Norfolk State University Athletics

Personal Records
Indoor
Pole Vault: 10-2 (2022 South Carolina Invitational)
Outdoor
Pole Vault: 10-3 (High School)

2023-24: Named to the NSU AD Honor Roll for the spring semester. Indoor: Did not compete Outdoor: Did not compete
 
2022-23: Named to the NSU AD Honor Roll for the spring semester. Indoor: Competed in five indoor meets, all at the pole vault … Medaled in three of those meets … Opened the season with a runner-up performance at the VCU Rams Invitational, clearing a height of 9-5.25 … Placed third (9-0.25) at the East Coast Invitational … Took third at the MEAC Indoor Championships with a season-best clearance of 9-6.25. Outdoor: Took second in the pole vault at the NSU Invitational (9-6.25) … Placed fourth in the pole vault at the MEAC Outdoor Championships (9-3.75) … Ran second leg of the 4x100 relay at the Raleigh Relays.
 
2021-22: Indoor: Competed in five indoor meets, all at the pole vault … Capped off the season with a third-place finish at the MEAC Indoor Championships, tying a personal best of 10-2 … Set that mark of 10-2 at the South Carolina Invitational … Also took fourth place at the Kenneth Giles Invitational with a height of 10-0. Outdoor: Competed in four outdoor meets at pole vault, picking up a pair of top-five finishes … Took fifth at the Norfolk State Invitational with a height of 9-6.25 … Posted an 8-11.75 at the MEAC Outdoor Championships to earn fourth.
2020-21: Did not compete … Member of the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for the fall semester and named to the MEAC All-Academic Team.

2019-20: Named to the NSU AD Honor Roll for the spring semester.  Indoor: Earned three top-10 finishes in the pole vault in her rookie year … Opened the year with a season-best height of 9-8 at the George Mason Father Diamond Invitational, good for fourth place … Placed seventh at the Gamecock Opener with a top clearance of 9-4.25 … Cleared 9-7.25 at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational … Placed fourth at the MEAC Indoor Championships with a top height of 9-6.25. Outdoor: Season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

High School: A four-year letterwinner at Maury … Was an indoor and outdoor 5A state meet qualifier in the pole vault as a senior … Also won the indoor regional title, as well as the outdoor district championship and finished as outdoor region runner-up as a senior … Cleared 10-3, a PR, while placing third at the state outdoor meet … Was district champion and a state meet qualifier as a junior, which was her first year attempting the pole vault.

Personal: Destiny Raven Hooks was born on April 27, 2001 … Daughter of Dennis Hooks and Renarda Wright … Majoring in exercise science.