Zach Cooks

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Zach Cooks
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No. 3 – Telekom Baskets Bonn
PositionPoint guard
LeagueBasketball Bundesliga
Personal information
Born (1999-03-04) March 4, 1999 (age 27)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High school
College
NBA draft2022: undrafted
Career history
2022–2024UBSC Graz
2024–2025Science City Jena
2025–presentTelekom Baskets Bonn
Career highlights
  • CAA Sixth Man of the Year (2022)
  • 2× Second-team All-ASUN (2019, 2020)
  • Third-team All-America East (2021)
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Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Zachery Deshon Cooks (born March 4, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for Telekom Baskets Bonn of the Basketball Bundesliga. He played collegiately for the Hofstra Pride of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA), and the NJIT Highlanders in college.

High school career

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Cooks began his high school career at Norcross High School. For his junior season, he transferred to Berkmar High School and led the team to the Georgia Sweet 16. Cooks averaged 11.4 points and 2.5 assists per game as a junior. He committed to playing college basketball for NJIT.[1]

College career

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Cooks averaged 8.5 points, 2.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game as a freshman.[2] As a sophomore, he averaged 17.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game, earning Second Team All-ASUN honors.[3] On November 20, 2019, he scored a school-record 35 points in a 77–75 loss to Binghamton.[4] Cooks averaged 19.7 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game as a junior and repeated on the Second Team All-ASUN. He declared for the 2020 NBA draft after the season, but ultimately returned to NJIT.[3] As a senior, Cooks averaged 17.1 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game.[5] He was named to the Third Team All-America East.[6] Following the season, Cooks took advantage of the additional season of eligibility granted by the NCAA and transferred to Hofstra.[7] On January 22, 2022, he scored 19 points and passed the 2,000 career point mark in a 72–50 win over Northeastern.[8] Cooks was named Colonial Athletic Association Sixth Man of the Year.[9]

Professional career

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Following his collegiate career, he signed his first contract as a professional basketball player with UBSC Graz of the Austrian Basketball Superliga in September 2022.[10] In the 2022-23 regular season, he emerged as the league's leading scorer (23.2 points per game).[11]

On August 2, 2024, he signed with Science City Jena of the German ProA.[12]

On June 3, 2025, he signed with Telekom Baskets Bonn of the Basketball Bundesliga.[13]

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

College

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2017–18 NJIT 30 1 22.1 .455 .432 .732 2.2 2.1 1.6 .2 8.5
2018–19 NJIT 35 35 37.3 .451 .349 .732 4.8 2.1 2.5 .1 17.6
2019–20 NJIT 30 30 37.6 .405 .305 .778 5.2 2.2 1.8 .1 19.7
2020–21 NJIT 19 19 37.7 .411 .337 .718 4.9 1.5 2.2 .1 17.1
Career 114 85 33.4 .428 .347 .746 4.2 2.0 2.0 .1 15.7

References

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