Men's Basketball | 10/31/2023 2:57:43 PM
Graduate student Daniel Cook of the St. John Fisher University men's basketball team was named a 2023-24 D3hoops.com Second Team Preseason All-America selection on October 31.
Cook, a 2023 2023 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Second Team All-America selection and fourth team D3hoops.com All-America pick in 2022-23, was also named the Empire 8 Player of the Year for the third straight season.
In 2022-23, Cook finished second among all Empire 8 players in scoring and rebounding, averaging 18.3 points and 9.0 boards to go along with 3.3 assists, 1.5 steals and 0.9 blocks per contest, while shooting 53.4 percent from the floor, third highest in the league. Cook scored in double figures in 27 of 29 games played and recorded nine double-doubles.
Cook was also named the 2023 Empire 8 Championship Tournament Most Valuable Player, as he led the fourth-seeded Cardinals to the Empire 8 title. He averaged 17.2 points, 9.4 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game, while shooting 56 percent from the floor in five postseason games, as the Cardinals advanced to the second round of the 2023 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament.
Cook is the first three-time Empire 8 Men’s Basketball Player of the Year. He enters his graduate year with 1,340 career points and has pulled down 677 rebounds, while shooting 53.3 percent from the floor in three seasons at St. John Fisher. A native of Honeoye Falls, NY, Cook garnered D3hoops.com All-Region accolades for the third straight season, NABC All-District pick for the second straight year and has 1,578 career points (played his freshman season at Hobart College). Cook has led the Cardinals to a 52-17 record in three seasons.
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