Career Bests

Kills: 22, vs. Belmont (9-4-98)
Digs: 19, vs. UNCG (10-11-98), vs. ETSU (11-19-99)
Blocks: 7, vs. UTC (10-1-99)
Assists: 76, vs. C of C (10-22-99)

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1999: Recorded an outstanding season in her first full-time setting role... Named team Most Valuable Player... Ranked first on the team in assists (1,389) and service aces (54), second in hitting percentage (.335), block solos (10), block assists (59), and total blocks (69), and third in digs (281)... Recorded 13 matches with 50-plus assists, including a career-high 76 versus College of Charleston on Oct. 22... Also had double-digit digs in 10 matches, multiple service aces in 17 matches, and five matches with four or more blocks... Tallied career-best six service aces versus The Citadel on Oct. 18 and a superlative 19 digs against East Tennessee State on Nov. 19... Also topped the season with seven total blocks in an Oct. 1 match against Tennessee-Chattanooga... Ended the season ranked sixth in the Southern Conference in aces per game with a 0.42 mark and was named to the University of Virginia's Jefferson Cup Team... Great instincts for feinting led to two or more kills in every match of the season but three... Scored season high eight kills on Sept. 14 versus UNC Greensboro and again on Oct. 31 at East Tennessee State.

1998: Named Southern Conference Player of the Week in week one of the 1998 season... Named Most Valuable Player of the Kaepa Classic... Tallied double digit kills eight times, with a season-high 22 versus Belmont in her first collegiate match... Second on the team with 161 assists... Reached double figure digs on seven occasions, including a career-high 19 versus UNC Greensboro on Oct. 11... Tallied three blocks against South Carolina State on Oct. 27.

High School: Helped her Sullivan South team to a 228-14 record in her four years on the team... Team won two state championships - one in 1995 and another in 1996... Named all-conference, all-region, and all-district three times... All Northeast Tennessee Volleyball Player of the Year in 1997... Holds state record for kills and service aces... High school teammate of Kelly King... Also lettered in basketball, softball, and track... Scored 1,000 career points in basketball and was MVP as a junior in basketball and softball... Named Northeast Tennessee Female Athlete of the Year and Northeast Tennessee Scholar Athlete of the Year... Holds three school records; two in softball and one in track.

Personal: Laura Jean Hooks was born September 26, 1980, in Kingsport, Tenn.... Daughter of Mike and Sherry Hooks... Father played football and mother played volleyball at Carson Newman College... Hopes to major in business communications.