University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo baseball player Mason Cook was selected as one of 46 student-athletes to receive an NCAA Division II 50th Anniversary Scholarship.
The 50th Anniversary Scholarship is awarded to one male and one female student-athlete from each of the 23 conferences and independent institutions. Award recipients exemplify the “Life in the Balance” philosophy through achievement in academics, athletics and community engagement or campus involvement.
Cook has played in 71 games with 57 starts as a catcher through his two seasons with the Vulcans baseball team. Of the 46 total awardees, he was the only baseball student-athlete.
A 4.0 cumulative grade point average holder and a kinesiology and exercise sciences major, Cook was also selected for the 2023–24 UH Hilo College of Natural and Health Sciences Excellence Award.
Additionally, three Vulcans student-athletes—Tom Vorkastner (men’s soccer), Phoebe Barnes (women’s soccer) and Christian Souza (men’s soccer)—were named as recipients of the 2024–25 Division II Degree Completion Award Program.
