Kasey Marie Cooper (born April 7, 1995) is an American softball player and

third baseman A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in baseball or softball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. In the scoring system us ...

, originally from

Dothan, Alabama Dothan () is a city in Dale, Henry, and Houston counties and the Houston county seat in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is Alabama's eighth-largest city, with a population of 71,072 at the 2020 census. It is near the state's southeastern corner, ...

. Cooper played college ball at

Auburn University Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama. With more than 24,600 undergraduate students and a total enrollment of more than 30,000 with 1,330 faculty members, Auburn is the second largest uni ...

, in which entering her senior season holds almost every offensive record for the Tigers. Cooper also plays for the

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, and won a gold medal with the team at the

2016 Women's Softball World Championship The 2016 Women's Softball World Championship was an international softball competition to be held in Surrey, British Columbia between July 15 and July 24, 2016.

and a Silver Medal at the

2016 World Cup of Softball The eleventh World Cup of Softball was held from July 5, 2016 to July 10, 2016, in Oklahoma City. The competing national teams were Australia, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Czech Republic, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Pue ...

Early life

Cooper was born in

to parents Jeff and Peppi Cooper. Cooper's older sister, Kortney, played college ball at

Troy University Troy University is a public university in Troy, Alabama. It was founded in 1887 as Troy State Normal School within the Alabama State University System, and is now the flagship university of the Troy University System. Troy University is accredi ...

. Cooper attended

Dothan High School Dothan Preparatory Academy is located in Dothan, Alabama, USA. It is located on U.S. Highway 231 inside Ross Clark Circle, about north of the southern tip of Ross Clark Circle. The high school district roughly runs down U.S. Highway 84, which ...

and graduated in 2013. Cooper hit .569 with 22 home runs, 77 RBI and pitched with a 28-13 record, 1.35 ERA and 392 strikeouts from the circle as a senior.

Auburn Tigers

After graduating from high school, Cooper attended

, from where she graduated in May of 2017. Cooper owns records in

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s, RBIs,

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, and

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. Cooper was named co-

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in 2014, along with Tennessee's Annie Aldrete, was the

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in 2016, and was a First Team All-American in 2015 and 2016.

Stats

International career

Cooper was selected to play for the

in 2016 and 2017. Cooper won a silver medal at the

and a gold medal at the

with the team.

Stats

References

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