Colorado freshman Holly Hunter seems like your run-of-the-mill 18-year-old from a distance. But once you get to know her, you quickly learn she's not just any first-year college student.
Growing up in Southern California, the Temecula native faced her share of naysayers. Hunter, who was born 100 percent deaf in both ears, was told by some that she wasn't going to be able to keep up in school. But those doubters just served as fuel for Hunter to prove them wrong.
"When I was younger, I had people who doubted me," Hunter recalled.