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Cooke Named Finalist for CBI Inspiration Award
7/19/2013 3:15:00 PM | Baseball
2013 Tom Walter Inspiration Award Finalists
Coach Cooke Video Feature (YouTube)
RICHMOND, Va. – Davidson head baseball coach Dick Cooke is a finalist for CollegeBaseballInsider.com's 2013 Tom Walter Inspiration Award, the website announced Friday.
CollegeBaseballInsider.com has covered Division I baseball on the national level since 2002 and is issuing the award for a third consecutive year. The award recognizes examples of inspiration in college baseball and is named for Wake Forest coach Tom Walter, who donated a kidney to freshman outfielder Kevin Jordan before the 2011 season.
In September 2012, Cooke was driving home from a recruiting visit when he was rear-ended on Interstate 77, forcing his car off the highway and into a wooded area. Cooke sustained multiple serious injuries, including bleeding on his brain, broken ribs, a collapsed lung, a broken right tibia, a broken right ankle and a broken right cheekbone. Despite a strenuous rehab regimen and lingering effects from injuries that often required him to use a crutch and continue to slow him to this day, Cooke returned to the dugout for the 2013 season to guide the Wildcats for a 23rd season.
Cooke is one of eight finalists for the award. Nominations were submitted by Division I college baseball coaches and administrators. The 2013 award winners will be announced on July 25.
Coach Cooke Video Feature (YouTube)
RICHMOND, Va. – Davidson head baseball coach Dick Cooke is a finalist for CollegeBaseballInsider.com's 2013 Tom Walter Inspiration Award, the website announced Friday.
CollegeBaseballInsider.com has covered Division I baseball on the national level since 2002 and is issuing the award for a third consecutive year. The award recognizes examples of inspiration in college baseball and is named for Wake Forest coach Tom Walter, who donated a kidney to freshman outfielder Kevin Jordan before the 2011 season.
In September 2012, Cooke was driving home from a recruiting visit when he was rear-ended on Interstate 77, forcing his car off the highway and into a wooded area. Cooke sustained multiple serious injuries, including bleeding on his brain, broken ribs, a collapsed lung, a broken right tibia, a broken right ankle and a broken right cheekbone. Despite a strenuous rehab regimen and lingering effects from injuries that often required him to use a crutch and continue to slow him to this day, Cooke returned to the dugout for the 2013 season to guide the Wildcats for a 23rd season.
Cooke is one of eight finalists for the award. Nominations were submitted by Division I college baseball coaches and administrators. The 2013 award winners will be announced on July 25.
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