2024 Softball Roster
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Cook, Paige
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Jersey Number 6
Paige Cook
- Position:
- Utility
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Height:
- 5-3
- Hometown:
- Cornelia, Ga.
- High School:
- Habersham Central HS
Bio
Honors / Awards
2024 SEC Honor Roll2023 Third Team All-South Region
2023 SEC Player of the Week - May 2
2023 SEC Honor Roll
2022 SEC Honor Roll
2021 All-SEC Newcomer Team
2021 SEC Honor Roll
2020Â SEC First-Year Honor Roll
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2024Â | Fifth Year
Played in 52 of 54 games, making 49 starts, primarily in right field ... batted .276 (37-for-134) on the year ... ranked third on the team RBIs (32) and home runs (5) and was second on the team in doubles (9) … drew 17 walks, which was fifth on the team … tied the MSU single-season record with five sacrifice flies, which ranked 23rd nationally … closed her career ranked ninth in MSU career history with 27 homers, 10th with 135 RBIs and eighth in multi-RBI games (31) … ranked fifth in program history with 60 career two-out RBIs ... finished with 11 career sacrifice flies, which was second in school history ... delivered an RBI double as a pinch hitter on Opening Day against UAB (2/9) ... blasted a three-run homer against IUPUI (2/10) and drew a walk ... drove in a run with a sacrifice fly against UAB (2/10) ,,, also hit a sacrifice fly against No. 23 Louisiana (2/13) … doubled vs. No. 8 Clemson (2/17) … doubled, walked and scored vs. No. 13 Utah (2/17) … collected two hits vs. UC Davis (2/18) and stole a base … doubled and walked vs. Notre Dame (2/22) on her way to scoring twice … walked twice and went 1-for-2 vs. No. 1 Oklahoma (2/23) … doubled home a run against Southern Miss (2/29) … came one RBI shy of her school record, driving in six, while going 3-for-3 against Troy (3/1) … recorded a career-high two doubles against the Trojans and stole a base … hit a sacrifice fly in the win over Samford (3/3) … delivered a double and sacrifice fly in the series opener at Ole Miss (3/8) … saved a no-hitter with a diving catch in right field at Ole Miss (3/9) … went 3-for-5 with an RBI in the finale against the Rebels (3/10) … walked and singled in the win against No. 13 Texas A&M (3/17) … hit her second homer of the year at Alabama State (3/20) … hit the game-winning, two-run homer against No. 10 Florida (3/28) … hit her fifth sacrifice fly of the year against the Gators (3/30) and added a single … singled home a run and scored at UAB (4/3) … drove in a run with an infield single at No. 22 South Carolina (4/5) … collected two hits in the win against No. 4 Tennessee (4/12), including a two-run double … hit her fourth run of the year against the Lady Vols (4/14) with three RBIs … recorded her fifth homer of the season against Memphis (4/16) while going 2-for-2 … drew a walk against South Alabama (4/17) … singled and made a diving catch in the series opener at No. 14 Missouri (4/27) … added a diving catch in the win against the Tigers (4/29) … singled and walked in the series finale against No. 14 Georgia (5/5) … singled in her final career at-bat vs. Cal State Fullerton (5/18) in the NCAA Tournament … closed her career tied for second all-time with 14 career NCAA Tournament starts.Â
2023 | Senior
Played in 49 games, making 44 starts at third base, right field and designated player ... earned Third Team All-Region honors ... batted .320 (39-for-122) on the year, which led the team ... also led the team in slugging percentage (.656), on-base percentage (.428), RBIs (37), home runs (11), walks (23) and runs scored (31) ... ranked second in total bases (80) and third on the team in hits ... was among the top 10 in the SEC in conference play in slugging percentage, home runs and sacrifice flies ... went 7-for-8 on stolen bases, which was tied for the team lead ... led the team with 15 RBIs in conference play ... struck out in just 5.2 percent of her plate appearances, which ranked third in the SEC ... boasts 25 career multi-RBI games, which is tied for 10th in MSU history ... now 10th in MSU history with 22 career homers ... doubled as part of a two-hit day at Florida Atlantic (2/9) ... recorded a career-high four assists vs. Loyola Chicago (2/10) ... came on as a pinch runner vs. Bethune-Cookman (2/10) ... singled and drew a walk vs. Iowa (2/11) ... produced four RBIs in just five at-bats at the Clearwater Invitational (2/17-19) ... delivered a pinch-hit sacrifice fly in the win vs. No. 10 Arizona (2/17) ... pinch hit and launched a three-run homer vs. South Florida (2/19) ... started and doubled vs. No. 20 UCF (2/19) before coming around to score ... batted .471 (8-for-17) at the South Alabama Invitational (2/24-26) ... collected four RBIs on a single and a three-run homer vs. Tulsa (2/24) … also walked twice to reach in all four plate appearances against the Golden Hurricane … went 2-for-4 with a triple and an RBI vs. Louisiana Tech (2/25) … collected two hits and an RBI vs. Furman (2/25) with a stolen base ... singled and stole a base the next day against the Paladins (2/26) ... drove in two runs and walked and scored twice against MVSU (2/28) with a stolen base ... delivered a sacrifice fly against Dartmouth (3/3) … went 2-for-4 against Abilene Christian (3/3) with an RBI triple … made her first career start in right field against the Wildcats (3/4) and went 2-for-4 with two RBIs including a walk-off single ... singled and stole second on the throw back to the pitcher against Southeastern La. (3/9) ... drew a walk and beat out an infield single against No. 1 Oklahoma (3/10) ... hit a solo home run against the Sooners (3/11) ... also homered in her next at-bat that night against Omaha (3/11) and stole a base ... walked twice and scored against Purdue (3/15) ... drove in a run with a ground out against South Carolina (3/17) ... drove in three of State's four runs with a two-run homer and a sacrifice fly against the Gamecocks (3/18) ... added a three-run homer in the series finale with South Carolina (3/19) ... went 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBIs at ULM (3/29) ... hit a two-run homer in a 2-for-2 day to open the series against No. 10 Arkansas (3/31) ... walked and scored in the series finale with the Razorbacks (4/2) ... doubled and scored at No. 24 Texas A&M (4/10) ... hit a sacrifice fly against No. 16 Alabama (4/14) ... singled in the series finale against the Crimson Tide (4/16) ... singled and scored against Memphis (4/19) ... walked twice at No. 15 LSU (4/21) ... singled and scored the next day against the Tigers (4/22) ... posted a 3.151 OPS in the series with No. 20 Kentucky (4/28-30) including a 2.333 slugging percentage and .667 batting average ... was named SEC Player of the Week (5/2) for her efforts ... doubled and scored in the opener against the Wildcats (4/28) ... drew a career-high three walks before homering in Game 2 against Kentucky (4/29) ... walked and hit two homers against the Wildcats (4/30) in the series finale ... missed the final four games of the year with injury.Â
2022Â | Junior
Played in all 64 games, starting 63 primarily at third base with some at second ... batted .318 (56-for-176) on the year, which was third on the team ... also third on the team in on-base percentage (.386), hits, runs (31), home runs (8), total bases (88) and stolen bases (5) ... fourth in slugging percentage (.500) ... second in RBIs (42) and hit-by-pitches (7) ... the Bulldogs' best two-out hitter with a .387 average and 20 RBIs in such situations ... was the second-toughest hitter to strikeout in the SEC with just one punchout every 14.7 at-bats ... hit a single-season career-high eight homers ... drove in the game-winning run with a two-run single on Opening Day vs. Loyola Marymount (2/11) ... singled in two trips vs. No. 3 UCLA (2/12) ... went 2-for-3 and scored on a wild pitch at Loyola Marymount (2/13) ... drove in two runs in Game 1 against Alabama State (2/16) with a single and a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch and came around to score ... walked, stole a base and scored against against Georgia Tech (2/19) ... singled to score a run and drew a walk against Longwood (2/25) ... doubled, scored and drove in two runs against Belmont (2/25) ... brought home two runs on a squeeze bunt against South Alabama (2/27) ... delivered a two-run homer against MVSU (3/2) ... drove in a run with a ground out against Furman (3/4) ... singled and scored before doubling home a run, all in the second inning, against Alcorn State (3/4) ... hit a walk-off home run against Jacksonville State (3/5) after it was her error that allowed the tying run to score in the top of the seventh … went 2-for-3 against the Gamecocks and also drove in the game's first run with a base hit up the middle … made a diving catch on a liner at third base against Furman (3/5) ... drove in a run with a double against