UNC's Tanner Cook Selected 5th In National Lacrosse League Draft

Posted Sep 18, 2020
In a historic night for Major League Lacrosse and University of North Carolina Lacrosse, the National Lacrosse League, the longest running and most successful professional lacrosse league in the world held its 2020 Entry Draft UNC senior midfielder Tanner Cook of Courtice, Ontario was taken with the 5th overall pick of the draft by the Calgary Roughnecks. (GoHeels.com)

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