2021 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Cullen, Celia

Jersey Number 2
Celia Cullen
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Brighton
- Hometown:
- Brighton, Mich.
Bio
FRESHMAN (Spring 2021): B1G Distinguished Scholar ... In a season altered by COVID-19, appeared in all 15 matches and all 55 sets ... Led MSU with 7.98 assists per set, good for ninth in the B1G ... Also averaged 1.73 digs and 0.3 blocks per frame in her first collegiate season, and added seven aces ... Opened her career with 31 assists, three kills, five digs and an ace at Minnesota (1/23) ... Delivered 41 assists, four kills, nine digs, and a pair of blocks in a five-setter against Ohio State (2/1) ... Averaged 11.5 assists, 1.88 digs, and 0.38 aces per set in a sweep at Maryland, (2/12-13) including 50 assists in the first meeting ... Delivered her first double-double with 37 assists, 15 digs, and three kills against Michigan (2/17) ... Averaged 8.29 assists and 1.86 digs per set in the Wisconsin series (2/20-21), which included two blocks (one solo) in the first meeting ... Posed 37 assists and 14 digs in the two-game set with Penn State (3/19-20) ... Averaged 5.29 assists and 1.43 digs per frame in the Iowa series (3/26-27) ... In the two-match set with Rutgers (4/2-3), averaged 8.67 assists and 0.89 digs per frame, with 47 assists in the first match - her fourth with 40 or more of the season.
CLUB: Played for Jen and Ricky Cottrill at Legacy … JVA Ultra Ankle All-American (2018, 2019) … AAU Open All-American (2019) … Max Preps All-American (2018, 2019) … USA Girls National Youth National Team member in 2018 … AAU 18 Open National Champion in 2019 and attained the No. 1 Prep Volleyball national club team ranking … Helped Legacy to eight open tournament titles in 2019.
HIGH SCHOOL: No. 24 Senior Ace (and No. 6 among setters) as ranked by Prep Volleyball … Second Team Under Armour All-America Selection … Michigan Miss Volleyball finalist … Brighton MVP and Livingston County Player of the Year all four of her high school seasons … Second Team All-State as a sophomore in 2017 and First Team in 2018 … Two-time Brighton Team Captain … Prep Volleyball Frosh 50 in 2016.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Chuck and Nancy Cullen … Four-time athletics and academic letterwinner … Boasted a 4.1 high school grade-point average and was among the top 25 in her high school class academically … Father, Chuck, was a four-year letterman for the Spartan track & field program as an undergrad and earned All-Big Ten honors as a high jumper, graduating in 1990 … Has a younger brother, Quinn and a sister, Faith ... Kinesiology major.
CLUB: Played for Jen and Ricky Cottrill at Legacy … JVA Ultra Ankle All-American (2018, 2019) … AAU Open All-American (2019) … Max Preps All-American (2018, 2019) … USA Girls National Youth National Team member in 2018 … AAU 18 Open National Champion in 2019 and attained the No. 1 Prep Volleyball national club team ranking … Helped Legacy to eight open tournament titles in 2019.
HIGH SCHOOL: No. 24 Senior Ace (and No. 6 among setters) as ranked by Prep Volleyball … Second Team Under Armour All-America Selection … Michigan Miss Volleyball finalist … Brighton MVP and Livingston County Player of the Year all four of her high school seasons … Second Team All-State as a sophomore in 2017 and First Team in 2018 … Two-time Brighton Team Captain … Prep Volleyball Frosh 50 in 2016.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Chuck and Nancy Cullen … Four-time athletics and academic letterwinner … Boasted a 4.1 high school grade-point average and was among the top 25 in her high school class academically … Father, Chuck, was a four-year letterman for the Spartan track & field program as an undergrad and earned All-Big Ten honors as a high jumper, graduating in 1990 … Has a younger brother, Quinn and a sister, Faith ... Kinesiology major.
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