Cox continues championship caliber career in MLV
DALLAS – This past weekend, the Dallas Pulse defeated the Omaha Supernovas in five sets to win the 2026 Major League Volleyball Championship.
A familiar face on the front line shined as the franchise celebrated a trophy in its inaugural season.
Outside hitter Kaylee Cox, the 2024 Conference USA Alyssa Cavanaugh Player of the Year and a CUSA Tournament champion, continued her winning ways with her professional team.
“It’s awesome. It’s still unreal. I feel like I’m still trying to soak it all in,” Cox said. “It kind of just feels a little crazy because we were going into the season as the underdogs.”
“We were picked, I think, sixth to finish in the league, so just to finish out as champions has been awesome, and it’s been awesome to celebrate with family and friends from around here.”
Cox transferred to the Hill from the University of Missouri back in 2023, and it didn’t take long for the 6’3″ Texas native to find her stride.
Both seasons at WKU were statistically sound for Cox, who graduated with many honors and hardware to go around.
She began to evolve into the player she is today under Hilltopper coaching legend Travis Hudson.
“Travis really put so much time and effort into me, into making me the player that I am, and I give so much credit to him. He really truly cares about me, not just as a player, but also as a person,” Cox said.
“We’re still in contact to this day. He texted me after I won the championship and told me how proud that he was of me, so just to be able to look back on those moments and realize that, wow, he put in so much work for me to be the player that I am, I’m just so thankful for him.”
Kaylee’s family is also full of champions.
Her sisters Lauren and Whitney won women’s basketball national championships in college and one of them even won a title overseas, so after joining in on the professional success, she made sure to give them, and her parents, the credit.
“It’s just awesome. It’s another thing to add to the Cox resume. Our parents did a great job of raising us and pushing us to be our best that we can be, and I’m so thankful for my parents that brought me to all those practices and put in the time, effort, and money to make me into the player that I am,” Cox said.
