Cook signs with Mississippi Delta

Tyler Cook, a senior pitcher for the Marshall Academy Patriots, signed a baseball scholarship Thursday, Feb. 16, with Mississippi Delta Community College.

Pictured at the ceremony in the school library are (seated) Tyler Cook with father Tim Cook (right) and Ashley Cook; and mother Missy Bray (left) and Elton Bray, along with his little brother, Tanner; and (standing, from left) his grandmother, Bettie Williams; Delta assistant coach Patrick Taylor; MA head coach Bart Jenkins; Delta assistant coach Jake Mills; and his grandmother, Helen Cook. Classmates and fellow Marshall athletes were also on hand for the scholarship signing. Cook will join MA teammates Elgin Lafever and Evan Hickman on the Trojans’ squad next season. They signed with Mississippi Delta on February 3.