2015-16 Men's Golf Roster
David Cooke
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bolingbrook, Ill.
- High School:
- Bolingbrook
- Prev School:
- Purdue
April 18, 2016: NC State Golfer Sets Record at Lonnie Poole (Raleigh N&O)
Senior (2015-16): All-ACC Academic Team … Played in 10 tournaments and 29 rounds throughout the season … Ranked fourth on the team with a 73.0 stroke average per 18 holes … Earned five top-20 finishes and three top-10 finishes during the season … Finished in the top five of tournament fields at the Quail Valley Invite (5th), Hootie at Bulls Bay (3rd), and Wolfpack Spring Intercollegiate (1st) … Took first place at the Wolfpack Spring Intercollegiate with a Lonnie Poole Golf Course tournament record score of 198 (-15) … Recorded a hole-in-one at the Wolfpack Spring Intercollegiate … 24 of his 29 rounds throughout the season counted towards the team score … Shot at or under par in 12 of his 29 rounds.
2014-15: Played in all 12 tournaments and 34 rounds throughout the season ... Ranked first on the team with a stroke average of 72.2 per 18 holes ... Earned four top-10 and four top-20 finishes ... Won two tournaments: the Wolfpack Intercollegiate in the fall and the Wolfpack Spring Open ... Career-best mark of 208 achieved at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate ... His average 54-hole score of 216.8 was also best on the team ... Recorded 15 rounds at or under par throughout the season and 30 of his 34 (88.2 percent) counted towards the team's score ... His score of 65 in the second round of the Wolfpack Spring Open tied the single best round by a Wolfpack golfer in the 2014-15 season.
2013-14: Played in eight tournaments and 21 rounds throughout the season ... Averaged 74.5 strokes per 18 holes ... Recorded his best round of the season (69) on three occasions ... Registered his best three-round score (220) on two occasions ... Placed second on the team during the final two tournaments of the season (Wolfpack Spring Open and ACC Championship) ... Recorded five rounds under par and one round at par ... Earned his best finish of the season (T26) at the Wolfpack Spring Open ... Fifteen of his 21 rounds (71.4 percent) counted towards the team's scores throughout the season ... Tied for 40th at the ACC Championship.
High School:Earned IHSA 3A all-state honors as a senior after becoming the first state qualifier in his high school's history ... Named Bolingbrook High School Athlete of the Year in 2011 after finishing second at the conference championships ... Led BHS to sectionals for the first time in school history as a senior ... A three-time team MVP and two-time all-conference selection.
Personal: Born on Aug. 29, 1992 ... Son of Jim and Lori Cooke ... Has two brothers, Jay and Chad, and two sisters, Catherine and Savanna.