The starting setter job had been Annie Cooke’s since she arrived at UH in 2020 for a good reason.
Cooke couldn’t have drawn up a better start to her collegiate career, doing things during her freshman season that hadn’t been done within the UH volleyball program for a long time.
The UH setter, who led the American Athletic Conference in assists per set during league play, racked up every award imaginable, earning first-team All-Conference honors as well as being named the AAC’s Freshman of the Year and Setter of the Year. On top of that, the American Volleyball Coaches Association named Cooke the Southeast Region Freshman of the Year.