AS A JUNIOR (2015): A member of the PBC Presidential Honor Roll ... Saw action in 19 games on the mound, including seven starts … Posted a 6-3 record and a 6.09 ERA in 65 innings pitched with 70 strikeouts and 25 walks … Held opponents to a .294 batting average … Struck out six and scattered five hits across six innings in grabbing the win over Anderson in the series opener … Struck out 10 and allowed just three hits in six scoreless innings of work in the series opener with Pitt-Johnstown … Struck out four and surrendered four hits in four innings of relief work against North Georgia … Earned the win in relief against Coker as well after striking out three and allowing just one hit in two scoreless innings of work … Struck out three and picked up the win in game two against Young Harris with 4-1/3 hitless innings of relief … Struck out five and allowed just four hits and a lone earned run in 4-2/3 innings of relief work on the way to picking up a home win against Barton.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2014): Saw action in 14 games from the mound, including 13 starts … Registered a 5-2 record and a 4.81 ERA in 78-2/3 innings pitched with 59 strikeouts and 33 walks … Combined for one shutout and held opponents to a .279 batting average … Went seven innings or longer in six of his starts … Earned the victory in the season opener at Anderson … Struck out six and yielded just two hits over seven innings in grabbing a victory over Pitt-Johnstown … Struck out five and surrendered three runs (two earned) and seven hits in a win over Georgia Southwestern … Matched a season-long with 7-2/3 innings of work against Flagler and picked up the victory after yielding three hits and two earned runs … Walked a season-high six batters, but still picked up the win against North Georgia after surrendering just one run in seven innings of work … Struck out a season-best nine batters against Wingate, but was not awarded a decision despite allowing just four hits and two runs (one earned).
AS A FRESHMAN (2013): Saw action in 17 games from the mound, including seven starts … Registered a 6-1 record and a 4.79 ERA in 56-1/3 innings pitched with 44 strikeouts and 20 walks … Held opponents to a .295 batting clip … Struck out four and yielded just two hits over three relief innings in his collegiate debut against Anderson … Earned first collegiate victory in relief after striking out four and allowing just one hit in four scoreless innings at Coker … Struck out a season-best six batters and scattered three hits and one unearned run over four relief innings en route to grabbing the win against St. Andrews … Won his first start of the season at Lenoir-Rhyne after striking out five and allowing three runs (two earned) in 5-1/3 innings from the hill … Struck out five and allowed just two hits and a lone earned run over a season-long seven innings in earning the win against Barton … Struck out three and allowed just two hits in 1-2/3 relief innings en route to notching a victory at Augusta State.
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Draughn High School for coach Chris Cozort … Earned second consecutive all-conference honors as a prep senior after posting an 8-1 record on the hill, while also hitting .395 at the plate … Helped lead Wildcats to the conference title … Posted a 7-2 record on the mound as a junior, while also tallying a .405 batting average … Also lettered in wrestling at Draughn.
PERSONAL: The son of Jackie and Charles Cook … Has two brothers, Ryan and Bryson, and two sisters, Lexi and Charlee … Brother, Bryson, was a former collegiate baseball player at Catawba Valley Community College … Maintained a 3.7 cumulative grade point average at Draughn High School and graduated in the top 25 percent of his 180-member senior class … Enrolled in pre-major studies at UNCP.
CAREER HIGHS
IP: 7.2, twice – last at Armstrong State (4/19/14)
K: 10 vs. Pitt-Johnstown (2/7/15)
BB: 6 vs. North Georgia (3/30/14)
H: 14 at Francis Marion (4/11/14)
R: 9, twice – last vs. Columbus State (2/14/15)
ER: 7, three times – last vs. Flagler (3/6/16)
