Brandon Cook

Class:
Senior
High School:
Borden
Hometown:
Borden, Ind.

2005-06: NCAA Mideast Regional qualifier in the discus and finished eighth overall in the region ... Finished second in the BIG EAST in the discus ... Was fifth in the BIG EAST in the hammer throw ... Won the discus title at the Oliver Nikoloff Invite ... Earned five runner-up finishes in the discus ... Finished ninth in the BIG EAST in the indoor weight throw ... Red & Black Scholar.

2004-05: Redshirted, but did compete unattached at several regional meets ... Top redshirt marks were 179-2 (5/7/05) in the discus and 165-7 (5/7/05) in the hammer.

2003-04: Qualfied for the NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas ... Finished 20th overall with a personal best mark of 177-01 ... Named to US Track Coaches Association All-Academic Team ... Earned a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Mideast Regional with a mark of 176-4 ... Finished fourth at the C-USA Championship in the discus ... Had nine top-6 finishes in the discus.

2002-03: Team's top scorer at Conference USA Championship after finishing fourth in the discus and seventh in the hammer throw ... Placed 17th at USATF Junior Nationals in the discus ... Won discus event at Miami Invite ... Had five top-four finishes in the discus ... Placed fifth in the javelin at Vanderbilt Invite.

High School: Lettered four years in track and basketball, two in tennis and one in cross country ... Finished runner-up in discus at Indiana state meet ... Recorded state-best discus throw of 177-3 during senior year ... Placed third at Midwest Meet of Champions ... Three-time conference and sectional champ and three-time state qualifier in discus ... All-time leading scorer in hoops with 1311 points.

Personal: Born Brandon Lee Cook on April 4, 1984 in Borden, Ind. ... Son of Rudy and Patricia Cook ... Majoring in business management.