Timothy Hurst / Loveland Reporter-Herald)
Tom Hilbert sent in the recommendation and hoped.
There wasn't one thing Adrianna Culbert did this year for the Colorado State volleyball team this season that stood out, it was everything. Sometimes, when committees sit down to evaluate players, the lack of one eye-popping stat on the sheet can be seen as a roadblock.
However, the AVCA group took a hard look and declared Culbert, a senior out of Delton, Mich., to be worthy of a third-team All-American Award.
It was a goal she had, knowing the history of CSU players winning the awards and seeing their pictures on the wall, but she too was wondering if she'd take that next step after being an honorable mention selection the past two seasons as an opposite hitter.