BACK IN OCTOBER, a few days after Texas suffered its first and only loss of the 2022 NCAA volleyball season, Logan Eggleston sat down and braced herself.
Coach Jerritt Elliott had asked the senior captain, the Longhorns' star player, the team's everything, to stop by his office. With bags under her eyes, she watched her coach of five years scan her weary face.
"I am worried about you," he said.
Tears pricked the corners of Eggleston's eyes. She took a deep breath. She didn't want to cry; tears meant weakness.
The 6-foot-2 outside hitter on the No.