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Cooper McMurray
Position
1B
B/T
L/L
Class
R-Fr.
Height
6-4
Weight
250
Hometown
Tulsa, Okla.
High School
Bishop Kelley
SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS
- Hits: 3, at Baylor, Apr 16, 2022
- Doubles: 1, 6 times
- Home runs: 2, West Virginia, Apr 30, 2022
- Total bases: 8, West Virginia, Apr 30, 2022
- RBI: 3, at Texas, May 21, 2022
- Runs scored: 2, West Virginia, Apr 30, 2022
- Walks: 3, vs Illinois, Mar 06, 2022
- Hit by pitch: 1, at Baylor, Apr 14, 2022
- Sac flies: 1, Texas Southern, Apr 19, 2022 ; West Virginia, Apr 29, 2022
- Sac bunts: 1, at Baylor, Apr 14, 2022
- At bats: 6, Oklahoma, Apr 23, 2022
- Field chances: 13, West Virginia, Apr 29, 2022 ; vs Michigan State, Mar 13, 2022 ; TCU, May 15, 2022
- Putouts: 12, 4 times
- Assists: 2, at Indiana State, Mar 20, 2022 ; West Virginia, May 01, 2022
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN – 2022
- Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
- Appeared in 42 games (33 starts; all at first base)
- .248/.374/.540 (28-for-113), 6 2B, 9 HR, 19 RBI, 16 R, 23 BB
- Third on the team in walks (23)
- Homered in three straight games from 4/27-4/30 (4 HR); first Jayhawk to homer in three straight since Blair Beck in 2015
- Season-high 11-game on-base streak (2/26-3/20)
- First career multi-HR game vs. West Virginia 4/30/22 (2-for-3, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB)
- First career three-hit game at Baylor 4/16/22 (3-for-4, HR, 2 RBI, R)
- Hit his first career home run and the first by a Jayhawk in 2022 at New Orleans 2/27/22
- Hit a pinch-hit, RBI double in his first career at-bat in the 9th inning vs. Illinois 2/18/22
FRESHMAN – 2021
- Redshirted the 2021 season
HIGH SCHOOL
- Ranked the No. 1 first baseman in Oklahoma by Perfect Game and Prep Baseball Report
- Three-time All-District first team
- Won 2018 Oklahoma 5A State Championship at Bishop Kelly High School
- Played four years of football as a tight end
PERSONAL
- Born on December 19, 2001
- Son of Kurston and Paige McMurray
- Has two brothers, Jake and Tanner
- Majoring in sport administration