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| former_mll_teams = [[New Jersey Pride]] ([[2001 MLL season|2001]]&ndash;[[2004 MLL season|2004]])<br />[[Baltimore Bayhawks]] ([[2004 MLL season|2004]]&ndash;[[2006 MLL season|2006]])<br />[[Washington Bayhawks]] ([[2007 MLL season|2007]]&ndash;[[2008 MLL season|2008]])

| nationality = United StatesAmerican

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'''Christian Cook''' (born June 3, 1975 in [[Denver, Colorado]]) is a retired professional [[lacrosse]] defenseman who last played professional [[field lacrosse]] with the [[Washington Bayhawks]] of [[Major League Lacrosse]] (MLL).<ref name="washingtonbayhawks.com">[{{Cite web |url=http://www.washingtonbayhawks.com/team/roster/index.html?player_id=10 |title=washingtonbayhawks.com: Player Roster<!-- Bot generated title -->] |access-date=2008-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017061409/http://www.washingtonbayhawks.com/team/roster/index.html?player_id=10 |archive-date=2008-10-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He starred as a member of the [[Princeton Tigers men's lacrosse]] team from 1995 through 1998, where he earned [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) lacrosse defenseman of the year award, two [[United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association]] (USILA) [[All-American]] recognitions (one first team), four [[Ivy League]] championships, and three national championships.

Cook was a high school All-American lacrosse player at [[Denver East High School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.easthighlax.com/index%20boys.html|title=Denver East Men's Lacrosse|accessdateaccess-date=2010-08-23|publisher=[[Denver East High School]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193859/http://www.easthighlax.com/index%20boys.html|archive-date=2016-03-03|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=WWA>{{cite web|url=http://www.laxscout.com/about_who.jsp|title=Who We Are|accessdateaccess-date=2010-08-23|publisher=Lax Scout, LLC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005112229/http://www.laxscout.com/about_who.jsp|archive-date=2012-10-05|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He anchored the defense of the teams that were led on offense by the record-setting trio of revered attackmen [[Jesse Hubbard]], [[Jon Hess (lacrosse)|Jon Hess]] and [[Chris Massey (lacrosse)|Chris Massey]].<ref>{{cite webmagazine|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1012172/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102235018/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1012172/index.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 2, 2012|title=Three For Three For Three: A fierce attack has led Princeton to 29 straight wins and two NCAA titles in a row|accessdateaccess-date=2010-08-17|date=1998-03-09|workmagazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|author=Walters, John}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/19/sports/colleges-lacrosse-syracuse-is-on-top-in-the-poll.html|title=Colleges: Lacrosse; Syracuse Is on Top In the Poll|accessdateaccess-date=2010-08-18|date=1998-03-19|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Wallace, William N.}}</ref> He was awarded the 1998 [[Schmeisser Award]] as the best NCAA [[lacrosse]] defenseman.<ref name=PU25>{{cite web|url=http://www.goprincetontigers.com/fls/10600/pdf/MLAX.Record.Book.pdf |title=Men's Lacrosse |accessdateaccess-date=2010-08-12 |publisher=Princeton University |page=25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725083934/http://www.goprincetontigers.com/fls/10600/pdf/MLAX.Record.Book.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-25 }}</ref> He was a first team [[USILA All-American Team]] selection in 1998 and third team selection in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usila.org/AllAmericanPDFs/1997_AA.pdf|title=1997 Men’sMen's All-Americans|accessdateaccess-date=2010-08-13|publisher=[[United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usila.org/AllAmericanPDFs/1998_AA.pdf|title=1998 Men’sMen's All-Americans|accessdateaccess-date=2010-08-13|publisher=[[United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association]]}}</ref> He was also first team All-Ivy League in 1997 and 1998.<ref name=97IML>{{cite web|archiveurlarchive-url= httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20050122154418/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/mlax9697.asp |archivedatearchive-date=2005-01-22|url=http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/mlax9697.asp|title=1997 Ivy Men's Lacrosse|accessdateaccess-date=2010-08-17|publisher=IvyLeagueSports.com}}</ref><ref name=98IML>{{cite web|archiveurlarchive-url= httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20050122160104/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/mlax9798.asp |archivedatearchive-date=2005-01-22|url=http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/mlax9798.asp|title=1998 Ivy Men's Lacrosse|accessdateaccess-date=2010-08-17|publisher=IvyLeagueSports.com}}</ref> The 1995 team, which earned the school's sixth consecutive [[NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship]] invitation,<ref name=MCR>{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_lacrosse_champs_records/2009/2009champs.pdf|title=Men's Championship Results|accessdateaccess-date=2010-08-08|publisher=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]|page=5}}</ref> was Ivy League co-champion,<ref>{{cite web|archiveurlarchive-url= httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20050122171512/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/mlax9495.asp |archivedatearchive-date=2005-01-22|url=http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/mlax9495.asp|title=1995 Ivy Men's Lacrosse|accessdateaccess-date=2010-08-17|publisher=IvyLeagueSports.com}}</ref> while the 1996&ndash;1998 teams were 6&ndash;0 undefeated outright conference champions.<ref name=97IML/><ref name=98IML/><ref name=96IML>{{cite web|archiveurlarchive-url=httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20050122172512/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/mlax9596.asp |archivedatearchive-date=2005-01-22|url=http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/mlax9596.asp|title=1996 Ivy Men's Lacrosse|accessdateaccess-date=2010-08-17|publisher=IvyLeagueSports.com}}</ref> These undefeated league champions won the [[1996 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1996]], [[1997 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1997]] and [[1998 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship]]s, becoming the first team to threepeat since [[Syracuse Orange men's lacrosse|Syracuse]] from 1988&ndash;90 and the first to be recognized to have done so without an NCAA scandal since [[Johns Hopkins Blue Jays men's lacrosse|Johns Hopkins]] from 1978&ndash;80.<ref name=LPWTa3STaB>{{cite web|url=httphttps://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/26/sports/lacrosse-princeton-wins-title-as-3-seniors-take-a-bow.html|title=Lacrosse; Princeton Wins Title as 3 Seniors Take a Bow|accessdateaccess-date=2010-08-09|date=1998-05-26|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Wallace, William N.}}</ref> He was a co-captain during his 1998 senior season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goprincetontigers.com/fls/10600/pdf/MLAX.Record.Book.pdf |title=Men's Lacrosse |accessdateaccess-date=2010-08-12 |publisher=Princeton University |page=21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725083934/http://www.goprincetontigers.com/fls/10600/pdf/MLAX.Record.Book.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-25 }}</ref> Cook was named to Princeton's All-Decade team.<ref name=WWA/>

