Before Coming to IPFW:

Oliver Kook is a 2005 graduate of Gymnasium Heidberg. His high school did not sponsor volleyball as an interscholastic sport so he picked up his experience playing club volleyball.

Played for both the Norderstedt and Oststeinbeker SV volleyball clubs, advancing from Germany's second division to the first. Kook was named MVP at the state championship in Hamburg in 2004.

Personal:

Born: April 12, 1985. Major: Organizational Leadership and Supervision. Oliver is the son Guenther and Martina Kook. He has one brother, Tobias.