For now, Cook seems to have the reset in motion, with a four-person recruiting class — including 6-foot-5 Jordan Taylor, enrolled and practicing, and 6-2 Kelly Kinney, arriving early this summer from West Palm Beach, Fla.
That was it, right — sister Sam’s success?
“Funny enough, it wasn’t Samantha’s influence that led me to be a setter,” Stella said last week at spring practice. “I remember the first day I played volleyball — I was 8, I got on my team and asked, ‘Which player touches the ball most?’ The answer was ‘setter.’ And I was a setter from then on out.”
Stella’s twin, Olivia, is about an inch taller — at 6-3 — and is also a redshirt freshman as an outside hitter. She will be trying to get playing time with a group of excellent veterans.
There are also veteran options at setter, but it doesn’t take more than an hour stop at a spring practice to hear wide praise for Swenson’s talent at the position.
