University of Northern Iowa Athletics
2017 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Heather Hook
- Position:
- Setter
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Grundy Center
- Hometown:
- Grundy Center, Iowa
2017: Started all 36 matches … played in all 131 sets … earned Honorable Mention All-America recognition from AVCA and PrepVolleyball.com … named 2017 Missouri Valley Conference Setter of the Year along with All-MVC honors … also received 2017 Honorable Mention MVC Scholar-Athlete nod … Co-MVP of Omaha Challenge highlighted by upset of #10 Nebraska (9/16) … posted 40 assists, seven kills on 11 attempts without any attack errors against the Huskers, which won the national championship at the end of the season … finished second nationally in overall assists (1,530 – 11.68/set) for the third-best single-season total in program history … ended Panther career with 4,288 assists for the fourth-best total in program history … recorded 11 double-doubles and 10 50-plus assist performances … registered career-high 64 assists in five-set win over #19 Missouri (8/26) … personal-best eight kills in victories over #18 USC (9/1) and Valparaiso (10/21) … tallied career-high 23 digs at Illinois State (10/27) … 386-set playing streak at setter to finish collegiate career.
2016: Started all 34 matches ... played in all 122 sets ... led the Missouri Valley Conference in assists (1,341 - 10.99/set) ... earned second-team all-MVC honors ... she collected 13 double-doubles ... had eight matches of 50 or more assists ... named to the USC Radisson Classic All-Tournament team as she averaged 10.20 assists per set as UNI went 1-2 against the field ... Hook tallied 12 kills, hit .526 and collected six blocks in the three matches in Los Angeles ... set a career-high with four service aces in a 3-1 win over UMKC (9/9) ... she set her career-high with 59 assists in a five-set match at Southern Illinois (9/23) ... had 11 matches with five or more kills.
2015: Set the UNI sophomore record for assists (1,417) ... recorded the seventh-most assists in a single-season ... started all 34 matches ... played in all 133 sets ... recorded 11 double-doubles ... had 11 matches of 50 or more assists ... set her career-high of 57 assists vs. Evansville (9/26) and at Drake (11/14) ... tallied a career-best 19 digs at Butler (9/11) ... named to the Rams Volleyball Classic all-tournament team after averaging 9.83 assists per set in the three matches.
2014: Saw action in two matches ... played in two sets ... credited with a dig in a 3-0 win at Evansville (11/8).
2013: Redshirted.
High School: Helped lead Grundy Center to a second place finish at state in 2012 ... was named to the 2012 state all-tournament team as well as the 2012 Des Moines Register all-state team ... helped lead Grundy Center four consecutive conference championships and state qualifications in 2010, 2011 and 2012 ... was named first-team all-conference the past three seasons and was named first-team all-state in 2011 ... was named an AVCA honorable mention Under Armour High School All-American ... qualified for state in track and field and golf ... named first-team all-conference in basketball in 2011 ... was awarded the NICL All-Academic Award for three consecutive years, and in 2012 was given the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union Excellence in Academic Achievement award ... played club volleyball with Iowa Elite and Six Pack.
Personal: Born Feb. 4, 1995 … daughter of Al and Teri Hook … has one younger brother, Jordan … majoring in finance, economics and real estate … enjoys reading, swimming, playing sports and being outside.
CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 8 [2] vs Valparaiso (10/21/17)
Aces: 4 at UMKC (9/9/16)
Blocks: 5 vs. Omaha (9/9/16)
Digs: 23 at Illinois State (10/27/17)
Assists: 64 vs Missouri (8/26/17)
Points: 11 vs USC (9/1/17)