In one game as a senior, he held the Ivy League's leading scorer, [[Mike Ferrucci]] of [[Harvard Crimson men's lacrosse|Harvard]], scoreless.<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/15/sports/lacrosse-notebook-johns-hopkins-fanatics-in-baltimore-have-reason-to-cheer.html|title=Lacrosse: Notebook -- Johns Hopkins; Fanatics in Baltimore Have Reason to Cheer|accessdateaccess-date=2010-08-23|date=1998-04-15|author=Wallace, William N.|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> In the [[1998 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship]] tournament semifinals he held the nation's leading scorer [[Casey Powell]] of [[Syracuse Orange men's lacrosse|Syracuse]] without a goal in the 11&ndash;10 victory,<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/24/sports/plus-lacrosse-tigers-terps-final-orange-coach-retires.html|title=Plus: Lacrosse; Tigers-Terps Final; Orange Coach Retires|accessdateaccess-date=2010-08-23|date=1998-05-24|author=Wallace, William N.|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> but he was injured and had to sit out the finals on [[crutches]].<ref name=LPWTa3STaB>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/26/sports/lacrosse-princeton-wins-title-as-3-seniors-take-a-bow.htm|title=Lacrosse; Princeton Wins Title as 3 Seniors Take a Bow|accessdate=2010-08-23|date=1998-05-26|author=Wallace, William N.|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> He was named to the All-tournament team nonetheless.<ref name=LPWTa3STaB/>

