20  Garrett Cook Class: Senior Hometown: Santa Clara, Calif. High School: St. Francis Height / Weight: 6-3 / 210 Position: 3B Birthdate: 07/28/1981 Experience: 3V B-T: R-R

Fourth-year Aztec who will see time both at third base and in a designated hitter roles this season…Has seen time at both first and third base as well as in the outfield during his three previous seasons at San Diego State...Played last summer for the San Diego Sox…Competed for the Melville Millionaires in the Saskatchewan Major Baseball League (SMBL) during summer 2001 and was named to the all-SMBL team as a third baseman...Hit .315 (seventh among league hitters) and led the league with nine doubles...Batted .412 in the league playoffs...Played during summer of 2000 for the Clarinda (Iowa) A’s team that finished seventh at the NBC World Series...In the summer of 1999, competed for the Santa Clara Red Sox squad that won the Palomino World Series, hitting .650 with eight RBIs.

SDSU 2002: Saw most of his playing time as a designated hitter (23 games) while appearing at third base in 12 contests…Had a string of four games in mid-March (vs. Air Force, USC, Brigham Young) during which he went 8-for-15 (.533) with four runs scored, two doubles, a home run and three runs batted in…Had season-high three RBI at UNLV on May 18 when he went 2-for-2 with a homer and three runs scored…His other home run came against UC Riverside that helped SDSU to a 5-4 comeback win in the home opener…Hit . 357 (12-for-26) in conference play over 13 games.

SDSU 2001: Saw the majority of his action coming off the bench as a pinch hitter or defensive replacement...Was utilized at first base (14g), third base (9g) and in the outfield (8g)...Played excellent defense throughout season, not committing an error during the 2001 campaign (total of 65 chances)...Compiled a .268 batting average and drove in 11 runs...Raised his average some 52 points over the final eight weeks of the season during which he appeared in 16 games...Recorded back-to-back 2-for-3 games against Gonzaga during a three-game series against the Bulldogs at Tony Gwynn Stadium in late February...Added a double, two runs scored and two RBI in the second game of that series...Had a stolen base vs. Gonzaga on Feb. 25 in his lone attempt of the season...Finished the season by going 3-for-6 with a double and four runs batted in over a seven-game span...Hit .313 while appearing in 12 Mountain West Conference contests.

SDSU 2000: Hard-hitting freshman who made an immediate impact at SDSU...Compiled a .339 batting average on the year, blasting three home runs and driving in 25 runs...Hit the first home run of his collegiate career against Tulane in New Orleans on Feb. 11...Drove in five runs against New Mexico in Albuquerque on March 17, going 3-for 7 with two runs scored and a homer in that contest...Enjoyed an eight-game hitting streak from April 13-29 during which he batted .393...Had two three-RBI performances during his hitting streak (April 22 against New Mexico and April 29 at Air Force)...His RBI total on the season was the highest output among Aztec freshmen.

High School: A two-year varsity letterwinner at St. Francis High School in Mountain View, Calif...Coached there by Chris Bradford...As a senior, was named the San Jose Mercury News Baseball Player of the Year for the Central Coast Section...Also the KICU-TV Central Coast Section Player of the Year...Hit .528 with nine home runs, 47 runs batted in, 12 doubles, and an .880 slugging percentage...Also compiled a 9-4 mark as a pitcher...His batting average, along with his RBI and home run totals, led the league...Named first-team all-West Catholic Athletic League and voted league’s Most Valuable Player...Set school records for hits (57) and RBIs (47) in a season...Team MVP and Male Athlete of the Year at St. Francis HS...USA Today honorable mention player of the year for California...Also earned three letters in football...Starter and all-league honoree as a junior and senior...Won school’s Academic Achievement Award for math and was an honor roll student.

Personal: Garrett Thomas Cook was born July 28, 1981, in San Francisco...Son of Gary and Mary Pat Cook...Father played college soccer, mother played softball...Hobbies include hunting and fishing...Favorite athlete is former Giant first baseman Will Clark...A criminal justice major at San Diego State...Interested in a career as a U.S. Fish & Wildlife game warden.

Cook’s SDSU Career Statistics 
Year     G-GS   AB   R   H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB  SO  SB-A   AVG
2000    39-28  109  13  37   2   0   3   25   11  16   1-3  .339
2001    32-13   57   7  15   2   0   0   11    4   7   1-1  .263
2002    39-20   88  16  26   5   0   2   20   13  16   1-3  .295
Totals 110-61  254  36  78   9   0   5   56   28  39   3-7  .307