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Jersey Number 18
Hunter Cooley
- Position:
- Pitcher
- Bats/Throws:
- R/L
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Vero Beach, Fla.
- High School:
- Vero Beach
- Birthday:
- 5/30/00
- Major:
- Criminal Justice
Bio
2023 (Graduate Senior)
- Named to the C-USA Preseason All-Conference team
- Voted by teammates as a co-captain for the second straight season
- Led the pitching staff in wins, innings pitched, strikeouts
- Conceded just 14 walks in 85 innings
- Finished his FAU career second all-time in games started (42), wins (28), and innings pitched (312.2)
- Tossed a complete game and allowed just one run in an elimination game against Rice in the C-USA Tournament
- Struck out a career high 12 and did not walk a batter
- Earned a place on the C-USA All-Tournament team
- Named to the C-USA All-Academic team
2022 (Senior)
- Awarded FAU Male Student-Athlete of the Year at the 2022 Owlspys
- Finalist for college baseball's Senior CLASS award, awarded to the total student-athlete that uses their platform in athletics to make a positive impact
- Voted by teammates as one of two co-captains
- Named to the Preseason All-C-USA team
- Made 15 starts including all 10 C-USA series openers
- Led all of C-USA in innings pitched (104.0)
- Recorded seven or more strikeouts five times
- Pitched two complete games and went at least seven innings in eight starts
- Named to the Second Team All-Conference USA for the second consecutive season
2021Â (Second Sophomore Season)
- Once again was expected to fill a variety of roles, but was moved into the rotation five weekends in, as Friday Night starter, and thrived
- Was voted Second Team All-Conference USA after a regular season that saw him tied for second in the league with eight wins, while ranking 10th at that time with a 3.57 ERA
- His 3.54 ERA in league play was seventh lowest, and .259 average against ranked 13th
- Wrapped the year 8-4, the most wins on the team and tied for fourth among league hurlers
- Second on the squad with 76.2 innings pitched despite making only 10 starts, but his 17 total appearances were two off the team lead
- Continued to be stingy issuing walks, just 18 on the season, or 2.13 per nine innings. For his career, he only is a 2.18/9, fifth-lowest in program history
- Began his turn in the rotation on one day’s notice, as he opened the USF road series with a seven-inning shutout outing, on four hits, with one walk and six strikeouts
- He repeated that same exact stat line - 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K - in the C-USA opener the next week against Marshall, but in a complete game effort
- Added another conference complete game victory, on the road at WKU (7 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 0 BB, 1 K)
- Twice he had seven K’s, in a road win over FIU, and in a win over No. 19 USM
2020 (Sophomore)
- Began the season in the bullpen, for three appearances, two of which were scoreless
- Struck out two batters in 1 2/3 innings versus FGCU; added two more strikeouts in two scoreless innings versus No. 9 FSU
- Was called upon for a midweek start against No. 6 Miami and rose to the occasion, earning the win by throwing 6 2/3 innings of six-hit, two-run baseball, striking out a career-high five
- Followed that up with five scoreless innings on an efficient 57 pitches in a combined shutout of Penn
- Allowed just five hits, striking out four Quakers and not issuing a walk
- Overall, pitched to a 2.25 ERA with 14 strikeouts versus just four walks in 16 innings. Held opposing hitters to a .230 average with just one extra base hit allowed, a double
- The ERA and batting average against marks both were second-lowest on the team, the ERA was ninth-lowest in all of C-USA
2019 (Freshman)
- Pitched in 12 games with five starts in his debut campaign
- Had a 4-3 record, with his first victory coming in his first appearance, in relief against Cincinnati on opening weekend
- Was tremendous out of the bullpen, allowing just two runs in 11 1/3 innings and seven outings, for a 1.59 ERA
- Held batters to a .231 average when pitching in relief, and held a 3-0 record
- Longest start came as he picked up a win over Florida Gulf Coast, throwing 5 2/3 innings and allowing four runs while matching his season high of four strikeouts
- That strikeout tally had also previously come against Miami in his very first collegiate start
- Did not give up a run in C-USA play, spanning four outings and six innings pitched
- Limited league hitters to a .105 average, just two singles
High School
- Played under coach Bryan Rahal at Vero Beach High
- Had a 27-3 career record with an ERA of 0.97
- Three-time All-Area First Team, was runner-up for TC Palm Player of the Year in 2017
- Earned an unweighted 4.0 GPA, graduating in the top 10 percent of his class and was a member of the Honor Society
- Was named 2018 Florida Region Honorable Mention, and 2017 Perfect Game Underclass Honorable Mention
- Played for Evoshield Florida and coach Dave Parra as well, where he was twice a Prospect Wire World Series MVP
- Was also named to the USA Baseball All-Tournament Team, and twice to the WWBA All-Tournament Team
Personal
- Son of Edward and Brenda Cooley
- Born in Plantation, Florida
- Criminal justice major
- Favorite movie is Talladega Nights, and favorite TV show is Duck Dynasty
- Last read Wuthering Heights
- Favorite restaurant is Chili's
- Enjoys fishing
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