2019 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Amarrah Cooks
- Position:
- MB
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Senior
- High School/Previous School:
- Ridge View (Jacksonville)
- Hometown:
- Columbia, S.C.
2018 (Junior)
Season: Appeared in all 31 matches, drawing 30 starts… Played in all 110 sets… Led the team with 251 kills… Ranked No. 2 on the squad with 590 total attacks… Led the Bulldogs with 98.0 total blocks… Tallied a block in 30 of 31 matches and multiple blocks in 27 matches. Mississippi Valley State (8/24): Had five total blocks, one of them a solo effort. ULM (8/24): Picked up 10 kills on 27 attempts. Georgia State (8/25): Collected a solo block and four blocking assists. Cal Baptist (8/26): Had three assists… Added two solo blocks and one blocking assist. vs. Clemson (8/31): Totaled 12 kills on 28 attacks. vs. Davidson (9/1): Tallied a season-high 18 kills on 31 swings… Had four total blocks. at Appalachian State (9/1): Collected 11 kills on 18 attacks… Added two solo blocks. vs. Louisiana Tech (9/7): Totaled a team-leading 11 kills on 20 swings. at South Alabama (9/7): Had three blocks, one a solo block. vs. Southeastern Louisiana (9/8): Picked up 16 kills via 29 attempts… Had two blocking assists. at North Texas (9/13): Produced six kills on 15 swings for a .333 percentage… Picked up three blocking assists. vs. Cal Poly (9/14): Led team with seven kills… Tallied three blocking assists. vs. Stephen F. Austin (9/15): Had six kills and three total blocks. at Florida (9/23): Converted five kills on nine attempts for a .444 attacking rate. Auburn (9/26): Tallied 10 kills and three total blocks. at Arkansas (10/12): Grabbed 13 kills on 20 tries with just one error for a .600 attacking mark… Added five total blocks, three of them solo blocks. Missouri (10/14): Had three total blocks. at Alabama (10/17): Picked up seven kills. at Ole Miss (10/21): Collected 11 kills on 25 attacks. Arkansas (10/24): Had two solo blocks and five total blocks. Florida (10/28): Tallied eight kills… Had three assists… Converted a team-high four blocking assists. at Kentucky (11/9): Picked up five kills and two blocking assists. Tennessee (11/11): Had six kills on 10 swings without an error for a .600 percentage… Tallied four total blocks, one a solo effort. Alabama (11/16): Collected six kills… Picked up seven total blocks, including five solo blocks. Texas A&M (11/18): Converted 11 kills on 21 attempts without an error for a .524 attacking rate… Added a solo block and two blocking assists. at Auburn (11/21): Produced 15 kills… Collected a season-high nine total blocks, including two solo blocks. at Georgia (11/23): Tallied 11 kills… Added three blocking assists.
2017 (Sophomore - Jacksonville)
Season: Named second-team All-Atlantic Sun Conference… Participated in all 28 matches and played 108 sets… Led the team and was No. 4 in the ASUN with a .306 hitting percentage… Finished No. 2 on the team and No. 12 in the ASUN with 245 kills… Ranked No. 2 on the team with 300.0 points… Totaled a block in 25 of 28 matches and had multiple blocks in 20 contests… Had at least one block in every match against ASUN opponents, as 59 of her 88 total blocks came in league play… Averaged 2.27 kills per set to put her in No. 18 in the ASUN… Finished the season No. 1 on the team with 88 blocks
2016 (Freshman - Jacksonville)
Season: Saw action in 21 of 28 matches… Was No. 4 on the team with nine solo blocks and 37 block assists for 46 total blocks… Finished the season with 95 kills… Had a season-best seven blocks, including four solo blocks, at NJIT (Oct. 7)… Had at least seven kills in seven different matches, including nine twice against Marshall (Sept. 16) and Kennesaw State (Sept. 30).
Prior to MSU
High School: Three-year starter at Ridge View High School under head coach Lauren Fink… A two-time all-region selection… Led her team to an 8-2 regional record as her squad hosted a playoff game for the first time in school history… Graduated in the top 80 of her class.
Personal
Born Amarrah Nicole Cooks on April 21, 1998 in Honolulu, Hawaii… Daughter of Isatta Rockman and James Cooks… Has four siblings: Ninah Cooks, James Cooks, Taaj Rockman, Zakkai Rockman… Majoring in communication.
