Third, he returned to the volleyball team his past season, even though he barely played in 2015 as a redshirt freshman and was stuck behind a pair of seniors, Tyler Heap and Robbie Sutton.
Now, Durkin has not only earned a partial scholarship, he is a vital cog on a team that will play in the NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament later this week at Penn State University.
The overall No. 1 seed, BYU (26-3) takes the court on Thursday at 4 p.m. MDT against the winner of Tuesday's play-in match between Long Beach State and Erskine College.