VOLLEYBALL | PLAYERS BIOS

# 12 Liz Cook | OH

Height: 5-10	Academic Major: Education
Class: Sr.	Hometown (HS): Kansas City, Mo. (Archbishop O'Hara)

Biography:
2010: Enters season ranked fifth all-time in kills (1,018) – needing 384 in final season to become all-time leader… also ranks third all-time in career kill attempts (3,128) – needing 496 to become all-time leader… sits in eighth place all-time in service aces (91).

2009: Second Team All- Great Lakes Valley Conference honoree… started all 32 matches… posted team-best 338 kills, an average of 2.79 per set… finished second on team with 30 service aces and 263 digs (2.17 dps)… ranked 15th in the GLVC in kills… totaled 36 blocks… posted nine kills-digs double-double matches… had 19 kills and just one error against Washington U., hitting at a .383 clip, while recording 18 digs… also posted 19 kills at Missouri S&T in five-set win, while adding three assists, two service aces and 12 digs… had season-best 21 digs at UW-Parkside to go with 11 kills… hit at a .484 clip with 17 kills in sweep at Quincy… registered 16 kills in sweep of Drury… recorded 15 kills and eight digs in four-sets against Edinboro… tallied 14 kills, while hitting at a .343 clip against Rockhurst in four-set win, while adding eight digs... named a GLVC Academic All-Conference selection.

2008: Second Team All-Great Lakes Valley Conference honoree… became the first UMSL volleyball player to earn GLVC Player of the Week honors… started all 31 matches… finished with team-highs of 392 kills, the seventh best single-season total in school history and 1,125 kill attempts, the fourth best single-season total in school history… averaged 3.35 kills and 2.66 digs per set… second on team in digs with 311… ranked fourth in the GLVC in kills per set… hit at a .232 clip… recorded 23 double-digit kill games, including seven straight to start the season and six straight to end the season… registered 15 double-doubles (kills-digs)… earned GLVC Player of the Week honors Sept. 2 after opening the season with a double-double in three of four matches, including 17 kills and 17 digs against nationally-ranked Truman State in a five-set loss in the season opener… had 22 kills and 23 digs in five-set match at Drury… also tallied 22 kills in four-set match against Missouri Western, while hitting .568… finished with 19 kills, 20 digs and three service aces against Southern Indiana in four sets… had 18 kills at Indianapolis and 18 kills and 15 digs at Washington University… posted 17 kills and 17 digs in five-set match against Rockhurst… notched season-high five blocks against No. 2 ranked Washburn, while adding 14 kills and 14 digs... named a GLVC Academic All-Conference selection.

2007: Saw action in 31 matches, starting 22… averaged 2.59 kills and 2.37 digs per game… was second on team in kills with 288 and hit at a .176 clip… tallied a team second-best 36 service aces and was fifth on team in digs… recorded season-high 18 kills at Bellarmine… notched six double-doubles (kills-digs)… had season-best 18 digs and 17 kills against Wayne State… recorded 15 digs and 13 kills against Southern Indiana... named a GLVC Academic All-Conference selection.

High School: Earned four varsity letters and was two-year captain at Archbishop O’Hara for head coaches Gary Anderson and Lori Hanaway…earned second team all-state selection as a senior... named an all-conference and all-district selection... named a Kansas City All-Metro selection... helped lead her team to the Missouri Class 3A State Championship in 2002 and again in 2005... in 2004 team placed third... played on the Missouri-Kansas All-Star team... also played soccer and basketball for the Celtics.

Club: Played for the KC Power club volleyball team that finished in fifth-place in the 17 Open Division at the USAV Junior Olympics.

Personal: Born December 1, 1988... daughter of Jerry and Sally Cook... majoring in education.

Career Highs
Kills: 22 (twice) last at Drury (9-16-08)

Attacks: 61 vs. Southern Indiana (11-5-08)

Hitting %: .568 vs. Missouri Western (9-5-08)

Assists: 4 vs. Drury (9-8-07)

Service Aces.: 4 (twice) last at Missouri S&T (10-30-07)

Digs: 23 at Drury (9-16-08)

Blocks: 5 vs. Washburn (9-6-08)

Career Stats

Year-by-Year Stats
2009
2008
2007