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| fullname = Karissa Kellie Cook<ref name="stanfordbio">{{Cite web|url=https://gostanford.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/karissa-cook/7052|title=Karissa Cook – Stanford|website=|publisher=|access-date=2022-10-01}}</ref> |
| fullname = Karissa Kellie Cook<ref name="stanfordbio">{{Cite web|url=https://gostanford.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/karissa-cook/7052|title=Karissa Cook – Stanford|website=|publisher=|access-date=2022-10-01}}</ref> |
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| birth_place = [[Salt Lake City]], Utah, U.S. |
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'''Karissa Kellie Cook''' (born April 8, 1991) is an American professional beach volleyball player and former indoor volleyball player. |
'''Karissa Kellie Cook''' (born April 8, 1991) is an American professional beach volleyball player and former indoor volleyball player. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[https://www.teamusa.org/usa-volleyball/athletes/2/Karissa-Cook Team USA profile] |
*[https://www.teamusa.org/usa-volleyball/athletes/2/Karissa-Cook Team USA profile] |
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Full name | Karissa Kellie Cook[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. | April 8, 1991||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Santa Cruz, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College / University | Stanford/Hawaiʻi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Setter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Karissa Kellie Cook (born April 8, 1991) is an American professional beach volleyball player and former indoor volleyball player.
Early life
Cook was born on April 8, 1991, in Salt Lake City, Utah. She came from an athletic family: her father, David, played basketball at the University of San Diego and professionally for the Newcastle Falcons in Australia, and her mother, Suzy, played volleyball for United States International University. Her brother, Brian Cook, also played professional beach volleyball.[1] Cook played volleyball and was also a track athlete for Harbor High School. She was the number 25 recruit nationally in her graduating class. She participated with team USA's junior national team at the 2009 World Championships.[1]
Career
Indoor
Cook played indoor volleyball as a setter for Stanford from 2009 to 2012. She was named to the Pac-10 All-Freshman Team in 2009 and an All-Pac-12 honorable mention selection as a junior in 2011. She finished her career with 142 kills, 3,027 assists and 53 service aces.[1] She briefly returned to Stanford in 2015 as an assistant coach for the beach volleyball team.
Beach
Cook played beach volleyball for Hawaiʻi's beach volleyball team in 2014. She graduated from Hawaiʻi with a masters degree in Civil Engineering.[2] During the season, she was named an All-American. She posted a team-best 42–7 record and finished as the runner-up at the AVCA Pairs National Championship.[3]
Cook made her AVP debut in Manhattan Beach with Michelle Iafigliola in 2015, they placed 25th at the tournament. In 2018, partnered with Katie Spieler, she started off the AVP season with a third place finish. In October 2018, with Spieler, they won the gold medal at the NORCECA beach tour championships in Pointe Du-Martin in Martinique, defeating Canadians Sophie Bukovec and Alexandra Poletto 21–18, 20–22, 15–12.[4]
In 2019, Cook partnered with Jace Pardon, she won her first AVP title Austin, Texas. Cook and Pardon teamed together again to represent the U.S. in the 2019 Pan American Games in Peru, winning the gold medal against two-time Olympian Ana Gallay and Fernanda Pereyra of Argentina. It was the first time that the United States won a gold medal at the Pan American Games in beach volleyball.[5]
In October 2019, Cook won a gold medal with her teammates at the 2019 World Beach Games that were held in Doha, Qatar in the 4x4 beach volleyball event. She had five kills and five blocks in the championship match versus Brazil.[6]
External links
References
- ^ a b c d "Karissa Cook – Stanford". Retrieved October 1, 2022.
- ^ "AVP Profile-Karissa Cook". avp.com. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
- ^ "Hawaii Bio". Retrieved October 1, 2022.
- ^ "Volleyball Quick Hits 10/2018: Spieler-Cook win NORCECA gold, Vaught-Mewhirter silver". Volleyball Magazine. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
- ^ "JACE PARDON, KARISSA COOK WIN FIRST PAN AMERICAN BEACH VOLLEYBALL GOLD MEDAL FOR TEAM USA". teamusa.org. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
- ^ "U.S. sweeps beach volleyball events at World Beach Games". NBC Sports. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Volleyball players from California
- People from Santa Cruz, California
- Sportspeople from Salt Lake City
- Setters (volleyball)
- American women's volleyball players
- American women's beach volleyball players
- Stanford Cardinal women's volleyball players
- Hawaii Rainbow Wahine beach volleyball players
- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa alumni
- Beach volleyball players at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- 21st-century American women