Cooper Winchester

Height:
5-11
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
New Orleans, LA
High School:
Saint Paul School
Position:
C

Freshman (2025): Played in five games during his freshman campaign…Made his collegiate debut at TCU (Mar. 4, 2025)…Took at-bats at UNLV (May 16/17, 2025)…Will serve as a squadron supervisor during his sophomore year…Completed Combat Survival Training during the summer of 2025…Played summer ball in the Front Range League.

High School (Saint Paul School): Played for Mick Nunez at Saint Paul School…Perfect Game ranking of #1 catcher in state of Louisiana and #9 overall…All-Parish, All-District 6-5A…Area Code and East Coast Pro tryout invitee…Preseason Underclass All-American by Perfect Game…Prep Baseball Report Futures Game Participant…USSSA Select 30 All-American in 2019…USA Baseball NTIS Finalist in 2019…Earned three varsity letters at Saint Paul…Member of Mu Alpha Theta and National Honor Society…Also played for Knights Knation National.

Personal: Member of cadet squadron 12…Son of Jeff and Brandi Winchester…Has a younger brother, Carter…Father was a first^t round draft pick of the Colorado Rockies in 1998 and played 10 years of professional baseball…Grandfather was in the Marines…Nickname is Coop…born in Asheville, N.C…Major is biochemistry…Why he chose the Academy: “I chose the Academy because I wanted to be the best version of myself I could be. I did not want to be average and be amongst the crowd of average people…I also feel a sense of pride putting on the uniform”…Hobbies are cooking, dancing, fishing and hunting and casino games…Began playing baseball at age six…Greatest individual moment in sports was a walk-off win in the sweet 16 of WWBA elimination game…Greatest team moment in sports was when he won district as a junior by beating cross-town rival in the district championship game…Something not many people know about him is that he is deeply involved in his faith…His role models are his parents…Credits his dad as having the biggest impact on his sports career…Favorite MLB team is the Boston Red Sox and favorite player is Jason Varitek…Pregame ritual is to play pepper before every game.