Jenn Cook
Jenn Cook

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Broomall, Pa.

High School:
Marple-Newtown

Height:
5-9

Position:
Defender

General - One of the nation's top defenders ... Two-time returning first-team All-America ... Looking for her third straight All-ACC season after earning all-conference honors in 2005 and 2006 ... One of just nine Tar Heels to be named to the All-ACC team more than once ... Porter Wilkinson (2000-01-02) is the only three-time All-ACC choice in Carolina history ... One of four team captains for the 2007 Tar Heels.

Junior (2006) - Named the 2006 National Defender of the Year by Inside Lacrosse ... Named a first-team All-America by Inside Lacrosse and the IWLCA/US Lacrosse ... Among 21 nominees for the Tewaaraton Award, the nation's highest individual award in women's lacrosse ... Earned first-team All-South Region honors from the IWLCA ... Named to the All-ACC team for the second season in a row ... One of eight Tar Heels to start all 19 games ... Won UNC's Team Ground Ball Award for 2006 ... Led Carolina with 24 caused turnovers, 46 ground balls and 42 draw controls on the year ... Ranked fourth in the ACC and 57th in the nation in draw controls with 2.21 per game ... Ranked fifth in the ACC in ground balls per game (2.42) ... Scored a season-high two goals at Old Dominion ... Also scored single goals against Temple, Loyola and Penn State ... Collected a season-high five draw controls against Virginia Tech in the ACC Tournament ... Caused a season-high four turnovers against Stanford ... Tallied a season-high four ground balls in the win at Virginia and the NCAA quarterfinals at Northwestern ... Named to the ACC Honor Roll for 2005-06 and the Dean's List for Fall 2005.

Sophomore (2005) - Named first-team All-America by Inside Lacrosse and second-team All-America by the IWLCA/US Lacrosse ... Named to the All-ACC team ... Named first-team All-South by the IWLCA/US Lacrosse ... Named UNC's co-MVP for 2005 (along with Gina Allen) ... Named the ACC Player of the Week on March 7 after leading Carolina to wins over No. 9 Loyola and Mount St. Mary's, scoring a goal and collecting nine ground balls ... Finished third in the ACC in ground balls per game with 2.75 ... Also ranked third in the ACC in draw controls per game with 2.55 ... Ranked second on the UNC squad with 55 ground balls on the year ... Led the team with 51 draw controls, a new Carolina single-season record (the old mark was 48) ... Connected on eight of her 14 shot attempts on the season ... Tied for second on the team with 18 caused turnovers ... Scored a career-high three goals in the ACC Tournament win over Virginia Tech ... Posted season highs with seven ground balls and seven draw controls in the win over Ohio State ... The seven draw controls set a new UNC record (the previous record was six).

Freshman (2004) - Played well as a freshman, seeing action in all 16 games and starting 12 ... Finished the season with six points on four goals and two assists ... Had two goals and an assist for a season-high three points vs. UMBC in the season-opener ... Tied for second on the squad in ground balls with 32 ... Fifth on the team with 15 caused turnovers.

High School - Earned four letters in lacrosse, soccer and swimming at Marple Newtown High School in Newtown Square, Pa. Team captain of all three sports as a senior ... Lacrosse team MVP two years in a row ... Three-time first-team All-Delco, first-team All-Central and first-team News of Delaware County choice ... Decorated soccer player ... Left as the leading soccer scorer in school history (girls and boys) ... Won the 2002-03 Herbert Rathey Award for Girl Athlete of the Year at Marple Newtown ... Won a Lions Club Scholar-Athlete award ... Honor roll student.

Personal - Daughter of Thomas and Karen Cook ... Born on March 4, 1985, in Bryn Mawr, Pa. ... Majoring in exercise and sport science.

Jenn Cook's Career Statistics
Year	GP/GS	Sh	G	A	Pts	GB	CT	DC
2004	16/12	10	4	2	6	32	15	16
2005	20/19	14	8	1	9	55	18	51
2006	19/19	13	5	0	5	46	24	42
Totals	55/50	37	17	3	20	133	57	109