SPARTANBURG, S.C. (May 16, 2025) – Micailah Cook capped her outstanding freshman year with a pair of individual awards on Friday.

The freshman from Sandston, Virginia, was named the SoCon's Most Outstanding Female Track Performer for the 2025 outdoor season as well as the SoCon Female Freshman of the Year, as announced by the SoCon office.

Cook became the first Buccaneer sprinter to win the SoCon 200m since Kyra Atkins in 2017, the first to win the 400m since Nichola Cornish in 2005, and the first Buccaneer in program history to win both in the same season to lead ETSU to a fourth-place finish at the SoCon Championships on Tuesday.

Her race-winning 400m with a time of 54.67 seconds was a personal record, winning by nearly a full second over the field. She then returned to the starting blocks less than an hour later and won the 200m in 24.27 seconds, winning by a quarter of a second.

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