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17  Keenan Cook
Keenan Cook

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
The Woodlands

High School:
College Park H.S.

Height / Weight:
6-0 / 186

Position:
of/if

Experience:
1L

B/T:
L/R


05/17/2012

Owls Meet UCF Thursday In Crucial C-USA Series

League's Regular Season Championship Is On The Line In Orlando

05/15/2012

Rice Shuts Out Sam Houston State 5-0 Tuesday On The Road

Owls Next Play At UCF On Thursday Night

05/13/2012

Owls Fall To UAB Sunday In 12 Innings, 6-5

Rice Next Meets Sam Houston State Tuesday Night In Huntsville

05/03/2012

Owls Host Houston Friday Night At Reckling Park

All Three Silver Glove Games To Be Televised This Weekend

04/11/2012

Baseball Team Gets Back Out On The Road For Weekend Series At Marshall

Owls Meet Thundering Herd At Appalachian Power Park

02/23/2012

Keenan Cook

Images from his career as an Owl

02/19/2012

Rice 8. FIU 1 2/19/2012

Rice completed a three-game sweep of FIU with an 8-1 win on Sunday

One of three former College Park High School Cavaliers, along with Michael Aquino and John Simms, to join the Owls in 2010.

Wayne Graham said -- "Keenan Cook stepped-in and did well when we needed him to start as a freshman last year. That experience can help him get even better."

2010: All Silver Glove Series; Played in 60 of the team's 63 games, including 53 starts in first season at the Division I level... Finished sixth on the team in starts... Made 49 starts in the outfield (40 in left, eight in right and one in center)... Started twice at second base and twice as the designated hitter, with both DH starts in the very first series of the year against Stanford (including Opening Day)... Forty-six starts were as the leadoff batter, a spot he had essentially locked-up the second half of the season... Batted .296 over the Owls' last 30 games to raise his average 23 points... Hit a steady .284 in the No. 1 spot in the order and reached base at a .438 pace when leading-off an inning... Average was .288 against the talented teams that went on to play in the NCAA Tournament... Night Owl who hit 89 points higher in night games (.323) than day games (.234)... Batted .357 and scored four times in the season-long five-game Silver Glove Series against crosstown rival Houston... Recorded a career-high three hits in the first meeting against Houston, and later matched that total in the final home against Memphis... Collected 14 games with two or more hits... Maintained a career-best 10-game hitting streak that was tied for the fourth-longest on the team... Hit lone home run of the season in the NCAA Tournament against eventual College World Series participant California... Drove-in a career-best four runs in the finale against Louisiana Tech, and had two or RBI in a game four times... Finished second on the team in walks (31)... Drew a career-high three walks in the second Silver Glove game against Houston... Tied for second on the team with six steals, converting on 6-of-7 attempts... Fourth on the squad with seven sacrifice bunts... Recorded defensive assists from two different outfield positions - from left field against Louisiana Tech and from right field against Marshall... Made a dramatic, game-saving diving catch in left field in the C-USA Championship Final against Houston... Career-high put outs in a single game was five against Baylor in the NCAA Tournament... Played in the Alaska League (Anchorage) over the summer.

High School -- A 2010 graduate of College Park High School in The Woodlands, Tex... Second team 2010 all-Greater Houston selection by the Houston Chronicle... All-Houston 5A honorable mention by Houston5ABaseball.com... Twice selected first team all-District 14-5A... Two-time member of the Houston Area Baseball Coaches Association 5A all-stars (Northeast)... Named to the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association Academic All-state team... Helped lead the team to a 22-10 record and district title as a senior... Coached by Jason Washburn, the 2010 District 14-5A co-coach of the year... Hit .362 with 34 hits and 36 runs scored in 32 games... Drove in 22 runs and stole 18 bases... Maintained a .334 average for his prep career... The Cavs reached the Region II finals of the state tournament in his junior season of 2009... Versatile two-sport star also earned three varsity letters in football and was named a second-team all-district honoree.

Personal -- Full name: Keenan Jackson Cook. Born: January 10, 1992 in The Woodlands. Parents: Wes and Cindi Cook of The Woodlands (one brother and one sister). Older brother, Aaron, played Division I baseball for Texas Arlington and Sam Houston State. College: Jones.

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