The postseason honors keep coming for Lake Worth Christian outside hitter Jenna Culhan.
Lake Worth Christian senior OH Jenna Culhan (No. 7) earned All-American honors Thursday. (Post file photo)
The senior, who has signed with Liberty University, was named to the CBS MaxPreps Small Schools All-American Volleyball Team Thursday.
Culhan is one of seven outside hitters named to the third team. She is the only player from Palm Beach County and one of two from Florida to earn All-American honors. Ocala-St. John Lutheran outside hitter Kaylee Thomas also was named to the Third Team.
Earlier this month, Culhan was named the Florida Dairy Farmers Class 3A Player of the Year.
She finished the 2016 season with 476 kills, 464 digs, 32 blocks and 62 aces. The Defenders advanced to the Class 3A state semifinals.
Here is the 2016 CBS MaxPreps Small Schools All-American Volleyball Team, with local players highlighted in bold:
First Team
MB – Emma Funk, Our Lady Academy (Bay St. Louis, Miss.), 5-10 Jr.
MH – Kailey Jo Ince, Hesston (Kan.), 6-1 Jr.
MH – Katie Smoot, Notre Dame (Belmont, Calif.), 6-2 Sr.
OH – Samantha Drechsel, Cedar Park Christian (Bothell, Wash.), 6-3 Sr.
OH – Megan Miller, Alexandria-Monroe (Alexandria, Ind.), 5-7 Jr.
OH – Lauren Chastang, Bayside Academy (Daphne, Ala.), 6-0 Sr.
OH – Jena Otec, St. Pius X (Festus, Mo.), 5-11 Sr.
OH – Jaela Zimmerman, Malcolm (Neb.), 6-2 Jr.
OH – Hannah Towne, Rochester (Ind.), 6-0 Sr.
OH – Paige Jones, New Bremen (Ohio), 6-0 Jr.
S – Kristine Gese, Notre Dame (Belmont, Calif.), 5-9, Sr.
S – Jenna Ibieta, Metairie Park Country Day (Metairie, La.), 5-10, Sr.
S – Jessica Almgren-Bell, Head-Royce (Oakland, Calif.), 5-9 Sr.
S – Jordyn Nelson, Greenway (Phoenix, Ariz.), 5-5 Sr.
L – Darby Hughes, Franklin (Texas), 5-4 Sr.
A-A – Madison Jurgens, Diller-Odell (Odell, Neb.), 5-10, Sr.
A-A – Madison Ladner, Hancock (Kiln, Miss.), 5-11 Jr.
Second Team
MB – Emma Granger, Dalton (Ohio), 6-3 Sr.
MB – Tarynn Sieg, Eaton (Colo.), 6-1 Sr.
MB – Ashley Ray, Girard (Kan.), 6-5 Sr.
MB – Jordan Jones, Goodpasture Christian (Madison, Tenn.), 6-1, Sr.
MB – Sarah Swanson, Elkhorn South (Neb.), 6-1 Sr.
OH – Cassidy Haufler, Centralia (Kan.), 6-1 Sr.
OH – Samantha Gioiosa, Bogota (N.J.), 5-6 Jr.
OH – Sam Burgio, Eden (N.Y.), 5-10 Sr.
OH – Makenzie Fink, Eastland (Lanark, Ill.), 6-1 Sr.
OH – Alison Almgren-Bell, Head-Royce (Oakland, Calif.), 5-9 Sr.
S – Kiana Mayer, Bronson (Mich.), 5-8 Jr.
S – Cassie Davis, Colorado Springs Christian (Colo.), 5-6 Sr.
S – Selina Xu, Menlo School (Atherton, Calif.), 5-11 So.
L – Taylor Smythe, Estancia (N.M.), 5-8 Jr.
L – Ellie Marx, Evansville Mater Dei (Ind.), 5-6 Jr.
A-A – Maia Dvoracek, Truckee (Calif.), 6-1
A-A – Payton Nutter, Bethlehem Academy (Faribault, Minn.), 5-9 Sr.
Third Team
MB – Breana Edwards, Rainier (Ore.), 6-1 Jr.
MB – Roxanne Morris, Goliad (Texas), 5-11 Sr.
MH – Shaylee Johnson, Fleming (Colo.), 6-2 Sr.
OH – Jessica Hayes, Abilene (Kan.), 5-10 Sr.
OH – Kiley DeBerg, Hudson (Iowa), 6-4 Sr.
OH – Katie Furlong, Galena (Ill.), 6-0 Sr.
OH – Jenna Culhan, Lake Worth Christian (Boynton Beach, Fla.), 6-0 Sr.
OH – Charity Bradley, Desert Hills (St. George, Utah), 6-4 Sr.
OH – Emma Lawrence, Bishop England (Charleston, S.C.), 5-9 Sr.
OH – Kaylee Thomas, St. John Lutheran (Ocala, Fla.), 5-8 Sr.
S – McKinley Fox, Santa Catalina (Monterey, Calif.), 6-1 Jr.
S – Carley Nicholson, St. Pius X (Festus, Mo.), 5-5, Jr.
S – Lexi Spence, Wapahani (Selma, Ind.), 5-6 Jr.
L – Jessica Houghton, Menlo School (Atherton, Calif.), 5-8 Sr.
L – Sydney Peteresen, Dike-New Hartford (Dike, Iowa), 5-6 Jr.
A-A – Rylie Vaughn, Newman (Wassau, Wisc.), 5-9 Jr.
A-A – Landry Wagner, Iola (Texas), 5-7 Sr.
