Destinee Hooker

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Destinee Hooker
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite
Current clubPuerto Rico San Juaneras de la Capital
Number19 (national team)
Career
YearsTeams
2006–2009
2010
2010
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013
2014
2014–2015
2016
2016–2018
2018–2019
2019-2020
2020-2021
Tianjin Bohai Bank
Puerto Rico San Juaneras de la Capital
National team
2008–2012 United States
Medal record
Women's volleyball
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup
Silver medal – second place
2011 Japan
 Team
FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place
2010 Ningbo
 Team
Gold medal – first place
2011 Macau
 Team
NORCECA Championship
Gold medal – first place 2011 Caguas

Destinee Dante Hooker (born September 7, 1987) is an American indoor

University of Texas
.

Career

High school

Hooker attended

San Antonio, Texas, where she was a standout athlete in basketball, track and field, and volleyball. As a junior and senior, she was an all-state volleyball outside hitter. She was also the 2004 and 2005 Texas state champion in the high jump.[1]

College

Hooker played on the

Penn State in the finals.[1] While at Texas, Hooker was named as one of the four finalists for the Honda Sports Award in volleyball for both the 2008–09 season as well as the 2009–10 season.[2][3]

In track and field, Hooker won the NCAA outdoor high jump championship in 2006, 2007, and 2009. She also won the NCAA indoor high jump championship in 2009; her winning jump of 6' 6" (1.98 meters) broke the indoor collegiate record.[1][4] She won four NCAA high jump championships overall.[5]

International

Hooker joined the U.S. women's national volleyball team in January 2008. Her first official tournament with the team was the 2010 World Grand Prix, where she helped the U.S. win the gold medal by averaging 4.76 points and 2.46 digs. She was also fifth in scoring at that year's FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.[1] In 2011, Hooker was named the Most Valuable Player of the FIVB World Grand Prix, as the Americans won the tournament again. She ranked second with 101 points scored during the Final Round. Hooker averaged 5.91 points and 5.13 kills in the FIVB World Cup to help the U.S. to the silver medal in that event. She was named the Best Spiker in the World Cup with a 49.53 kill percent and .419 hitting efficiency.[1]

Hooker played in the first six matches of the

2012 FIVB World Grand Prix, which the U.S. eventually won.[1] Hooker then won the silver medal with the U.S. in the 2012 Summer Olympics. She ranked second overall in scoring in that tournament and won the Best Spiker award.[6]

Personal

Hooker was born in

San Antonio, Texas. Her sister, Marshevet Hooker, is a track and field athlete who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1]

Awards

Individual

Club

College

[1][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Destinee Hooker". teamusa.org. July 1, 2012. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
  2. ^ "Hooker named Volleyball Honda Award nominee". University of Texas Athletics. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  3. ^ "Volleyball: 2009 in review". University of Texas Athletics. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  4. ^ a b "Destinee Hooker". Texassports.com. Archived from the original on October 30, 2011. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  5. ^ Miller, Ann. "UH plays training partner Arizona". the.honoluluadvertiser.com. March 17, 2010. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
  6. ^ "Brazil stuns US for gold in women's volleyball". sports.espn.go.com. August 11, 2012. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
  7. ^ a b "Volleyball". CWSA. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
Awards
Preceded by
Foluke Akinradewo
 Most Valuable Player of
FIVB World Grand Prix
2011 		Succeeded by
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