She qualified for the Olympics at the trials in Long Beach, as did her 25-year-old Tarpons teammate Camille Wright, a champion butterfly swimmer.

She had worked out with the Bloomington South High School Boys swimming team, but had not found them competitive enough for a swimmer of her ability.

[1] Showing her skills in Mid-August after the Olympics, at the Kentucky State AAU Swim meet at the Plantation Pool in Louisville, she won the 200 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 200 backstroke, and took second place in the 400 individual medley relay team.

[8] Around 1976, not long after the Olympics, seeking training commensurate with her abilities, in her Sophomore year in High School she moved to Mission Viejo, California, at the advice of her Bloomington Swim Club Coach Doc Counsilman, and trained with the Mission Viejo Nadadores under Hall of Fame Coach Mark Schubert.

She attended Mission Viejo High School, and swam with their top-ranked women's swim team, helping them capture the CIF 4-A title in 1977.

[9] On July 8, 1979, she won a silver medal in the San Juan, Puerto Rico Pan American games in the 800-meter freestyle with a time of 8:50.71.3,[10] taking a second to Kim Linehan.

[1] At the AAU Long Course Championships on August 4, 1978, she was part of the Mission Viejo Nadadores' team that set a new American record in the Women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay with a time of 8:21.40 at the Woodlands, outside Houston, Texas.

[9] After completing college, Hooker became an auto industry professional, first selling General Motors automobiles in Rantoul, Illinois and later working as an insurance and finance manager in Americus, Georgia.

Hooker resettled in Bloomington in 1994 to work for the IU Department of Athletics, and in 1996 completed a Masters Degree in sports management.

Club Olympia trains year-round, splitting its time between Donner Aquatic Center in the Summer months and two local Columbus area High Schools with indoor pools in the Winter.

She received the Leanne Grotke Award in 2013, given by Indiana University to a living person whose service has made exceptional contributions to the IU women’s athletics program.