He held every RHS basketball scoring record when he graduated. Cook had a 23.9 points per game average his senior year and finished his scholastic career with 1,287 points. During his three seasons at Davidson College, (1967-70) he scored 1,221 points and never scored fewer than 13 points per game in a season for coaches Lefty Driesell and Terry Holland.

For his career, the 6-foot 6-inch center averaged 14.6 points and 9 rebounds per game. He was an accurate shooter, hitting nearly 50% of his field goal attempts. He was named the All-Southern Conference Second Team as a sophomore, gained the conference tournament MVP Award as a junior, and was First Team All-conference as a senior, averaging in double-double (15.6 points, 10.2 rebounds). Davidson advanced to the NCAA Tournament all three seasons he was on the squad.