Bowe signs with Coe volleyball

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Maryville senior Abigail Bowe signed with Coe College volleyball Monday at the Hound Pound. Pictured from left, Miranda Mizera, Amy Bowe, Abigail Bowe, Addison Bowe, Alyssa Bowe, Clint Bowe and Phil Stone.

MARYVILLE, Mo. — Abigail Bowe is used to winning on the volleyball court. After leading the Maryville Spoofhounds to a 26-10 record this past season, the All-MEC First Team outside hitter is joining the Coe College program.

“The mix of academics and athletics there is at a really high level,” Bowe said. “They just came off of a conference championship. Their academics are nationally ranked with their professors and everything, so I think that it is good for me career wise.”

Coe is a Division-III college in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In coach April Elsbernd’s first season at Coe, the Kohawks won 21 matches, took second in the American Rivers Conference regular season then won the conference tournament to advance to the NCAA Tournament. The Kohawks have won over 20 matches in every full season since 2019.

Bowe led the Spoofhounds this season with 339 kills and matched that total with 339 digs, second on the team.

“She has grown in so many ways,” Bowe’s former club coach Miranda Mizera said. “Definitely in her mental strength and her resiliency on the court — I’ve seen her grow tremendously in her ability to bounce back from mistakes and fight that mental battle that I think all athletes go through.”

Volleyball is only part of the reason why Bowe chose Coe. With aspirations of becoming a doctor after college, Bowe plans to study pre-med.

“I want to be a doctor someday,” Bowe said. “Everyone has to get an internship, so there are like four hospitals within three blocks.”