Biography
AS A SENIOR IN 2023-24
Finalist for 2024 Lou Henson National Mid-Major Player of the Year Award … finalist for 2024 Lefty Driesell National Defensive Player of the Year Award … chosen to play in NABC-Reese’s Division I All-Star Game, finishing with eight points, nine rebounds and two blocks while shooting 50 percent from the field … Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Year … unanimous choice for ASUN Defensive Player of the Year … first player in conference history to be chose as ASUN Player of the Year and ASUN Defensive Player of the Year in the same season … First Team All-ASUN … First Team NABC All-District III, which includes ASUN Conference and Big South Conference … played in and started 30 games … averaged 15.6 points, 10.0 rebounds and 3.87 blocks per game … shot 65.2 percent from the field … only the 25th time in program history a Colonel has averaged a double-double during a season … sixth time in program history a player has eclipsed 400 points and 300 rebounds in the same season, finishing with 467 points and 301 rebounds … led ASUN in rebounding, offensive rebounding (4.10), defensive rebounding (5.93) and blocks … was second in ASUN in field goal percentage, ninth in scoring and 14th in minutes played (31.32) … led NCAA in blocks and blocks per game while ranking fifth in offensive rebounds, sixth in field goal percentage, 17th in rebounding and 26th in double-doubles (13) … when Cozart blocked a 3-point attempt against FGCU (Feb. 7), he moved past Nick Mayo (177) as EKU’s career blocks leader, breaking the record in just 59 games as a Colonel … finished his EKU career with 210 blocks … set EKU records for blocks in a game (11 on Nov. 27, 2023 against Troy), blocks in a season (116 in 2023-24), blocks per game in a season (3.87 in 2023-24) and blocks per game in a career (3.13) … recorded EKU’s first triple-double with 10 points, 13 rebounds and 11 blocks against Troy (Nov. 27) … set a new EKU program record for career field goal percentage, hit 344-of-534 attempts from the field for 64.4 percent in two seasons … his 116 blocks in 2023-24 were the second-most ever by an ASUN Conference player, five short of matching the single season record … his 210 blocks during his EKU career tied for third on the ASUN career blocks list, 24 away from matching the league record … 11 blocks against Troy (Nov. 27) were tied for the most in a game during the 2023-24 season by any player in the nation … with his third block against North Alabama (Feb. 22), Cozart broke his own single season EKU record of 94 blocks, set in 2022-23 … against Stetson (Feb. 10), Cozart recorded his 500th rebound as a Colonel, the 31st player in program history to reach 500 boards … finished his career ranked 19th with 579 rebounds … did more than hold his own against reigning national player of the year Zach Edey of Purdue (Dec. 29), hitting 4-of-6 from the field, including a hook shot over the 7-foot-4 Edey, finishing with eight points and five boards … defensively, he helped hold Edey to three points in the first half and 13 in the game, and had three blocks … 3-time ASUN Player of the Week.
AS A JUNIOR IN 2022-23
College Basketball Invitational (CBI) All-Tournament Team … broke the EKU single season records for blocks (94) and blocks per game (2.54) … had the fifth-most blocks in one season in ASUN Conference history and his average was 10th-highest in league history … played in all 37 games and started 36 times … averaged 9.9 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.54 blocks per game … shot 64 percent from the field … was first in the ASUN in blocks per game, rebounds per game and offensive rebounds per game (3.16) … ranked fourth in the NCAA in total blocks, seventh in blocks per game, 30th in offensive boards per game and 52nd in total rebounds (278) … averaged 18 points, 11 rebounds and 3.0 blocks while shooting 64 percent in four CBI games … had a career-best and program record eight blocks against Queens (Dec. 31), tied for the third most by any player in the nation during the 2022-23 season … was chosen as the ASUN Newcomer of the Week on Jan. 16 after averaging 13 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks while shooting 69 percent from the field and 100 percent at the free throw line in two EKU wins … with four blocks in EKU’s win over first place Kennesaw State (Feb. 4), he broke Nick Mayo’s program single season record of 55 set in 2018-19 … blocked six shots, grabbed eight rebounds and also scored 12 points in EKU’s ASUN Tournament victory over North Alabama (Feb. 28) … set career-highs for points (20), rebounds (17), minutes (34), field goals (8) and field goals attempted (16) in the CBI overtime win against Cleveland State (March 19) … set new career-highs for points (31), field goals (14), field goals attempted (17) and minutes played (40) in the CBI semifinal win over Southern Utah (March 21), was the second time in three CBI games Cozart set a new career high … recorded his seventh double-double of the season, and third straight in the CBI, with a career-high 31 points to go along with 13 rebounds and four blocks against Southern Utah (March 21).
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2021-22 AT WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
Played in 18 contests … averaged 1.3 points and 1.5 rebounds in 5.9 minutes per game … scored season-high nine points with five rebounds against Alabama A&M (Nov. 24) … had eight points, three rebounds and a season-high three blocks against Centre College in just nine minutes … pulled down five rebounds at Marshall (March 2) … blocked three shots at Middle Tennessee (Feb. 26).
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2020-21 AT WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
Appeared in 11 games … averaged 1.6 points and 2.0 rebounds while playing 6.0 minutes per game … shot 64.3 percent (9 of 14) from the field … grabbed eight offensive rebounds on the season … blocked five total shots … scored a career-high six points on 3-of-3 shooting with four rebounds against FIU (Feb. 28) … tallied four points, four rebounds, a block and a steal in 11 minutes versus Tennessee Tech (Dec. 22).
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2019-20 AT WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
Made appearances in 19 games for WKU and averaged 4.7 minutes per contest … averaged 0.7 points and 0.9 rebounds per game … had five blocks and two steals … set a season-high with 13 minutes played at FIU (March 7) … played for the first time since Nov. 23 at Middle Tennessee on Jan. 11, scoring two points on a dunk in nine minutes … scored his first college basket on a jump hook against Tennessee Tech (Nov. 5).
HIGH SCHOOL
Three-star prospect by 247Sports and Rivals … was named the Gatorade Kentucky Boys Basketball Player of the Year and was a finalist for Kentucky Mr. Basketball … two-time first team all-state selection … averaged 20 points, 12.2 rebounds, 5.8 blocks and one assist per game as senior … was chosen as the 11th Region Player of the Year that season … finished his career with 1,575 points, 1,268 rebounds and a state-record 716 blocked shots.
PERSONAL
Majoring in general studies.
