April 10, 2009

Cook Earns Academic All-America Honors

WASHINGTON, DC -- Union College men’s ice hockey senior captain Matt Cook is one of five student-athletes nationally to be named to the Lowe’s Senior CLASS All-Academic All-America First Team. The Belle Mead, NJ native was up against 10 student-athletes for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, which went to Michigan State goaltender Jeff Lerg.

Cook, the ECAC Hockey Student-Athlete of the Year, joined Lerg, Air Force’s Mike Phillipich and Notre Dame’s Erik Condra and Jordan Pearce on the first team.

An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, the Lowe’s Senior
CLASS Award has grown into the nation’s premier tribute to college seniors. The award identifies
personal qualities that define a complete student-athlete, with criteria including excellence in the
classroom, character and community, as well as competition on the ice.

Lowe’s, an official Corporate Partner of the NCAA, expanded the Senior CLASS Award program
in 2007 to include NCAA Division I men’s and women’s soccer, men’s ice hockey, men’s lacrosse,
baseball and softball in addition to men’s and women’s basketball. With the addition of football (Bowl Subdivision) in 2008, the award is now presented in nine NCAA sports.