She and husband Matt Cook, a farm manager, have another daughter, Lilla, 2, but as a mother she's quite adept at managing her life to meet all the demands of her daily routine to fit in netball.
After a decade with Kauri, including a premier club level stint several years ago, Cook is suitably qualified in helping groom this season's young players for Super 6.
For Kauri, it's all about acclimatising and building the mental fortitude required to foot it at that level.
"In general they [rivals] are more accurate and quicker than us so we try to take that experience and try to build on it," she says, believing that is evident in their incremental gains against juggernauts Thirsty Whale Otane after doubling their score but holding the defending champions to the same score.
With three schoolgirls and the rest a bevy of young mums, Cook feels, as a senior, the responsibility to aspire to the top level rests on her shoulders as well as those of captain Mindy Jowsey as they seek their maiden victory.
"Our team is pretty resilient. We didn't have an expectation of coming out to win the whole thing so we've been picking ourselves each week to focus on the next game and how we can improve and what we can do to shut them down in certain areas."
The younger girls bring enthusiasm that is infectious, thus providing an elixir of sorts for anyone likely to slip into despondency.
Cook feels Central Sports Vet Services HB are the most compatible of their rivals and one they should eclipse after leading for a lion's share of their first encounter before succumbing in the last quarter.
Tomorrow Outkast will bring a different challenge but the mantra rings true - that is, play until the final whistle.
"We have a lot of very good individuals but we have to focus on gelling because we're quite relatively a new team together this year," she says.
Players respond really well to coach Angela Harvey who missed a few weeks while on a trip overseas.
"She was away for a couple of weeks and you could see the shift on court and how everyone reacted when she came back.
"From my perspective, she probably has less to say but what she says matters so you pay attention."
Cook intends to play netball until her body cries for leniency although taking care of the body now more than when she was 20 goes without saying.
"It's struggling a little bit, to be fair, but I think you get those niggles so you just play through it," she says.
She wears ankle braces on both legs, something she attributes to intercepting aerial balls and the proximity of scavenging shooters landing on their feet.
A midcourter in her heyday, she suspects she became fitter with age to turn her back to the nets especially after honing her skills with ex-Kauri coach Vanessa Harrison.
"Goalkeep often suits me better and I like to be able to see what's going on," she says although her attacking genes kick in occasionally so the GD bib gives her the licence to roam.
She played netball as a girl growing up in Whangarei through to Otago University although her mother, Elaine Babe, didn't play sport until much later when the children inspired her.
Her father, Nigel Babe, a former Nelson Bays rugby flanker and ex-NZ U21 rep, played top level basketball as well as twilight netball later with the extended family.
"My dad's family were hugely involved in all sorts of sport," she says, revealing her aunt, Karen Prescott, of Hamilton, is former NZ U21 coach.
As a youngster, Cook found everyone gravitating to hockey especially in Maungakaramea, south of Whangarei, where her parents are livestock farmers.
Super 6 draws:
For tomorrow's Hawke's Bay Netball matches from 7.15pm at the Pettigrew-Green Arena in Taradale:
* PGA 1: Outkast Optimise Physio v Havelock North Jazz Apples Kauri.
Umpires: N Corbett & T Gardiner.
* PGA 2: Hastings High School Old Girls Proactive Huias v All In Elusive.
Umpires: H Lewis & K Ives.
* PGA 3: Central Sports Vet Services HB v Otane Thirsty Whale.
Umpires: P Castles & D Thomas.
Reserve officials: Ct 1 AWaretini, Ct 2 J Varcoe, Ct 3 A Williams.
