LEXINGTON, Ky. – Texas A&M University-Commerce volleyball team setter Celeste Vela has been honored by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) on Tuesday afternoon, earning Honorable Mention to the 2021 All-America teams.
 
Vela (Guadalajara, Mexico) continues a streak of a Lion being named an All-American for the third season in a row. Vela is the sixth Honorable Mention All-America from A&M-Commerce and just the eighth player in program history to receive All-America honors. 
 
This fall, Vela tallied 905 assists on an average of 10.4 assists per set in the regular season to lead the conference. She had the most assists (51) by a setter in a three-set match this season as well as two of the top-three performances by an LSC setter. She had 63 assists against Lubbock Christian and 59 against UAFS.
 
The junior setter has been named to all-LSC teams three times and has earned the LSC Freshman of the Year and LSC Setter of the Year awards. She also received the LSC Setter of the Week award twice this season.
 
2021 AVCA First-Team All-Americans

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.
Alexis Cardoza**	Cal State San Bernardino	OH	Sr.
Laura De Marchi	Michigan Tech	S	Sr.
Audrey Fisher	Central Missouri	MH	Sr.
Megan Flom*	Winona State	MB/OH	Sr.
Kenzie Foley	St. Cloud State	OH	R-Fr.
Kailyn Gilbreath*	Angelo State	S/R	Sr.
Gabby Gunterman*	Western Washington	OH	Jr.
Rylee Hladky	MSU Denver	OH	Jr.
Allison Maxwell	Washburn	MH	Sr.
Katie O'Connell	Ferris State	RS	Sr.
Charlotte Richards*	Missouri-St. Louis	OH	Sr.
Maddy Torve*	St. Cloud State	S	Sr.
Taylor Vaneekeren	West Florida	S	Jr.
Veresia Yon	West Florida	MB	So.

 
2021 AVCA Second-Team All-Americans

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.
Genna Berg	Washburn	OH	Sr.
Jayln Hayes	Cal State San Bernardino	MB	R-Jr.
Anna Jonynas	Michigan Tech	OH	Sr.
Payton Kirchhoefer	Northwest Missouri State	OH	R-Fr.
Avaline Lai	MSU Denver	R	Sr.
Taylor Prall	Lenoir-Rhyne	OH	Sr.
Claudia Rivera	Tampa	L	Jr.
Faith Rottinghaus	Washburn	L	Sr.
Karla Santos	Cal State LA	OH	Sr.
Jasmine Schmidt	Palm Beach Atlantic	S/RS	Sr.
Madison Squiers*	Nebraska-Kearney	S	Sr.
Eve Stephens*	Alaska Anchorage	OPP	Jr.
Drew Stokes**	Colorado School of Mines	S	Sr.
Allyssa Van Wienen*	Hillsdale	MB	Sr.

 
2021 AVCA Third-Team All-Americans

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.
Baleigh Allen	Angelo State	MB	Sr.
Tia Andya	Central Washington	S/OH	So.
Madi Cooler	West Florida	OH	Jr.
Brooke Dexter	Simon Fraser	OPP	Fr.
Amanda Donais	Colorado School of Mines	OPP	Sr.
Mariah-Daisy Duke	Cal Poly Pomona	OPP	So.
Audrey Francis	Wheeling	L	Sr.
Erin Krupar	Ashland	OH	Sr.
Ally Offerdahl	Central Missouri	S	Sr.
Jamie Poppen	Lewis	L	Sr.
Alexandra Psoma	Nova Southeastern	OH	Sr.
Karoline Shelton	Hillsdale	OH	Jr.
Anna Squiers	Nebraska-Kearney	MH	Sr.
Averey Yaksich	Sioux Falls	OH	Sr.

