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Joni Cook Earns All-MWC Honors
5/17/2010 12:00 AM | Softball
May 17, 2010
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Utah sophomore designated player and pitcher Joni Cook was named to the 2010 All-Mountain West Conference Softball Team, the conference office announced Monday.
The Eagle, Idaho native emerged as Utah's top hitter over the last 19 games of this season after being permanently inserted into the batting order. Cook posted a team-high .435 batting average with 20 hits, including five doubles and a home run, while driving in a team-high-tying 13 runs in 46 at-bats. Over that same stretch, she was second on the team with a .471 on-base percentage and was third with a .609 slugging percentage.
"I'm so excited for Joni," Utah head coach Amy Hogue said. "She deserves the award. She hit the ball well against everybody in our conference. She hit it well with the pressure on and runners in scoring position. That's what was so impressive to me and that's why she received the award."
This was the first all-conference award of Cook's career.
For the season, Cook was third on the squad with a .339 batting average. Cook had six multi-hit games to go with five multi-RBI performances and a season-high eight-game hit streak.
In conference games only, Cook hit .457 to rank third in the MWC. She also tied for fifth with four doubles and was eighth with a .472 on-base percentage.
Cook broke through at the plate with a 4-for-6, five-RBI performance in a two-game sweep at New Mexico on April 16-17. She then hit a two-run double in Utah's 6-2 win over Utah Valley.
Cook hit what turned out to be the game-winning two-run single to lead Utah to a 3-2 win over San Diego State, the Aztecs' first conference loss of the season, on April 22.
Cook led all full-time Utah starters with a .444 batting average in Utah's three games at UNLV and San Diego State April 22 through 26. She had four hits in nine at-bats, including a double and two runs scored and also posted a .556 slugging percentage and a .444 on-base percentage.
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