David Holden At 19 years old, Cole Hartke, was offered an opportunity he couldn’t pass up. Pepperdine University—a school on the California coast some 2,000 miles away from his hometown in Barrington, Illinois—had invited him to play outside hitter as a member of its storied volleyball program. Sat, 10 May 2025 09:19:13 -0800 4ef1efa7-19ce-4722-b93d-15873d4d6d7e