 
2021 AVCA Honorable Mention All-Americans

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.
Jessica Akiona	New Haven	RS	Sr.
Natasha Bannister	Newberry	OH/MB	Gr.
Sophia Berg	Angelo State	R	Sr.
Rachel Bewick	Lenoir-Rhyne	L	Sr.
Journey Blevins	Findlay	OH	Fr
Caitlyn Burroway	Regis	OH	Sr.
Emiah Burrowes	Tusculum	OH	Jr.
Alexia Byrnes	Chaminade	S	R-Jr.
Maddie Clayton	West Liberty	MH	Sr.
Anna Dalla Vecchia	Chaminade	L	Sr.
Danielle Duis	Colorado School of Mines	L	Sr.
Regan Duty	Anderson	RS	Jr.
Courtney Dyer	Point Loma	L	Jr.
Naomi Eckert-Rivera	American International	S	Jr.
Hannah Engelken	Central Missouri	MH	Jr
Christina Escamilla	Texas Tyler	R	Sr.
Olivia Fairchild	Western Washington	M	Jr.
Kassandra Fairly	Spring Hill	MB	Jr.
Tyler Fezzey	West Florida	RS	Sr.
Marianna Fiocco	Nova Southeastern	MB	Sr.
Taylor Fosler	Tampa	MB	Sr.
London Fuller	Clarion	S	Jr.
Kelsey Gordon	Washburn	OPP	Sr.
Hannah Hair	Seattle Pacific	MB	So.
Jessica Haynie	San Francisco State	OH	Sr.
Calley Heilborn	Western Washington	OH	So.
Taylor Hicken	Colorado School of Mines	M	Sr.
Sorrel Houghton	Tampa	OH	Sr.
Lindsey Jin	Colorado School of Mines	OH	Sr.
Annaka Jorgenson	Azusa Pacific	OH	So.
Shannon Kasprak	Wingate	S	Sr.
Hayley Kreiger	Davenport	OH	Sr
Samantha Lanning	Embry-Riddle	MB	Jr.
Sydney Leffler	Colorado Mesa	OH	Fr.
Mara LeGrand	Regis	S	Jr.
Nadia Lindner	Lynn	OH	So.
Rachel Linsey	St. Cloud State	OH	Jr.
Bre Maloney	Winona State	S	Sr.
Ashton Marshall	West Florida	L	Sr.
Jaden McBride	Embry-Riddle	OH	Fr.
Ashley McClung	Gannon	S/RS	Sr.
Katie McKiel	Tampa	OH	Sr.
Lindsey Mertz	Hillsdale	S	Sr.
Caitlyn Meyer	Daemen	RS	Sr.
Torrey Miller	West Texas A&M	OH	So.
Kennedy Muff	Flagler	S	So.
Jasmine Mulvihill	Concordia-St. Paul	OPP	R-So
Marlee Nunley	Cal State San Bernardino	S	So.
Brooklen Pe'a	Chaminade	OH	Jr.
Elizabeth Price	Nova Southeastern	OH	R-Fr.
Alyssa Rezac	Northwest Missouri State	S	R-So.
Phebie Rossi	St. Cloud State	MH	So.
Madison Roy	Anderson	S	Sr.
Lauren Sampson	Gannon	OH	Sr.
Sophie Schaff	Wingate	MB	Gr.
Kendall Scharbert	Alabama Huntsville	MB	Sr.
Meg Schmidt	Southwest Minnesota State	OPP	Jr.
Djuly Schmorantz	Barry	OH	Sr.
Andrea Serra-Rosa	American International	OH	Sr.
Cassidy Snider	Clarion	OH	Fr.
Carly Sosnowski	Tusculum	L	So.
Lauren Stenman	Lewis	S	So
Julia Tays	Simon Fraser	S	Sr.
Evelina Teran	Montevallo	OH	Sr.
Juliana Van Loo	Lewis	RS	Jr
Halee Van Poppel	Dallas Baptist	OH	Sr.
Celeste Vela	A&M-Commerce	S	Sr.
Ava Venema	Lewis	MB	Sr
Chandler Vogel	West Texas A&M	L	Sr.
Mikayla Ware	Texas Tyler	OH	Sr.
Tye Wedhorn	Colorado Mesa	M	Jr.
Angela Young	Southwest Minnesota State	OH	Sr.
Kira Zimmerman	Cal Poly Pomona	S	Sr.