Cooper Cook Award Player of the Week Week Of 1/14/2019 Sport Men's Basketball School Nebraska Wesleyan University Year Senior Position Hometown Overland Park, Kan. High School Blue Valley North Male Athlete of the Week – Men’s Basketball – Player of the Week Cooper Cook, Nebraska Wesleyan University Sr., F, Overland Park, Kan./Blue Valley North Cook averaged 26.5 points in two Prairie Wolves wins making 12 3-pointers on the week as NWU extended their win streak to 28 games. Additionally, Cook averaged 6.5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.5 blocked shots in the two league wins. The senior forward scored a season-high 28 points with 8 rebounds and 3 assists in NWU’s 89-73 home win against Wartburg. In the Prairie Wolves’ 96-84 win at Simpson, Cook had 25 points with 5 rebounds and 3 assists. Cook went 12-20 from 3-point land on the week, shooting 60 percent overall from the field. He efforts last week put him over the 1,600 career-point mark. This is the fifth Men’s Basketball Player of the Week award for Cook (1/14/19, 12/17/17, 11/26/17, 2/19/17, 11/27/16). Cook was named Conference Offensive MVP during his sophomore campaign.
