STARKVILLE, Miss. – Senior Katie Cook of Rock Canyon High School in Highlands Ranch, Co., has been named the MaxPreps High School Player of the Week by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association for games played through September 24, 2011. 

Cook went 4-0 on the mound last week, including an 8 inning effort in a big win over the 6th ranked (5A) Ponderosa Mustangs. The senior's efforts on the week saw her overall ERA improve to 1.65. So far this season Cook has held opposing hitters to .223 on the year and has yielded only 9 extra base hits in 76.1 innings pitched.  With the wins last week the Jaguars improve to 5-0 in conference, 10-3 overall.

MaxPreps.com, the official high school statistical provider of the NFCA, provides all statistics for the NFCA High School Player of the Week award. 

To nominate a player for the award, the coach must enter his or her athlete's game stats into MaxPreps.com by Sunday evening to be eligible for that week’s award. The NFCA High School Players of the Week, one for each high school region, will be announced by the Association on www.nfca.org every Monday during the spring season. 

MaxPreps is a free stat tool that is available to high school coaches across the country and is one of the most recognized and respected high school athletics web sites on the internet. Coaches that enter their team’s stats on Max Preps will not only be nominating their players for this award, but they will be getting their team’s information out to thousands of high school sports fans, as well as college coaches across the country. 

To obtain a coach’s login, please contact: coachsupport@maxpreps.com or call (800) 329-7324 x1. To enter a team’s stats on the MaxPreps website, please click here.