SMU Athletics

HONORS & AWARDS
AVCA All-American Honorable Mention (2024)
VolleyballMag Honorable Mention All-American (2024)
AVCA Southwest All-Region First Team (2024)
All-ACC First Team (2024)
ACC All-Academic Team (2024)
2x ACC Setter of the Week (Sept. 30 & Nov. 4, 2024)
Finished her career 5th All-Time at SMU in Career Assists
4K Career Assists (Sept. 29, 2024 at Clemson) 
AVCA All-Region Honorable Mention (2023)
CSC Academic All-District Team (2023)
American Athletic Conference Setter of the Year (2023)
First-Team All-AAC (2023)
Stacey Clark Classic All-Tournament Team (2023)
Preseason All-AAC Team (2023)
Second-Team All-AAC (2022)
Big 10 Distinguished Scholar (2021)

2024 (Graduate)
• Named an AVCA Southwest Region First Team and All-ACC First Team
• Top three among ACC setters with 9.97 assists per set and 1,187 total assists, and set the Mustangs to a .267 hitting percentage on the season, which ranked fifth in the ACC and in the top 30 nationally
• Earned Two ACC Setter of the Week honors
• Averaged 2.64 digs per set to rank second on the team and recorded 15 double-doubles on the season 
• Finished the season with totals of 1,187 assists, 222 digs, 71 blocks, and 22 aces  
• Named ACC Setter of the Week the first time after leading the ACC in assists per set, averaging 11.33 in the Mustangs' two road sweeps over No. 13 Georgia Tech and Clemson
Also earned her 4,000^th career kill in the 3-0 win over the Tigers
• Named ACC Setter of the Week the second time after averaging 11.00 assists per set this weekend in the Mustangs' sweeps over Virginia Tech and Virginia, totaling 66 assists while adding seven digs, two aces, and three blocks in the two matches, while pacing a Mustangs unit that hit .353 in the two matches
• Had a season-high 49 assists with nine digs in a 3-1 win versus Cal on Oct. 20

2023 (Senior)
• Named an AVCA Region Honorable Mention and First-Team All-AAC
• Cullen was named the American Athletic Conference Setter of the Year after finishing the season ranking first in the league in assists (1,207), and assists per set (10.59)
• Led the Mustangs in assists in all 33 matches and turned in six double-doubles
• Recorded a season-high 58 assists against Florida Atlantic on Oct. 8 while also eclipsing 3,000 career assists
• Earned All-Tournament Honors at the Stacey Clark Classic

2022 (Junior)
• Started 31 and appeared in 32 matches while playing 113 sets in her first season with the Mustangs
• Earned a team-high 1148 assists, averaging 10.16 assists per game, up from her 8.37 assists per game in 2021 at Michigan State
• Tallied 253 digs, 41 kills and 18 service aces with Michigan State

2021 (Sophomore at Michigan State)
• Started 17 matches while playing in 27
• Recorded a team-high 762 assists on the year, good for 8.37 assists per set, also a team-high … Logged a season-high four kills and nine assists at Indiana (Sept 24)
• Posted 44 total blocks and 43 block assists on the year
 
2020 (Freshman at Michigan State)
• The 2021 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar appeared in all 15 matches and all 55 sets
• Led MSU with 7.98 assists per set, good for ninth in the Big Ten, while averaging 1.73 digs and 0.3 blocks per frame, while adding seven aces in her first collegiate season
 
High School/Club
• Played for Jen and Ricky Cottrill at Legacy, where she helped guide the team to eight open tournament titles in 2019
• Cullen was named JVA Ultra Ankle All-American and Max Preps All-American in both 2018-19, and AAU Open All-American in 2019
• Legacy was named AAU 18 Open National Champions in 2019, and attained the No. 1 Prep Volleyball national club team ranking
• In 2018, Cullen was a member of the USA Girls National Youth National Team
• Named No. 24 Senior Ace (and No. 6 among setters) as ranked by Prep Volleyball, was a second-team Under Armour All-America Selection, and Michigan Miss Volleyball finalist
• Cullen earned Brighton MVP and Livingston County Player of the Year honors in all four of her high school seasons