On Saturday, February 20th the Washington State Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame induction ceremony was conducted at Safeco Field. Travis Cook, 2009 CHS graduate was honored by the Washington State Baseball Coaches Association as he was named Washington State Player of the Year. Cook played baseball and basketball for four years at Cedarcrest High School.

Photo by Shaun McWhinney Coaches Scott Goldsberry, Mike Ruhland and Brandon Baarstad along with Travis’ parents Arland and Diana accepted the award on Travis’ behalf. As soon as the ceremony was completed the Cook’s took off to travel across the state to Pullman to hand the trophy over to Travis who was in preparation for WSU’s opening game of the season.

Cook helped to lead the Red Wolves to the State 2A Baseball title last season as well as to the semi-finals in the previous seasons. Some of the past recipients of this award are current professional baseball players. The award is voted on by coaches from around the State of Washington.

“I feel pretty lucky as most coaches will never get to experience winning a state championship or coaching a player of the year and I was able to do both in the same season,” stated Coach Goldsberry.