4   Kellie Culbertson Class: Sophomore Hometown: Long Beach, Calif. High School: Woodrow Wilson Classical HS Height: 5-8 Position: Outside Hitter Experience: 1L

Career at Tulsa: A returning letterwinnner ... has played in 34 matches and 114 sets ... has 328 digs (2.88 per set), 73 kills, 23 service aces and 12 assists.

Freshman (2010): Played in all 34 matches and 14 sets ... totaled 328 digs (2.88 dig/s), adding 73 kills, 23 service aces, 12 assists and seven blocks, spending most of her time in the back row ... recorded double-digit digs in 15 matches and double-digit kills three times ... stepped up with career highs of 13 kills and 23 digs, with 2.0 blocks and 14.0 points in the NCAA Second Round at Oklahoma (12/4) ... recorded five service aces vs. Washington State (9/3) ... tallied 15 digs at Memphis (9/25) ... posted 18 digs and an ace at SMU (10/6) ... picked up her first double-double with 12 kills and 13 digs vs. UAB (10/9) ... recorded 10 kills with eight digs and an ace at Houston (10/22) ... tallied 17 digs vs. SMU (11/27).

High School: Four-year letterwinner as an outside hitter at Woodrow Wilson Classical High School in Long Beach, Calif. ... rated as a Top 10 volleyball player in the state of California by ESPN Rise ... led her club volleyball team, Long Beach Mizuno U17, to a Junior Olympic national championship, and was named the Most Valuable Player of the championship match and named to the all-tournament team ... led her high school to two league championships and to the semifinal and quarterfinal rounds of the California state tournament twice each ... named the Long Beach Country Club Athlete of the Year in 2008 ... three-time All-Moore League selection and two-time league MVP ... named to the Long Beach Press-Telegram Dream Team three times ... also lettered in soccer as a freshman and sophomore, where she was a first-team All-Moore League player.

Personal: Born Kellie Leeann Culbertson on July 24, 1992 in Long Beach, Calif. ... daughter of Larry and Michelle Culbertson ... has one brother ... most memorable event is being named Most Valuable Player after her team won Gold at the Junior Olympics Open 17 Division ... favorite professional volleyball player is Matt Anderson... favorite movie is Remember the Titans and favorite TV show is "Bones" ... favorite book is A Child Called It ... major is exercise sports science.

Culbertson's Career Highs Kills = 13 at Oklahoma (12/4/10) Total Attempts = 32 at Oklahoma (12/4/10) Hitting Percentage = 1.000 (4-0-4) vs. UTEP (10/29/10) Digs = 23 at Oklahoma (12/4/10) Assists = 2, three times - latest at Marshall (10/15/10) Aces = 5 vs. Washington State (9/4/10) Blocks = 2.0 at Oklahoma (12/4/10) Points = 14.0 at Oklahoma (12/4/10)