For Immediate Release
Thursday, November 13, 2025
NSIC Media Relations

NSIC Player of the Year
#3 Makenna Nold (OH/RS, 5-10, So., Jamestown, N.D. / Jamestown HS) 
Concordia University, St. Paul
- Leads the NSIC in kills per set (4.24) and points per set (5.29) in conference play
- Ranks second in the conference with 0.52 aces per set
- Also sits ninth in the NSIC with 1.00 blocks per set
- Logged 11 double-doubles and five matches with 20+ kills this season
- Ranks fourth in points per set in school history for a single season
- Tabbed All-NSIC First Team for the second straight season
- Named both NSIC Offensive Player of the Week (10/6) and Defensive Player of the Week (9/22) this season

NSIC Libero of the Year
#11 Ellie Kline (L, 5-4, Sr., Holmen, Wis. / Holmen HS) 
Minnesota State University, Mankato
- Leads the NSIC in digs per set (5.65), totaling 339 on the season
- Posted 30 digs and five service aces against SMSU on Oct. 4
- Recorded double-digit digs in 24 of 26 matches this season
- Ranks fourth in Minnesota State program history with 1,465 career digs
- Set a career high with 32 digs against Winona State in Oct. 2023
- Averages 4.20 digs per set over her career
- Named NSIC Defensive Player of the Week earlier this season

NSIC Freshman of the Year
#5 Delaney Miller (OH, 5-10, Fr., Ankeny, Iowa / Centennial HS) 
Wayne State College
- Third in NSIC matches in kills per set at 3.79
- Has 10 or more kills in 13 of 17 NSIC matches played with three of 20 or more
- Ranks sixth overall in kills per set at 3.47
- Had 16 matches with 10 or more kills this season
- Season-high 22 kills in 3-1 win at Augustana on October 21

NSIC Assistant Coach of the Year
Kim DePew (18th year) 
Wayne State College
- Coaches All-NSIC First Team setter Molly Romano
- Helped WSC to No. 3 AVCA/TARAFLEX ranking and current 11-match win streak
- Has helped Wildcats win 20 or more matches in 17 of her 18 seasons at WSC
- Coached WSC to NSIC regular season titles in 2022 and 2023
- Helped WSC to NCAA Central Region crowns in 2015 and 2023

NSIC Coach of the Year
Brady Starkey (23rd year) 
Concordia University, St. Paul
- Named NSIC Coach of the Year for the seventh time (2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2017, 2025)
- Led five players to All-NSIC selections, including four first team members and Makenna Nold being named Player of the Year
- Guided the Golden Bears to their 23rd consecutive season with 20 or more wins
- Has coached CSP to 16+ conference wins in every season since the adoption of the 20-match NSIC schedule in 2008
- Posted a record of 8-2 in matches against teams ranked in the top 25 of the AVCA Coaches Poll this season

NSIC All-Conference Teams

NSIC FIRST Team All-Conference
#	Name	School	Pos	Yr.	Hometown
3	Makenna Nold	CSP	RS	So.	Jamestown, N.D.
7	Cassie Sieling	CSP	L	Sr.	Bloomington, Minn.
6	Ellie Sieling	CSP	OH	Sr.	Bloomington, Minn.
4	Mehlayna Straub	CSP	MB	Jr.	Jordan, Minn.
11	Ellie Kline	MSU	L	Sr.	Holmen, Wis.
10	Jadyn Lester	MSU	S	So.	Rochester, Minn.
7	Abby Brooks	NSU	MB	Sr.	Madison, S.D.
12	Natalia Szybinska	NSU	OH	Sr.	Poznan, Poland
3	Sadie Voss	USF	OH	Sr.	Lakefield, Minn.
19	Ella Walker	USF	MB	R-Fr.	Duluth, Minn.
10	Leah Jones	SMSU	OH	Jr.	Marshall, Minn.
20	Shelby Kimm	SCSU	OH	Jr.	North Liberty, Iowa
14	Braya LaPlant	SCSU	S	So.	Grand Rapids, Minn.
9	Ella Thompson	SCSU	MB	5th	Lakeville,  Minn.
4	Chloe Hanel	WSC	MH	So.	Clarkson, Neb.
5	Delaney Miller	WSC	OH	Fr.	Ankeny, Iowa
17	Molly Romano	WSC	S	So.	Council Bluffs, Iowa
15	Channatee Robles	WSC	OH	Jr.	Norfolk, Neb.
NSIC Second Team All-Conference
#	Name	School	Pos	Yr.	Hometown
8	Maya Wente	AUGIE	MB	Sr.	Canby, Minn.
9	Kaelyn Snoozy	CSP	OH	Fr.	Sioux Falls, S.D.
16	Kylie Broten	UMD	MB	Sr.	Luck, Wis.
5	Paige Decker	UMD	MB	Jr.	Rochester, Minn.
17	Madeline Guetzkow	UMD	RS	Jr.	Mayer, Minn.
9	Ava Jones	UMD	S	So.	Detroit Lakes, Minn.
12	Emily Kern	MSU	MB	Sr.	Cleveland, Minn.
2	Avery Klein	MSU	RS	So.	New Prague, Minn.
4	Avery Rosenberg	MSU	MB	Jr.	Chaska, Minn.
18	Linnea Nesheim	NSU	OH	R-Fr.	Sioux Falls, S.D.
3	Abby Schauer	NSU	L	Sr	Sioux Falls, S.D.
9	Ava Nilsson	NSU	S	R-Fr.	Mansfield, S.D.
23	Ashley Peltier	SMSU	RS	Jr.	Taylors Falls, Minn.
4	Sydney Thein	SMSU	S	So.	Clara City, Minn.
11	McKenzie Tolk	SMSU	L	Sr.	Minneota, Minn.
1	Sam Zimmerman	SCSU	RS	Gr.	Moorhead, Minn.

About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The NSIC is a model Division II conference that uses high-level athletics competition to develop champions in the classroom and community while empowering student-athletes to be impactful and positive leaders. Formed in 1992 by the merger of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (men’s league) and the Northern Sun Conference (women’s league), the NSIC has flourished over the past quarter century, maturing into a union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 27 team national championships and crowned 122 individual national champions. For additional information, visit NorthernSun.org.

About NCAA Division II

The NCAA, the national governing body for college athletics, is a volunteer association of more than 1,000 colleges and universities that classify their athletics programs in one of three membership divisions. The 300+ institutions in NCAA Division II support a balanced approach in which student-athletes can earn scholarships based on their athletic ability, pursue their desired academic degree, and participate in all the campus and surrounding community have to offer. Division II student-athletes annually graduate at rates higher than their student body peers, and they have access to the best championships-participant ratio among the NCAA’s three divisions. Division II gives student-athletes the unique opportunity to compete in the classroom, on the field, in their career, for their causes, and on their terms. For additional information, visit NCAA.org.