Cook played with the [[New Jersey Pride]] during the [[2001 MLL season|2001]] through [[2003 MLL season]]s.<ref name=2010MLLPE/> The Pride traded him to the [[Baltimore Bayhawks]] for a second round draft choice in the 2005 Collegiate Draft.<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/15/sports/transactions-318027.html|title=Transactions|accessdateaccess-date=2010-08-23|date=2004-07-15|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> He then played with the [[Baltimore Bayhawks]] from [[2004 MLL season|2004]] through [[2006 MLL season|2006]] and stayed with the franchise when it became the [[Washington Bayhawks]] for the [[2007 MLL season|2007]] and [[2008 MLL season|2008 seasons]].<ref name=2010MLLPE>{{cite web|url=http://media.majorleaguelacrosse.com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/Player-encyclopedia-2010.pdf|title=2010 Major League Lacrosse Player Encyclopedia|accessdateaccess-date=2010-08-19|publisher=[[Major League Lacrosse]]|page=28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510011139/http://media.majorleaguelacrosse.com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/Player-encyclopedia-2010.pdf|archive-date=2011-05-10|url-status = dead}}</ref> Cook was part of the Bayhawks' 2005 [[Steinfeld Cup]] MLL Championship team.<ref name=2010MLLPE/> He is a two-time [[Major League Lacrosse All-Star Game|Major League Lacrosse All-Star]].<ref name=WWA/>

Cook missed four games of the 2006 season due to participation in the World Games. At the [[2006 World Lacrosse Championships]], he was one of four Princeton athletes on Team USA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-lacros/stories/061506aab.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060903023741/http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-lacros/stories/061506aab.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 3, 2006|title=Princeton Well-Represented In Major League Lacrosse All-Star Event: Hubbard, Sims to play against four Tigers from Team USA |accessdateaccess-date=2010-08-23|date=2006-06-15|publisher=CSTV Networks, Inc.}}</ref>

Cook has worked for the [[United States Secret Service]], [[American Enterprise Institute]] and [[PriceWaterhouse CoopersPricewaterhouseCoopers]].<ref name=WWA/><ref name=DoD>{{cite web|url=http://www.laxmagazine.com/sports/s-inter/content/070506aai.html|title=Department of Defense|accessdateaccess-date=2010-08-14|date=2006-07-05|work=Lacrosse Magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725162802/http://www.laxmagazine.com/sports/s-inter/content/070506aai.html|archive-date=2011-07-25|url-status=dead}}</ref> He competed in the [[AAU Junior Olympic Games]] in skiing in 1990. Cook was named to the Colorado Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2003. His sister, Lauren, played lacrosse at [[Davidson College]] in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is the son of Gary and Diane Cook. He earned his [[Bachelor of Arts]] in Politics from Princeton University and his [[Master of Business Administration]] from [[Georgetown University]].<ref name=WWA/> He is married to attorney Porter Wilkinson, daughter of Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, III.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abovethelaw.com/2007/09/supreme-court-clerk-hiring-watch-ot-2008-update-5/|title=Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: OT 2008 (Update #5)|accessdate=2011-10-01|date=2007-09-05|author=Lat, David|publisher=Abovethelaw.com}}</ref> Christian and Lauren have founded Play for Parkinson's Lacrosse after their mother was diagnosed with early stage [[Parkinson's disease]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://laxmagazine.com/blogs/100810_fall_ball_lacrosse_weekend_ten_items_of_intrigue|title=Fall Ball Weekend: Ten Items of Intrigue|work=[[Lacrosse Magazine]]|accessdateaccess-date=2010-10-30|date=2010-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114043502/http://laxmagazine.com/blogs/100810_fall_ball_lacrosse_weekend_ten_items_of_intrigue|archive-date=2010-11-14|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081017061409/http://www.washingtonbayhawks.com/team/roster/index.html?player_id=10 Washington Bayhawks Player Bio]

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080513084214/http://www.washingtonbayhawks.com/ Washington Bayhawks Official Website]

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080725091942/http://www.uslacrosse.org/national_teams/bios/06cook.phtml US Lacrosse Men's Team Bio]

* [httphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD5o1uRRF8Q Christian Cook Highlight Video]

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