Alcorn State (3/6) ... doubled home two runs against North Alabama (3/9) ... reached in three of four trips at No. 4 Florida (3/12) with a single, walk and a hit-by-pitch ... extended her career-long hitting streak to seven games against the Gators (3/13) and stole a base on her way to scoring the game's lone run ... brought home a run on a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch against Ole Miss (3/19) ... bunted for a single in the series finale against the Rebels (3/20) and came around to score … also hit a two-run homer to go 2-for-3 in that game ... set a new single-season career high with her fourth homer of the year at Memphis (3/23) ... collected a career-high four hits and seven RBIs, which tied the school record, at Middle Tennessee (3/30) ... also hit a career-high-tying two homers against the Blue Raiders and went 4-for-4 with a walk to reach in all five trips ... walked and stole a base in the series opener at No. 13 Tennessee (4/1) ... went 3-for-3 at the plate with an RBI and a run scored in the middle game against the Lady Vols (4/2) and walked to reach in all four trips ... singled at Southern Miss (4/2) ... drove in runs with a double and a walk in the series opener against No. 24 Missouri (4/8) ... provided all the scoring in the series-clinching win against the Tigers (4/9) with a two-run homer ... sacrifice fly at No. 3 Alabama (4/14) drove in MSU's only run ... turned a solo double play on a diving catch of a line drive with the bases loaded against the Crimson Tide (4/15) ... homered for the game-winning run vs. UT Martin (4/20) while going 2-for-3 ... picked up her ninth game-winning RBI of the year with two outs against No. 18 Auburn (4/22) ... went 2-for-3 and stole a base against the Tigers (4/23) and started a double play on defense ... singled and scored against Southern Miss (2/27) ... drove in a run with a two-out single at No. 11 Kentucky (5/1) ... laid down a sacrifice bunt against No. 19 LSU (5/7) ... went 2-for-3 with an RBI double in the win against the Tigers (5/8) ... doubled home a run with two outs vs. No. 20 LSU (5/11) in the SEC Tournament ... singled twice vs. No. 13 Tennessee (5/12) in the SEC Tournament ... went 2-for-3 with a pair of infield singles vs. South Florida (5/20) … stole a base as part of MSU's five-swipe night vs. Howard (5/21) ... drove in a run with a ground out at No. 2 Florida State (5/22) ... caught the final out against the Seminoles to send MSU to its first Super Regional ... went 2-for-5 with a walk in the Super Regional (5/27-28) against Arizona.Â
2021Â | Sophomore
Named to the All-SEC Newcomer Team ... started all 60 games, with 57 coming at second base and three at third ... batted .265 (45-for-170) on the year ... fifth on the team in batting average, on-base percentage (.352), hits and total bases (64) and fourth in runs scored (29) and doubles (6) ... led the team with two triples and was second on the squad with nine hit-by-pitches ... made her first collegiate starts against Miami (Ohio) (2/13), playing second base in both games of the doubleheader ... hit her first career home run and drew a bases-loaded walk to bring home the winning run in the bottom of the seventh of Game 1 … drove in a career-high four runs in the season opener … reached base in all four plate appearances in Game 2 (error, walk, walk, hit-by-pitch) ... went 2-for-3 against Stephen F. Austin (2/21) for her first career multi-hit game … doubled in the loss to Southern Illinois (2/21) ... also threw out a runner at the plate against SIU to start an inning-ending double play ... turned in a two-hit performance with an RBI at Texas State (2/26) … had a pair of hits and an RBI with two runs scored at No. 7/7 Texas (2/27) to extend her hitting streak to a career-long four games ... singled, stole a base and scored against Alcorn State (3/5) ... came a home run shy of the cycle at Alabama State (3/9) while hitting her first career triple and stealing a base ... posted her fifth multi-hit game against Memphis (3/10) ... turned in two hits at Ole Miss (3/14) ... singled twice against No. 5/5 Florida (3/19) and threw out two runners at the plate in the first inning ... made her first career start at third at No. 15/15 Arkansas (3/26) ... hit an RBI double and reached on errors twice against the Razorbacks (3/27) ... singled and scored at No. 15/15 Arkansas (3/28) ... homered twice in the first game of the doubleheader at North Alabama (4/3) for her career first multi-homer