Kearney).
The Division II team had a 3.96 cumulative GPA, with 12 team members maintaining a 4.0 GPA in their undergraduate and/or graduate studies.
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 2025-26 Division II Academic All-America® program.
#3 Makenna Nold (OH/RS, 5-9, SO., Jamestown, N.D./Jamestown HS)
- 2025 CSC Academic All-American of the Year for Division II Volleyball
- 2025 CSC Academic All-America First Team
- 2025 CSC Academic All-District
- 2025 NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence
- 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 11th in Division II with 4.40 kills per set
- Ranks seventh in the country in points per set (5.27)
- Also sits 14th in the NSIC with 0.80 blocks per set
- Has logged 16 double-doubles and nine 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
- NCAA Central Region Tournament All-Tournament Team
- NCAA Tournament Elite Eight All-Tournament Team
- NSIC Tournament All-Tournament Team
- Colorado Premier Challenge All-Tournament Team
- UIndy Invitational All-Tournament Team
#7 Cassie Sieling (Libero, 5-9, SR., Bloomington, Minn. / Bloomington Jefferson HS)
- 2025 CSC Academic All-America First Team
- 2025 CSC Academic All-District
- 2025 NCAA Elite Scholar-Athlete for DII Volleyball
- 2025 NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence
- 2025 All-NSIC First Team
- 2024 All-NSIC Second Team
- Ranks seventh in the NSIC with 4.35 digs per set
- Ranks ninth in the conference with 0.37 aces per set
- Reached double figures in digs 32 times, including five matches with 20+ digs
- Set a career high for a three-set match with 26 digs against Minnesota Crookston (11/7)
- Named NSIC Defensive Player of the Week twice this season (10/20, 10/27)
- NCAA Central Region Tournament All-Tournament Team
- UIndy Invitational All-Tournament Team
