Celus, Teunis Named MWC All-Conference for Volleyball
MONMOUTH, Ill. (11/12/2026) — Monmouth College juniors Kaylee Celus (Annawan, Illinois) and Melina Teunis (Grand Haven, Michigan) were named Midwest Conference All-Conference on Thursday. Celus was named to the First Team for the third year in a row while Teunis is a Second Team selection.
Celus ranked third in the MWC this season with 126.5 points in nine conference games. She tied for the second-most aces with 23 in those nine matches and ranked sixth in kills with 99. Celus was also sixth in kills per set at 3.00 and seventh in digs with 110.
Overall this year, Celus delivered 304 kills, 44 aces, 365 points and a .188 hitting percentage. She had 24 kills against Ohio Northern in September, the most kills in a match by any Midwest Conference player this season. She delivered her 1000th career kill on October 30 and ranks in the top 10 in Monmouth career history in kills, kills per set, aces and hitting percentage.
Celus is the sixth player in Monmouth history to make the First Team at least three times and the fourth to do so in three straight years. Jamie Jones (1998-2001) is the only player to make the First Team in all four seasons, Molly Pendergrass (2002-04) and Kendra James (2005-07) made three straight while Heather Robertson (1985, 87, 88) and Chelsey Widdop (2009, 11, 12) did so non-consecutively.
Teunis turned in one of the best seasons by a Fighting Scots middle in recent memory. She finished second in MWC play with 1.24 blocks per set and in total blocks. Teunis also ranked ninth in hitting percentage at .311 and 11th in points with 94. Her 11 blocks against Grinnell were the most by any player in a MWC game this season.
Overall Teunis led the Scots with 100 blocks, 30 solo and 70 block assists. She is the seventh player in Monmouth history with 100 blocks in a season during the rally-scoring error and her 30 solo blocks rank sixth. With her performance this season, Teunis ranks in the top 10 in Monmouth career history in all three blocking categories plus hitting percentage.
The Scots have had multiple players named to the All-Conference teams for three straight years. With Tuesday's loss at Illinois College in the quarterfinals of the MWC Tournament, Monmouth finished the season at 9-17 with a 6-3 record in conference play.