HIGHLIGHTS
» Pinch-Hit Walk-Off Single in B7 vs Chaminade (March 30, 2025)
» Hit 4 for 5 (1 RBI, 2 2B, 3 R, 1 HBP; 10 PO) vs Sioux Falls (Feb. 9, 2025)
» Career High: 13 Putouts (1.000 FLD; 1 AST) vs CUI (Feb. 26, 2024)
» Career High: Five RBI (3 H, 2 HR, 1 2B, 4 R; 8 PO) vs Cal State LA (Feb. 4, 2024)
» Career High: Five Hits (2 RBI, 3 R; 8 PO) vs HPU (March 26, 2023)
AWARDS & ACCOLADES
» 2025 All-PacWest Third Team Catcher
» 2024 CSC Academic All-District Team
STUDENT IN STUDENT-ATHLETE
» 2024-25 Hawai‘i Hilo Joe and Harriet Estrella Male Scholar-Athlete
» 2024-25 Vulcans Baseball Scholar-Athlete
» 2024-25 Hawai‘i Hilo Student-Athlete Academic Honors
» 2023-24 D2 Athletics Directors Association Academic Achievment Award
» 2023-24 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2023-24 NCAA Division II 50th Anniversary Scholarship
» 2023-24 UH Hilo College of Natural and Health Sciences Excellence Award
» 2023-24 Vulcans Baseball Scholar-Athlete
» 2023-24 Hawai‘i Hilo Student-Athlete Academic Honors
» 2022-23 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2022-23 Hawai‘i Hilo Student-Athlete Academic Honors
2025 (Junior): Started 28 out of 29 games played in, finishing with a team-leading .333 batting average on 32 hits while recording 157 putouts and 11 assists (.988 fielding). Threw out six runners on steal attempts ... Got scoring going with an RBI double in the B2, finishing 4 for 5 with two doubles and three runs scored in 15-8 win vs Sioux Falls (Feb. 9). Blasted a two-run home run in a 9-6 win vs Vanguard (March 15). Came in to pinch hit in the B7 and provided the walk-off single to cap a four-run final frame for 5-4 win vs Chaminade (March 30). Drove in Vulcans lone runs of the game with a two-RBI single in the third inning of a two-run loss vs HPU (April 5) ... Voted to All-PacWest Third Team. Served as student speaker at the Hawai‘i Hilo Student-Athlete Academic Honors reception and was later named Joe and Harriet Estrella Male Scholar-Athlete for highest cumulative GPA (4.00).
2024 (Sophomore): Started 31 of 39 total games played in, mostly as a catcher. Tied for the lead on the team with four home runs and was No. 2 in putouts (199), No. 3 in slugging (.411), No. 5 in hits (28), No. 5 in batting average (.250), and No. 5 in runs scored (19). PacWest Ranks (Conference-Only Contests): No. 4 caught stealing (6), No. 14 putouts (103). One of six players to post a 1.000 fielding percentage in the PacWest ... Had a monster game on opening weekend hitting 3 for 5 with five RBI (a double and two home runs) and four runs scored in a 15-6 win vs Cal State LA (Feb. 4). Batted 4 for 4 in a loss to Concordia (Feb. 26). Drove in a two-out two-run RBI single to give the Vulcans the lead in the T5 of a 9-6 win vs Fresno Pacific (March 15). Hit 3 for 4 with two runs scored in a mercy-rule loss to Azusa Pacific (March 20). Hit 2 for 3 with two RBI (1 HBP) and two runs scored in an 11-10 win vs Chaminade (April 13) ... Selected to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team.
2023 (Freshman): Played in 32 games with 26 starts as catcher, batting .305 with a .985 fielding percentage on 174 putouts and 21 assists ... Made debut in the season opener and had a 2-for-4 night with an RBI in a 4-0 win over No. 15 Augustana (Feb. 1). Batted 2 for 4 with two runs scored and an RBI single as part of a seven-run B4 in a 9-6 win over No. 15 Augustana (Feb. 3). Drove in three runs on two singles along with recording 12 putouts in a 8-7 victory over CUI (Feb. 24). Brought in the first run on an RBI single t in a 3-1 win over No. 11 Point Loma (March 7). Blasted a two-run home run in a loss to Azusa Pacific (March 11). Had two RBIs and brought in the game-winning run on a sacrifice fly in the B8 of a 14-12 win over HPU (March 25). Batted an astounding 5 for 6 with two RBI and three runs scored in a 13-8 victory over HPU (March 26). Had an RBI single along with two walks and two runs scored in a 17-7 win vs Academy of Art (April 4).
BEFORE HAWAI‘I HILO
» 2022 graduate of Farmington High School (Utah)
» Played four seasons of varsity baseball for coaches Alex Exon and Brad Payne
» Honors: All-State (2x), All-Area (2x)
» Other Sports: Basketball
» Played club for SoCal Bombers
PERSONAL
» Born March 2004 in Arizona
» Parents: Leslie and Joel Cook
» Has three siblings, including a twin sister
» Career Aspirations: Medical Field
» Major: Kinesiology & Exercise Sciences
» Minor: Business Administration
WHY HAWAI‘I HILO
» "I saw an opportunity for success. It was a priority for me to play somewhere warm where I was giving myself the best opportunity to continue to develop my talents. Additionally, I wanted to play for the coaches as they immediately made me feel valued."
FAVORITES
» Hobbies: Hunting, Fishing
» Movies: Man from Snowy River
» Shows: Friends
MEDIA
» Cook Wins National Academic Award (June 4, 2024) - KITV4 Island News
