Jeffrey "Jeff" Cook was an All-American

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player at

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from 1979 to 1982.

Lacrosse career

Cook who prepped at St. Paul's School (Brooklandville, Maryland) and

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, led Johns Hopkins to a 51 and 5 record during his time there. With the Blue Jays, Cook won national titles in 1979 and

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. He is ranked sixth all-time in Hopkin's career scoring with 219 points. Cook earned first-team All America honors two years and second-team honors while in college, as well as being named the National Collegiate Player of the Year and the National Collegiate Attackman of the Year winner in 1981. Cook also led Hopkins to championship finals in

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and

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, getting upset by UNC 14-13, Hopkins' first title game loss in the preceding four years, and losing also to North Carolina 7-5 in 1982. Cook had a six goal performance in the 14-13 finals loss to North Carolina in 1981. In that game he had a seventh goal disallowed because the referees did not see that Cook's shot had gone into the goal and out the other side, through the net. Cook played for USA in the 1982 Lacrosse World Championships hosted in Baltimore, Maryland.Syracuse Herald Journal. ''NCAA names the best lacrosse players in 25 years of Division I play''. April 20, 1995. pg. D1

Post-lacrosse

Cook was elected to the

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in 2006. Cook, the three-time All-American, died April 12, 2011.

Statistics

Johns Hopkins University

Accomplishments

*1979 Division I National Title *1980 Division I National Title *1981 National Collegiate Player of the Year *1981 National Collegiate Attackman of the Year *1982 National Collegiate Attackman of the Year *1982

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Title (United States)

References

External links

Former Hopkins Standout Jeff Cook Elected to National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, Three-Time All-American Becomes 62nd JHU Inductee, June 30, 2006, Hopkins SportsJeffrey G. Cook - National Lacrosse Hall of FameJeff Cook, Johns Hopkins '82, Passes Away

Awards

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