Tynikki Crook is a strong 1,85m american power forward with a brilliant college career at Marshall University where she averaged 16,2 points and 9,2 rebounds per game in her senior year.
Tynikki´s career starts at John J. Pershing High School where she averages 15 points 13 rebounds and 3 blocks per game and recieves many awards that help her to recieve a full scholarship at Marshall after having also offers top lay for Indiana, Marquette, Wisconsin and Oakland.
Tynikki Crook haD her debut at Marshall in the 2007-08 season and already as a freshman she averaged 8,3 points and 6,1 rebounds in 20 minutes per game.
Tynikki raises her numbers in the 2008-09 season up to 13,1 points 7,3 rebounds and 1,5 blocks in 24 minutes per game, being named in the Third Team in the USA Conference.
Tynikki Crook has another good year in the 2009-10 season, averaging 13,4 points 7,7 rebounds and 1,5 blocks in 23 minutes per game and she is again named in the Third Team in the USA Conference.
In the 2010-11 season and already as a senior player, Tynikki averages 16,2 points and 9,2 rebounds in 29 minutes per game, being named in the Second Team in Usa Conference.
In the 2011-12 season, Tynikki Crook signed with Gernika, in Spanish LF2, averaging 16.9 points 8.9 rebounds and 19.9 in efficiency per game.
Tynikki Crook is an inside player with great strength and specially with a big leaping ability that allows her to finish easily specially inside the paint and against bigger players.
CAREER
2007-2008: Marshall (NCAA-D1): 8.3ppg, 6.1rpg, FGP: 47.3%, FT: 54.1%
2008-2009: Marshall (NCAA-D1): 13.5ppg, 7.5rpg, 1.3apg, 1.0spg, 1.5bpg, FGP: 48.2%, FT: 64.3%
2009-2010: Marshall (NCAA-D1): 13.4ppg, 7.7rpg, 1.7bpg, FGP: 49.2%, FT: 61.2%
2010-2011: Marshall (NCAA-D1): 16.2ppg, 9.2rpg, 1.2apg, 1.2bpg, FGP: 49.3%, 3PT: 23.5%, FT: 65.8%
2011-2012: Gernika KESB (Spain-LF2): 16.9ppg 8.9rpg 19.9 efficiency
AWARDS
C-USA All-Tournament Team -08, 09
C-USA Tournament Semifinals -08, 09
All-C-USA 3rd Team -09, 10
All C-USA 2nd Team -11