By: Hunter McKay
DALLAS – Kennesaw State men's golf senior
Shaun Cook was honored his work on the course and in the classroom, being named to Conference USA's All-Academic Team, the league announced on Thursday.
Cook was voted to the all-academic team by the conference's head academic advisors and is one of just five CUSA student-athletes to be recognized in men's golf.
Cook is first KSU men's golfer to earn CUSA All-Academic honors.
To be considered for the All-Academic Team, nominees must consist of junior or senior standing academically, have competed in at least two full years at the collegiate level, participated in 50-percent of his team's competitive rounds and maintained a minimum 3.2 cumulative grade point average.
In the classroom, Cook carries a 3.58 GPA as a business finance major. Academically, Cook has received Cobalt Golf All-Academic Scholar and CSC Academic All-District honors. He has also earned Top Flight Owl recognition, was a two-time CUSA Honor Roll and Dean's List recipient and has received Presidential Scholar recognition.
On the course, Cook has competed in all 10 events this season and leads Kennesaw State with a 70.67 scoring average, posting 17 of his 27 rounds at par or better. He earned his second career victory at the Scrappy at Cobblestone with rounds of 69-73-69 for a 5-under-par 211 and added a third-place finish at the J.T. Poston Invitational at 6-under par 204. Cook has recorded top 20 finishes in four of five spring tournaments, including a tie for 19th at the Linger Longer Invitational at 3-under par, where he fired a season-best 5-under 67 in the final round and finished ahead of five players ranked in the Scoreboard Individual standings that week. He also tied for eighth at the Tar Heel Intercollegiate at 4-under par. Cook has been KSU's top finisher in five of nine tournaments this season and is ranked No. 229 in the Scoreboard/Clippd rankings.
KSU heads to Texarkana, Arkansas for the Conference USA Championships on April 21-23.
