Rutgers-Camden Athletics

A transfer from Camden County College, Krystle Cook returns to Rutgers-Camden for her second season with the Scarlet Raptors’ basketball program. In her two years of collegiate basketball, between Camden County and the Raptors, she has scored 504 points.
 
Basketball 2013-14: Played in 21 games, starting 14 as a first-year Scarlet Raptor…Finished fourth on the team with a 7.7 scoring average…Led the team with 23 steals and finished fifth in assists with 29…Had a 2.9 rebounding average and one blocked shot…Made her Scarlet Raptor debut with a start against Elizabethtown College (Nov. 16), scoring eight points, grabbing two rebounds and making two steals…Scored 10 points, grabbed six boards and added two assists and a career-high five steals the next day against Penn State-Berks (Nov. 17)…Had an outstanding game against Rowan University (Nov. 26), scoring a career-high 20 points (shooting 9-for-20 from the floor and 2-for-2 from the line), while setting a career high of three assists and adding six rebounds and two steals…Tied her three-assist high in games against Kean University (Feb. 8) and a pair of contests against Richard Stockton College (Jan. 8 and Feb. 12)…Notched 11 points against The College of New Jersey (Dec. 7) and 13 against Montclair State University (Jan. 4)…Overall, scored in double figures nine times, including 13-point games against Rowan (Jan. 29) and Richard Stockton (Feb. 12).
 
Pre-Rutgers: Started all 24 of her games as a freshman at Camden County College…Notched 342 points for the Cougars, averaging 14.2 per game to place 59th among all NJCAA Division III players…Added 125 rebounds (5.2 rpg), 34 assists and 53 steals…Played for Coach Molly Anne Light, a former player at Rutgers-Camden.
 
High School: Multi-sport letterwinner at Girard College in Philadelphia, competing in  basketball, softball and soccer, as well as throwing the javelin for the track and field team…Competed for coaches Sabrina Allen and Chris Cocoran…Placed third in the district in the javelin and holds her high school record of 120 feet…Captured basketball honors for Most Improved (2009-10) and a Coaches Award (2010-11)…Led basketball team to BAL championship (2010-11)…Earned the Girard College Alumni Good Sportsmanship Award (2010-11)…Named MVP and earned all-star honors in soccer.
 
Personal:  Born, November 16, 1992…Volunteer for the Special Olympics in Wildwood, New Jersey, during the summer of 2013…Psychology major at Rutgers-Camden…Krystle is the daughter of mother Cameron Cook and guardian/Godfather Robert Kirby of Camden.