Jalen Cook signs with LSU

BATON ROUGE – LSU Men’s Basketball Coach Will Wade announced Wednesday that the LSU Athletics Department has received and approved national letter-of-intent papers from Jalen Cook‍ of Walker High School in Walker, Louisiana.

Cook, a 6-0 point guard, helped Walker to a Class 5A title as a sophomore and then in 2018-19 averaged 29.5 points, 5.1 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 2.8 steals for a Wildcats team that finished as the Class 5A runner-up.

“We are very happy to have Jalen Cook join the LSU Basketball program,” said Coach Wade. “His ability to score and distribute the basketball, as well as his skills on defense will be a big addition for the Tigers and we look forward to him joining us next season.”

Cook is listed as a four-star recruit and the No. 2 prospect in the state of Louisiana and 16th in the nation at the position according to the 247sports.com rankings.

Cook was voted The Advocate’s All-Metro and Class 5A MVP in 2019 and he also won the Farm Bureau/Mr. Basketball and USA Today Louisiana Player of the Year awards.

The last Livingston Parish school basketball signee for the basketball Tigers was former Denham Springs High School star and now LSU Assistant Coach Tasmin Mitchell in 2005.

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