CLEVELAND, Ohio — On Wednesday, the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) released its annual women’s basketball All-NCAC teams, and Kenyon College’s Claudia Cooke collected all-conference recognition. The senior secured a spot on the All-NCAC Second Team, her first all-league laurels.
Cooke was a consistent and significant contributor throughout the season, and she was the only Owls player to start all 26 of the team’s games. Her per-game averages of 15.4 points and 8.0 rebounds paced the squad and rank second and fifth, respectively, amongst NCAC players. She also led Kenyon in shooting percentage at 48.6 percent, the conference’s sixth-best mark, and in free throws made and attempted, going 113-for-152 at the charity stripe. Her free throw totals rank second in the league, and her 74.3 percent clip is the eighth highest amongst qualified players. Additionally, the center ranked second on the Owls in total minutes (727), blocks (35), and steals (15). Her 1.3 blocks per game were a career-high that ranks fourth in the NCAC.
Over her stellar senior season, Cooke scored in double figures in 21 of 26 games, notched five…