2023 Baseball Roster
Roster
Jake Cook
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Madison, Miss.
- High School:
- Madison Central HS
2025 (R-So.): Named second-team All-Sun Belt after leading the team in hitting with a .350 batting average to go along with 13 doubles, three triples, three home runs and 32 RBI…Tied for the team lead in hits with 83…Ranked No. 26 nationally in toughest to strikeout, fanning just once in every 12.5 at bats…Registered 31 infield hits…Enjoyed the No. 2 ESPN Play of the Day when he robbed a home run from Arkansas State on May 3, jumping over the wall to make a spectacular catch…Homered for the first time in his 163rd career collegiate at bat versus New Orleans (4/29), marking the first time he had hit a round-tripper since eighth grade…He then went 40 at bats between his first and second collegiate homers coming versus Texas State (5/21) in opening game of the Sun Belt Tournament before following with his third blast the next day against Old Dominion (5/22)…Tied for team lead in multi-hit games with 25 (12-2H, 9-3H, 4-4H)…Finished the year with a three-game hitting streak and had one as long as 11 games during the year...Invited to attend the 2025 MLB Draft Combine…Earned Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the Spring 2025 and Fall 2024 semesters.
2024 (R-Fr.): Pitched in three games, all in relief…Posted no record with a 31.50 ERA…Longest outing was his debut of an inning against Marist (2/17)…Fanned one against Marist and Georgia State (4/12)…Played one game as a defensive replacement in the outfield at South Alabama (4/5)…Played with the Ocean State Waves of the New England Collegiate Baseball League for his second summer…Made the Dean’s List for the Spring 2024 semester and Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the Fall 2023 semester.
2023 (Fr.): Redshirted and did not see any action…Played for the Ocean State in the NECBL…Went 5x14 (.357) in 14 games with the Waves with a double and three RBI…Also pitched in 10 games during the regular season and did not post a record over 12 innings of work…A member of the Spring 2023 and Fall 2022 semesters Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
High School: A first-team Class 6A All-State selection at Madison Central High School…Earned All-Metro by MSScoreboard.com and all-district honors as well his senior season…Team finished 20-9 his last year, getting to the second round of the state playoffs…Batted .477 with 42 runs, three doubles, three triples and 27 RBI to help lead his school to a 34-2 record as a junior and the Class 6A state championship…A National High School Baseball Coaches Association Academic All-American…Was named Mr. Madison Central for the Class of 2022, as well as Most Athletic at the school.
Personal: Son of Scott and Mindi Cook…Born July 13…Majoring in Business Administration.
