Professional Experience

San Diego Mojo (2025)

• Appeared in two matches and three sets, dishing out five assists with three digs.
• Signed with the San Diego Mojo as a free agent on March 26, 2025.

College Experience

SMU (2022-24)

• 2024 VolleyballMag All-American honorable mention
• 2024 AVCA Southwest Region First Team
• 2024 All-ACC First Team
• 2023 American Athletic Conference Setter of the Year 
• Two-time All-AAC
  • First Team, 2023; Second Team, 2022
• Guided SMU to a 25-8 record in 2024, the program’s first year in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
• Finished her Mustang career ranked fifth in program history with 3,542 career assists and fourth at 10.24 assists per set.
• Appeared in 98 matches and 346 sets during her three seasons in Dallas, totaling 721 digs (2.08/set), 154 kills, 42 service aces and 168 total blocks.

Michigan State (2020-21)

• Appeared in 42 matches and 146 sets for the Spartans, totaling 1,201 assists (8.23/set), 252 digs, 22 aces and 54 blocks.
• Led Michigan State in assists both seasons, averaging 7.98 assists per set in 2020, the seventh-highest average for a Spartan freshman.

High School/Club Experience

• Under Armour All-America Second Team selection for Brighton in 2019 and a Michigan Miss Volleyball finalist, while also earning Livingston County Player of the Year and Brighton MVP honors in all four of her high school seasons.
• Played club volleyball for Jen and Ricky Cottrill at Legacy, where she helped guide the team to eight open tournament titles in 2019, winning the AAU 18 Open National Championship that year and attaining the No. 1 Prep Volleyball national club team ranking.
• Named JVA Ultra Ankle All-American and Max Preps All-American in both 2018 and 2019, and an AAU Open All-American in 2019.

National Team Experience

• Member of the 2018 USA Girls National Youth National Team.

Personal

Her father, Chuck, was a four-year letterman for the Michigan State track & field program as an undergrad and earned All-Big Ten honors as a high jumper, graduating in 1990.

Player Details
Name: Celia Cullen
Pronunciation: SEE-lee-uhh CULL-un
Position: Setter
Height: 6-1
Number: 61
Hometown: Brighton, Mich.
Country: USA
College: SMU (Michigan State)