Education
Cobbs attended Concordia Academy High School, where she played volleyball, basketball, and softball. She made the all-state team twice in both volleyball and basketball. In 1984, she led the volleyball team to the Class A state championship.
In 1985, she was named the Metro Basketball Player of the Year.
Cobbs played for the volleyball team from 1985 to 1988.
She was a second team All-American in 1986 and a first team All-American in 1987. In 1988, Cobbs led the Bison to a 43-3 record and an National Collegiate Athletic Association Elite Eight appearance.
She was named to the All-American first team again and was also named the Division II Player of the Year. She won the Honda-Broderick Trophy in 1988-1989 as the Division II Female Athlete of the Year.
Cobbs set nine NDSU school records, including most career kills (2,091) and most single-season kills (739).
She was inducted into the North Dakota State University Hall of Fame in 2003.