Kelly (Behnke) Kayvon was a member of the volleyball, basketball, and softball teams from 1992-94. In volleyball, Kayvon was a member of two MCCC Southern Division Championship teams. As a sophomore, the Vikings were MCCC State and NJCAA Region XIII Champions, earning a berth to the National Tournament. For her efforts, she earned First Team All-MCCC Southern Division, MCCC All-State Honorable Mention and All Tournament, and All-NJCAA Region XIII. On the basketball court, she excelled on the 1993-94 team that was MCCC Southern Division and State Champions. She earned spots on the All MCCC Southern Division, Second-Team MCCC All-State, and MCCC All-Tournament Teams. In softball, Kayvon was a First Team All-MCCC Southern Division, MCCC All-Tournament, and Second Team MCCC All-State recipient. She played on two MCCC Southern Division Championship teams and was a member of the 1993 team that won the MCCC and NJCAA Region XXII Championship securing a spot in the national tournament. After Bethany, she went on to play those same three sports at Huron University in South Dakota.
Kelly earned her degree in health and physical education from Huron, and later earned her master’s in education from Concordia University - St. Paul. She has taught at Ellsworth High School (Ellsworth, MN), and Jordan High School (Jordan, MN) from 1997 - 2017 where she taught social science, health, and physical education. During her time at Ellsworth she was the girls’ varsity volleyball coach, and also was the head boys’ basketball coach. While at Jordan High School she coached several junior varsity teams. She has dabbled in modeling and acting and has appeared in several commercials, walked runways at various fashion shows, and been casted to sing and dance in several musical theatre productions. Kelly resides in Mesa, AZ, with her rescue dog, Veya. She is a school counselor at Fountain Hills Middle School.
