2024 Volleyball Roster

Bailey Cox
Jersey Number 7

Bailey Cox

  • Position:
    Libero/Defensive Specialist
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    New Castle HS
  • Hometown:
    New Castle, Ind.
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Career Honors & Awards
• 2022 CSC Academic All-District Team
• 2021-22 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
• 2022 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2023 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll

2023
Appeared in all 30 matches, playing in 110 sets… Became the starting libero against LSU (10/15) and finished the season at the position… Recorded 287 digs, registering 2.94 digs per set… As the starting libero, recorded 163 digs (3.33 digs/set)… Topped double-digit digs a team-best 12 times… Put up a season-high 19 digs against Alabama (11/19)… Tied a career-best four aces two times: at Mississippi State (10/6), at South Carolina (10/11)… Appeared in the top 10 with 0.33 aces per set… Handed out a season-high five assists four times… Recorded three or more aces four times… Appeared as the No. 3 play on SportsCenter after running down a ball and into the trashcan against Army (9/7) at Ramsey… Member of SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2022
Named College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District… Georgia’s starting libero in all 31 matches, joining Alexa Fortin as the only Bulldogs to play in all 120 sets… Earned Harvard/Northeastern Challenge All-Tournament Team… Put up 425 total digs, registering 3.54 digs per set… Total digs ranked fifth in the SEC… Set a career-high 31 digs against Texas A&M (10/2), becoming the first Bulldog with 30 digs since Oct. 14, 2012… Had four 20-dig matches… Tied a career-best three aces at Harvard (9/10)… Handed out a total of 203 assists… Recorded a career-best eight assists against Arkansas (11/6)… Member of SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2021
Appeared in a total of 28 matches on the season, donning the libero jersey in 17 of those matches… Played in a total of 107 sets, 61 of which came as the libero… Led the team with 278 digs (2.60/set)… Finished the season with 14 double-digit dig performances, twice topping the 20-dig mark… Made first appearance as the libero against No. 22 Florida (10/29) and held the job thereafter… When she was the libero, she recorded 3.59 digs per set… Season-best 23 digs came at Ole Miss (11/19)… First topped 20 digs at Texas A&M (10/8)… Ended the season with five-straight double-digit dig matches and eight of the final nine matches… At the service line, she aced opponents 13 times including three times at Alabama (10/31)… Handed out 58 assists with a season-best seven against No. 21 Tennessee (10/15)… Member of SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.

High School/Club
In her first three seasons competing for New Castle, Cox helped guide the Trojans to three-straight state championships… Earned Indiana All-State status four times and multiple all-conference, all-district, and all-area team accolades… In her junior season in 2019, New Castle concluded the season with a 35-1 record and a No. 1 MaxPreps national ranking… In her final season, Cox was an AVCA Under Armour All-American nominee, an AVCA All-Region award winner, and topped the 1,500-dig mark (finishing second all-time with 1,559)… In her career, she also recorded 122 aces and helped New Castle to a 122-17 record in four seasons… Off the volleyball court, she also competed in track… She was a member of the record 4 x 400 relay team as a freshman and earned a sectional championship in the 1600m as a sophomore… Was a member of Young Life and student government… Cox also received an invite to the Indiana Junior All-State team… Played club for Munciana… Won AAU National Championship in June 2021.

Personal
Bailey is the daughter of Gina and Keny Cox… Father played basketball at Manchester College… Has two older brothers, Carson and Grady… Born Nov. 3, 2002… Majoring in Entertainment and Media Studies at Georgia.
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