2023: The Bluebloods FCS Preseason Second Team All-America.

2022: FCS AP Second Team All-American ... STATS Perform FCS Third Team All-American ... First Team All-MVFC ... HERO Sports FCS First Team All-America ... Phil Steele FCS All-MVFC First Team and MVFC Special Teams Player of the Year ... The Bluebloods Second Team All-MVFC ... Named to Phil Steele FCS', Athlon Sports', Stats Perform's and HERO Sports' preseason all-American first teams ... made The Bluebloods Preseason First Team All-American Team and All-MFVC Team ... named to First Team Specials Team MVFC Preseason Team and the Phil Steele MVFC Preseason First Team. Played in all 11 games... Made 82% of his field goal attempts (14-of-17) ... Set the UNI and MVFC record for career field goals (67), as well as the school record with 124 straight made PAT kicks in his career ... Named to the MVFC Honor Roll.

FALL 2021: Named to HERO Sports' FCS All-America Second Team Special Teams and the Stats Perform FCS Team ... earned spot on Phil Steele's FCS All-America Second Team for Special Teams ... earned honorable mention honors on Missouri Valley Football Conference's all-academic list ... named to MVFC All-Conference First Team Special Teams ... only FCS player to notch two field goals beyond 50 yards in a single game the week he earned MVFC honors ... ranked second in MVFC and 12th in nation for field goal percentage with 86.4% ... second in the MFVC and seventh in nation for field goals per game with 1.58 ... averaged 58.3 yards on kickoff ... earned MVFC Player of the Week honors Oct. 24 for four field goals and two PATs, accounting for 14 points in UNI's 26-17 win over No. 6 South Dakota State ... made 19 of 22 field goals and was perfect on PATs, going 33-for-33 ... recorded longest career field goal of 55 yards against South Dakota State ... tallied 63 kickoffs for 3,666 yards, three out of bounds kicks, and 23 touchbacks ... named a Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award winner, and was named to the MVFC Honor Roll.

SPRING 2021: Played in all seven games ... made two or more field goals in every game ... Went 2-for-2 against Youngstown State, Illinois State and North Dakota State ... went 10-for-10 on PAT attempts ... was 75% (15-20) on the season ... hit a season-long 44-yarder against Illinois State ... named first-team All-MVFC ... named a HERO Sports Sophomore All-American ... earned Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and MVFC honor roll distinctions for a GPA of at least 3.2.

2019: Appeared in 15 games this season ... totaled 3,762 yards while kicking off ... recorded 11 touchbacks for the season ... made 19 of his 24 field goals attempted during the season … in the tight game between Iowa State, Cook went 4-for-4 with field goal attempts, the longest being 50 yards .... named MVFC and STATS National Player of the Week after the Iowa State game ... named to the MVFC All-Newcomer Team, MVFC First Team All-Conference, Hero Sports All-American as a Freshman and the All-American Phil Steele Second Team during his first season with the Panthers ... went 36-for-36 on PATs.

HIGH SCHOOL: A first-team All-State kicker .. his senior season, he made 54-56 PAT attempts and 14-16 field goals with a long of 45 yards ... tallied 46 touchbacks during the senior season ... earned All-District honors both his junior and senior seasons.

PERSONAL: From Cedar Falls, Iowa ... son of James and Cindy Cook ... volunteered with Firefighter’s Association ... Firefighter Food Drive Participant ... majoring in movement and exercise science with a minor in biology and coaching.

Matthew Cook