game and scored three runs ... doubled in the second game to finish the day with 10 total bases ... brought home the winning run against Central Arkansas (4/7) on a fielder’s choice and throwing error for her second walk-off plate appearance of the year ... started at second and played the middle innings at third against the Bears ... drove in three with a bases-loaded triple at Samford (4/13) ... scored the game-winning run in a walk-off against Southern Miss (4/14) and posted a pair of singles ... made a leaping catch at third with runners on second and third to end the sixth inning at No. 18/19 Missouri (4/18) ... went 2-for-3 with a sacrifice bunt against Texas A&M (4/23) ... walked and scored against the Aggies (4/24) ... was hit by a pitch in all three games of the series at South Carolina (4/30-5/1) ... picked up her fourth game-winning RBI of the year and her third without a hit, bringing home a run with a hit-by-pitch against the Gamecocks (5/1) while going 1-for-3 ... walked and scored in State’s six-run first inning against No. 17/15 Tennessee (5/5) ... hit her sixth double of the year while going 2-for-2 against No. 22/24 Georgia (5/8) ... went 1-for-2 with a single and took second on the throw home before coming around to score vs. No. 4/4 Florida (5/13) in the SEC Tournament ... collected her first career NCAA Tournament hit vs. Boston University (5/21) ... picked up her first career postseason RBI with a groundout at No. 7/5 Oklahoma State (5/22) ... made a diving catch to start a double play in the Tournament vs. Campbell (5/22).Â
2020 | Freshman
Played off the bench in 10 contests ... batted .667 (4-for-6) on the year with five RBIs ... batting average lead the SEC and her .625 on-base percentage was second ... came on as a defensive replacement against Tennessee State (2/16) then drove an RBI single in her first career plate appearance ... pinch ran and scored her first career run vs. San Diego State (2/22) ... pinch hit and drove in a run with an RBI single against Alcorn State (2/29) ... was hit by a pitch and drove in two runs with a single against MVSU (3/7).Â
High School
A nationally-ranked third baseman from Habersham Central in Georgia … signed with the Bulldogs as the No. 44 recruit of the 2019 signing class by Extra Innings Softball … FloSoftball listed her as the No. 68 recruit of the class … a four-year letterwiner at Habersham Central … served as the team captain … four-time All-Region selection for the Raiders … earned three best offense awards and one defense award in her tenure … Selected to the 2018 GADC All-State team … competed with the GA East Cobb Bullets-Schnute … won the 16u IDT Championship and 18U Triple Crown Nationals with the Bullets.Â
Community Service / Academics
Three-time SEC Honor Roll member (2021, 2022, 2023) ... selected to the 2020 SEC First-Year Honor Roll.Â
Personal
Born Paige Nicole Cook on Nov. 15, 2000, to Eric Cook and Kim Dalton … has a brother, Chase … majoring in kinesiology.Â
MSU Career Records (Through 2024)
T-1st – Sacrifice Flies - SEC play only (5)2nd – Sacrifice Flies (11)
5th – Two-Out RBIs (60)
8th – Multi-RBI Games (31)
9th – Home Runs (27)
10th – Runs Batted In (135)
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MSU Season Records (Through 2024)
T-1st – Sacrifice Flies (5, 2024)T-4th – Sacrifice Flies (4, 2023)
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MSU Single-Game Records (Through 2024)
T-1st – Runs Batted In (7 at Middle Tennessee, 3/30/2022)Â
MSU NCAA Tournament Career Records (Through 2024)
T-2nd – Games Started (14)T-2nd – Games Played (14)
3rd – At-Bats (38)
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Career Highs (Through 2024)
At-Bats: 5, 3x, last, at Ole Miss (3/10/24)Hits: 4, at Middle Tennessee (3/30/22)
Runs Scored: 4, at Middle Tennessee (3/30/22)
Runs Batted In: 7, at Middle Tennessee (3/30/22)
Doubles: 2, Troy (3/1/24)
Triples: 1, 4x, last, Abilene Christian (3/3/23)
Home Runs: 2, 3x, last, Kentucky (4/30/23)
Walks: 3, Kentucky (4/29/23)
Stolen Bases: 2, at LSU (4/23/23)
Putouts: 5, Georgia (5/9/21)
Assists: 4, vs. Loyola Chicago (2/10/23)
Hitting Streak: 8 games (2/19/23, vs. South Florida to 2/28/23, Mississippi Valley St.)
SOFTBALL | Postgame Press Conference vs. Washington
Saturday, May 17
SOFTBALL | Postgame Press Conference vs. Texas Tech
Saturday, May 17
SOFTBALL | Raelin Chaffin ESPN2 Postgame Interview
Saturday, May 17
SOFTBALL | Postgame Press Conference vs. Washington
Friday, May 16
