# @ggxnews on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DSTZgFlgTaq
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/37956727-ggxnews-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-12-15T23:48:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Golden Gate Xpress (@GGXnews) — https://gondola.cc/GGXnews

## Caption

Nicholas Cook is in his last year of completing his Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts degree at San Francisco State University. Cook is currently living the regular student life with the ambition to pursue sports broadcasting after college. What some people don’t know is how different this new lifestyle is for Cook.

After playing baseball for 17 consecutive years, Cook’s baseball career was prematurely cut short after the SFSU baseball program was cut in the Spring 2025 semester. Cook is the last remaining player from the team who is still attending SFSU.

Cook recalls a moment from last season, walking out from the Gators’ dugout to pinch hit for catcher Derek Laferriere, against California State University, San Bernardino, staring at a 0-1 pitch count. 

After mistiming a fastball down the middle on a 3-1 count, Coyotes pitcher Riley Ricken and Cook battled to a full count. Cook hit the 3-2 pitch out of the ballpark. With his family in attendance, the Southern California native hit his first and only collegiate home run, one he’ll remember for the rest of his life.

“I remember thinking, ‘Oh my gosh, I hit that really good,’” Cook said. “The next thing I know, it clears the wall by 30 feet…the whole dugout went nuts, it was one of my coolest moments. That was kind of the whole process. Don’t strike out and end up hitting the homer.”

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#sfsu #sfstate #sfstatebaseball #nicholascook

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