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2015-16 Men's Basketball Roster

12 Austin Cooke

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-7
  • Weight 235
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Scottsdale, Ariz.
  • Highschool Desert Mountain HS

Biography

Should start all 31 games as a senior, just as he has done in each of his first two seasons at ACU.

2014-15 (Junior): Played in and started all 31 games for the Wildcats in his second season after transferring from Central Arizona College. … Led the team in rebounding at 6.0 rebounds per game and was fourth in scoring at 9.7 points per game. … He also finished 13th in the league in rebounding at 6.0 rpg and he enters his senior season with 364 career rebounds in 62 games (5.9 per game). … Cooke heads into the season 10th in ACU history with 100 career 3-pointers, 12th in 3-point attempts (239) and third in career percentage (41.8 percent). … He was second in the Southland Conference last year in 3-point field goal percentage (43.1 percent), and his 53 made 3-pointers were in the league’s top 10. … Cooke scored in double figures 18 times and had two double doubles in 2014-15. … He scored a career-high 22 points in the Wildcats’ Jan. 4, 2015, win over Central Arkansas in the Southland Conference opener for both teams. … His two double doubles were against Sacramento State (12 points and 10 rebounds in a win in Abilene) and Feb. 21 at Southeastern Louisiana (10 points and 13 rebounds in a loss in Hammond, La.).

2013-14 (Sophomore): Played in and started all 31 games for the Wildcats in his first season after transferring from Central Arizona  College. ... Finished first on the team in rebounding (5.7 rpg) and fifth in scoring (7.8 ppg). ... Scored in double figures in 11 games and had one double-double on the season: a 10-point, 12-rebound effort in ACU's Jan. 11 double-overtime loss at Southeastern Louisiana. ... He had a season-high 14 points in back-to-back games against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Feb. 8) and Incarnate Word (Feb. 13). ... He was 17th in the Southland Conference in rebounds per game, 14th in 3-point field goal percentage (.405 on 47 of 116 shooting from beyond the arc), 14th in 3-point field goals made (47), and 15th in defensive rebounds per game (4.0 drpg).

Central Arizona College: Cooke played all of last season for a Central Arizona College team that won its conference and regional titles en route to reaching the quarterfinals of the NJCAA National Tournament. ... Overall, the Vaqueros went 30-5 overall and 21-2 against its conference as Cooke contributed 8.8 points and 5.4 rebounds per game through 30 starts and 33 appearances. The Scottsdale, Ariz., native also dished out 45 assists, blocked seven shots and stole 23 passes. ... The left-handed Cooke shot about 40 percent or better from both the floor (.430) and 3-point line (.389), and hit 58-of-73 free-throw attempts. He reached double figures in scoring 16 times and on Dec. 5 posted his lone double-double of 11 points and 11 rebounds against Tohono O'odham Community College.

High school: Cooke is a 2012 graduate of Desert Mountain High School and was heavily recruited by several schools late in his career. ... As a junior, Cooke helped lead Desert Mountain to a 21-8 record and the state semi-finals for the 5A Division-II Class. ... The following year, Desert Mountain finished 20-10 against a stronger D-I Class and reached the second round of the state playoffs.

Personal: Parents are Allison and Geoffrey Cooke. ... Born 08 July 1994. ... 2012 graduate of Desert Mountain High School.

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2013-14Sophomore

    Forward
    6'7" 210 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2014-15Junior

    Forward
    6'7" 225 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2015-16Senior

    Forward
    6'7" 235 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2015-16Senior

    Forward
    6'7" 235 lbs
    12