Texas Tech University Athletics
Red Raiders add Cox to Scarlet and Black
January 13, 2023 | Women's Volleyball
LUBBOCK, Texas – The Texas Tech volleyball team has signed Texas A&M graduate transfer, Destiny Cox, as announced by Head Coach Tony Graystone on Friday afternoon.
"We're very happy to have Destiny as a Red Raider," Graystone said. "She's an incredible athlete with a big arm and has the ability to make a huge impact for us. Destiny has one season left and we're thrilled she'll do it with us."
A 6-1 outside hitter from Chapel Hill, N.C., Cox played at Texas A&M from 2020-22, where she collected 62 kills, 21 digs and 15 blocks in 11 matches with the Aggies before being sidelined from a season-ending injury in 2021.
Before her stint at Texas A&M, Cox attended North Carolina and played three seasons for the Tar Heels (2018-20) where she made an immediate impact. With UNC, she totaled 519 slams, 155 digs and 84.0 blocks.
In her career, Cox has 581 kills on 1,734 attacks, 176 digs, 131.0 blocks and 668.5 points. Cox posted a career-best 25 kills against Oklahoma as a freshman in 2018, a career-high eight blocks versus Miami in 2019 and a career-best .563 hitting clip against Virginia in the same season.
Prior to college, Cox was an Under Armour All-America Third-Team selection and was rated as the No. 19-ranked recruit by PrepVolleyball.com. Named the PrepVolleyball.com National Freshman of the Year in 2014, Cox won gold at the NORCECA Women's U20 Continental Championship in Aguascalientes, Mexico in June 2018 with the USA women's volleyball junior national team. She also won a gold medal with the High Performance A1 National Training Team in 2017 and played club volleyball with Triangle Volleyball Club
A 2018 graduate of Carrboro High School in Carrboro, N.C., Cox helped her team win back-to-back state titles in 2016 and 2017. She was named an All-American in 2016, while notching two North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) 2A State Most Valuable Player accolades. In addition, Cox earned the 2016 Mid-State Conference Player of the Year Award.
