University of South Alabama Athletics

AT MCGILL-TOOLEN HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered and started three seasons on the varsity squad for head coach Gretchin Boykin for the perennial volleyball powerhouse “Dirty Dozen” program at McGill-Toolen High School in Mobile, Ala.…Played freshman season on the junior varsity squad…Over the course of her three-year career, the Yellow Jackets compiled a 180-30 record and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Alabama state tournament all three seasons, reaching the semifinals round during her sophomore campaign…Selected to the Alabama Volleyball Coaches 6A all-state teams, earning first team honors as a senior and second team accolades as a junior…Named to the Press Register’s Super 12 team as a senior after recording 520 digs and 54 service aces in 67 matches…Was also a defensive force in the back court as she registered 679 digs during her junior season…Had a 96 percent serving percentage on 579 total serves and a 90 percent passer rating on 764 serve receive attempts that same season…McGill finished ranked fourth in the state in the Birmingham News Super 25 final rankings in 2011 after the Yellow Jackets ended the year with a 56-11 overall mark…MT recorded a pair of 60-win seasons during her first two seasons with the varsity program, finishing with 64-9 mark in 2010 and a 60-10 record in 2009…Has played at the club level for seven years for both Club Bomba in Mobile, Ala., and the Pensacola Revolution based in Pensacola, Fla.

PERSONAL: Caitlin Ann Cox…Born in Mobile, Ala.…Daughter ofChris and Tara Cox…Has one older brother…Favorite movie is “Footloose”…Favorite professional sports teams are the Oklahoma City Thunder and the New Orleans Saints…Favorite athlete is Kevin Durant…Favorite muscial artists is Uncle Cracker and Corey Smith…Favorite types of foods are cereal and smoothies…Majoring physical therapy.