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Cooper Johnson

  • Class:
    Junior
  • Position:
    C
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-0 / 215
  • Experience:
    2L
  • Hometown:
    Mundelein, Ill.
  • High School:
    Carmel Catholic
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
 • 2019 MLB Draft Selection (6th Round - Detroit Tigers)
 • 2019 All-SEC Second Team
 • 2019 SEC All-Defensive Team

 • 2019 SEC Player of the Week (Week 12)
 • 2019 Buster Posey Award Watch List
 • 2016 MLB Draft Selection (28th Round - Cincinnati Reds)

2019 (Junior): Appeared in 63 of 68 games, starting 60 (all at catcher) ... Hit .271 with 13 doubles and eight home runs ... Scored 39 runs and drove in 32 ... Threw out 18 would-be base stealers, allowing 26 stolen bases ... Named to All-SEC Second Team and SEC All-Defensive Team ... Homered and went 3-for-4 with two runs scored, two RBI in 2019 season opener against Wright State (2/15) ... Went 2-for-3 with a run scored in series finale against Long Beach State (3/2) ... Went 1-for-3 with a double and two RBI against UAB (3/9) ... Homered and went 2-for-5 at Louisville (3/13) ... Had hits in all three games of Alabama series, including two-RBI day in series finale (3/17) ... Went 2-for-4 with a double in Game 2 victory at Arkansas (3/30) ... Drove in career-high five runs, homered as part of 2-for-4 day in series opener against Florida (4/5) ... Delivered game-tying home run in ninth inning of series finale against Auburn (4/20) ... Tallied a total of six hits, five runs scored and five RBI in LSU series to earn SEC Player of the Week honors ... Notched a career-high four hits and four runs scored, driving in four runs on 4-for-5 day in series finale at LSU (5/5) ... Went 3-for-4 with two doubles and two runs scored in SEC Tournament Championship game against Vanderbilt (5/26) ... Had hits, runs scored and RBI in all three games of NCAA Oxford Regional ... Went 1-for-4 with two runs scored and one RBI in regional opener against Jacksonville State (5/31) ... Notched 2-for-5 day with one home run against Clemson (6/1) ... Scored two runs and drove in two in Oxford Regional finale against Jacksonville State (6/2) ... Notched four hits, a double, a home run, two RBI and a run scored in Fayetteville Super Regional (6/8-10).

2018 (Sophomore): Played in 26 games, starting 20 (19 at catcher, one at DH) ... Threw out three of five would-be base stealers ... Hit .235 with 10 runs scored, 11 RBI and two home runs ... Went 2-for-4 with a run scored in season-opener against Winthrop (2/16) ... Homered and went 2-for-3 against Tulane (2/23) ... Hit three-run home run in Game 3 against Tulane (2/25) ... Went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored in Game 3 victory at Long Beach State ... Went 1-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI against Eastern Illinois (3/11) ... Had a pinch-hit RBI single in Game 3 against Vanderbilt (4/15) ... Went 1-for-3 with a run scored against Arkansas State (4/18) ... Went 2-for-4 with a run scored in victory at Arkansas State (5/15) ... Came in off the bench in NCAA Oxford Regional against Tennessee Tech, driving in two runs on a single (6/4). 

2017 (Freshman): Played in 42 games, making 38 starts behind the plate … Threw out 17 baserunners (15 caught stealing, two pickoffs) … Hit .213 with 17 runs, eight RBI and six doubles … Went 2-for-4 and caught a runner stealing in the series finale win over No. 19 Texas A&M (5/14) ... Matched his career high with two hits against Texas A&M (5/14) ... Tallied a career high in runs with three against ULM (5/2) ... On his 19th birthday, went 2-for-4 with a double and one RBI, while catching two runners attempting to steal (4/25) ... Threw out two baserunners in the win over UAPB (4/19) ... Went 2-for-3 with two runs, one RBI and a double in the victory over No. 19 Kentucky (3/23) ... Tallied two hits at No. 19 Kentucky (3/23) ... Threw out three baserunners (two pickoffs, one caught stealing) versus No. 6 East Carolina (2/17-2/19).

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Carmel Catholic High School where he lettered three years and was coached by Bill Taylor ... Selected in the 28th round of the 2016 MLB Draft by the Cincinnati Reds … Among college and high school players, rated the No. 56 draft prospect by D1Baseball.com and No. 68 draft prospect by MLB.com … Ranked the best player from the state of Illinois, including the No. 39 recruit by Perfect Game … Tabbed a 2016 Rawlings-Perfect Game first team All-American and first team Central All-Region … Won a gold medal at the 18-and-under World Cup as a member of Team USA … Played in the 2015 Under Armour All-America Game at Wrigley Field … Named a top-500 prospect by Baseball America … Made the 2016 Rawlings Top Prospect list … As a senior, named the conference’s defensive player of the year for his superb play behind the plate … Earned all-state honors in 2016 … Three-time all-conference and two-time all-area honoree … Hit .342 over his high school career, adding 33 doubles, 33 runs and 88 RBI … Competed in the 2015 Area Code Games … Earned 2015 Underclass All-American first team honors after hitting .382 as a junior.

PERSONAL: Son of Phil and Cyenna Johnson … Born: April 25, 1998 … Has two siblings, Quincy and Sadie … Would like to open up his own gym following his playing career … Exercise Science major.