Will Cook

Will Cook after hitting a home run against Northern Kentucky.

Photo by: Matthew Mueller | Louisville Athletics

B/T:
L/R
Ht./Wt.:
6-5 / 205
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Dayton, Ohio
High School:
Miamisburg
Prev School:
Miamisburg HS

CAREER HONORS
• 2023 All-ACC Academic Team

2023: Played in 42 games with 17 starts (10 at DH, 7 at 1B) in his first season on the field ... Hit .244 with two doubles, three home runs and 15 RBIs ... Started as the DH on Opening Day ... Doubled home a pair of runs in the win over Xavier on Feb. 22 ... Went 3-for-3, reaching base five times, with four RBIs, four runs scored and his first collegiate home run against WKU on March 21 ... Hit a two-run home run against Bellarmine on April 12 ... Hit a pinch-hit two-run home run in the win over NKU on May 16.

2022: Did not make an appearance due to injury.

High School: Lettered four years at Miamisburg High School where he was an All-State selection … Had a .386 career batting average in high school, driving in 43 in 51 games … Posted a 6-2 record with 62 strikeouts in 47.1 innings on the mound in high school … Rated the No. 2 third baseman and No. 11 overall player in Ohio by Perfect Game.

Personal: Parents are Jake and Carrie Cook… Siblings are Alexander and JJ… Chose Louisville over Wake Forest, Indiana and Dayton… Favorite athlete is Serena Williams… Enjoys watching movies and playing Fortnite in his spare time… Dad, Jake, was selected in the 15^th round of the 1993 MLB Draft by the Boston Red Sox out of Greenville (OH) High School.