Biography
CAREER: Tied for ninth in home runs at Pepperdine with 26 ... Over the last four seasons, has a batting average of .286 with 118 hits including 18 doubles and seven triples ... Has driven in 90 runs and scored 85 ... Has 14 stolen bases ... Has appeared in 122 games with 109 starts.
PEPPERDINE 2021: Made the All-WCC first team as a senior ... Led the WCC with 17 home runs, which tied for the third most in program history and was the most by any Wave since 2002 ... Batted .298 with 42 RBI and 36 runs scored ... Tied for third in the WCC in RBI ... Led the team with a .725 slugging percentage ... Became the first Wave with a three-home run game since 1995 with his three at BYU (5/22) ... Went 4-for-5 with four runs scored and five RBI in that contest ... Also had multi-home run games on back-to-back days at Portland (5/7 and 5/8) ... Also had four hits at San Diego (5/2) and five RBI two other times ... Awarded WCC Player of the Week (5/17) ... Named WCC All-Academic honorable mention ... Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
PEPPERDINE 2020: Appeared in all 15 games as a junior during the COVID-19 shortened season ... Hit .344 over 61 at-bats ... Led the team with a 1.124 OPS ... Had 21 hits, including four doubles, two triples and a team-high four home runs ... Drove in 14 runs, good for third on the team ... Went 3-for-5 against Akron (2/23), hitting a solo home run ... Drove in three runs twice (2/21 vs. Akron and 2/28 vs. Florida International), hitting a home run in each game ... Named WCC All-Academic honorable mention ... Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
PEPPERDINE 2019: Appeared in 30 games, making 28 starts as a sophomore ... Led the team with five home runs and a .519 slugging percentage ... Batted .279 ... Had six doubles and two triples ... Led the team with a .889 OPS ... Named WCC All-Academic honorable mention ... Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
PEPPERDINE 2018: Had a solid freshman campaign, hitting .248 in 44 games ... Had 29 hits and 13 RBI ... Hit five doubles and two triples ... Had three hits against BYU (3/31) ... Had a season-high two RBI against CSUN (4/3) ... Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Lewis-Palmer High School, located in Monument, Colo., in 2017 ... Played four varsity seasons ... Had a .489 batting average, .584 on-base percentage, 81 RBI and 79 total runs ... Was awarded Gazette Player of the Year as a senior, All-State 4A three times and all-conference first team ... Team won two conference championships ... Was student body vice president, All-State Academic first team three times, School Involvement Ranger of the Year and a Math Society honoree.
CLUB: Played for Lightning Baseball for one year and Premier West for two years ... Named MVP for three consecutive years ... Team was state runner-up.
PERSONAL: Majoring in finance ... Born in Salt Lake City, Utah ... Son of Julie and Chuck Cook ... Has three siblings: Charlie, Emily and Danny ... Comes from a long line of athletes ... Father played baseball at the Air Force Academy ... Mother played volleyball and basketball at Air Force ... Grandfather, Dan Adair, played baseball at Wyoming ... Uncle, Marc Adair, played football at BYU and Utah ... Chose Pepperdine because "of the great academics, sports, location and coaches.”
FAVORITES: Favorites include Dustin Pedroia (pro athlete), Boston Red Sox (pro team), Fallen Angels (book), The Prestige (movie), The Office (TV show), Travis Scott (musical artist), Italian (food) and basketball (sport other than baseball).
