New Jersey Bowler Earns Chuck Hall Star of Tomorrow Award
Tuesday, 3.22.2016
ARLINGTON, Texas � Jack Cook of Denville, New Jersey, a senior at Morris Knolls High School, has been selected as the 2016 Chuck Hall Star of Tomorrow Award winner.

The annual award recognizes star qualities, including distinguished bowling performance, academic achievement and civic involvement, in a male United States Bowling Congress Youth member who competes in bowling and currently is in high school or college. The recipient of the award, named in honor of the former Young American Bowling Alliance Executive Director, is determined by the International Bowling Campus Youth Committee and the winner receives a $6,000 scholarship.

�Receiving this award is simply validation that my hard work inside and outside the bowling alley was, and is, well worth the effort,� Cook said. �It makes me proud knowing that I have been chosen for such a prestigious award out of all those who applied. It demonstrates to me that my bowling skills are high enough to compete in collegiate bowling competitions and pursue a professional bowling career in the future, if I desire to do so.�

Cook is a member of the National Honor Society, Science Honor Society, Mathematics Honor Society and World Language Honor Society. He has taken several Advanced Placement courses, earning the AP Scholar with Distinction Award in 2015. He took part in the Harvard University Summer School, taking classes in Multivariable Calculus and Linear Algebra.

His volunteer work includes teaching seniors at the Franciscan Oaks Senior Living Community how to use computers and electronic devices, teaching English to Spanish-speaking adults, and working with the Hope House Catholic Charities Agency. He has been a cellist for the Lakeland Youth Symphony since 2010, earning first chair in 2015.

Cook said a bowling birthday party he attended when he was 8 spurred his interest in the sport. Shortly after, his grandmother gave him a gift certificate for a bowling lesson and the pro who taught him suggested Cook join a league.

�We came in first place that year and every other year that we bowled in the father/son league,� Cook said. �I continued to bowl, and even now, the more I bowl, the more I love the sport. It is my passion. Whether I am practicing or competing, I have a lot of fun and am happiest when I am in or close to a bowling alley.�

On the lanes, Cook won the doubles title at the Bowling.com Youth Open Championships in 2014, has 11 career scratch titles on the Junior Bowler�s Tour New Jersey Conference, and finished 15th in a Professional Bowlers Association Eastern Regional event.

He is a four-time New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association first team all-conference member and finished third in the NJSIAA boys state individual tournament.

Cook will attend Cornell University in the fall, pursing a degree in Human Behavioral Neuroscience with minors in mathematics and chemistry. He further plans to attend medical school to become a neurosurgeon.

Cook will be presented the Chuck Hall Star of Tomorrow Award at the 2016 USBC Convention, set for April 26-29 in Las Vegas.
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