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Cooper Named To ASU Baseball Post
Jag assistant tabbed to replace
25-year veteran Fite
Web Posted 6/26/09

AUGUSTA, Ga. - Former Augusta State standout and current assistant coach Chris Cooper has been promoted to head baseball coach, according to an announcement Friday afternoon from ASU Director of Athletics Clint Bryant.
One of the top power hitters in ASU history, Cooper recently completed his ninth year of affiliation with the Jaguar baseball program and his seventh year as an assistant coach.
“I’m very delighted to promote Chris to head baseball coach,” Bryant said. “He is one of our own. He played here and has been a loyal and dedicated employee for several years. I’m impressed with his knowledge of the game and attention to detail in all that he does. Chris is a tremendous young man and we look forward to his leadership of our baseball program.”
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Wilkerson
Drafted By Red Sox
National Player-Of-The-Year highest
pick in ASU history
Web Posted 6/4/09

AUGUSTA, Ga. - Augusta State junior outfielder
Shannon Wilkerson was selected by the Boston Red Sox in
the eighth round of Major League Baseball’s First-Year
Player Draft Wednesday afternoon.
The 258th pick overall, Wilkerson is the highest
draft pick in the 45-year history of the Jaguar baseball
program. Wilkerson is also ASU’s first draft pick since
2002, when lefthander Mitch Douglas was taken in the
12th round by the Arizona Diamondbacks.
His selection also marks the highest a PBC player has
been drafted since the Florida Marlins took GCSU’s Matt
Goyen in the third round in 2005.
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Wilkerson Tabbed Player-Of-The-Year
Outfielder a unanimous, first-team
All-America selection
Web Posted 6/4/09

AUGUSTA, Ga. - Augusta State rightfielder
Shannon Wilkerson was named the NCBWA (National
Collegiate Baseball Writers Association) National
Player-Of-The-Year Thursday afternoon.
The national
honor is the second this season for Wilkerson and the
fourth of his ASU career. Wilkerson is the first player
in program history to be named a four-time, All-America
selection
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