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Garrett Cooper Class: Senior Hometown: Manhattan Beach, Calif. High School: Loyola Last College: El Camino CC Height / Weight: 6-6 / 229 Position: IF Birthdate: 12/25/1990 Experience: 1L B-T: R-R

2012 - JUNIOR YEAR Hit .324 (56-for-173) in 49 games ... Had nine doubles and five home runs, driving in 31 RBI and scoring 35 runs ... Finished with a .462 slugging percentage and a .420 on base percentage ... Starting first baseman in 48 games ... Had a near-perfect fielding percentage (.993), making just three errors ... 448 chances and 414 putouts were 12th and 11th in the SEC, respectively ... Hit .293 in league play ... Strained an oblique during his sixth-inning at bat on Thursday at Arkansas (5/10) and missed eight of the final nine games of the season ... Reached base safely in the first 22 games he played in before having his streak snapped with an 0-for-4 day on Sunday vs. No. 8 LSU (3/25) ... Was on base in 22 of the final 26 games he played in ... 13 HBP led the team and tied for sixth in the SEC ... Also tied for sixth in Auburn single-season history with Brett Burnham (2000) ... Scored 18 runs over a 17 game span (4/10-5/8) and was hitting .333 (22-for-66) and had 12 RBI in that span ... Hit a two-run home run in the first inning against Presbyterian (5/8), clearing the top of the scoreboard in left at Plainsman Park ... Was 6-for-11 (.545) against South Carolina (4/20-22), homering on Friday and Saturday ... Was 6-for-9 (.667) combined against Troy and Alabama A&M (4/17-18), collecting three doubles in the win over Alabama A&M ... Was the first Auburn player with three doubles in a single game since Josh Donaldson vs. Kentucky (4/2/06) ... 4-for-12 with a two-run home run in the series at Alabama (4/6-8) ... Was 5-for-13 (.385) with two doubles and three RBI in the series win over Mississippi State (3/30 - 4/1) ... Both doubles turned into runs ... Collected a career-high three hits, all singles, on 3/27 at Samford, scoring a pair of runs ... Had the game-winning single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth on Sunday that gave Auburn the series win at No. 12 Ole Miss (3/18) ... Was 4-for-10 (.400) in the series win over Belmont (3/9-11), hitting a solo home run in the second on Sunday ... Had a five-game hitting streak from Feb. 19-24 in which he was 7-for-16 (.438) with three doubles and eight RBI ... Was 3-for-6 (.500) with six RBI in the series sweep of Alcorn State (2/21-22), driving in three runs in each game ... 1-for-4 with a double, walk and stolen base on 2/19 vs. Missouri (Gm1).

JUNIOR COLLEGE (El Camino CC)
Played for Nate Fernley at El Camino CC ... Hit .330 with four home runs and 33 RBI as a sophomore ... 2011 Offensive Player of the Year ... Hit .378 with four home runs and 38 RBI as a freshman ... Had a 1.000 fielding percentage at first base ... Two-time All-SouthCoast Conference (1B) ... 2010 SoCal All-Star ... Under Armour All-American.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played for Brian Felton at Loyola HS ... Hit .397 with four home runs and 25 RBI as a senior ... All-Mission League ... All-Anaheim Lions Tournament.

PERSONAL
Garrett Nicholas Cooper ... Son of Robert and Gail Cooper ... Has six siblings: Kelli (42), Rob (33), Matt (32), Brad (30), Dan (29) and Lindsey (26) ... Major: exercise science.

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