*** 2020-21 Academic Honors Candidate ***
Career: Has 24 games of experience after not playing in 2019 because of an injury.
2021: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. He appeared in seven games for the Eagles, making five starts as an offensive tackle. Eastern finished first in the FCS in yards of total offense per game, ranking as the third-best passing offense. The team was also second in scoring offense (44.0 points per game). With 7,224 yards of total offense, the 2021 squad is fourth all-time in EWU history.
2020-21: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. He started all seven Eastern games as an offensive tackle. He helped block for an Eastern team which finished third in FCS in total offense with an average of 524.9 yards per game after entering the postseason leading FCS. The Eagles were also fourth nationally in passing (367.3) and eighth in scoring offense (37.7). Eastern’s passing average was the third-best in school history and the average of 524.9 yards per game of total offense was fourth, just ahead of the 2019 average of 524.8 which led FCS.
2019: Was a non-lettering squad member and did not play in any games.
2018: Played in 10 games for the Eagles. Eastern finished as the only school to rank in the top 20 in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision in total offense, rushing and passing. The Eagles averaged 528.2 yards on offense to rank third in FCS, including 255.9 rushing (10th) and 272.3 passing (20th). Eastern was also ranked fourth in scoring (43.1). En route to a 12-3 finish overall and runner-up finish in the NCAA Division I Championship Game, the Eagles as a team finished the 2018 season with a school-record 6.62 average per rush on the season to break the previous record of 6.41 set in 2001. The Eagles set team records for rushing yards (3,839) and rushing touchdowns (41).
2017: Redshirted.
HS: Graduated from Graham-Kapowsin HS in 2017. Capped his high school career by being selected to play in the 52nd Annual East-West All-State game on June 30, 2017, in Moses Lake, Wash. Selected to the
Tacoma News Tribune All-Area second team as an offensive lineman. Shook was named by the
Seattle Times as a “White Chip” selection as one of the top 100 prospects in the state of Washington. Shook was a two-star recruit by
scout.com and
rivals.com. Earned first team All-4A South Puget Sound League South Division honors. Was part of the “Trench Crew” in helping lead the Eagles to a 9-2 record, advancing to the State 4A Playoffs where is beat Kentlake (55-28) and lost to eventual champion Camas (55-6) in the second round. As a junior, he also earned first team All-SPSL 4A South Division honors. Graham-Kapowsin advanced to the quarterfinals of the 4A Playoffs and finished 11-1 after going a perfect 6-0 in the SPSL 4A South Division. After a playoff victory over Mount Si (38-13), the Eagles suffered their first loss of the season against Lake Stevens (49-14). Shook played on the offensive line with five-star recruit Foster Sarell, who was a U.S. Army High School All-American in 2016 and signed to play at Stanford. Shook’s head coach in high school was Eric Kurle. His Eagle teammates Micah Smith (’18) and Malaki Roberson (’20) also attended Graham-Kapowsin, as well as Central Washington transfer Robert Mason III (’18).
Personal: Business and communication studies major with a 3.4 grade point average through spring quarter 2022. Born 5/7/99 in Lakewood, Wash. Parents are Steven Shook and Mariah Bartholomew. Nickname is “Shook Daddy.”